Getting Things Sewn

Designing a workspace, a wardrobe, and more

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Fabric Stash-Busting Without Tears

Readers, Does the prospect of editing your fabric stash–you do have one, don’t you?–fill you with excitement? Dread? Curiosity?  I had all those feelings as I approached the task of evaluating each piece of yardage in my sewing ...
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It Figures: Figure Analysis, part 2

Readers, In my previous post I described how my helper (sister and photographer Cynthia), and I created an outline of my figure so I could stand back and view it with some objectivity.  We followed instructions in the book  The Perfect Fit in ...
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It Figures: Doing a Figure Analysis, part 1

  Readers, I’ve asked myself time and again how I could hang back from sewing certain patterns, for years, even, when I am so crazy about them.   I think the reason is I’m not a jump-in-and-try-it sewer.  I like to think things ...
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The Chart

Readers, In my first post I refer to this very casual-looking chart that’s the basis of Getting Things Sewn. What in the world is it?  What is it supposed to do? Let me explain. Life before the chart was like this: I’d fall in love ...
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The Who and the Why

There once was a sewer who underwent pain Whenever she entered her sewing domain. What met her were unfinished projects on racks And patterns and fabrics in stacks upon stacks. Of buttons and books she had in such numbers They constantly ...
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