ProcessSewing ProjectsThe Big Picture 2018, Seen in a New Light Readers, Pants-fitting: a weighty topic in 2018. There is something Jack and I say to…Paula DeGrandJanuary 15, 2019
FitProcessSewing Projects 2018: A Pants Odyssey Readers, Almost five months after my first report about my pants pattern-fitting journey I'm back…Paula DeGrandNovember 1, 2018
Sewing Projects Cut From the Same Cloth Readers, The summery striped linen I snatched up in 2014 at The World's Largest Textile…Paula DeGrandAugust 23, 2018
ProcessSewing supplies My Latest “Avoid Compounding Errors” Moment Readers, Of all the great things my sewing teacher Edith has told me, the one…Paula DeGrandJuly 27, 2018
DesignProcessSewing Projects My Latest “I’m Glad I Sew!” Moment Readers, If you sew, you'll know just what I mean. I'll pop into a clothing…Paula DeGrandJuly 5, 2018
Interior designSewing ProjectsSewing techniques Sur la Table: Quilted Placemats Readers, After months of pants pattern-fitting and muslin-making without much to show for my efforts…Paula DeGrandJune 17, 2018
FitProcess Fitting Conclusions Readers, In case you've been wondering where I've spent much of the last six months,…Paula DeGrandJune 10, 2018
Fashion My Own Little Piece of Givenchy Readers, News of the passing of Hubert de Givenchy reminded me that I have a…Paula DeGrandMarch 13, 2018
MeProcess All Projects Great and Small: Creating a Task Analysis Tool Readers, There are few things I love more than having a good project. I love…Paula DeGrandFebruary 25, 2018
Process Book: Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff Readers, Like the majority of sewers, I'm enchanted by novelty. There's always a new fabric,…Paula DeGrandJanuary 26, 2018
Process Decisions, decisions Readers, Yesterday I wrote this post and was almost finished with it when I had…Paula DeGrandJanuary 17, 2018
Process What Really Counts Readers, A disconsolate letter poured into the Getting Things Sewn headquarters this morning addressed to…Paula DeGrandJanuary 4, 2018
DesignMe Starting the New Year with a Calendar to Inspire Readers, This New Year's Day morning, like millions of other people, I hung a new…Paula DeGrandJanuary 1, 2018
MeProcessWardrobe Do You Know About the Ready to Wear Fast? Readers, I was taking a brief break from Thanksgiving Day cooking when I saw an…Paula DeGrandDecember 18, 2017
DesignInterior designSewing Projects Valancing Act Readers, What did it take to go from this: A very sad valance accompanying spindly…Paula DeGrandNovember 15, 2017
FitProcess Figuring Out My Figure Type Readers, I'll cut to the chase: I have an "X" figure type with sloping shoulders.…Paula DeGrandNovember 2, 2017
MeProcessWardrobe Cooking Up My Style Recipe Readers, Have you ever tried to define your fashion personality and wardrobe style in just…Paula DeGrandOctober 14, 2017
Interior designProcessSewing Projects What Instructions Will Never Tell You Readers, I don't think it's emphasized nearly enough how much this thing we call "sewing"…Paula DeGrandSeptember 26, 2017
ProcessSewing space Book: Let It Go by Peter Walsh Readers, I haven't seen a decluttering book specifically for sewers--yet--but when I came across the…Paula DeGrandSeptember 20, 2017
ProcessSewing space De-stash Follow-up Readers, Last Saturday I joined fifteen other sewers in Sew to Speak's first annual De-Stash…Paula DeGrandSeptember 13, 2017
MeProcessSewing supplies Blinding Glimpses of the Obvious: De-stash Edition Readers, This past weekend I started slimming down my bloated collections of sewing supplies, taking…Paula DeGrandSeptember 7, 2017
ProcessSewing spaceThe Big Picture De-stashing on a Deadline Readers, I got back from our New York trip to find an e-mail from my…Paula DeGrandAugust 31, 2017