Getting Things Sewn - Designing a workspace, a wardrobe, and more

Using Photos to Speed Fitting Progress

July 24, 2020

Readers, After stalling for weeks on a couple of sewing projects I am back on track again, thanks to a recent fitting appointment I had with Gail Kelley at Sewing Hive, here in Columbus. I was blown away by what we accomplished in under an ...

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The Project Management Daily Challenge–140 Days Later

July 3, 2020

Readers, I got such a thoughtful comment recently, on my post Spinning Plates Instead of Spinning My Wheels. Somehow I deleted the comment by mistake from the website but thankfully it was still in my e-mail. M-C wrote, Congratulations on ...

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What Works, What Doesn’t: T-Shirt Edition

June 27, 2020

Readers, Just a few weeks ago I had a sudden realization. Over many years I had sewn Jack many shirts–maybe 30?–but had never sewn him a t-shirt! It had never even crossed my mind to sew him a t-shirt. I suppose the reason was a ...

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Three Easy Sewing Room Upgrades

June 19, 2020

Readers, About a month and a half ago I had another of those moments when I looked at the sewing room and did not like what I saw. Clutter. Disorder. Half-finished projects. How can a person get work done in here? Who’s responsible for ...

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Developing My Knit Wits

June 12, 2020

Readers, Recently I’ve been spending a little time every day taking PatternReview.com’s online class Understanding Knit Fabrics, taught by Sarah Veblen. I’ve sewn acres of woven fabrics but only about a patio-sized amount of ...

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