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2018, Seen in a New Light

Readers, Pants-fitting: a weighty topic in 2018. There is something Jack and I say to…
Paula DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
Paula DeGrandJanuary 26, 2018
Process

Decisions, decisions

Readers, Yesterday I wrote this post and was almost finished with it when I had…
Paula DeGrand
Paula DeGrandJanuary 17, 2018
Process

What Really Counts

Readers, A disconsolate letter poured into the Getting Things Sewn headquarters this morning addressed to…
Paula DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
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 DeGrand
Paula DeGrandAugust 31, 2017
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