Getting Things Sewn

Designing a workspace, a wardrobe, and more

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 and on my About Me page 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: ...
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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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