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After sewing up several Jane tops. (from the new garden girl collection) I decided I was ready to sew one with a zipper instead of a button closure for the back. Adding in a zipper to any pattern is easy…
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Remember when I shared the paper piecing (or foundation piecing) and I said I had a tutorial for English paper piecing as well. Well here it is, paper piecing is something I had been wanting to try for a long…
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This year was all about trying new things for me, something I have been wanting to try for a long time is paper piecing. Paper piecing is usually a quilting thing, so you can piece together small or odd shaped…
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So let’s say you have a pattern you love, only you wish it had sleeves. Adding sleeves to a sleeveless pattern is not that difficult. All you need to do is understand a few simple elements of sleeves and you…
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One question I have gotten quite a few times over the past few years usually starts “Is it possible to add a hood to…” or “How can I add a hood to…” Always some pattern that doesn’t have a hood…
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I LOVE sewing with knits, which is great because my kids LOVE wearing knits. One of the pains of sewing with knits though is the hemming. Sure there are options out there, cover stitch machines, double needles… all that stuff…
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