One Seam at a Time

Making Statement Sleeves Stand Out

Making Statement Sleeves Stand Out

Statement sleeves are a huge, pun intended, trend right now.  So I thought I'd share a quick tutorial on how to give a little extra stand out power to your fashion...

Making Statement Sleeves Stand Out

Statement sleeves are a huge, pun intended, trend right now.  So I thought I'd share a quick tutorial on how to give a little extra stand out power to your fashion...

Walking Into Summer

Walking Into Summer

With the temperatures finally climbing up here in Canada, I'm really looking forward to navigating the heat in my loose and statement sleeved Milly dress.  Now, of course, many of...

Walking Into Summer

With the temperatures finally climbing up here in Canada, I'm really looking forward to navigating the heat in my loose and statement sleeved Milly dress.  Now, of course, many of...

Here's to BIG Sleeves

Here's to BIG Sleeves

It was time to crawl out of 2020 and start something new.  And by new, I mean a brand new sewing pattern.  I wanted something easy fitting.  A quick satisfying...

Here's to BIG Sleeves

It was time to crawl out of 2020 and start something new.  And by new, I mean a brand new sewing pattern.  I wanted something easy fitting.  A quick satisfying...

Willow Top with changed ruffle sleeve to a straight sleeve.

Reducing Volume in the Willow Sleeve

  Hello Fellow Sewists!  Back in January, I launched my newsletter.  In it I said it was time for a fresh new way of looking at sewing for self.  I...

Reducing Volume in the Willow Sleeve

  Hello Fellow Sewists!  Back in January, I launched my newsletter.  In it I said it was time for a fresh new way of looking at sewing for self.  I...

4 Spring 2019 Trends for Your Handmade Wardrobe

4 Spring 2019 Trends for Your Handmade Wardrobe

Love them or hate them runway fashion trends influence the silhouettes you'll be coveting next season, and the colours and prints of the fabrics you'll be buying for your next sewing...

4 Spring 2019 Trends for Your Handmade Wardrobe

Love them or hate them runway fashion trends influence the silhouettes you'll be coveting next season, and the colours and prints of the fabrics you'll be buying for your next sewing...

Sewing 101: SERGING... 2 Easy Rules for Better Serging

Sewing 101: SERGING... 2 Easy Rules for Better ...

In a quest to have our sewing projects look more "professional" and less "home sewn", let's talk about serging, or overlocking seams. I have a very simple 2 step process for you. It's one...

Sewing 101: SERGING... 2 Easy Rules for Better ...

In a quest to have our sewing projects look more "professional" and less "home sewn", let's talk about serging, or overlocking seams. I have a very simple 2 step process for you. It's one...