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...

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...

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 quic...

Reducing Volume in the Willow 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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

Irises in January

Irises in January

Hello Everyone! Happy New Sewing Year!!  With my first post of 2019 II'd like to send out a big heartfelt thank you to all of my followers who have...

Introducing the Evi Dress Pattern

Introducing the Evi Dress Pattern

Hello Everyone! Allow me to introduce the Evi dress!  I love this deceptively simple but oh so not boring dress.  The Evi is v-necked with...