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the Myth that is Perfect Fit
image source – note that the image says just right, not perfect I was teaching a class on fit just last night and I had an awesome bunch of ladies who were just great. We had a lot of fun. There was a...
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Side by Side Tailoring: On Tailoring
Click on the image for a great discussion on tailoring for women! Y’all seemed pretty keen on the idea of watching the progress of two tailored jackets – one traditionally hand tailored and the other...
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Reader Request: My Serger
So after my last post on my Janome Coverpro Coverstitch machine, I had a few of you ask what serger I own. So I thought, “hey! I need to do a post on sergers and the one I have.” It’s actually sad that...
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Guest Posting on City Stitching
Hey Everyone! Just thought I would pop in and tell you that I did a guest post over on Christine Haynes’ blog, City Stitching. Its all about fabric stashing and how to overcome being a fabric hoarder....
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Yea or Nay: Iron Teflon Shoe
image source When I posted about my vintage iron (which is still kicking a$$ compared to my old Rowenta!!! jealous much?) a commenter mentioned purchasing a teflon shoe for it. I have to be honest,...
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Reader Requests: Now Taking Ideas!
There comes in a time in every blogger’s life when you start wondering if your ideas are really worth sharing or where you hit a roadblock (blogger’s block anyone?) in your blogging career. I’ve come...
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There’s Something About Kollabora…
So after my post on Pattern Review last week, I have to admit that I too completely agree with the feeling of most of the comments. The platform is way outdated. I do love Pattern Review, but as many...
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Pairing Pattern & Fabric
The other day I received the latest Garnet Hill catalogue in the mail. It’s one of those that I didn’t actually sign up for, have never purchased anything from but have become a regular receiver of....
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Carpet Jacket
I haven’t been sewing for a few weeks now. Well, I’ve tried to sew a couple of t-shirts and just found myself going, “meh….” and not being fulfilled in any way. So I thought to myself, “Now Miss Sunni,...
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Hear Me Talk About Stuff + Upcoming Shop Event
Several weeks ago, Corinne of The Sewing Affair ever so kindly invited me to be on her ongoing podcast. If you don’t know anything about Corinne, you should hop on over to her blog and get to know her!...
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dark horse
These are another pair of jeans I made for Mr. AFS. The funny thing was, I was thinking that I would skip doing a blog post about them. It’s just another pair of jeans. I mean, you saw the distressed...
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Caring for Your Woolens
I’ve been meaning to continue this series for some time and well, good gravy, life has happened! Thank you for your patience as we’ve been working behind the scenes here for new and upcoming things. I...
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Working with a Sloper
Over the course this year so far, you’ve seen my adoration for a certain button up sewing pattern (McCall’s 6649) and then a couple of hacks of things I’ve made from it (here and here). I thought I...
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Fitting Thoughts on McCall’s 6649
Since I got you all excited about creating your own patterns – from a pattern that already fits you – in my last post, I thought I would give you some fitting thoughts of what I went through with my...
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Custom Sewing – Strikes Dread into the Hearts of Many
Good grief. It all started with the word yes. Yes to a custom sewing job for a coworker. Now, I’m not saying that I dislike this coworker (quite the contrary) or that this project wasn’t a worthy one...
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Cutlery for Apparel Sewing
Last week, when I shared some tool tips for beginners, I thought it might be a good idea to talk about the arsenal of cutlery I’ve acquired over the years for various stages of the sewing process. I...
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