Communing With Fabric

First, I want to thank you for all of your wonderful feedback on my Marcy Tilton dress! I am very happy with it and have three events in ...

I think I've figured out why this sort of dress is called a "wiggle dress"! For me, at least, wiggling is involved in taki...

While I was sitting in a Marine's Club Hotel in downtown San Francisco on Friday morning (along with 84 other sewists) listening to S...

Pattern Review Weekend, 2013, in San Francisco has concluded. This was my first PR weekend and, since the event traveled to me, I deci...

The Sewing Workshop released the Pearl and Opal jacket pattern just days before Puyallup last month. I really liked the look of both jac...

This last Wednesday I was asked to speak to the Designer Detail's class at Cañada College's Fashion Department . (The link take...

Have you noticed this trend in Spring 2013 clothing? I am seeing it everywhere. Tops in solid fabrics (or in subtle stripes, plaids, etc...