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bootstrap dress form tutorial: constructing the shell

Aug 3, 2017 | dailies, sewing journal | 5 Comments

Can you believe it? After today we will be about halfway done with our dress form construction. For such a complex process, it goes rather quickly! In my first post, I covered how to take your measurements and record your body build, generate your pattern, and gather...

of an evening

Aug 1, 2017 | dailies | 0 Comments

It's deep into night and as I emerge freshly dressed from my evening shower, I do what I always do - push the towels and laundry from the bathroom floor into the hallway, where it will be retrieved and sorted downstairs by someone in the family. My eldest child always...

pattern review: the burnside bibs by sew house seven

Jul 24, 2017 | sewing journal | 3 Comments

I had quite a week, and it cheered me immensely to sew up the Sew House Seven Burnside Bibs. I think of these as "Rosie the Riveter"-style overalls, and as far as I know mine are the first pair in existence to be made out of a knit fabric. This involves the extremely...