Yearly Archives: 2015

Review: Classic Dry Iron – No Holes!

I decided I needed a dry iron – one with no holes in the soleplate – for fusing interfacing and starching. The Amazon product links in this post are affiliate links. If you click on these links and purchase something, I

Posted in Sewing

Blue Summer Dress – Balancing the Stripes

Now that there’s not much summer left, I finally got around to making a summer dress! I’ve had this beautiful fabric in my stash for years. I bought it planning on making a summer dress, but I couldn’t find a

Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing

Mini Stuffed Dress Form Pattern

I’ve made yet another pattern for DIY mini dress forms. This one has a very nice shape and is my favorite. These tiny dress forms are so cute! My goal was to make a sewn and stuffed mini dress form

Posted in Half-Scale Patternmaking and Sewing, Patternmaking, Sewing

Measuring Curves

I’ve tried all sorts of methods for measuring curves on sewing patterns. I thought I’d test them all out, since I just got a curve measuring wheel and I wanted to see how it compared to other methods. I tried

Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing

Break the 5/8” Habit

Years ago, when I first learned about using narrower seam allowances like the garment industry does, it didn’t work for me. I’d sit down at my sewing machine and without thinking, I would sew 5/8″ from the edge, forgetting I’d

Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing

New Serger and Some Sewing Projects

I finally got a new serger! To everyone who purchased my half-scale dress form patterns, thank you! I wouldn’t have had a new serger in my budget otherwise. It’s been pretty fun having my sewing turning into a self-supporting hobby.

Posted in Sewing

Chainstitching on a Touch & Sew

While I was researching my Singer 401A sewing machine, I discovered that there are vintage sewing machines made in the 1960’s and 1970’s that will sew a single thread chainstitch with the right attachments. I immediately decided I had to

Posted in Sewing, Vintage Sewing Machines

Treadle-izing My Singer 328K

I’ve been looking for a vintage all-metal zig-zag sewing machine to keep in a treadle base ever since I was confronted with my Singer 252’s limited life expectancy. This search led me to the Singer 328K. My requirements for a

Posted in Treadle Sewing Machines, Vintage Sewing Machines

A Treadle and a Quilt

After my recent sewing area re-arrangement to accommodate my new Singer 401A, my antique Singer 127 treadle sewing machine is now accessible instead of being buried behind my main sewing machine. I haven’t sewn much on this machine, since the

Posted in Sewing, Vintage Sewing Machines

Creating Tiled PDFs in Inkscape

Do you want to make professional looking print-at-home PDF patterns? How about doing it with free software? There are many ways to create a tiled PDF pattern. Here’s how I do it in Inkscape, which is a free vector graphics program.

Posted in Inkscape, Patternmaking
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