Archive | November, 2011

Colette Patterns Blog Tour: Book Excerpt!

By on November 4, 2011 in Inspiration and Everything Else

I was thrilled to be asked by Sarai of Colette Patterns to be part of the blog tour for the Colette Sewing Handbook. Have you seen the book yet? It’s beautiful! It’s the sort of book you buy for the information and the fact that it looks pretty on your shelf. Another great thing about [...]

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Molly’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 3, 2011 in Patterns

When I developed the Minoru Jacket pattern, one of the best decisions I made this time around was to improve the testing process. This time, I had nearly twenty pattern testers, all making different sizes, living in different parts of the world, and using different types of fabric. I sent them the pattern, they sewed [...]

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A Very First Sewing Machine

By on November 2, 2011 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Hey, everyone! Excellent news! So, my friend Jen has decided to take up sewing. Hurrah! Another one converted to the wonderful world of sewing. I met Jen when I was at school in February, she’s a wardrobe stylist and professional shopper, so of course we hit it off! And now she’s going to learn to [...]

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Minoru Jacket Q & A

By on November 1, 2011 in Patterns

What an amazing response to the Minoru Jacket announcement yesterday! A ton of great questions came up and I thought I’d put all of the answers together in one post so it’s easy to read. (And if you have a question about the pattern that’s not already mentioned, please leave a comment and I’ll find [...]

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