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Sewing projects, tips and inspiration for the modern seamstress and the sewing blog of Sewaholic Patterns
Here’s a great pattern adjustment to have in your arsenal: the full bicep adjustment. Also known as a full arm adjustment. If your sleeve fits snugly, this is how you can adjust the width. The method that I’m showing below is from the excellent book Fit For Real People (highly recommended!). I’m starting with the […]
The Fraser Sweatshirt is one of those quick, easy, and satisfying projects. It sews up in a flash and doesn’t take up a lot of fabric! I think the trickiest bit in this garment is sewing the set-in collar for View C. It can be a bit tough to get nice, clean corners with knit […]
Our Dunbar Top has a really cool knit binding finish. It looks super professional, and it stretches and moves nicely so that you can work out without worrying about popping stitches. There are many ways to sew a knit binding as a neckline or armhole finish. I particularly like this method because all raw edges […]
Gussets!!! They’re kind of intimidating right? We’ve had some requests for a tutorial on sewing the gusset in the Pacific Leggings, so I am here today to do just that! I’ll outline our technique for inserting a gusset into these leggings, step-by-step, with loads of photos and some extra tips and tricks. Let’s do this. Start off […]
The back zippered pocket on the Pacific Leggings is one of the best features. Leggings and yoga pants rarely have pockets, and if they do it’s the small card-size pocket along the waistband edge. Not super useful, and definitely not secure. The Pacific Leggings are designed for practicality with a nice big back pocket. This pocket […]
Today I have a tutorial using the Pacific Leggings pattern. It has interesting details, yet it’s still quick to sew. (And they’re very comfortable to wear.) One thing I wanted to demonstrate is how to sew stretchy, professional-looking seams on your Pacific Leggings. You can sew regular seams with a stretch stitch or narrow zigzag, or sew all […]
Here’s a fun plaid-matching challenge: can you match the plaid on the sleeve placket to the sleeve? (image from our tailored placket tutorial post) Yes! You totally can. You just need to figure out what part of the sleeve placket piece is the one that shows on the right side. This is for the plaid Granville […]
Today, I’m cutting the Granville Shirt in plaid and thought I’d share a few thoughts on cutting, sewing and making this shirt in plaid fabrics. As always, there are many things I think of while sewing that might be useful to share. This post is a play-by-play of what I did, with useful tips along […]