I get a lot of newsletters from different sewing companies/groups in my email inbox. The only reason I really stay subscribed is because I like to stay aware of what's trending and how things are going generally in the sewing world. I usually quickly scan & delete the emails.
Today's Seamwork newsletter had a tip, but there's an easier way to do the same thing without buying special pins! Don't bother with special pins - that just means you'll have to keep up with them and keep them sorted and separate from your regular pins! (How often do you walk away from your pins or scissors and then need them from across the room as it is?)
Swipe to see how I mark a start and/or stop point without special pins. Both of my examples are often also used by coworkers and make it easy to pass something off to someone else in the shop if you need to.
Do you have a favorite way of marking stop points?
#sewingtip
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
Tonight I learned how to do foundation paper piecing (fpp) without sewing through the paper. I've never had any desire to sew through the paper and then have to rip it all off. This was much faster with no ripping required in the end!
I plan to make this Jack Russell Terrier block into a decorative pillow.
#FoundationPaperPiecing #fpp
A client I made a cosplay for a few years ago won tickets to The Kentucky Derby in May and commissioned me to make her outfit! This is going to be a fun build!
Her inspiration is from a dress in Singin' in the Rain, and I found a good starting point pattern to use from Mrs. Depew Patterns that has a similar vibe. It's a repo of a 1920s evening gown.
I printed her size and taped it together this afternoon. It isn't the cleanest draft (lots of pointy curves), but it seems decent enough and I can clean it up. I'll start on a mockup in a few days.
#derbydress
Making lingerie out of scraps again. This is a scrap of Liberty of London lawn (left over from a blouse) and some lingerie lace I bought on Etsy (where it is extremely affordable and available in an nearly-infinite variety of styles/colors). I went with a band of sheer ribbon and matching straps.
This is a pattern I rubbed off a bought nightgown.
