I had a very interesting question emailed to me from a reader and I thought it was worthy of a post, especially as I posted about working with silk last week. “What’s an alternative to silk?” she asked. She has her reasons and I think many others might as well for not wanting to work…
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After posting my Modern Geisha dress on The Sew Weekly, I saw a few comments and received a few emails about working with silk. Totally petrified to work with silk? Let’s see if we can’t change that a bit. I’ll give you some of my tips on how to handle this beautiful cloth. Silk is…
This past Friday, I was out fabric shopping. Now, I know that you know that I need fabric like a hole in my head, but this was for very specific projects which are coming up here and here. With these events in mind, I needed fabric for a dress and buttons and odd notions here…
If you’re going to sew, you’re going to want to buy fabric. Fabric is my Magnificent Obsession, and if you’ve ever seen that movie, you know what I mean. I really love fabric. I love everything about it from the selection of it, to the purchasing, to the pre-washing, ironing, cutting into, sewing and wearing….