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Summer concert season is in full swing again, and I have a roundup of patterns and looks for summer concert season. You can sew these looks whether you are a 20-something Gen Z, a millennial, or even a Gen X-er…

How to sew more in less time by sewing Two Seams a Day! How long does it take to sew two seams? Less than ten minutes, usually. And yet, you have projects stacked up and languishing in your UFO basket,…

I get asked about basic pattern hacks all the time, and I’ll refer you to a couple of great resources for this (as well as showing you how to do it) wherever I can. A basic tee shirt pattern is…

What do you do when you’ve mortally wounded your sewing project? We’ve all done it, from cutting too small to slicing a hole when you’re just about done, to getting it caught in dye in the washer. Slice/cut into a…

I’m headed to Charleston, SC for a long weekend with a good friend. Here’s what I sewed and packed. I wanted a casual blazer style jacket for the cooler spring evenings, so I packed my hand-dyed Kona cotton Wiksten Unfolding…

I chose this pattern because it was a NL release of a Vogue Pattern that MimiG made popular in about 2010 or so. This is my sewing pattern review of the New Look 6768 cape pattern. What I liked best…

You will love this sweatshirt! Sewing pattern review of HotPatterns 1182 Pretzel Sweatshirt coming right up! First off, I have this in print (It’s available for digital download from the HotPatterns Etsy store, link below:) so I’ve had it a…

My favorite international indie sewing patterns in a video review! This includes patterns I have sewn or I currently own. I round up some fun spring to summer looks including pants, tops, dresses, and two swimsuits along with a coat…

Sew an arty colorblocked boiled wool vest using the Tremont Jacket (and vest) sewing pattern. The Tremont Vest was the perfect canvas for this use of black and cream boiled wool scraps. The black was heavier than the cream (the…