Happiness Through Sewing
Your jeans are too long, or one of your favorite people’s jeans are too long. All good; you have a sewing machine – you got this. I’ve always hemmed jeans and jean-styled pants the traditional way: cut off the excess, fold under a new hem, and sew it down. Simple, reliable, straight-forward. But there’s another […] Read more…
Many of us know the names of stitches, and we know some stitches, but we don’t always know the name of the stitch we use or how to get started on the stitch we need. This is one of five posts covering 10 commonly used and much-needed hand stitches for garment sewing and mending, with […] Read more…
Many of us know the names of stitches, and we know some stitches, but we don’t always know the name of the stitch we use or how to get started on the stitch we need. This is one of five posts covering 10 commonly used and much-needed hand stitches for garment sewing and mending, with […] Read more…
Many of us know the names of stitches, and we know some stitches, but we don’t always know the name of the stitch we use or how to get started on the stitch we need. This is one of five posts covering 10 commonly used and much-needed hand stitches for garment sewing and mending, with […] Read more…
Many of us know the names of stitches, and we know some stitches, but we don’t always know the name of the stitch we use or how to get started on the stitch we need. This is one of five posts covering 10 commonly used and much-needed hand stitches for garment sewing and mending, with […] Read more…
Many of us know the names of stitches, and we know some stitches, but we don’t always know the name of the stitch we use or how to get started on the stitch we need. This is one of five posts covering 10 commonly used and much-needed hand stitches for garment sewing and mending, with […] Read more…
Everybody loves a pocket, so why is it that a lot of clothes don’t have them? And tiny, useless pockets don’t count as pockets. Luckily, pockets are easy to construct and add to your store-bought clothes, and they’re easy to draft for your me-mades. There are so many types of pockets that there are entire […] Read more…
There are a few patterns we will sew more than once. There are patterns we will never sew again, and there are patterns we might sew again, if we could make them a little different. Maybe we would add pockets, leave the sleeves off, or change the neckline. Welcome to pattern hacking. It’s easier than […] Read more…
It’s easy to change the neckline of a top with no collar. Really. It’s just a matter of tracing off the pattern pieces that contain the neckline and drawing in the new neckline shape you want. However, there are a few things you should keep in mind. The neckline is an external style line, meaning […] Read more…
The neck opening of a shirt can be finished with a collar stand, a collar, a facing, a lining, or a bias binding. While the collars and collar stands are for style, the facings, linings, and bias strips are for function. Linings are usually sewn to a facing, but not always, and function to line […] Read more…