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During the course of our bra-making adventures, I often told my sister to “use a pattern weight” to help keep pattern pieces in place during cutting, to which she always replied “I don’t have any.” Now, of course, we all know anything can be used as a pattern weight, really. However, some of the pattern … More Holiday Gift Crafting: Pattern Weights
I actually finished this project before Christmas, but this post is a bit delayed because of atypical holiday travel schedules and certain gift recipients wanting to be surprised… But it’s a super cool project so I’m excited to finally be sharing what I made! A while ago I was scrolling Instagram and I saw a … More A Little Crafty Sewing: Needle Keeper
It seems a bit of a time warp to be writing Craftsy class reviews… after all of the chaos with the platform it seems like it has really fallen off the sewing and crafting radar. However, a lot of the original classes made for the original Craftsy are still available on the platform, and a … More Craftsy Class Reviews: Lingerie Essentials Series
So after my first bra-making endeavor, I was pretty happy with the fit of the bra in general, but I still needed to make several alterations to the second version of the pattern to correct multiple fit issues. The second version of the bra looks very similar to the first, but I actually made several … More Adventures in Bra Sewing – Part 2: Making a Better Fitting Bra!
December has been a surprisingly creative month for me! After spending what feels like most of the year not sewing, I feel like I’ve got my groove back this month and I’ve been able to wrap up several long-term projects that have been on my to-sew goals list as well as start some new projects … More Monthly Sewing Review – December Wrap Up
I do really enjoy doing a sewing wrap-up post each year. I think there has been a lot of “we overestimate what we can do in a day but underestimate what we can do in a year” going around, and for me that it totally true. I am addicted to my Todoist app, but I’m … More 2022 Sewing Top 5
As has been my tradition on the blog, I like to do a few year-end wrap up posts looking at how things went. I tend to separate the sewing things into their own posts and the non-sewing things into this post. I do really like sort of doing this general wrap up; I am re-reading … More 2022: Looking Back at Everything Not Related to Sewing
Since my recent posts on the distracted nature of my sewing plans and the follow-up in my November wrap-up post, I’ve done a bit more of a foray into the realm of bra sewing, and I’ve definitely got some thoughts on the process. As a brief summary, I’m basically completing my trifecta of things I … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Part 1 – Making the First Bra
November has been an interesting month. It started with the wrap-up of my last big travel event (hopefully) for the year. When I came home I was sick (again) with non-COVID, plus the usual post-travel exhaustion, so I didn’t think there would be a lot of sewing going on this month. However, I’ve had a … More Monthly Sewing Review – November Wrap Up
I’ve been pretty minimal in my sewing plans this year, especially after my energy levels were knocked down a peg from my bout with the plague. I’ve been pretty focused on the idea of making a button front shirt (still in progress), and I’ve got a dress pattern on the radar for an upcoming event. … More In Which My Sewing Plans Take a Total Left Turn
Doctor T Designs 