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Getting to know your Bias

Getting to know your Bias

It is exciting to work on bias grain. It transforms rigid cloth; with a set length and width, into a pliable interactive surface. If you take a square of cloth...

Getting to know your Bias

It is exciting to work on bias grain. It transforms rigid cloth; with a set length and width, into a pliable interactive surface. If you take a square of cloth...

The 7 dress, it might be ART.

The 7 dress, it might be ART.

The first 7 dress was hastily thrown together to wear to a party. The party´s theme was 7. I had left things to the last minute and scanned my studio...

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The 7 dress, it might be ART.

The first 7 dress was hastily thrown together to wear to a party. The party´s theme was 7. I had left things to the last minute and scanned my studio...

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Unpacking the Shirtdress

Unpacking the Shirtdress

Written during deep dark Covid. The sewing community saved my sanity.   The Shirt dress. Why is it so difficult to write about the Shirtdress? I have just had a...

Unpacking the Shirtdress

Written during deep dark Covid. The sewing community saved my sanity.   The Shirt dress. Why is it so difficult to write about the Shirtdress? I have just had a...

Calling it as it is

Calling it as it is

I just saw an advertisement for a clothing brand on Instagram. It was selling itself as sustainable, minimal blah blah blah! It has been designed by a famous product designer....

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Calling it as it is

I just saw an advertisement for a clothing brand on Instagram. It was selling itself as sustainable, minimal blah blah blah! It has been designed by a famous product designer....

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The Carla and how it came to be.

The Carla and how it came to be.

My customers mistook the Big Pants for a skirt. You could say that the Carla Rock ( rock is the german word for skirt )is like the Big Pants with...

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The Carla and how it came to be.

My customers mistook the Big Pants for a skirt. You could say that the Carla Rock ( rock is the german word for skirt )is like the Big Pants with...

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How to make the Big Pants from the Carla rock pattern

How to make the Big Pants from the Carla rock p...

I have been inspired to write this post because of the Zero waste movement. There are a few Zero waste challenges, particularly the #sewcialistszerowaste. I have been following with a...

How to make the Big Pants from the Carla rock p...

I have been inspired to write this post because of the Zero waste movement. There are a few Zero waste challenges, particularly the #sewcialistszerowaste. I have been following with a...