technique-a-week: turned and stitched, with bonus zigzag!
let me tell you, i have really been into these seam finishes. besides the french seam, i’ve used each at one point or another, but never with any real intention (and […]
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zippered box pouch and rainbows!
i’ve been working on developing a zippered pouch class to offer this spring, and in the process have been sewing lots of cute little bags! this one isn’t going to […]
technique-a-week: flat felled seam
i’m just cruising through the seam finishing pages of my vogue sewing book! this week i took on the flat felled seam. this is a seam that’s used often to […]
technique-a-week: bias bound seam (and pinked!)
for my second week of technique-a-week, i tackled two seam finishes: bias bound and pinked! (my list of seam finishes is kind of epically long, so i’m going to try to […]
technique-a-week: french seams
when you’re beginning a new project, do you sometimes create little test swatches of different methods or techniques, like pockets, seams, trims or buttonholes? just to be sure you understand […]
hamster and the bee 