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Sewing Baby Clothes: Butterick 8211
A few years ago a family friend found maybe 20-30 old patterns at a Goodwill in Portland and gave them to me. They mostly ranged from 1940s to some 1960s and are in varying states of crumbling. She tried to…
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Sewing Men’s Swim Trunks
I haven’t been blogging that much lately, but I still sew daily, just trying out different swimsuits. I’ve been drafting a lot of my own stuff since spandex is so forgiving and stretchy and feeling happy about the results. I…
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Couture Sewing Techniques at FIT
Last semester I took AP 242, Couture Sewing Techniques, with Professor Lombardi as part of FIT’s continuing education program. I signed up for this class after finishing Adam’s jacket because I realized I really wanted to revisit some sewing fundamentals…
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