I recently took a class to make an unlined blazer resembling the classic Chanel jacket. I made a basic black version in class and whipped this one up over the weekend as homework. Because I couldn’t not make a jacket to look like the Chanel runway styles, I altered my pattern a little and added… Read More Chanel-style cardigan jacket
I’ve always winced when hemming pants and having to cut through the seam. It feels wrong to me to cut through a seam someone else has sewn. Something about patterns have felt the same way – they were magical slips of see-though paper that held the key to transforming my flat fabric into a three-dimensional garment.… Read More The pains of preparation
One of the hardest habits I’ve had to break is rushing to put all of my pieces together and divorcing myself from my sewing machine. The two biggest lessons I’ve learned are the value of hand-stitching and taking pains to prepare my pattern, fabric and marking not in chalk but thread tracing. When making my… Read More Preparing the fabric
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