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| Book Review | 1/19/10 4:31 PM | Pants That Fit, Finally
Oh, dear. When a fitting dvd begins with the instructor appearing on screen in a baggy camp shirt and a pair of ill-fitting pants, you know it's not going to be good.
This dvd is supposed to be a demonstration of pant fitting using the pivot & slide method, but it succeeds in teaching only the most...more... |
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| Website Review | 1/7/10 11:21 AM | NMSU Clothing Publications List
New Mexico State University has put together a nice collection of downloads of interest to sewers. My DD is a new sewer and she prefers to find her sewing instruction online rather than consult her mother's extensive sewing library...she likes this site, so I thought others might benefit from it as...more... |
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| Sewing Tip | 1/1/10 10:59 AM | Sewing Machine Manual
I recently had my sewing machine manual spiral bound at an office supply store...nothing unusual there. But I decided to have all of the extra stitch charts, warranty info, etc. bound with the book. I also had 3 pieces of lined paper bound in the back for me to record when the machine is serviced ...more... |
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| Book Review | 12/31/09 7:41 PM | Fitting & Pattern Alteration 2nd ed.
This is the new and improved 2nd edition of Fitting & Pattern Alteration that sewers and fashion design students have been using for 20 years. The information has been substantially revised, reorganized and updated, resulting in a reference manual that is altogether easier and more enjoyable to use...more... |
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| Website Review | 1/4/10 9:03 PM | Sewing Tutorials
Here's an interesting and helpful site that may be new to some sewists. Sewing Tutorials is listed as a blog, but really it's a compilation of links to tutorials on various sewing techniques. They're all nicely organized into categories:
General Sewing
Pattern Alterations
Interfacing
Special Sew...more... |
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