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When the Cali Faye Valley blouse came up as the July make for Project Sew My Style, I was not into it. It’s a fine pattern, but it’s not my style. The puffy sleeves were a little to on-the-nose boho for my taste. Eliminating the sleeves were just the beginning of my pattern-hacking madness! […]
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Back in December 2016, before Sie macht had a following of any size, I published this free pillow pattern. It didn’t get a lot of attention at the time, but I never lost faith in its appeal. That’s why I’m resharing it now! […]
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After my last postΒ on working with McCall’s M6696 shirtdress, I checked out some books on pattern fitting. One of my library books is “Pattern Fitting with Confidence”Β by longtime public television sewing educator, Nancy Zieman. I just happened to start with her book first, and I haven’t looked back. Her fitting technique made a world of sense to me, and I don’t understand why I haven’t seen it in other places. […]