How to Add a Hemstitched Pocket to a T-Shirt
Personalize your T-shirt by adding a custom linen pocket stitched with a hemstitch needle and heirloom stitches. Go from plain to eye-catching by following this step-by-step tutorial. More …
Sewing Pockets Using French Seams
Hi everyone! I love to sew on vaca—how about you? Last summer I spent some time on an island off of Cape Cod, sewing in the morning and beaching in the afternoon. My idea of a perfect day! And the pattern weights are free! (After you lug them home from the beach…) I always take More …
Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-along: Part 3
In the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along Part 1, we’ve completed the shirt front, and in the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along Part 2, we’ve completed the shirt back. Now it’s time to construct and set the sleeves by making the sleeve slit opening, sleeve slit facing, sleeve tucks, sew sleeve to armhole, topstitch, hem More …
Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-along: Part 2
In Part 1 of the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along, we completed the front. Now it’s time to start on the back. In this lesson, we will sew: the back to the double yoke shoulder seams edgestitching collar collar bands The Back, Yoke, Shoulder Seams and Edgestitching Construction tip: I attach my yoke and yoke More …
Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along – Part 1
For this sew-along, I will be showing you my tried-and-true method for constructing a tailored classic button front shirt. A tailored shirt, especially a solid white one is an essential wardrobe staple. It practically goes with everything. It’s one of those pieces in your closet that you’ll never regret owing. And it’s so rewarding to More …
Custom T-Shirt with an Overlocker
Create a custom T-shirt on an Overlocker with this easy-to-follow tutorial and add more favorite T-shirts to your wardrobe. More …
How to sew a 1-Hour A-line Skirt
When I was in grad school in San Francisco, my friend Paige and I had regular painting nights in her studio apartment in the Tenderloin. Paige’s apartment was so tiny that in order to have space to do anything, we had put up her Murphy bed and move all the furniture to one corner. Then More …