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Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over!
Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over! Hey there, sewing friends! 🧵✂️ After a whole lotta thinkin’ (and maybe one too many cups of coffee), I’ve decided it’s time to pack up my virtual sewing basket and move our little corner of the internet over to Substack. It’s where more folks are gathering these days, and I want to stitch and chat with every single one of you! So here’s the plan: Starting right now, I’m committing to brand-new posts every Tuesday
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My Blog here is a work in progress...having just brought over all 618 of my posts from my 'Old Blog' which I began in 2005! Please excuse the duplications for a spell while I go through them all.
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How To Shorten a Skirt with Elastic Waist
Short and Simple: Shortening a skirt with an elastic waist is SO easy! Here’s how I did it just now as I wanted to take this skirt on...
Packing for Vacation
Can’t help but share – and ASK: How do YOU get packed for vacation???? Do you whip up something new to wear? Do you clean up your sewing...
Cold Shoulder Top – Binding Technique
Finally – I made time to stitch up my first ‘Cold Shoulder’ Top. My first reaction in wearing it is that it feels like my bra straps are...
Baby Onesie Trim Sewn Technique & Design
Check out my final trimmed and sewn ‘Onesie’ for granddaughter Kenzie’s Aug. 7 birthday! It’s been ‘in process’ for some time since we...
Londa’s FAVORITE Sewing Notions
“What are YOUR favorite sewing notions? Which ones should I buy?” This is a question several of my new sewing students (and their...
Sewing Pattern Sizing History
The history of sizing for women’s clothing is interesting, indeed. I knew this favorite book of mine contained a great pattern sizing...
Stretchy Carpenter Knee Patch
Check out this STRETCHY Knee Patch I came up with for my MOST AWESOME son-in-law! Having tried Duck fabric in the past, only to have it...
WW2: Fashion Designers Live On – Part 6
Concluding my visit to how WW2 affected fashion…enjoy information about the designers of the time. Everything set in italics is quoted...
WW2 Births Modern-Day Textiles?War-Tme Designers- Part 5
Continuing with the effect of WW2 on fashion, today I’ll share excerpts regarding textile development of those years from the thesis...
WW2 Affects Hair & Make-Up & Hollywood: Series Part 4
WW2 shaped today’s world in many ways. Read on to see how it affected hair and make-up, and even Hollywood. Italics denote words from...
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