Month: February 2019

Sewing Terms: The Forgotten, the Misspelled, the Mispronounced, and a Wrongly Cut Fabric

Hi all!  Be warned that this is a short venting post.  If you think I’m wrong in my assumptions and presumptions, please tell me so. Because I have not stopped learning, and will never stop. Forgotten Fabric: SiBonne or Si-Bonne The other day at my fashion sewing group meeting, another attendee asked whether “si bonne”… Read More Sewing Terms: The Forgotten, the Misspelled, the Mispronounced, and a Wrongly Cut Fabric

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Tailor’s Tacks, A Basic Sewing Concept for Marking Fabric

Well, maybe not that basic, but worth learning – or at least having some knowledge about. I’ve come a long way from my former eye-roll response to the esteemed tailor’s tack.  I’ve learned not to knock this very traditional technique of transferring pattern markings to the fabric.  It’s so old school, that here is a… Read More Tailor’s Tacks, A Basic Sewing Concept for Marking Fabric

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