Dear readers, thank you for visiting. It’s time for a monthly dose of sewing tips on The Sew Everything Blog! I’ve included a form again for your own sewing tip to be included in a future post in our ongoing Sewing Tips Series. Of course, if you have a website or blog, I will link… Read More 5 Sewing Tips: Plain and Simple, Part 3
Hi Readers, thank you for visiting! Posted here for your pleasure are fabric and cutting details for the South Asian kurta. If you’ve missed earlier posts about it, you can read them here and here. Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section! Measurements: the only two needed measurements are shoulder width and desired length… Read More Kurta Construction: Cutting Out
What do coins, CDs, food skewers, toothpicks and knit fabric have in common? This…. There’s creativity, and then there is genius, uber-creative thinking which produces work like Rowan Mersh’s. In this short post, I want to share a few images of works by the English designer, as featured in the book “Fashioning Fabrics”, 2006, edited by Sandy Black,… Read More Artist Rowan Mersh and Knit Fabric
It’s a small sartorial world, after all………….. Hi Readers, I hope you enjoy this post as much as I am having fun writing it. No, really. I know you’ll enjoy it. Remember my statement in a previous post about the kurta being a uniquely South Asian tunic? Well, I’m taking it back. My friends Janith and… Read More The Kurta, the Kirtle and the Shift
Readers, thank you for visiting! I am thrilled to present sewing tips in this post submitted by two lovely readers: Janith Bergeron of The Sewing Tree and Lisa of the Stitch it Again blog! Tip #1: Find a Sewing Mentor From Lisa of Stitch it Again: Seek out a sewing mentor: Books, blogs, instruction manuals,… Read More 5 Sewing Tips (and Tools): Plain and Simple, Part 2
Hi friends, thank you for visiting my blog! In this post, I’ll try to convey the method I used to raise a cowl neckline on a pattern which was originally so low that wearing another layer underneath became imperative. That was not the look I was going for…. take a look. Here is a picture of the original… Read More Cowl Raising
Hi readers, thank you for visiting! This is a brief post about a garment which is a wardrobe staple in the South Asian countries of Pakistan and India. Today, these two nations are among the very few countries where ancient garb is still worn on a practical, daily basis. The kurta is a tunic worn over pants (the shalwar and other bottom… Read More The Kurta: A Wardrobe Staple of the Mysterious East
It’s been six months since this blog was launched, in a modest kind of way. But then all personal blogs are launched modestly. I’ve learned many things in those 6 months. I’ve learned that I’m still a tiny blip in the blogosphere. I’m ecstatic that there are now 49 followers of the Sew Everything Blog.… Read More Just a Blip in the Blogosphere
Dear Readers, thank you for visiting! I wrote these few, very few, sewing tips with a beginning seamstress in mind, but I hope you enjoy them even if you’re an experienced, accomplished sewing enthusiast. I will be making this a regular feature on this blog. As I gather and post the tips, I will be crediting the… Read More 5 Sewing Tips, Plain and Simple
Let’s give credit where it’s due. Many years ago, I discovered the usefulness of manila paper templates. The pattern instruction guide sheet in a Sewing Workshop pattern detailed how to make and use manila paper templates for ease in turning up hems. The much loved piece of clothing from that pattern saw a lot of use,… Read More Templates: Unsung Heroes of the Sewing Room
