How to Make an Empire Angel Gown
Upcycling wedding dresses into angel gowns is one of my favorite sewing activities. Each vintage gown has it’s own unique properties of textile, silhouette and trim, making every project a fresh design challenge. For example, take a look at this…
Charity Sewing: Dresses for Haiti
It’s always an honor to share one’s talents and abilities with those less fortunate, and the art of sewing gives many of us a way to give back. There are many opportunities to sew for people who need help: children and babies, the…
Angel Gown Update: using Clear Patterns
Update from this previous post about making Angel Gowns: burial dresses for preemie infants: https://7pinedesign.com/charity-sewing-how-to-make-angel-gowns/ Sharing a studio with my daughter (when she’s not away at school!) lets us bounce creative ideas and challenges off each other. The other day I…
“Shorty Shorts”: don’t cut that inseam TOO short!
According to the Wall Street Journal the other day, this is the summer of the Shorty Shorts https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-wears-short-shorts-not-my-daughter-1502295345 (sorry you may need an online subscription to read the full article). According to the story: This is the accompanying visual to the…
Updated Free Headband Pattern
2018 Update: I just found a YouTube video showing how to stitch, turn, press this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGs5f0m88o Who needs a little scrap-buster? Need to make a quick Valentine’s day gift? I’ve updated the multi-size tie-bow headband pattern from this post. The cutting…
Pattern Review: Baby Bonnets
NOTICE: update 1/27/2017: a reader alerted me to the fact that the Purl Bee bonnet pattern discussed below has a notification on the pattern: “This pattern and project are for home use only, not for resale”. I completely missed that when…
Free Pattern: Bow Headband
The best thing about sewing is making exactly what you want. I was looking for a free pattern or tutorial online for a “Bunny-ear” or “Dolly-bow” headband….but I couldn’t find one with the specifics I was after: woven fabric (since I have so…
Free Pattern: Wing-Collar Shirt Dickey
Many of my sewing projects are born of necessity, in other words they are “needs” instead of “wants”. This is one of those. My dear friend Allison has a job that requires wearing a uniform smock, and recently management decided that staff…
