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Category: sewing tips

How to Sew a Bodice: Why You Should Understitch

Posted on October 11, 2017 · Leave a comment
blue floral bodice of dress

The best way to make your bodice look well made is to understitch.  I know, it sounds like an extra step that you’re thinking you should just skip, but don’t.  It seriously makes all the difference when you are sewing a bodice. Here’s why: It makes the lining of your bodice lay flat, so it […]

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Learn to Sew: Selvedge, Grain and Bias

Posted on April 21, 2015 · 2 Comments
Patterns laying on a table

So, you have this pattern that you thought would be easy to try, and you have the cutest little floral print fabric that called your name in the store as you tried to walk away, but now what?  Set the nicely folded fabric on your sewing table with your pattern on top and admire it […]

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