This is the sad story of how I hoard sewing classes (because they are amazing!) and then how I never end up watching them (because I find out about other amazing things!) I want to change. A little. At least finish one of my 5 Craftsy classes that I enrolled in the last few years. Now, Craftsy is having a class sale this weekend and I hope I have enough strenght not to take the Jean-ius Reverse Engineer Your Favorite Fit class. Must have discipline! The 5 classes I am enrolled in and a bit of context about each: Pant Fitting techniques…
Have you watched The Great British Sewing Bee? I have just watched the second episode and I’m inspired to sew more and learn more. The contestants are amazing. I don’t know how they could find so many beautiful and talented people who sew so well. I think the challenges in the show are difficult because of the time limit. This can changes a person’s way of sewing completely. I am a rush sewer (not that I watched the show I know I can say that without thinking people thinking I am a hole in the pavement:) so I think I…
This week I learned something quite cool: using tailor tacks for darts. I don’t know why I never put any attention into this previously, but it’s quite a time saver, you get perfect darts and there’s no mess or unhappy after-washing incidents. First insert the needle once through both layers of fabric. This is a skirt dart, but a bust dart works the same. Then slightly open the two layers, making sure the thread is long enough to cut. And snip, making sure you left the threads a bit longer, so they don’t get fished out when you move the…