DID YOU REMEMBER THAT MADE TO MEASURE LEGGINGS ARE COMING?? Fabric Requirements You will need 1.5-2 yards of stretch fabric that exhibits at least 10% stretch AND stretch recovery. The easiest and...
It’s Tuesday Queuesday! Don’t know what that is? I don’t blame you, we just made it up! In these posts we’ll talk about our plans for future projects. A place to gather thoughts and figure...
A couple weeks ago, when I was a very young sewist (ha!), I bought the Winter Mini Collection 2016 from indiesew. Included were Bethioua, Mila, and Dropje. I am very much not a Dropje girl, but...
After putting it down to start and finish numerous other projects, I finally finished my Signature (without the) Stripes! My project page says it took me two months, but it was obviously not two...
The prompt for the final week of Slow Fashion October 2016 is about “Known Origins:” Good (especially good and affordable) sources of yarn and fabric with traceable origins. And for the...
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing how to draft and sew a pair of made to measure leggings. And while my fellow radcrafters test sew, and the kinks are worked out of the...
This week’s Slow Fashion October prompt went in a lot of different directions, so we each chose our favorite and wrote our take on it. How do you understand your style, choose projects well...
Couldn’t let a weekend go by without sewing something! Waking up at 7:20am on a Sunday is bullshit, but when you’re awake, you’re awake. I decided to turn this massive amount of...
Continuing our discussion of slow fashion during this Slow Fashion October hosted by Karen Templer of Fringe Association, here we are with our takes on the second week’s prompt: How can we make...
Karen Templer over at Fringe Association is hosting the second annual Slow Fashion October (Slotober). She has posted an outline of topics to drive the conversation during the month of October...