All tagged technique

patch pockets

a big reason why I started love aunt maggie was to share, or at least document, all the random knowledge I have acquired about sewing over the last few years. even if that knowledge is just a pattern recommendation or a link to a really awesome tutorial on YouTube. in addition to posting about it here i'll be building all this information in a technique library.

today i am starting this by talking about pockets, in particular patch pockets.

ten tiny sewing tools i'm thankful for

happy turkey day!

v and i are spending the holiday in wine country with our good friends colin & christina. the boys are outside chopping wood and smoking the turkey. 

today i'm going to share ten sewing tools sewing tools I'm thankful for. nine are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand!

hand stitching

final post in technique week! if you are just joining us here is what we have covered so far: 

on monday i did a tutorial for making your very own fabric labels with just fabric, stamps, and ink.  on tuesday i covered french seams, or rather the do's and don'ts of using french seams. on wednesday i talked about straight stitch seams and what i feel are the three key benefits of using them.  on thursday i wrote a guide to facings, which are my personal favorite finishing technique. 

for our final post today we are talking about the benefits of hand stitching.

facings

technique week marches on!

if you're just joining us: on monday we had a tutorial for making your own fabric labels, on tuesday we discussed some do's and don'ts of french seams, on wednesday we had three reasons you should use straight stitch seams in your next project

today we are talking about facings, which are probably my favorite technique. (i'm only saving hand stitching for tomorrow because so often it's the final step in a project, so it feels right to end the week on it.) 

french seams

for those of you who don't know a french seam is a finishing technique whereby you see the seam twice: once to attach the two pieces of fabric, and once to enclose the raw edge in a pocket on the inside of the garment.  

diy fabric label tutorial

all this week we'll be talking about techniques to make your sewing more professional. today it's all about labels.

when i first started sewing i ordered my labels online. however i always felt they were a tad overpriced ($1 apiece), took a little too long arrive (6 weeks or more), and no matter how much time i spent designing them they didn't quite have the look i was going for. so last year i decided to try making my own. they turned out great so i thought i would share my process.