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Options for creating your first sewing area, or adding to the one you have.

Find iconic glam inspiration with Biba + a giveaway!

If so, we’ve got some ideas for you!

Do you have a weakness when sewing?

You all are so good at organizing!

My approach to planning, taking notes, and fitting

Take a peek into Katie’s Sewing Planner.

How creating a thoughtful, orderly, and handy plan for my sewing is helping me save money and feel more organized.

We have something coming next week that will help you plan your sewing!

Going from inspiration to sewing queue in this fall’s wardrobe planning process.

My process of going from a bunch of scattered ideas and too much fabric, to an organized queue of projects I’m in love with.

We’ve discovered a few issues with Rue that are currently being fixed. A corrected pattern will be available soon. Read more here. Stripes and plaids are iconic pattern designs that have the magic ability to bring a tinge of class to any outfit. When using striped or plaid fabrics for Rue, there are almost endless …

How we developed Rue from an initial idea to a full fledged pattern

Rue is all we are talking about here at HQ and it’s got a lot of us thinking about our own versions and how we can make them personalized to our style.

My vibrant pink Rue in vintage silk!

What does classic mean to you?

Is there a sewing notion you’d bring to a desert island?

We’ve been talking quite a bit about yokes around the office as of late. Which got me thinking about how I don’t really wear a lot of garments with yokes and how I should make some plans to sew some up. I decided instead of looking through my pinterest board of patterns I wanted to …

Some gorgeous tropical fabric ideas for the next half of summer

We made a playlist for you!

I faced my first fabric challenge sewing a waffle cloth robe for my mom. I used her trusty old Bernina, and the many layers of thick knit fabric fought me like a wild beast. I stuffed it under the presser foot, plugging my ears to avoid the crunching noise the needle made. Only after arming …