Sewing Mise en Place: The Practice of Each Thing in Its Place

Remember when The Food Network still had cooking shows, the kind in which someone teaches you how to cook? I do. I love cooking shows. I love the cooking part, but what really makes me…

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More Goth/Alt Sewing Pattern Designers

A question I get often is, “Where can I find alt/goth patterns?” With so many pattern designers, you would imagine that this is an easy question to answer. It is not. Two years ago, I…

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Tips for Sewing and Wearing an All-Black Wardrobe

I have an Apple Music  playlist in which I collected the best songs with favorite color in the title: If you open my closet, it will be a visual representation of this playlist: Lots and…

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Changes that Extend the Life of Your Pattern (aka Hacking)

Imagine that you are a chef. You spend hours getting a certain recipe just right. You play around with ingredients, ratios, and temperatures. It is hours, days, sometimes weeks until you get to the perfect…

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The Accidental Goth Dress: Emma by Designer Stitch

I’m a sucker for knit clothing. I don’t like clothing that constrains me, so any garment made of knit fabrics makes my day. I love how with knit fabrics I can create clothing that feels…

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