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Welcome to SewZine 2007. We have chosen to completely overhaul the SewZine system to provide our subscribers with user-friendly, reliable content throughout the entire year.  What do you get with your SewZine 2007 subscription? Lots!
Content is posted every weekday, Monday through Friday.Every Monday a brand new, never-before-published articles is posted. Tuesdays are reserved for a new Website/Resource to be added to (or highlighted in) our online guide (and you can make your own suggestions). Wednesday hosts the Quote-of-the-Week This will be a quote related to fashion, sewing or getting things done. Thursdays feature a past article from a previous year of SewZine, updated in content (when needed) and format. On Fridays you will receive some sort of surprise content. It may be a cartoon, a story, a screen saver, a pattern or even a complete online class (SewZine will receive all of the lessons from one of our online classes once per month, at no extra cost). In addition to all of that, SewZine members will continue to receive discounts on our other products and services. For example, SewZine subscribers get a $100 discount on our SISI Sewing Library ( http://www.sisisewinglibrary.com ), which includes immediate access to over 40 classes online! SewZine subscribers also receive a $25 discount off of every one of our CD Learning Series. Welcome to SewZine, we hope you will join us! |
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Written by Heather Claus
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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Not all patterns (or garments) of the same size from the same company will fit you the same way. Why? Because of ease. Ease is the extra amount of fabric that is put into a garment, so that you can move, or to change the style from closely fitted to loose. Every designer must take ease into account when making a pattern. Garments must not only fit the body, but must have a minimum amount of ease, so that you can move. With no ease, a blouse would hold you tightly in position! In addition to wearing ease, there is also designer ease, the amount of extra fabric added for the style. For example, a pair of knit leggings may have no ease, but the knit fabric will stretch. A slim pair of pants made for the same size will have 2-3 inches of ease at the hips, for movement. A pair of pleated trousers may have 6 inches of ease or more at the hips, to provide a full silhouette. |
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Written by Heather Claus
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
One thing I have realized in my life is that if I don’t plan where I am going, I probably won’t get there. While this is certainly true in business situations, I have also found it to be true in sewing and crafting.
Really, if I just putter from project to project, without an idea of what I am trying to accomplish, I don’t really accomplish much of anything. I get distracted, I want to play with something else, or a project loses my interest somewhere in the middle.
Some years ago, I found that if I create a plan to assist me in my sewing, I will get far more done. Do I get it all done? Heck no, but I get more than if I worked without a plan.
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February Vintage Gallery - A Princess Pocket |
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Written by Heather Claus
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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 One of the things I think is so special about this particular piece is that When I found it in a shop in Louisville, KY, I immediately knew it was sewn over 40 years ago at home by someone who probably had more style than money.
It is not that the construction gave it away. After all, many of the older pieces I have have the sorts of touches in them that would today give away a home seamstress. After all, many pieces even up through the 50s and 60s were touched up and fitted by seamstresses that worked for the shops, and they left their mark. No, what really tipped me off was something much more special. |
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