Ever feel like sewing patterns expect you to be a mind reader? Well… that’s not far off. 😅 They do expect that you know a little/lot about sewing already. I'll let you in on a little lesser-known fact... Sewing patterns were never designed to teach beginners how to sew. In the late 1800s, home sewing patterns were created for home dressmakers (who already knew their craft) to be able to sew up the latest styles from Paris or New York. Major things such as grainlines, darts, seam finishes, fitti
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Back when I first started sewing, I would spend hours on a garment. Cutting carefully. Following the pattern. Putting so much time and energy into my sewing. And yet… when it was finished, I’d hold it up and feel a little bit disappointed. It was fine... good, even! But, I just didn’t love it. And more often than not, it just ended up in the back of my wardrobe. And it felt so frustrating that "skill effort" ≠ always equal a garment I loved. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. It wasn’
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