What's new at the studio Elise's Sewing Studio Blog Dear Reader, Something that I see people struggling with or overthinking are sewing knits. Knits are any fabric where the fibre is knitted together instead of woven. It is the knitting together of fibres that creates stretch (or "give"). Woven fabric on the other hand is woven together instead of knitted, and has little give. I see folks who have sewn with nothing but woven fabric get intimidated with sewing knits, so I wrote a new article...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read
Elise's Sewing Studio What's new at the Studio Top posts from this week Dear Reader, If you've been reading this newsletter for any amount of time, you know that I love the quick win of doing your own alterations! But something that I see people miss when they sew from patterns or alter clothes they alrady have are the importance of vertical measuements in clothing fit. We covered this in detail in the course Alter Almost Anything, but I thought I would write a quick blog post about it too....
almost 3 years ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, There is a lot to learn when you start to sew. I usually recommend to folks who are starting to sew to work on one new technique at a time. Start basic and slowly add things like zippers, pockets, collars, etc. I've noticed people making a lot of the same beginner mistakes over and over again, so I thought I'd write a post about it to help. After all, you don't know what you don't know! Read "Top 9 Sewing Mistakes Beginners Make" Sometimes it just takes one little tweak to help...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read