Category: How To
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IVIYE Goddess Gown: Step by Step Video
I guide you through step by step as we sew the IVIYE Goddess Gown.
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TipStitched Tips: How create digital sketches
I can’t draw so I use “digital sketches” to create my to sew vision boards.
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How to Hem Pants: A Sewing Tutorial
Hemming is honestly one of my least favorite sewing steps, but it is an important one. A sure giveaway of poorly homemade pants is a crooked, sloppy or uneven hem. A well-made handcrafted garment should have a crisp, even hem that hits at just the right length. In this post I will show you my 6 steps to hemming pants. I will […]
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TipStitched Tips – Grading Between Pattern Sizes
Last week’s tip addressed selection the correct commercial pattern size. If you missed it check it out here. If you’ve already read it you may have found that your body is more than one size (according to pattern makers). I myself am usually a size (or two!) smaller in my bust than my hips. Actually my […]
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TipStitched Tips – Selecting the Right Pattern Size
Hello my name is Tip and I’m obsessed with sewing. That’s why I started this blog, why I follow other sewing bloggers, why I started an online handcrafted clothing store, why I am on the mailing list of at least four fabric stores and why I belong to five or more Facebook sewing groups. In […]
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Frougie Tip Friday – How to save on the essentials
This is part 3 of my Frougie Tip Friday series, part 2 covered how to save on a sewing machine. Today I want to talk about the sewing essentials, the basic tools that a sewist needs. Acquired over time these things don’t seem costly but buying them all as once can be. Let me show you how […]
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Frougie Tip Friday – How to Save on a Sewing Machine
Last week I started a new blog series called Frougie Tip Friday. My plan was to start at the beginning…acquiring the tools you need to sew but a new development in pattern sales made me jump ahead. Now I want to go back to the beginning. I often hear people who are wanting to learn […]
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Frougie Tip Friday – How to Save on Patterns
This is my first of a new (hopefully) weekly series, Frougie Tip Fridays! Mimi G’s Passion to Profit seminar gave me clarity on several things. (It was great BTW! Read all about it here) One thing stood out was to need to STAY AUTHENTIC. For me that meant going back to the original reasons I started this blog: 1) to […]
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