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Book Review and my Taffy Blouse!

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
blouse, book review, fabric, garment sewing, pattern review, sarai mitnick, sewing with sheer fabric, taffy, the colette sewing handbook
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I am a devoted follower of Sarai Mitnick from Colette Patterns. When she announced on her Coletterie blog that she was having a new book coming out, I immediately put it on my Amazon wishlist (my birthday is in November, so perfect timing). Imagine my immense pleasure when F+W Media sent me a copy of The Colette Sewing Handbook...

Free Webinar: The Seamstress’ Palette

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
colette patterns, free webinar, how to choose fabric, sarai mitnick, seminar, web video
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One of my top 3 most favorite sewing pattern designers in the whole wide world just had a book released called The Colette Sewing Handbook, and to accompany the book, she is hosting a FREE webinar (online seminar) all about choosing the perfect fabric for your sewing projects!Now, I thought that choosing fabric was pretty self-explanatory, but now that I've...

Sewing Back-to-School: Prewashing Fabric

May 8, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
beginner, colette patterns, fabric, how to, prewashing fabric, sarai mitnick, sewing back-to-school, sewing machine, tips, tutorial
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This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Sarai from Colette Patterns is such an inspirational pattern designer! I am currently working my way through all of the patterns through my Colette Diaries series. Sarai has...