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Sewing classes in Chicago: Tchad: Wally: Pants: Sewing studio: Burda: #6873

Burda #6873: Wally’s Pants

2018-05-29
By: Tchad
On: 29/05/2018
In: General, Intermediate, Intermediate Projects, Patterns used in class, Sewing classes (general), Student Projects
Tagged: burda, men, menswear, pants, pattern, review, wally

Wally made these grey wool dress pants using Burda #Read More →

Sewing Machines: 3 of 3

2011-08-21
By: Tchad
On: 21/08/2011
In: General, Machines, Sewing classes (general), Tools
Tagged: bernina, brother, elna, juki, kenmore, pfaff, review, sewing machines, singer, tools, Viking

These are the machines you want to look for as you shop for a new machine.Read More →

Buying a Sewing Machine: 2 of 3

2010-10-18
By: Tchad
On: 18/10/2010
In: General, Machines, Resources, Tools
Tagged: 2010 professional, 7000 series, 7462, 7463, bernette, bernina, hand-held, huskystar, kenmore, pfaff, review, sewing machines, singer, stylist

These are machines you really shouldn’t put good money towards without seriously thinking about it first.Read More →

Amie and Wally

Amie’s Second Project…

Sticky
2010-10-04
By: Tchad
On: 04/10/2010
In: General, Intermediate, Intermediate Projects, Patterns used in class, Sewing classes (general), Student Projects
Tagged: dress, dupioni, pattern, review, shift, silk, student projects, V, vogue

Amie Dowker decided to tackle Vogue #8630 as her second project and threw a tie in for her man as a bonus with the extra fabric.Read More →

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  • The Creative Curator
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German Sewing Blogs

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