Sewing tutorial on how to create mini-piping and some ideas of how to use it in your garment sewing.

Last week in Sewing and Smocking Pjs for Christmas, Part 1, I spoke about the wonderful tradition of new pjs for Christmas and of course how special handmade pjs are. We discussed great patterns for everyone in the family. Today, as promised I am back with part 2 to discuss the perfect fabrics to use for Christmas pjs! Of course the classic fabric for Christmas Pjs, at least if you live in the north, is flannel, and the darling pjs in the picture to the left are made out of

Mission Accomplished! I LOVE how this shirt turned out! I participated in The Classic Shirt Sew Along this week over on the Oliver and S Blog making The Classic Shirt pattern by Liesl and Co. So this post is both a review of the pattern and some additional thoughts on working with Double Gauze. First up: the pattern. There are a lot of shirt patterns out there but this one is fantastic! Why? Because thoughtful details in both the drafting of the pattern and the instructions