When I posted Findley, I promised that I would soon put up a tutorial for adding a ruffle to the back of a pair of bloomers, and so promise kept! Adding a ruffle is quite simple. The first requirement is picking the correct pattern. Many bloomer patterns eliminate the side seams and only have the middle crotch seam. Here is a pattern without side seams. This is fine from a pattern perspective, but doesn't work with adding a ruffle. So, the first requirement is using a pattern

This is the second in a series of posts on Back to School Sewing, only this post is on sewing a little something for yourself. Knowing what to wear as the seasons change from summer to fall can be difficult. The weather is often cool in the morning but hot as the day goes on. Then of course, we all would like to look like we have our act together even if we don't feel like we do! The solution: do as women have been doing for years and embrace the Shirtwaist Dress, or Shirt Dr

I don't have a lot of antique sewing tools, but this little guy keeps me company in my sewing room, and I thought you might be interested in knowing a little about him. Sewing Birds were popular in the 1800's when sewing by hand was such a large part of a woman's life. The bird which clamped to the table, was a "third hand" that held the fabric taught in its mouth as the seamstress hemmed the fabric. Plain clamps to hold the fabric started to be used in the late 1600's and by