Category: Sewing Project

Assembling the upper jacket from the Empire Jacket.

Blueprint to Sewing: How to Master the Sequence of Constructing your Sewing Patterns

Posted on by Susan Lazear
Designing and drafting your own patterns is such a great pleasure, especially when the resulting clothing fits! We have many Garment Designer (pattern making software) users who are developing their own unique styles and are delighted with the process. Creativity...Read More

Creating a Tools and TV Remote Caddy – Free Pattern

Posted on by Susan Lazear
Recently, I visited with my mom in Canada. She is 94 and still actively knits. She primarily makes slippers and hats for her seven great grandchildren, and I occasionally get a pair of slippers too (which I love). Tool caddy...Read More

Using up the Waste in Zero Waste Fashion, … Creatively

Posted on by Susan Lazear
Designing with minimal waste is a sustainable practice that has gained momentum in the past few years. However, in my opinion, it tends to lead one into ethnic-styled patterns that are very geometric in shape such as a kimono, blog...Read More

Pledging to be more Sustainable with your Fashion Purchases and Creative Projects

Posted on by Susan Lazear
Fashion and Sustainability A few years ago, I gave a TedTalkX at San Diego Mesa College where I am a Professor of Fashion. I had no idea what I was getting into when I offered to do it. But I...Read More