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July 29, 2022

Make It With Wool Contest Entry: Coat & Dress

I joined ASG during Covid, having been motivated by a rediscovered ASG flyer. I had been given the flyer some years prior at the ASG booth at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA where I had been wearing my WA State winning Make it With Wool (MIWW) garment and was approached by the […]

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October 15, 2021

Fabric Sources: Wool

This article is Part 2 of the Fabric Sources: Living Things series Plants (part 1) | Plants (part 2) Living Things: Silk | Living Things: Wool | Other Living Things Minerals: Acrylics, Polyester, & Nylon (part 1) | Minerals: Spandex and Rayon (part 2) When you think of wool, you probably think of sheep, but […]

Tagged With: fabric, textiles, wool

January 3, 2020

Tailoring Tricks, Part 1

Measuring the shoulder length on a jacket

So, you want to tailor a coat or jacket, but you’re not sure what that involves, but willing to take the leap. There are basically two types of tailoring: traditional work with tedious hand stitching or fusible tailoring where you let technology do the “stitching” for you. While the former is worthy of the effort, […]

Tagged With: sewing, tailoring, wool

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