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Sewing knit tops by Sew Maris

How DO You Make Knit Tees Look RTW?

Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. Your coverstitch hem stitching looks like Lombard Street in San Francisco. Your neckline served as an excellent crumb catcher at a cocktail party hosted by your husband’s new boss. What the H is the problem!?! Knits are fast and easy, right? Yes. And no. In my opinion, the basic construction…

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Purple Tissue Knit T-shirt by Sew Maris

Vogue 8323 Purple FAIL

Tissue knits and I have a very passive-aggressive relationship. They always promise to behave properly before they get into my studio; but once home they immediately start sneaking around causing trouble. Most confrontations end up Tissue Knit 1; Sew Maris 0. See what I mean? Most T-shirts do not end up making me look as broad as the side of a barn,…

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Tee shirt knits by Sew Maris

T-shirt mania

Evidently garments that are worn on the top half of a body are produced in multiples around here. Four. That’s how many tee-shirts I finished up this weekend. I know, two of them were started last fall. But two of them were started and completed in the past several days. I fell in love with this…

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Selvage Designs Foxglove Pattern Review by Sew Maris

Selvage Designs Presents the Foxglove Top for Women

I am a joiner. I hate to miss a party or be left out of most anything. Especially anything that involves dark chocolate, sewing, or espionage thrillers. So naturally I was thrilled when Lauren Dahl of Selvage Designs asked me to test her latest pattern for women—the Foxglove racer back top. Well, I was thrilled…

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