Ummm, fabric. Buying it. Petting it. Stashing it. Making it up into something pretty. Like an awesome Archer shirt, which of course is what we are all about here at Sew Maris right now. Good quality shirting meets all my requirements for fabric; wonderful, tactile experience while sewing, natural fiber, launders beautifully, feels good on…
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Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Schedule and Buttons
Woohoo! It’s officially time for the Grainline Studios Archer Sew-Along here at Sew Maris! I took a stab at drafting the blog post schedule, so this gives you an idea of where we are headed. I hope to go slowly enough to make sure we handle questions and issues as they arise, and at the…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Muslin, Yea or Nay, Part 2
Alright friends, I know you want the meat of the muslining issue, and today you are going to get it! WARNING: this is a mighty post! Do not read 3 minutes before bedtime. You will get too excited about all you are learning about muslining and shirt-making and be totally unable to fall asleep. Get a…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Muslin, Yea or Nay? (part 1)
Ohhh readers, you are in for a very, very special treat today. The incredibly generous, kind, self-made expert-of-all-things-shirts, David Page Coffin, is going to share a sampling of his wisdom on making a fitting muslin. Or not! This post covers WHY you might even be interested in making a muslin at all, and in a subsequent…