Those of us who sews, know those days when making a straight seam takes fore times the length it should take. I am having one of those...

A new outfit in the making. I have seen variations of this design and I made some myself but this time having the fan pleater I chose to...

In previous blog I covered the making of the skirt. The jacket seemed at first to be a lot easier. Well it wasn't. I put the jacket...

It looks just like I wanted so I am pleased and ready to make the rest of the outfit. I am also very excited to gain the new knowledge on...

It's always great when something works out. It did take few trials but at the end I achieved the results I was after. So this is how it...

Well, it did not go as well as I planned, but it was not bad. I opened the paper mold and it looks great. Next I lay the red fabric I...

So as I told you I set up to make my own fan pleater. I used a heavy paper that I use for patterns, semicircle the paper, marked the...