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Usually when people ask me about this, my recommendation is 'Don't.' However, with the pandemic and a sudden surge of people sewing stuff, my local usually well stocked fabric store is pretty much bare.  I couldn't shop local if I wanted to.  So here's some tips on shopping online: First, the more info a shop provides about the fabric the better.  Ideally, you want: Picture of the fabric with a ruler for scale The fabric content/type The fabric weight Here's a screencapture from Fabric.com.  I'm not getting paid by them or anything, this is just a good example of a...

Color blocking is the technique by which you take a pattern and add seams so that you can make a solid colored part 2 different colors or more. If you've ever sewn a quilt, you've done this before.  Take a square, split it into four squares, add seam allowance and sew those squares together to make the big square, but with 4 pieces.  Super easy, but, like most things, only after you know how to do it! Doing it with clothes is just as easy, only you don't start off with squares.  Here's a quick guide I drew up: ...Yep,...

I'm happy to say that most of the world is no longer in lockdown!  Mine was the last state to reopen AND one of the first to lock down, so it's been a while (<- slight understatement) During that time I gave away: 1883 Dolly Face Mask patterns 927 Medium Level Up! patterns 826 Tiny BJD Level Up! patterns 815 Petite Level Up! patterns 549 Petite Slimline Level Up! patterns 527 Medium Curvy Level Up! patterns 444 1/4 Level Up! patterns 318 1/3 Curvy Level Up! patterns 6289 patterns total! Woah :D But the downside is, it's made my accounting...

...or maybe just fine tune one we already have. 2020 is going to be a long, weird year. It's going to be better for everyone if we ALL help out how we can. For me, I've been making a bunch of downloadable PDF doll clothes patterns designed to help people learn to sew. And during the pandemic, they're all free :)

Stuff happens fast!  Within a few days of posting a guide for making doll masks, I was conscripted into making human ones. Here's what I did, and what I've learned