I have 3 little granddaughters. I love making them clothes and sewing for their American Girl dolls. I started teaching my now 7 yo grandson to sew when he was 4! (he asked me to) and he loves making projects. He knows all the parts of the sewing machine, too :-)

I truly appreciate having these instructions and photos in a format I can print and place in my "things to try" sewing notebook. While I've made pleats and pintucks in different patterns, I love the idea of trying them on already purchased, ready to wear items.

And, it's so nice to be among a group of people who are talented and experienced enough to be able to leave interesting comments on so many topics.

I, too, love this series. And, hope there will be one on sewing on knits. There are very few patterns that I have found that are specifically for knits. I've asked other garment sewers and have been told to just use a regular pattern. Do I need to use a stabilizer first? Cut a different way than the regular pattern? A current pattern I have for a child's pajama set has no recommendation for fabrics at all!