I am not sure how I will use this trim technique right now, but I will used it. The ribbon is just too cool.

I have been sewing for a long time, but there is always something new to learn.

I love the designs of Tom and Linda Platt. Belleville Sassoon is another. Both of these designed patterns for Vogue Patterns, my primary look into fashion for many years as I did not subscribe to fashion magazines. Chanel has to be the all time classic. When I was very young, and too young to wear the designs, Balenciaga designs were much admired.

Male Pattern Boldness is one of my favorite blogs.

Excellent help for my bias bound silk tops, most made of tie silk. Thank you so much.

I got to see her speak a couple of time here in Nashville. What an enchanting speaker, honest about her mistakes and she shows them to you. It was an honor to meet her.

The Simplicity Tape Maker appears to make a more even bias tape than the little gadgets and my iron. I use a lot of bias tape and would love this little machine..

Peggy Sagers has a much more practical and easily understandable explaination of flattering use of proportion. I attended a workshop several years ago and heard her speak on the subject. She would be a welcome follow up to this article. Like many, I found the article less than informative than usual. After reading it on 3 separate occasions, I took away from it a beginning understanding of the basic proportions of the body, but no practical way to understand and use the information.