Author: kendra

Now, I’d be the first person to argue that corsets are not necessarily anti-female or anti-feminist, but I found myself in the hosiery section of Macy’s on Thursday night with The Fear… read more about my gatsby dress

I loathe marking even more than I loathe cutting, and that’s a lot! I used to not mark anything and just fudge it (“ooo, it looks like the dart would go here”). Now I do take the trouble to thread trace, but it’s so much work! And often I don’t want to use a fabric pencil if my fabric is at all sheer, as I worry it will show through.

How do you mark your fabric? Do you have any good tips that will make my life easier?

I got lots of work done this weekend, in between multiple fabric store trips to try to find some contrasting fabric… read more about my gatsby dress

Things I have learned: I hate cutting, I hate marking, and garment ease is strangely mysterious… read more about my gatsby dress