Home of the Break the Rules of Sewing show
...and that's a wrap!
The replays will be available until February 22nd...you can still share the link to the show with your sewing friends and they can binge watch them!
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Learn more about the speakers and listen to the replays!
Mentioned in the show:
- Jennifer is offering 20% off at her website with coupon code break20
- Stretchy thread mentioned – Mettler Seraflex
- Iron – Oliso
- Forked pins – Taylor Seville Magic Fork Pins
About Jennifer:
Jennifer is the owner and designer of J Stern Designs. She has a solid background in pattern design and drafting, as well as fit and garment constructions. Her line of fashion sewing patterns and fit workbooks feature easy to follow instructions. Her specialty is garment fitting, she loves helping you create clothes that fit and are flattering. Pants and jeans are her passion. After trying every method under the sun, she was fine-tuned her process to make pants fitting accessible to every body! She shares her tips, techniques and projects on her YouTube Channel and in Zoom
Classes. She also loves teaching at patternreview.com & Craftsy.com; and at in person workshops around the country.
You can see what she’s up to at…
Mentioned in the show:
- Oliso Iron
- SewkeysE stay tape
- Sequins pants can be seen here
- Ez-off Iron cleaner
- More of Whitney’s Favorites (patterns, fabrics, notions and more)
- Here’s a link to a video series Whitney made about learning about fabric
- Whitney’s Adrey Jacket
- Whitney’s Dolce and Gabanna fabric tiered dress
About Whitney:
Whitney Luckenbill is the creative force and enthusiastic sewing instructor at TomKat Stitchery, a popular YouTube channel and digital sewing instruction website. The YouTube channel and instructional
courses serve as her canvas, where she narrates her sewing adventures and the pursuit of the perfect
wardrobe.
Whitney embarked on her sewing journey in 2006 to prepare a nursery for her boy-girl twins. This
project sparked her self-education in sewing, which she pursued through books, online resources, inperson workshops, and craft instruction websites. With the guidance of her mentor, Joyce, independent study, and extensive experimentation, Whitney has become an expert in textiles, patterns, and sewing
techniques.
Whitney lives in central Indiana with her family and dog, Gidget. When she’s not sewing, she can be
found cheering on her family on the sidelines of whatever sport is in season. Whitney loves knittng, a
good mystery series, and a fancy chocolate treat.
You can see what she’s up to at…
Website
YouTube
Facebook
Instagram
Pinterest
Be sure to check these out!
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Check out the free course at the TomKat Stitchery Website called “Get Started Garment Sewing“
Mentioned in the show:
- Abi’s Sewing Den – serger maintance
- The Sewing Machine Newsletter – Tina loves this newsletter!
- Goldstar Tools – manilla paper for patterns
- Lander pants – Ann’s favorite pattern right now, that’s not her own!
- Seam roll
- Sleeve board
- Omnigrid rulers
The In Kinship podcast episode (34) that Ann was on!
Ann Tilley is a textile artist, clothing designer + garment-making instructor from Durham, NC, USA. After earning her BFA at Savannah College of Art and Design in Fashion and Fibers, she’s gone on to work in a variety of small-scale garment studios and factories, including two eponymous clothing lines, and now, sells her original garment patterns to home sewists all over the world.
She teaches local and national workshops centered around sewing your own clothes, and her teaching aesthetic blends disciplined production techniques with home-sewing freedom and playfulness. She also maintains an active studio art practice, working in color knitting. Tilley lives in a self-built, tiny house in Liberty, NC.
You can see what she’s up to at…
Brooks Ann Camper first learned to sew as an adult working in professional costume workshops. After an internship at Yale School of Drama, and an MFA in Costume Production from UNC, she moved to New York City where she worked as a Broadway milliner for productions such as Wicked and Mama Mia!, and sewing for celebrities from Boy George to Big Bird.
When she left New York and started her own business as a custom wedding dressmaker, she began blogging the process as each one-of-a-kind dress was designed and created. She realized that she was getting as much interest from “sewing people” as from “brides” and started teaching her unique methods of custom sewing.
She absolutely loves sharing her passion with kindred spirits!
You can see what she’s up to at…
Mentioned in the show:
- Design-it-yourself Pattern Making Simplified by Cal Patch
- Wonder tape
- Eversewn Sewing Machines
- Rae’s blog post about sergers
- Merchant & Mills Linen
- Nani Iro Double Gauze
- Friday Pattern Company
- Rae’s substack
- Threadloop App
You can see what she’s up to at…
- https://www.made-by-rae.com/ – website/blog
- shop.made-by-rae.com – pattern shop
- instagram.com/madebyrae
Stasia Savasuk of Stasia’s Style School will be on the show on Monday! I’m thrilled she’ll be joining us, because so often we don’t sew clothes we love because we don’t know what it is we love to wear. What makes us feel more like ourselves.
Stasia has a wonderful instagram feed that you should definitely check out…right now! And you can see her 2018 Tedx talk here!
Mentioned in the show:
- Pattern Making for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong
- Iris Apfel
- https://spokesandstitches.com/discount/BREAKTHERULES 10% discount for listeners!
Mentioned in the show:
- Pattern Review
- Swanson’s Fabrics in MA
- B & J Fabrics
- Folkwear Patterns
- Challis!
- Style Falcon Ultimate Measuring Guide
- The Savile Row Suit by Patrick Grant
- H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
- www.stylefalcon.net
- Sign up for the Style Falcon Flock to get goodies including my free Style Falcon Ultimate Measuring Guide, which takes people through 60+ body measurements to help anyone achieve a great fit.
Watch the replay!
Mentioned in the show:
Cal Patch has been a maker since she was a Girl Scout in the seventies. She sews, crochets, spins, embroiders, knits, prints, makes patterns, dyes… hence the name of her clothing label: *hodge podge*.
Cal has been teaching the textile arts since 2000, at shops and retreats across North America, and now offers online workshops in Pattern Drafting, Sewing and Crochet via Creativebug.
After eighteen years of being a New York City dweller, Cal now resides in the Catskills where she is becoming a crafty farmer and growing her handmade wardrobe.
Her first book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes, Patternmaking Simplified, was published by Potter Craft.
You can see what she’s up to at…
- Whitney’s press!
- Jennifer’s digital measuring tool video
- Jennifer’s handheld press video
- Jennifer’s tools for organizing video
- Jennifer’s book suggestions
- Tina’s book suggestions
- Tina’s – chalk wheels
- Tina’s Dritz tape measure with two directions
- Brook Ann’s book suggestions
