Pattern Matching

Jennifer Beeman from Grainline Studio has lots of tips for how to match plaids in your sewing, a skill that can make a big difference in the professional look of your finished product. It's almost plaid season!...

I've gotten a lot of questions about plaid matching since the release of the Archer Button Up Shirt and especially now with Archer Appreciation Month. Today I'm going to show you a really easy quick way to make sure your plaids match up. Personally I'm of the camp where I don't worry too much about the general placement of each vertical stripe on my garments, I kind of like a bit of a random look with that, but I do want my stripes to line up horizontally across my shirt from front to back…

I've gotten a lot of questions about plaid matching since the release of the Archer Button Up Shirt and especially now with Archer Appreciation Month. Today I'm going to show you a really easy quick way to make sure your plaids match up. Personally I'm of the camp where I don't worry too much about the general placement of each vertical stripe on my garments, I kind of like a bit of a random look with that, but I do want my stripes to line up horizontally across my shirt from front to back…

We’re switching topics for the day, from blouses to tartan plaid capes, with a post on matching plaids! Matching plaid is all about the cutting. The good news is that once the cutting is done, the sewing part is very easy! The bad news is that laying out your fabric and matching the plaids is …

Courtesy of Timo Rissanen who found out about it from Holly McQuillan -those links aren’t gratuitous, you should be keeping an eye on those two- comes word of a a Ph.D dissertation. It is a t…

I've gotten a lot of questions about plaid matching since the release of the Archer Button Up Shirt and especially now with Archer Appreciation Month. Today I'm going to show you a really easy quick way to make sure your plaids match up. Personally I'm of the camp where I don't worry too much about the general placement of each vertical stripe on my garments, I kind of like a bit of a random look with that, but I do want my stripes to line up horizontally across my shirt from front to back…

We’re switching topics for the day, from blouses to tartan plaid capes, with a post on matching plaids! Matching plaid is all about the cutting. The good news is that once the cutting is done, the sewing part is very easy! The bad news is that laying out your fabric and matching the plaids is …

1 matching plaids

HI DARLINGS! Ok I decided I am going to call this day Tipsy Tuesday...it just sounds fun! Since this day is about tips, tricks, techniques etc. I have been looking through your comments and requests to pick out things to cover. I have received several requests on matching stripes so I thought th ...

HI DARLINGS! Ok I decided I am going to call this day Tipsy Tuesday...it just sounds fun! Since this day is about tips, tricks, techniques etc. I have been looking through your comments and requests to pick out things to cover. I have received several requests on matching stripes so I thought th ...

A blog about sewing patterns, sewing and garment construction.

Banish your fear of stripes, by Jenny Rushmore.

Installing an invisible zipper in your project is a simple way to get a professional finish, but what if you could make the zipper seam disappear, too? Take a few simple steps to match the pattern across your zipper opening and it becomes almost invisible as well. It's easier than you think!