Latest Blog Posts for Off The Cuff ~Sewing Style~

• Mini-TUTORIAL: Gathered or Puffed? It's all about the Seam Allowances!
  on Oct 6, 2014 in HotPatterns Pam's Wardrobe
  The Riviera Annisette Top is one of my favorite styles from HotPatterns, and a perfect style to demonstrate how manipulating the shoulder seam allowances can change the look of a garment with a gathered sleeve.  This is a revised post (with some...
• How to Sew a "Better" Elasticated Casing !
  on Jul 18, 2014 in HotPatterns Professional Sewing Supplies Tips / Techniques
   The blouse shown above in soft cotton batik is one that I made a few years ago from this now "vintage"  HotPatterns.com design that I tweaked a little bit to have a closer fit.  This exact HP style (shown below) has been re-designed a...
• ON SALE...the Must-Have INTERFACINGS for SPRING !
  on Apr 20, 2014
  Just in time for warm weather Sewing !    Save $1.00 per yard...on all weights and colors of Pro-Sheer Elegance, the extraordinarily versatile  Interfacings that  have become "Must-Haves" in countless sewing rooms all over...
• ON SALE.... The Professional Shirt-Maker's Choice!
  on Mar 9, 2014 in Professional Sewing Supplies INTERFACING Sewing Notions
   www.FashionSewingSupply.comI promise to blog about shirt-making again soon...I have several shirts to "Show and Tell" you about! What's stopped me from blogging?  Well, you know, the usual...including life throwing me yet a few more curves...
• New Tutorial on Pam's Shirtmaking Blog- Professional Sleeve Plackets, step-by-step
  on Jan 19, 2014 in SHIRT Sewing Tutorials
  Hi there everyone!  I've just posted a New Tutorial on my Shirtmaking Blog   Click this link to read The Shirt Sleeve Placket, A Professional Custom-Shirtmaking Method and Pattern...
• Don't miss my My NEW Shirt-Making blog!
  on Sep 8, 2013
  My new Blog, Off The Cuff...From a Shirt-Maker's Studio is now live...with a brand new Tutorial to start it off!This blog will remain here, but will rarely be updated. I will be making copies of my past tutorials and moving them to my NEW blog, where...
• Changes that Need Time
  on Jun 4, 2013
  I knew it would happen eventually...there is just so much information that I can cram into this older blog format. So I will be making some changes to this site, and will be building a new blog site dedicated exclusively to shirt-making subjects (inc...
• Shark (collar) Attack!
  on Apr 9, 2013
  First of all, I Did NOT design and sew the shirts shown below...now moving right along....Have you noticed this trend in designer shirts?  It's an extremely wide spread collar, now often called a "Shark" Collar (for its resemblance to shark fins...
• Hot Off The Machine...Shirt with Striped Trim Details
  on Mar 31, 2013 in Shirt Designs
  Yep, another shirt....and I've got a stack of  custom-designed shirt orders left to to fill.  I'll have to make this post a quick one so I can get back to machines. But before I start the next client shirt, DH Roger wants one made from this...
• Tailored Shirt with Cross-Stripe and Chevron Design Details
  on Mar 28, 2013
  This shirt is one of a few I recently made for one of my clients. It is my original design, made from a hand-drafted pattern. Design details include a Front button stand and sleeve plackets cut on the cross-grain, and a Chevron Pocket.These beautiful...

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