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    • Kindle Cover: A Sewing Diary
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    • Sewing Machine Cover: A Sewing Diary
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    • Victorian Combinations
    • 1870s Wishing Gown I
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    • An Alterations Nightmare
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    • Basics: The Secret Overlock Stitch
    • Color Harmony
    • From Homemade to Couture
    • Improving Theatrical Costumes, Part I
    • Improving Theatrical Costumes, Part II
    • Improving Theatrical Costumes, Part III
    • Liberty of London
    • My Top Ten Sewing Tools
    • Replicating a Costume, Part I
    • Replicating a Costume, Part II
    • Sewing Room Safety: 14 Tips
    • Sewing Tools: Things to Know Before You Buy
    • The Death of Chivalry
    • Toiles, Muslins, & Mockups, Oh My!
    • Two Antique Petticoats
    • Writing a Sewing Diary
    • Basics: 10 Tips For Pinning
    • Designing an Authentic Victorian Costume I
    • What to Wear: Rules for Victorian Dressing, Part I
    • Designing an Authentic Victorian Costume II
    • What to Wear: Rules for Victorian Dressing, Part II
    • Exploring the Myths of Corsets I
    • Exploring the Myths of Corsets II
    • The Phantom of the Opera Costume Exhibit, Part I
    • The Phantom of the Opera Costume Exhibit, Part II
    • Organizing Your Sewing Space, Part I
    • Organizing Your Sewing Space, Part II
  • Tutorials
    • 1876 Trained Petticoat
    • Basic Hand Sewing
    • Basics: Measurements
    • Basics: Pressing As You Sew
    • Basics: Reading a Pattern Envelope
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    • Basics: Threading Your Sewing Machine
    • Custom Stool Cover
    • Easy-Peasy Fabric Organization
    • Improve Your Fashion Sketches
    • Making a Balayeuse
    • Pre-Washing Fabric & Trims
    • Quilted Patchwork Pillow
    • Using a Ruffler Foot Attachment ~ Revised
    • Victorian Corset For Nursing Mothers
    • Wrist Pincushion
    • Crazy Quilt Pincushions, Part I
    • Crazy Quilt Pincushions, Part II
    • Croquis: Fashion Sketches, Part I
    • Designing Custom Fabric, Part I
    • Fashion Sketches: Adding a Digital Background, Part I
    • The Art of Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Part I
    • Croquis: Fashion Sketches, Part II
    • Designing Custom Fabric, Part II
    • Fashion Sketches: Adding a Digital Background, Part II
    • The Art of Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Part II
    • Hooked Together—Sewing With Hooks & Eyes
    • Hand-Dyed Lace, Part I
    • Hand-Dyed Lace, Part II
    • Digital Color: Coloring Your Croquis, Part I
    • Digital Color: Coloring Your Croquis, Part II
    • Crazy-Quilted Book Cover, Part I
    • Crazy-Quilted Book Cover, Part II
  • Portfolio
    • A Year of Sewing: 2016
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    • A Year of Sewing: 2015
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