Blog Series on The Thread - It's Time to Recognize the Untruths You've Believed About Your Body

The last few months I’ve had the honor of having a column on The Thread — the fascinating and inspiring blog by Fabrics-Store where I talk about the power of sewing.

Here is an excerpt from my latest article…

For some reason or another, our body seems to be of particular interest for attack from mean voices within. The mean voice is surprisingly convincing. It starts early in our lives. It is not invited inside, but it finds a way in. It cleverly twists things you hear or experience into unhealthy comparisons with girls around you. Because it starts so young and because it’s so constant, you become accustomed to the voice. It feeds you lies, but you start to perceive them as truths.

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How to Organize and Keep Track of Your PDF Patterns

PDFs can be pesky things. Here’s how I organize my patterns from other pattern makers I love to make sure I don’t lose any and I can find them easily.

I notice for me personally, staying organized is much easier if I put the pattern in my filing system right away after buying it instead of leaving it in my messy downloads folder.

Most patterns come as .zip files. Once the files are extracted, you can delete the .zip file.

So here’s one good option of how to organize patterns

1) Have a folder just for sewing patterns.

2) In that folder, have a file for each pattern maker.

3) In each pattern maker’s file, have a file for each pattern you have from them.

4) In each pattern file, have all the PDFs that go with the pattern.

Again, once you have the PDFs, you don’t need to keep the .zip file. Declutter and toss it in the digital trashcan.

Pocket Placement Really Does Make a Difference on How Your Bum Looks

I glued pockets in different spots to experiment with the way they can effect the look of your bum. It turns out, it really does make a difference.

1) Small pockets can make your bum look bigger.

3) Low pockets can make your bum look saggy.

2) Big pockets can make your bum look smaller.

4) High pockets can possibly make your bum look lifted (although I don’t think this really works with my bum shape).

5) Narrow pockets can make your bum look narrow and not plump.

6) Wide pockets can make your bum look wide, but not necessarily in a good way.

The best placement is different for every bum (and how that we can decide where to put our pockets when we sew). For me, I think I like medium sized pockets right in the center (photo 1).

I hope this is helpful for deciding where to place your pockets. Gotta get that bum looking its best!

Dyeing my Denim Jacket

When you’re dying to do some dyeing….

Both jeans are the wonderful Dawn Jeans by Megan Nielsen. The jacket was on super clearance at a RTW store.

I left the jacket in the dye bath for over 12 hours. And I learned it’s probably best not to put black dye in the washing machine because it’s permanently dyed purplish pink now. Live and learn!

Ultimately, very happy with how the jacket turned out.