Comments on: Archives 10/26-11/1 2005-2011

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:29:04 +0000

I’m a home sewer for about 60 years and every time I come here I learn something I didn’t know and her book is amazing.

By: Alison Cummins

Alison Cummins — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:28:28 +0000

Toni,
You’ll be interested to know that several active forum members are home sewers, not DEs.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:39:59 +0000

Hi Toni
I’m glad the site has been useful and also good that you’re exploring commercial opportunities.

Given that you haven’t been sewing very long, you might consider hiring a pattern maker to help you develop the patterns. OR, you can save a lot of money by doing test patterns first, fit testing them and then sending them off to be digitized, graded and all of that. If you want to go the latter route then yes, the book and forum will be useful in that you’ll be in an allied field. It could also be good for your personal development to have questions answered with respect to sewing, pattern making etc. There are a lot of useful posts on the archives page so try that too.

Good luck!

By: Toni-Maree Fuller

Toni-Maree Fuller — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:08:11 +0000

Hi Kathleen,
I just wanted to say thank you for a wonderful site. I have never commented before. I have only been sewing for about a year and have gathered most of my information from “home sewing” sources. Your instructions are truly eye opening.

I wanted to supplement my husbands income by selling children’s patterns to home sewing enthusiasts. Some patterns I have bought have been dreadful, and yet popular!

I must say your site gives me both encouragement and at the same time instills total fear. Do you think your book would be useful for my own sewing and pattern making ventures? I think I would be too intimidated to join the forum, although I bet all the good stuff is in there, huh.

Thanks again.

By: Elaine Good

Elaine Good — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:25:19 +0000

“I was dealing with more site maintenance issues; hopefully your reading experience was not disrupted. I’m hoping to resolve it once and for all (ha ha) by the end of the month.”
Ha. Ha. Good luck with that… ;)

Thanks for all you do with this site!