Category: Ask The Sewcialists

20. Dear Gabby: I’ve been given bad fit advice — help!

Dear Gabby, I’ve been struggling with fitting a muslin, and I asked for some help in a Facebook group. I …

Since my oldest child was born, every November something funny happens to me. I get all these fantastic ideas in …

Dear Gabby, How excited was I to win a prize on a sewing challenge? Err… I may have conducted a …

Hey Sewcialists! No one will have noticed, but I basically took all of November off from Sewcialising as I was …

We covered some basic ideas for sewing for Tween/Teen girls in Part 1, thinking about choosing patterns and styles that …

I’ve been asked a few times over the years, as a sewist and a mother, what advice I have for …

Dear Gabby, Can you share some of your biggest Fitting Faux Pas? I’m always worried about over-fitting, and I need …

Dear Gabby, How do I make a bodice block? Do I even need to? What’s a sloper? Do I need …

School started here in Canada a few weeks ago, and the weather is suddenly chilly. It’s been about 7C/45F every …

Dear Gabby, I would love to make a bathing suit top, but all the patterns seem to be a C/D …