Susan from
fabricluver posted a link to a very interesting Sewing Techniques reference video on The great coat sew along blog - Thank you so much Susan :) I really enjoyed it. When I first saw it - it reminded me of a great post I read on
Tany's blog about thread tracing
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. (Thank you Tany. I hope you don't mind that yet again I link to your blog :) and of course
Paco's wonderful Jacket Tailoring Methods tutorial. (
Tany's translation).
I wanted to post these on my blog for those not participating in the coat sew along, and also for my future reference. The
"Stitching techniques for the Tailored Jacket" are very well done in this video - made by OTIS college on youtube. (It's amazing what you can find there!)
Other videos :
"OTIS Fashion Design Department" ,
Basic Hand Stitching,
Invisible Zipper,
Lap Zipper,
Railroad Zipper.
I think if I was younger and starting out
OTIS College might be a great place to attend.
- Non Sewing: My 16 yr old son was working on a school assigment "all" week end - taking care of a "baby". (A doll that is just like a baby!)
For those not familiar with these dolls, the baby acts and sounds just like a real one. It is computerized and programmed to giggle, burp, cry when it is hungry,wet,fussy......... his responses are monitored by the bracelet he has to wear,which he cannot remove. My little Bradley was quite taken by this baby! It was a long week end and long nights for him. (and us-not use to hearing a baby's cry in the house anymore - especially late at night :)
All in all, he handled this assignment really well. We were truly very impressed!
However not a sight I want to see for quite some time :)
Images - Moments in Time
