Falling in Love with Art Gallery

Falling in Love with Art Gallery

If you haven't noticed... I've become slightly smitten with Art Gallery Fabrics.  

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Picking the right Pattern for YOU: Romper Comparison

Picking the right Pattern for YOU: Romper Comparison

As we look at planning a collection of clothing for our kids over the next few weeks, you will be faced with many decisions about patterns.  It is quite normal for designers to have similar patterns in their repertoires, or even to release a similar pattern at the same time.  It is merely a response to supply and demand, and giving customers what they are begging for.  But as the consumer, it can be difficult to figure out which to buy when two amazing designers have similar patterns.  You are choosing between 'good' and 'good', so you have to figure out what the important things are to you in a pattern and buy accordingly.

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Pi Day Possibilities

Pi Day Possibilities

As much as I hate to admit it, math plays a HUGE part in sewing. From simple addition and subtraction, to converting inches to centimeters and figuring out how much that new PDF pattern will cost you in Australian Dollars. Thank goodness for that Paypal math, right? So in honor of Pi Day (3-14....get it?), we're opening the vault of some of our favorite patterns that honor the almighty circle. From skirts to dresses to even a pair of shorts, these patterns take the basic circle to new heights and don't even require you to bust out 3.14159265358979323846264.

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