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Category: Hems and finishes

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Trimming a Carpe Diem

The Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic is the perfect garment design for featuring fun trim.  If you watched the Artistic Artifacts Facebook Live on Saturday morning, you saw a number of trimmed Carpe Diems that have become wardrobe favorites. We are going to look at the Indian Cotton Batik from… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Design, Helpful Hints, Hems and finishes, Repurposed
Posted on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 by Carrie Emerson — 4 Comments

Summer Pants Journey

Like so many women at our stage in life, our bodies are changing.  For many months now, I (Carrie) have been complaining to Rae that I am no longer comfortable in most of my Eureka Pants.  My discomfort, especially in closely fitted pants, is undeniably a consequence of the disappearing… 

Categories: Fitting, Glamour Details, Helpful Hints, Hems and finishes, Pants, Wardrobe
Posted on March 8, 2022March 7, 2022 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Hems for Garments – The Basics

There are so many options for finishing a garment’s hemline.  While building the Creative Hemlines class for our spring Expo season, I realized that a solid knowledge of hem finish options is essential before launching into more creative hemlines.   So, here is a rundown of hem finishes that can be… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Helpful Hints, Hems and finishes, Jackets, Technique
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