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Sewing Tidbits is the sewing blog written since 2013 by Delphine, the co-founder of Just Patterns.
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All my best wishes for your sewing projects in 2020! This is the 8th edition of Tidbits and as often it’s mixture of life update and sewing thoughts. These have always been my favorite kind of posts to write so I hope that you continue to enjoy them!
Read MoreAfter almost a year of activity in our PDF sewing pattern endeavor, I thought it would be a good time to gather some of our early findings and lessons learned.
Read MoreThe last quarter of the year just seem to have been on fast-forward. Life has been busy at Tidbits HQ! The main reason behind my silence is that I traveled to France for holidays (Yes, I saw the Dior exhibit and yes, it is absolutely amazing!!). Upon coming back to New York, I learned that I would be moving back to Haiti (on Thanksgiving weekend...) less than 2 months later. Things were hectic… I had to break my lease, sell all my furniture in New York, organize the shipment of the rest of my belongings aka the sewing room ;-), find a place to live in Haiti and start my new job!
Read MoreWelcome back for a new edition of Tidbits, where I gather links of what I enjoyed reading, watching and listening lately. This week is all about inner conflict and my naturally french contradictory spirit. You can blame it on my on-going binge watching of In Treatment. That show is seriously addictive!
Read MoreI hope you are enjoying the weekend. I am finally catching up on the sewing plans that I have been delaying and I'm making some progress. For today's edition of Tidbits, I gathered some information about making an arm for your dressform.
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1. It's been a year... Phew, I never thought I would make it! This blog is not my first try and all the others failed miserably after a few weeks so YAY ME!2. After a year it is still very small, growing little by little and I like it. I cannot say that I have found my "voice", it's more of an experimentation. I'm not extremely comfortable writing for some reason. Which is weird because I write all day long (reports, notes, minutes and such...) and I read so much about sewing everyday that it could have imprinted (I can never say this without thinking about this creepy part from twilight, yes I read twilight AND saw the movies AND no I'm not 12...) but apparently not. Maybe I'm not dedicating enough time to it, it's like I'm trying to write the post as fast as possible... Any advice on better writing ?3. I'm still very uncomfortable in front of the camera. I think it shows (that's what The Old Man told me when he saw my blog. Doing it by myself with the tripod helps a little, at least there are no witnesses and I can delete dozens of embarrassing pictures!! But my point and shoot camera was already very basic when I bought (in an airport on my way to Zambia) 4 years ago. So now my Iphone takes better pictures. Should I invest in something else or not, the question open for debate... 4. I would like to do more informative content (tutorials, uploading patterns, etc.) but I can't seem to find the time. Also, I'm always wondering about my added value compared to all the amazing stuff already out there. What is missing really? I'm thinking about steps to make your finished results closer to nice RTW, information is available but sometimes hard to assimilate or to adapt to home sewing patterns users. I'm also thinking about how to make them all visual, no text (kind of the makeup/hair ones on pinterest) would it make any sense or am I just being lazy not wanting to write ? 5. I'm also reflecting on how to integrate better the blog with my Instagram account, I like Instagram a lot: pictures, no need to talk too much, nice small sewing community... I even toyed the idea of having an instagram only presence... I've read with interest this post by House of Pinheiro. I've been trying to interact more on other people's blog, but using feedly to read, it makes it inconvenient to comment. FourSquareWalls also mentioned Instagram as a blogging supplement in her 2nd blogoversary. 6. Speaking of FourSquareWalls, her blog has been one of my favorite reads over the last year so I was totally shocked when she mentioned my Lagarfeld for Burda skirt as her inspiration for her Green Army Skirt (although the first commenter said I look weird. Don't worry commenter, while having my picture taken, I feel super weird so I end up looking the same!). Other highlights have been to have the Ready-for-the-Office Dress and the Open Back Dress featured by Burdastyle.
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7. I'm soooo bad at sewalongs... I completed my Thread Theory Jedediah muslin last weekend... Should I keep trying? I think I may want to limit myself to the PR RTW Challenge. 8. Finally, blog looks... Not much to say here, It's extremely basic, sometimes when I visit other bloggers I get a little envious but then I remember that mine is not a business, I have no design skills and I should focus on the content... That's it! Loooong wordy post for my standards and I'm ready to listen to all your suggestions and advice !!