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Tomorrow will be the start of Indie Pattern Month 2016, a celebration of the sewing community and independent sewing patterns! This year, Deer&Doe is a sponsor for the Hack It! contest, which will take place June 15th to 21st and encourages you to mix and tweak your favorite patterns. You have a chance to win […]

Creating a mock button-front for the Réglisse dress requires a few alterations to the pattern, but is actually very easy when you take it one step at a time! Take your front bodice piece and draw a line parallel to the straigh-grain arrow, 5/8” from the center (dotted line on the illustration). Draw two more […]

Shirring is one of these things that brings up a lot of memories. Mostly about these dresses you had as a child and that were always just a tiny bit scratchy 😉 Still, shirring can be a cool way to make an elastic waist on a dress! Today we’ll see how to replace the elastic […]