Author: Leigh Wheeler

Since I’ve been sewing for quite a while, and my grandmother sewed, and my mom likes to go to antique-ing and yard-sale-ing, I have come into rather a lot of pairs of scissors. Or...

Supplies: 6 12” circles of cotton fabric coordinating thread small snaps sewing needle sewing machine pencil, chalk pencil, or washable quilting pencil Steps: Prewash fabric. Using 12 inch template, trace and cut out six...

Back in March I ran across the reverse appliqué techniques of the Alabama Chanin company and was entranced. If you haven’t seen their garments, take a peek at their collection. They have a bit of a...

Boro is based on the Japanese value of “mottainai” or “too good to waste.” Boro is also the name for the clothing that was worn by peasants, merchants or artisans in Japan from Edo...

I’ve been reading The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish by Linda Przybyszewski. In it, she talks about the beginning of Home Economics courses and departments in the land-grant...

At Spring Fling, Tricia Crocket taught a very informative class on leather. We learned a little about how leather is tanned and practiced sewing different types of seams in the process of making a...

It is that time of year when I have to take Herculean measures to keep the corgis from tracking the whole backyard into my house. They love running through the mud, and if there’s...