You know when you notice that the front of a shirt has somehow started coming away from the stitching and you immediately think, “Well, that’s that then…”? Before you put it in the bin, take a closer look. Sometimes the problem isn’t that the fabric itself has torn. It has simply worked its way out of the original stitching. And when that’s the case, it’s often a really straightforward repair.

Why I Keep Sewing the Same Pattern There’s something slightly addictive about finding a sewing pattern that just works. You make it once, wear it, notice a few things you’d change… and then instead of moving on to the next pattern, you make it again.