Retazo Coat Fitting Basics: The Most Important Measurement
With cozy, layering-friendly ease, your Retazo Coat or Vest can warm you through changing seasons. And with princess seams, the fit can be really simple …
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4 Quick Retazo Coat Hacks to Make It Your Own
Making the Retazo Coat your own can be a simple switch of closure method, or as elaborate a transformation as you’d like!
Here are 4 …
Making Button Loops for the Retazo Coat
While we’re in the business of being scrappy with our materials for the Retazo Coat and Vest, it’s a good time to talk about alternative …
How To: Sewing Rouleau Ties
The Greenbrier Dress has two options for using rouleau ties. View A keeps them as ties and view B uses them as button loops. Rouleau …
How To: Gathering Stitches
The Greenbrier Dress has A LOT of gathering! At the shoulder, the skirt, and should you choose, the cuff. All that gathering can get a …
How to Insert Lace Into Any Garment: A Greenbrier Dress Hack
Let your poetic nature filter through the delicate lace of a handmade blouse or dress.
In this tutorial, Judith walks you through a an heirloom-quality pattern …
How to Make a Greenbrier Blouse
Hacking the Greenbrier top to be blouse length is about as easy as you’d think! I’ve already done in it twice, once in rayon challis, …
Full Bust Adjustment for the Greenbrier Dress
Even on a style that has lots of extra volume, there are still great reasons to consider an FBA! Bust adjustments are about more than …
Fitting the Greenbrier Dress
The Greenbrier Dress’s fit is full of ease, for a flowy and comfortable silhouette. The wide sleeves end with a hem (View A) or a …
Sewing a Smooth V-Neck Facing on the Ember Dress
If you’ve ever felt a little nervous about sewing a V-neck, you’re not alone. It’s a place where a bit of extra patience and attention …