Category: Londa’s Patterns & Books
How To: Underline a Lace Knit Top
Recently, my daughter needed a pretty lace top for her small, casual wedding. After looking EVERYWHERE, even online and ordering only to be hugely disappointed in the quality, I started looking online for fabric, but then she found this pretty lace with a bit of lengthwise 'give' at her local JoAnn's Fabric Store. A 'dive' into my Cream/White Box of knit fabric scraps yielded the perfect creamy knit for aRead More
How-To’s for Perfect Bound Necklines on Knits
In my promise to always make my products the VERY best they can be, I've recorded this additional video to more fully convey my techniques for creating PERFECT Bound Necklines in knits. It's all in trimming - and this is a little 'extra' technique I haven't seen taught by any other sewing instructor. Watch it - a quick 6 minutes of so..... [caption id="attachment_2561" align="aligncenter" width="120"] Click on thisRead More
Ask YOUR Textile Questions
I'm nearing the end of my lengthy preparation for my soon-to-be-released PDF class: Textiles for the Seamstress. Just as it says....ask YOUR questions NOW!. If you have any burning question about textiles: terminology, ANYTHING - please Comment with your question so that I can be sure I include the information you want to know! Pre-Orders being taken now. Click on the link below....
I Never Dreamt….
I NEVER DREAMT.....that this 'fun' sewing I was engrossed in last couple of months.... would turn into a new Talking Pattern™!! However, as I kept sharing the garments in my travels, and the pics on social media, I was always asked: "When will I be able to buy the How-To's in a pattern?" So I thought - it will just be a quick Blog - or at the mostRead More
Name Help for new Up-Cycle T’ Knit Top Pattern
I'm deep into 'tender up-cycling' of family garments into tops I can wear. This shirt was one of my mom's favorites. See my 'Memento T' on a purchased raspberry T-Shirt. I've convinced myself that my design and sewing/embellishment techniques can add to this genre of sewing...so I've decided to make it all into a new Talking Pattern.™ While there are many variables to this type of sewing, complete directionsRead More
Logantex Knit Fabrics – My Favorites!
I'm often asked , "WHERE do you get the fabrics for your knit tops?" My answer: here and there and everywhere, but two of my absolute FAVORITE fabrics are from Logantex Fabrics. Watch for them in your stores (yes, I even found some at Walmart one time!), encourage your quilt shops to add just these 2 knits and 'see' if they sell - as I bet they will! Find themRead More
T-Shirt Re-Birth – Khaki Tie Label T
[caption id="attachment_2208" align="aligncenter" width="208"] A 'jeep promo' T of my late brothers, turned inside out, and added to with lace knit and tie labels.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2209" align="aligncenter" width="189"] Neck Close-up. Base of lace knit, narrow strips of men's ties attached at lap over closure on a V neckline.[/caption] OH OH OH am I having FUN with the concept of 'Re-Birthing' T's - or 'Up-Cycle' or 'Re-Cycle' ...whatever you wanna callRead More
Shirred T’Shirt Tunic
I love to be inspired by ready-to-wear. This shirred top 'spoke' to me enough to purchase it down in Houston last fall. It is commercial chain looper shirring up the center, through v neckline to the shoulder, and up the sides. 3 rows in each location, then seamed wrong sides together at center front and center back and side seams. That's IT! Since one of my episodes for Series 900Read More
Flounced Long Dress I Wanna Make!