The Grainline Blog
The Christmas Blazer
I wish I could say that this blazer was the first project of 2012 but unfortunately I finished it at the beginning of December to send to my sister with...
The Christmas Blazer
I wish I could say that this blazer was the first project of 2012 but unfortunately I finished it at the beginning of December to send to my sister with...
How to Bag a Jacket Lining
Here it is, my tutorial on how to line a jacket using the 'bagged' method. This jacket lining method gives the most professional results, requires the least amount of hand...
How to Bag a Jacket Lining
Here it is, my tutorial on how to line a jacket using the 'bagged' method. This jacket lining method gives the most professional results, requires the least amount of hand...
A Very Strange Mini Blazer
If you've been waiting for the bagged lining tutorial get pumped because it will be here on Monday morning! I had to share this mini blazer while I'm sorting through...
A Very Strange Mini Blazer
If you've been waiting for the bagged lining tutorial get pumped because it will be here on Monday morning! I had to share this mini blazer while I'm sorting through...
Fabric Recycling: What do you do with your scraps?
Okay so today is the day where I talk about scraps. What on earth do you guys do with them? I am going out of my mind with fabric scraps....
Fabric Recycling: What do you do with your scraps?
Okay so today is the day where I talk about scraps. What on earth do you guys do with them? I am going out of my mind with fabric scraps....
2011 Projects in Review
I was so excited to do this end of the year roundup, in my head I had sewn a zillion things in 2011. Turns out I sewed a zillion things...
2011 Projects in Review
I was so excited to do this end of the year roundup, in my head I had sewn a zillion things in 2011. Turns out I sewed a zillion things...
Happy New Year
It feels like I was just writing a my 2011 new years post, this year has gone by so fast. Looking back at my resolutions for sewing and grainline I...
Happy New Year
It feels like I was just writing a my 2011 new years post, this year has gone by so fast. Looking back at my resolutions for sewing and grainline I...
what to do with all my wool
pattern 1 | pattern 2 | pattern 3 | pattern 4 Since I discovered I have so much wool going through my fabric the other day I've been on the...
what to do with all my wool
pattern 1 | pattern 2 | pattern 3 | pattern 4 Since I discovered I have so much wool going through my fabric the other day I've been on the...
Fabric Organization
Earlier this week (or maybe it was last week, who can remember) I posted on twitter asking how people organize their fabric stash as I needed to do something about...
Fabric Organization
Earlier this week (or maybe it was last week, who can remember) I posted on twitter asking how people organize their fabric stash as I needed to do something about...
Pondering Why I Sew Things
So I've been reading all these amazing posts by Zoe over at So Zo... lately and emailing with my friend Birgitte of Indigo Orchid about patterns (we met in school...
Pondering Why I Sew Things
So I've been reading all these amazing posts by Zoe over at So Zo... lately and emailing with my friend Birgitte of Indigo Orchid about patterns (we met in school...
Making Plans, Making Patterns
I've been hard at work the past 2 weeks making new plans, writing lists, sketching, sketching, sketching, drafting new patterns, testing new patterns all working towards the goal of expanding...
Making Plans, Making Patterns
I've been hard at work the past 2 weeks making new plans, writing lists, sketching, sketching, sketching, drafting new patterns, testing new patterns all working towards the goal of expanding...
Tips + Tricks | Perfect Points
Here I present my tutorial on getting super corners and points. When I first learned this trick in school I thought there was no way that made sense or would...
Tips + Tricks | Perfect Points
Here I present my tutorial on getting super corners and points. When I first learned this trick in school I thought there was no way that made sense or would...
Fabric Friday
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate WAY too much food, I know I did! I was hoping I would finish some socks up to show here today but...
Fabric Friday
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate WAY too much food, I know I did! I was hoping I would finish some socks up to show here today but...
My BurdaStyle Book Dress
Like a lot of you out there, I got my BurdaStyle book and garment in the mail the other day, I'm surprised I even remembered what that sucker looked like...
My BurdaStyle Book Dress
Like a lot of you out there, I got my BurdaStyle book and garment in the mail the other day, I'm surprised I even remembered what that sucker looked like...