In which I compare soccer to running a small business… and also talk a little about Me Made May.

Shelley sewed both our Tomigaya Shirt Dress and our Northbridge Jumpsuit. Then she put them together, as they are designed to be, and sewed her go-to outfit for the season!

Our testers did such a great job with the Northbridge Jumpsuit! Take a look at how they sewed it and styled it, with a variety of fabrics.

Here are a few of the Chacarita Wrap Dresses our testers sewed. It’s so interesting to see how different they all look, isn’t it?

Thinking about our new Northbridge Jumpsuit and how you’re going to sew it? Maybe these styling and fabric suggestions will help.

Here are some fabric and styling suggestions for our new Chacarita Wrap Dress, with the wrap in the back!

The Northbridge Jump Suit has two sleeve styles as well as shorts and trousers, plus the pieces coordinate with our Tomigaya Shirt Dress to give you even more sewing options!

Introducing one of our newest sewing patterns, the Chacarita Wrap Dress. One of my new favorites and, I hope, yours too.

Here it is: a working and very incomplete list of fabric and trim sources, all thanks to your suggestions and ideas! If you have suggestions, we welcome them via email to fabricsource@lieslandco.com

From sketch to finished pattern, a few behind-the-scenes examples of how several of our recent sewing patterns evolved and developed.

Have you ever tried topstitching on fabric to add a pattern to the fabric? I tried it with these silk Lisboa Walking Shorts and I’m really happy with the result!

Now that most, if not all, Joann Stores are closing, many sewists will be looking for good fabric and trims. Will you help by telling us your favorites so we can share?