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Hello friends!<\/p>\n

I’ve been out of action for a few weeks between travel, COVID, and knee surgery. But now that I’m in recovery I’ll have lots of quality time with my laptop, so you can expect to hear from me more frequently!<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but with the new year I’ve got lots of sewing ambition! So many things I want to make. I spent the morning shopping for fabric online (it’s my only option for the next month or so), and I found some terrific options at this store in Belgium<\/a> that carries Dries van Noten deadstock<\/a>, not to mention deadstock from a lot of other designers. (Shhh, consider it our little secret….) They have a wide variety of types and qualities of fabric, so I’m excited for my order to arrive. Right now I’m planning dark denim Hollywood Trousers<\/a> (selvedge Cone denim from my stash that I’m finally going to use) as well as khaki twill Peckham Trousers<\/a>. Speaking on which, are you as excited as I am that khaki is back? I’ve been looking for the right quality and color forever (seriously, for several years at least), and in the end I settled on this khaki twill<\/a>. I want it to be crisp, light, and just the right khaki color: not too light or too brown. I used to obsess over khaki shades when I worked at Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. Can’t be so picky when I have to choose from what’s available!<\/p>\n

We’ve sent the spring patterns off to printer, and they will hopefully be ready in April. A lot has changed in the supply chain over the last year and a half: print lead times are much<\/strong> longer now (almost double what they were in 2020), printing prices have jumped significantly, and shipping costs costs continue to increase each year. All of this is really frustrating because we want to offer paper patterns to you at reasonable prices, but it continues to become more difficult to do so. I’ve also had to push up my deadlines so we can get the pattern on time, so the past few months have been busy. But I’m so excited to show you the new styles! Introducing a little glamour for spring and summer. Get ready!<\/p>\n

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