Australian Stitches

by Lisa A. Christman, Ph.D. With a digital or smart phone camera, you can actually turn your paper patterns into digital patterns that can be edited into new styles or altered in size to fit your measurements. You can also turn patterns that you have

Have you come to believe you have narrow shoulders? (You probably don’t!) Think you have a sway back? (Probably not) These are some of the comments I hear from ladies, when I first introduce them to Connie Crawford's patterns. The problem is not you

The easiest way to incorporate furry textures into your look, opposite: - In a luxurious wrap (contrasted with woven wool), a ‘donut ring’ scarf or a long-line gilet, the most flattering layering piece around this season. Fashion’s new fuzzy logic do

By Karen Bigg RUFFLER FOOT F051 – Probably the scariest looking foot of all but very easy to use to create a wide variety of results. This is a clip on foot but as you attach the foot insert the fork arm. The first time you use it you will need to se

By Judith Turner These pants had a hook and bar, but if it had a button and buttonhole, you would unpick from the BUTTON side around to the buttonhole, WITHOUT unpicking at the buttonhole area. In this case it is the hook area that is not unpicked. S

What’s the newest way to update even the simplest T-shirt top or tunic? Splice it! Not only does it create unique design interest, as you can combine several colours or prints in one item, (we particularly love the way it gives graphic black and whit

Compiled by Lynn Cook When it comes to patterns for the upper body, there is just one rule – if your bust is full, measuring 5.5cm (21/8in) or more than your high bust, select the pattern by your high-bust measurement. Then you have to make the adjus

Lucy Marsh He was single of course and drove, at very high speed, a smart FJ Holden car, which he soon traded for an even smarter FB Holden car. We courted at dances, movies in the Town Hall of a small country town, and later at the Drive-in movies.