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Figure Flattery

March 26, 2019 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

We can do much to downplay any figure “faults” we may have and to make our figures appear different than they really are.  The familiar example always used to show this is the following set of lines — which really are identical in length, but look much different. The colors we wear and the types of […]

Filed Under: Fashion, Patterns, Sewing Tagged With: big tall men sewing patterns, figure flattery, obese boys patterns, obese girls patterns, overweight boys patterns, overweight girls patterns, plus size sewing patterns, sewing patterns, Sewing Tips

Altering Store Bought Patterns For Overweight Children – Chest

July 24, 2018 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

Overweight children, plus size children and obese children will usually have much larger chests than average size children.  In addition, they will usually have large upper arms that make altering store bought patterns very difficult.  This tutorial will address both areas needing to be altered. FULL CHEST With a large full chest, wrinkles will show […]

Filed Under: Patterns, project tutorial, Sewing Tagged With: altering childrens patterns, altering girls patterns, altering sleeves for plus size girls, fitting overweight girls, overweight girls, pattern alterations, plus size girls, sewing patterns

Look What We Found!!!

August 24, 2016 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

While moving our office, we found some vintage copies of Sarah Doyle’s first book, “Sarah’s Key To Pattern Drafting”.   “Sarah’s Key To Pattern Drafting” book includes step by step instructions and diagrams for custom making your entire wardrobe – slacks, shorts, skirts, blouses and dresses.  This is our original book with patterns and designs […]

Filed Under: Book Review, Patterns, Sewing Tagged With: full figure womens patterns, pattern making, patterns, sewing patterns, womens patterns

50% Off All Plus Size Kids Patterns

May 12, 2016 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

We have GREAT news!!  We’re in the process of making all of our Plus Size Children patterns downloadable – to make them instantly available to everyone, whether you’re in the U.S., or around the world!! During this transition period, we’re selling the remaining few of our Plus Size Children physical patterns at a huge 50% […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Patterns, Sewing Tagged With: overweight boy patterns, overweight girl patterns, plus size boys patterns, plus size children patterns, plus size children sewing patterns, plus size girls patterns, sewing patterns

WOW! Check out our wide variety of patterns on Craftsy.com

September 23, 2015 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

We are very thrilled to let you know that we have a ton of patterns at Craftsy.com.   We invite you to check out our stores – “Patterns2Go” and “SewWithSarah”.    We have Sewing patterns, quilt patterns, craft patterns, crochet patterns, toy patterns and some super easy pattern making patterns. We have some of our most […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Crafting, Patterns, Sewing Tagged With: blouse patterns, free patterns, quilt patterns, sewing patterns, skirt patterns, toy patterns

Updated SewWithSarah

July 20, 2015 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

We have done a little “adding” and “rearranging” of the top bar at SewWithSarah to make it a little more user friendly.  You will now see a category for “Pattern Making”, which is specifically for all of our pattern making and pattern changing classes.  You can see everything at a glance. The second change is adding […]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: pattern making, pattern making classes, plus size children sewing patterns, sewing patterns, updated website

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