The Craft of Clothes
News on sewing, fashion, making, and zero waste patterncutting.
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September 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi Everyone!Welcome to the September newsletter, and a warm hello to new subscribers. A new sewing project is underway at our home, but it’s not mine. One of my teens asked to sew a peplos, the simple Greek dress that’s basically a tube joined at the shoulders.<div class="ima
August 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi Everyone!Welcome to the August newsletter, and a warm hello to new subscribers. For the past several weeks I’ve been making some of Danielle and Birgitta’s patterns from the Sewing Without Scraps book.<div cla
July 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi Everyone!Welcome to the July newsletter, and a warm hello to new subscribers. A craft project with one of my teens, involving making fabric from leaves, sparked an interesting conversation: did people ever wear clothes made from leaves?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!syQD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ac606a2-6274-484c-b156-1b2103779d08_3264x2448.jpeg"
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