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Article: PIECE BY PIECE SEWING FROM SCRATCH REVEALS CHARACTER - FLAWS AND ALL.(DAYBREAK)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2002
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Byline: Mary Reardon For the State Journal
What are you made of? What you do at something new will show you.
Take sewing. Sewing exposes character.
It revealed that I have some character, probably enough to get by. It revealed that my friend Soleah Kirsnerova, 22, has more.
I decided to start sewing because I couldn't find clothes that fit me in the retail stores. The stuff seems cut for 17-year-old models, not average 30-something women.
For our first project, I bought a Simplicity pattern for a red bustier. Simplicity is a brand made to appeal to the general home sewer or the Sewing for Dummies crowd. A bustier is a sexy ...