Article: PIECE BY PIECE SEWING FROM SCRATCH REVEALS CHARACTER - FLAWS AND ALL.(DAYBREAK)

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 ...

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