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Why I Enjoy Sewing And Making Clothes - About The Author

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  Angela with a V-neck caftan. Neck style to copy. Dress colour matched to eyes enhances and draws attention to the eyes. About the Author I love sewing - may I share with you what I enjoy, my successes and failures! An Italian au pair girl taught me how to re-line and shoulder bag whose lining was torn, and sew in the zip. At school I made a blouse in a sewing class.  My fondest memories of primary school (called elementary in the USA) are of making a felt pin cushion cross-stitch the cover of a needle case learning about crontasting colours such as pink and blue and green and yellow an afternoon 3 hour know your colours course which taught her that her colours are the vibrant summer colours of bright pillar box red, royal blue, emerald green, butter yellow, jet black and bright white.  I discovered that changing her hair colour from brunette to blonde meant that colours which suited her changed from purple to red. I learned from a red-headed room mate at Univeristy Coll...