Watch all 13 programs of Series 5 on Shirley Adams Sewing Connection Youtube channel! | Follow along with your own book of possibilities! | |
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Setting Boundaries | Designer adaptations of borders provide a professional finish and a lovely frame for your face. Recreate expensive details seen only in expensive boutiques. | ![]() |
Sueded Silk and Microfibers | Luxury fabrics require special consideration in choice of pattern and purpose. | |
Shawl Collars | A shawl collar is equally appropriate on a blouse, dress, suit, or coat. | |
Testing 1, 2, 3 | Invest time creating test patterns before cutting into expensive fabrics. It will save your time and your money. Address fitting problems as well as pattern matching concerns. | |
Embellishing the Truth | Purchased fabric you hate? Who doesn't fall for something we later hate. Fix ugly fabric with style and creativity! | ![]() |
Love to Sew with My Feet | Jan Saunders joins Shirley to demonstrate the versatility of your sewing machine’s presser feet. | |
Terrific Tubes | Fabric tubes offer endless fun and creativity, whether to cover a headband, add style to a simple jacket, create new fabric to show off as a bag or blouse. Make a tie or recycle a tie. | |
See It, Sew It | Anything you see, you can sew! Gather ideas from ready to wear and transform a simple pattern into the latest fashion. | |
See It Again | Alter an existing pattern to create anything you see in expensive ready to wear. Compare with Testing 1, 2, 3 and discover why the investment in a test pattern is so helpful. | |
Home Decor Camouflage | Create screen panels using sheets that match your bedding, shoulder protection for garment storage, lamp shades, and camouflage a box as an occasional table. | ![]() |
Wearing Home Decor | Don’t overlook home decor stores as fabrics and textures abound as well as colors and patterns. Create fun and decorative kid’s rompers. | |
Baker's Dozen | Shirley answers viewer mail with a multitude of professional sewing techniques from smooth shoulder caps to buttonholes to hemming knit fabrics. | |
It's In The Bag | With any type fabric, bags provide opportunity for self expression. Easy to make hobo bag and shoulder bag look expensive, but only you will know the secret. |