Happy international women’s day This writing is inspired by and dedicated to all of the Too Much women I have worked with, who, very bravely and against all odds, rise. There she is. . . the “too much” woman. The one who loves too hard, feels too deeply, asks too often, and desires too much. There she is taking up too much space, with her laughter, her curves, her honesty, her sexuality. Her presence is as tall as a tree, as wide as a mountain. Her energy occupies every crevice of the room. Too much space she takes. There she is causing a ruckus with her persistent wanting, too ..read more

Using a Tracing wheel Hey there sewers! Ready to take your hand-stitching and design skills to the next level? Then you need to learn how to use a tracing wheel. No matter what level of experience you have, tracing wheels are an essential tool that can help you make precise stitching patterns as well as copy patterns from one material to another. A tracing wheel is a handheld tool that looks like a circular cookie cutter with a pointy wheel on the end. Its purpose is to trace patterns onto fabric without having to use pins or markers. It even works great for transferring designs onto pap ..read more

Lessons that I learnt being a seamstress  It is often said that the moment you turn your hobby into a business the joy goes out of it. And then there are some who say turn your hobby into a business and you will never have to work again. Which one of these is true? Although I have been blessed with amazing customers, every time a customer demanded life out of me, critiqued my work or worse not paid for my hard work as they were not satisfied with the result, I did hate my job (I said it). That doesn’t mean I don’t sew for others. Of course, I do whenever I get a chance but I don’t f ..read more

Degree or Skill Education? Having a degree versus being experienced in a particular field has always been a hot debate. While many prefer a certificate from a university showing their expertise, others favour hands-on experience and adept technical skills to speak for their character. In a constantly changing job market, experience is a definite plus point in a resume. Traditionally college and university are considered an obvious choice, especially in Asian households. People seldom give vocational courses a chance. But before we go down the long and expensive road of college, let’s talk ..read more

Stylish and Contemporary Saree Blouse Kalpana Singh February 23, 2022 9:10 am One Comment Hello lovely ladies (and dudes, if you are here too) I’m back again with a new exciting saree blouse tutorial, which YOU can make and flaunt with your favourite Saree. You can even wear it with a pair of jeans or a skirt! Well, that’s how versatile our Saree blouses are Okay, let’s dive right into it! Tools Required 1 • Rulers – Straight, L, Hip curve and French curve. 2 • Basic Blocks – Front and back. 3 • Pattern-making paper. 4 • Sharp pencil and eraser.   As always we begin with trac ..read more

“Closet full of fabulous Sarees and not an occasion to wear!” … wondered every Indian women at least once in these last 2 years. But I’m on a mission to give purpose to your beautiful Sarees, one Saree at a time. And you can be a hero just by doing that too, I’ll tell you how Not all hero wear capes, some wear Sarees… Illustration by @artby_gt I recently had a beautiful Cutomer wanting to reinvent her Saree that she wore many times and created fond memories through it. A piece of clothing such as this is too precious to part with, you would agree. She had a design in mind, she needed a dres ..read more

If you were like me, born and brought up in a very humble middle class Indian household, then probably you have seen your mums or grand mums mending old clothes or even sewing a brand new out fits every now and then. Going to a tailor was a luxury that we could afford once or twice a year owing to Deepawali or birthdays. Those were the simple days when Indian market hadn’t know any cheap, stylish branded clothes. Tailors never had to listen to this argument – Bhaiya itne Mai to pura dress mil jaega! ( I can buy an entire dress in this amount ). True, you can buy a dress from Zara or HnM in h ..read more

Fashion drawing Fashion drawing unlike any other ‘realistic fine art genre’ is quite achievable as it does not demand to be very detail oriented. As long as you get your proportions right (which I will talk about in another blog soon) you can pretty much qualify as a fashion illustrator.  Challenging Part of a Figure Drawing. Firstly one needs to understand the basic idea behind making fashion drawings. Primarily fashion drawings are done to depict your design ideas on paper so that before you actually make an effort to sew them you can have a fair enough idea how they are going t ..read more

Have a wedding coming up, yours or your best friends or even distant relative, there isn’t a girl alive who hasn’t searched  “Sabyasachi Saree Blouse” on her google, Instagram or Pinterest, whether or not she can afford it.  Don’t we just love these dainty, feminine, classy blouses and wish we had one in our wardrobe ? The answer is yes, yes and YESSS! If you are mumbling yes along with me then girl you are at the right page Listen learn and watch how you can use your basic blocks and create this beautiful piece of blouse for yourself, you can thanks me later (or like, share ..read more

To learn pattern making basics join our ONLINE PATTERN MAKING COURSE   MATERIALS REQUIRED – Printed cotton fabric, approx 3.5m MEASUREMENTS a. Chest b. Lengthr c. Waist d. Across shoulder METHOD UPPER PART 1. From point O mark A i.e. shoulder to waist length. 2. From point O mark B which is 1/2 of across shoulder 3. From point O mark C i.e. 1/4 th of chest. 4. From point C mark point E which is 1/4th of chest + 1” 5. From point B mark F i.e. 1/36th of chest 6. Mark point H from point A i.e. 1/4 th of waist + 1″ and join HA with straight line 7. Join FO with straight line. Join HE with s ..read more