Sharing some of my sewing, design, and textile bookmarks -- loose categories, new additions listed at top of each section, permanently under construction. More links are available on my
Sewing a Sweater page.
Articles and Blog Posts
Blogs
- The Seams -- Podcast that explores the human experience through clothing and fashion
- Ginger Makes -- Candid sewing blog from NYC sewer with great skills
- Custom Style -- Sewing blog, written by a professional costumer and seamstress (archived)
- Between the Lines -- Gorgeous site, stunningly beautiful tutorials (archived)
- The Design Loft -- Clothing design, pattern drafting, knitting from a fashion industry veteran
- BrianSews! -- Sewing blog with lots of solid info on technique and tools (archived)
- Alessandrina.com -- Knit designer blogs about process and more
- Ruth Singer -- Textile manipulation and design
Online Communities and Other Sites
- Fashion Terms by Apparel Search -- A good glossary of terms (in between lots of ads)
- Textillia -- Beautiful new site with forums and a community built database of materials and patterns
- TextileGlossary -- Concise definitions
- Kollabora -- How could you not love a community whose motto is "We are what we make"!
- Fashion-Incubator -- "Lessons from the sustainable factory floor" for the designer/entrepreneur, this site is deep.
- PatternReview -- That venerable site of sewing pattern reviews, sewing machine reviews, discussions and more