Perfect Fit
Sewing
Buddies
By Kerryn Swan
When Kerryn had two Stitches readers arrive
at her shop from New Zealand, they told her
they were ‘Sewing Buddies’ and they had
fi nanced their holiday to the Sunshine Coast,
Qld, Australia from their Sewing Kitty. This is the
story of their visit to Kerryn’s Fabric World ...E
ach woman started off putting $50 a month into a
‘kitty’ bank account. After a short time they decided
that they could buy an overlocker between them.
After looking around and doing a deal with Baby
Lock they found they had enough money for one overlocker
each. This kitty also pays for their subscription to Stitches
magazine. Having a sewing buddy is fantastic as you have a
good friend to help during the cutting, fi tting and fi nishing
stages. The social interaction is also wonderful therapy.After being in the shop for about an hour, I showed them
my Maria Martin Pattern Drafter and how I use my basic
block calico pattern, which fi ts me perfectly, as a guide to
pattern-adjust my commercial patterns. These in-store demo
garments are used to give all of our customers inspiration,
as the patterns often look better made up in quality fabrics
than the illustrations on the pattern envelope; it also gives
us plenty of garments to photograph for Stitches. A win, win
situation for all!