Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing:: A Modern Guide to Couture-Style Sewing Using Basic Vintage Technique tailoring Inspired by these creative ScrapTherapy

Inspired by these creative ScrapTherapy ideas

and details of each dress for a truly unique creation

where narrow streets and vibrantly hued buildings provide a medieval backdrop

Based on Fassett's signature line of Rowan fabrics

Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing:: A Modern Guide to Couture-Style Sewing Using Basic Vintage Technique tailoring Inspired by these creative ScrapTherapyGretchen Gertie Hirsch is a passionate home seamstress, a sought after sewing teacher, and the creator of one of the webs most popular sewing blogs: Gerties New Blog for Better Sewing. The blog began as a way for readers to follow Hirschs progress as she stitched all 14 fashions from the iconic 1950s sewing book Vogues New Book for Better Sewing (a Julie & Juliaesque experiment for the modern sewist). It quickly became a place for Hirsch to share