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		<title>Fake Fall Front for your Britches</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/fake-fall-front-for-your-britches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/fake-fall-front-for-your-britches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Individual Garments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Cheats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1600s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1700s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1800s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trousers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing makes a pant look as fantastically olde-timey as a fall front. Unfortunately, a real fall front is a pain in the patouty to sew (trust me), and it&#8217;s not something that can be added in after the fact in any sort of historically accurate manner. Fortunately, if you&#8217;re not 100% concerned about authenticity, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reblock a Felt Hat</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/how-to-reblock-a-felt-hat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reblocking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s a sad commentary about my life that I am sitting here in mid-December still trying to finish writing all the demos I did photo work for during 1776 last spring. Life&#8217;s been a little crazy lately. Great/fantastic/amazing (grantasticazing?), but crazy. Anyhoo&#8230; One of life&#8217;s great mysteries seems to be &#8220;How do you alter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick and Cheesy Shoe Mod: Loafers to Colonial</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/quick-and-cheesy-shoe-mod-loafers-to-colonial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/quick-and-cheesy-shoe-mod-loafers-to-colonial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Cheats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1700s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, in theater, you need a specific period shoe and you don&#8217;t have the time to order it from the internet, the money to order it from the internet, or an actor who wears a size you can order from the internet. (In this case, it was an &#8220;all of the above&#8221; scenario &#8211; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret of the Single Layer Corset</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-secret-of-the-single-layer-corset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-secret-of-the-single-layer-corset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Garments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie's Early Bustle Gown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Cheats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corsetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwardian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rennie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the Victorian era, people started coming up with ideas for making corsets more comfortable to wear. Gigglishiously ironical though that may sound, some great innovations came out of it. One of my favs is the single layer corset &#8211; no lining, no interlining, just a base layer of fabric and some boning. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inserting a Two-Part Busk</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/inserting-a-two-part-busk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/inserting-a-two-part-busk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machine Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie's Early Bustle Gown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1800s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corsetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steampunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first steel, front-fastening busk was invented in 1829. (Waugh, 79) They&#8217;re nifty little beasties, especially at the end of the day when you would really, sincerely like to be OUT of your ding-dang corset. I&#8217;ve hear rumors that they can be used to get into a pre-tightened corset, as well, but I&#8217;ve tried, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How close to the edge of my bias should I sew?</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2011/how-close-to-the-edge-of-my-bias-should-i-sew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2011/how-close-to-the-edge-of-my-bias-should-i-sew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good to Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machine Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bias Tape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sewing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?p=4549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank my crazy-fabulous students over at the college for this one &#8211; they&#8217;ve got a knack for asking those incredibly important, basic questions that you stop thinking about after a while. Things like, &#8220;What&#8217;s the best way to cut so I don&#8217;t get these weird edges?&#8221; or &#8220;How close to the edge of this should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drafting Hand Points on Sleeves</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/drafting-hand-points-on-sleeves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/drafting-hand-points-on-sleeves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pattern Drafting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medieval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patterning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolkien]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the medieval romance of the sleeve with the little pointsy-doo that falls gracefully over your hand&#8230; So lovely. The problem is that half the time something goes wrong and you end up with a sleeve that looks like it&#8217;s flipping you off &#8211; the point doesn&#8217;t follow your hand (unless you put a loop [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blind-hemming with a Single Layer of Fabric</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/blind-hemming-with-a-single-layer-of-fabric/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/blind-hemming-with-a-single-layer-of-fabric/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hand Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you need to hem something so it won&#8217;t show through from the front. In a perfect world, you&#8217;re working with two layers of fabric. But what happens if, oh, I dunno, you&#8217;ve got yourself a crazy corset that&#8217;s mostly lined, except for the gussets? Then you need to know how to blind-hem with only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting a Gusset</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/setting-a-gusset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/setting-a-gusset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haley's Regency Dress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machine Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1800s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corsetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sewing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m making up a Regency style corset and it has gussets at the bust and hip to give it shape. I&#8217;m lining the corset, but I&#8217;d like to do the gussets as single-layer pieces. If you find yourself doing something equally silly, here&#8217;s how to slam a gusset in between the two layers in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>From Moulage to Regency Corset Pattern</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/from-moulage-to-regency-corset-pattern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/from-moulage-to-regency-corset-pattern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haley's Regency Dress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pattern Drafting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1800s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corsetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patterning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?post_type=demo&#038;p=4466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so you know I&#8217;m gonzo about le moulage, right? It&#8217;s basically a princess line dress, with no ease. That makes it a pretty accurate model of a specific human&#8217;s torso. But what the heck do I do with that information? I&#8217;m working with two remote clients right now, and they&#8217;ve sent me back their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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