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April is the month to draw attention to our streaming video option and Sure-Fit Designs Sew Alongs.  For those of you not familiar with this site, we at Sure-Fit Designs wanted to provide you with an alternative to watch all your Sure-Fit Designs DVD tutorials in a streaming video format.  Why?  Because so many of you no longer have DVD drives in your viewing device.  Laptops are being sold without DVD players and smart phones and tablets definitely don't have DVD players...hence the need for streaming all of our Sure-Fit Designs DVD content.  We're simply keeping up with the technology times.

 

At SewFitAcademyOnline we provide you with the streaming video for the following DVD tutorials:

* Introductory How-To DVD

* Pants Fitting Course DVD

* Bodice Fitting Course DVD

* Shirt Fitting Course DVD

* Darts: Versatile & Amazing

* Jeans: Behind the Scenes

* Fitting Commercial Patterns 

* Pants that Mix n Multiply

* Beyond Bodice Basics

* Sew Sensational Shirts

If you already own these DVDs and have not yet received your 100% Discount Code, please email directly to Glenda - info@surefitdesigns.com.  Please include proof of purchase or approximate date that you purchased the product.  Our files go back through 2015 and I'll cross-reference your order.  Your discount code(s) will then be sent to you via email.

SAVE 10% - TAKE10 - when buying the digital version...
BUT...if you don't already own any one of the above DVDs, you can purchase it online at www.sewfitacademyonline.com - save 10% by using the Coupon Code 'take10' at check out.  Please keep in mind that if you buy the streaming video version from this site, you will not receive the physical version, which only comes if you've also paid for postage for the item.

We also have 6 Sew Alongs.  If you'd like to participate in all 6, you'll receive a 20% discount - no coupon code necessary.

However, if you just want a couple of them, you can save 10% by using the 'take10' coupon code during checkout as this discount code applies to Sew Alongs as well as the DVD courses.

April is the month to get online and on board with video tutorials and Sew Alongs.

Happy Fitting & Sewing!
Glenda the Good Stitch

The Long-Tailed Big Shirt - Sew Along with Glenda the Good Stitch

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The Long Tailed Big Shirt is the newest Sew Along with Glenda the Good Stitch.  You'll love this comfy shirt designed and sewn from your Sure-Fit Designs Shirt Kit.

It's designed with a longer back hem and is perfect to wear with skinny pants or leggings.

Designed and sewn from your Sure-Fit Designs Shirt Kit, the Long Tailed Big Shirt is designed to be worn untucked over skinny-legged pants or leggings.  It's comfortable and casual.  This 19-lesson Sew Along will teach you all the necessary steps to design and sew a front placket, how to sew the collar and collar stand and how to sew the 3/4 length sleeve with a pert turn back cuff.

 The front...

 The back...

 The side view...

Save 10% on this new Sew Along.  Join me, Glenda the Good Stitch, participate in the Long Tailed Big Shirt Sew Along and save 10%.  Use Coupon Code 'take10' at checkout.  Watch for the small window that asks if you have a Coupon??

Have fun sewing along with this streaming video 19-lesson Sew Along.

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Or...you might be interested in our Bundle & Save 20% Sew Along package.  With this bundle you'll get all 6 of the Sure-Fit Designs Sew Alongs.  Please click here.

See you there!

Glenda the Good Stitch

The Little Black Dress Sew Along

There is something about a fitted  'little black dress' that is tantalizing and that cannot be replaced in a colorful dress.  (London designer Roland Mouret states).  And as Christian Dior said, 'every lady should have (at least) one little black dress'.

Join Glenda the Good Stitch in our newest Sew Along, featured in SewFitAcademyOnline.com.

The Little Black Dress dates back centuries to queen Victoria, when her beloved husband Albert passed away.  She wore black for the remainder of her life.  And of course throughout the centuries, designers like Coco Chanel, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Dior, have designed their own take on this dress.

And as Sarah Jessica Parker, whose fashion choices have been tracked since her "Sex and the City" days, believes so strongly in the little black dress, that she recently launched a collection called SJP LBD at Bloomindale's.  She said, 'We really wanted to make the point that this is for all people at all times of the day.  That's the job of the little black dress."

Glenda the Good Stitch has just launched the Sure-Fit Designs version of the Little Black Dress in her most recent Sew Along, found a SewFitAcademyOnline.com.  Here you'll also see the LBD video highlights describing the details included in the 19-lesson Sew Along.  Just click the previous link.

The details are definitely difficult to see in this photo, so here's another close-up:

When you participate in the Sew Along, you'll receive:

• 19 highly detailed video lessons

• How to measure

• How to draw the blueprint

• How to design the pattern

• How to sew it all together

• Step-by-step detail in Glenda's precise demonstrations

• 24/7 access to your course 

• Available for a life-time...no expiration
• See details for the optional hem flounce
• See details for the optional designer belt

By enrolling now, you'll receive a 20% discount.  Use this Discount Code lbd20.  It's good until March 12, 2017.  Head over to SewFitAcademyOnline.com to get your Sew Along.

A few facts you (probably) didn't know about the History of the LBD:

• Coco Cuff// Chanel's little black dress of 1926 actually had white cuffs.

• La Vie En Noir// A little black dress was Edith Piaf's signature look.  She always chose styles with long sleeves to hide the scars from 3 serious car crashes.

• Needle-to-Know// In Balenciaga's collections, he included one black dress that he personally made entirely by hand.

• Slippery Strap// During a 1956 press conference announcing the Marilyn Monroe film ' The Prince and the Showgirl', the strap on her slinky LBD gave way, causing quite a sensation and that incident was subsequently written into the script.

• Royal Lore// When Lady Diana Spencer wore a tight, strapless black dress fro her first post-engagement appearance with Prince Charles in 1981, the British tabloids responded with 'cleavage' headlines.

• Breakfast at Tiffany's// And one that you probably already know, Audrey Hepburn, in Breakfast at Tiffany's epitomized the LBD.

Join me now and  receive a 20% discount.  Use this Discount Code lbd20.  It's good through March 12, 2017.  Head over to SewFitAcademyOnline.com to get your Sew Along.

Happy drafting and sewing!

The Capezio Top - Join the latest Sure-Fit Designs Sew Along

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Yet another Sure-Fit Designs Sew Along is ready for your participation.  Join Glenda the Good Stitch in the Caprezio Top Sew Along.  Click Here to enroll.

You'll love this latest Sure-Fit Designs Sew Along - the Caprezio Top!  Combine the flattering benefits of the ever-popular Princess Line, with asymmetry, unique style lines, color blocking and an easy cowl-like drapy collar.  Choose a comfortable, lightweight knit (like a lightweight Ponte) in colors or complementary patterns that suit your personal pallet.

Wear if short over leggings or casual pants, or lengthen it for an attractive dress.  You'll have multiple options with our easy-to-design and sew Caprezio Top.

This newest sew along features:

• 16 Video Lessons
• Text to accompany the video lessons
• Downloadable PDF instruction files
• Enrollment fee: $15.95 
• ENROLL HERE

If you enroll in this sew along course now, you'll save 10%.  Just before check-out enter Discount Code cap10 for your savings (Offer ends Jan. 14, 2017).

I know you're going to enjoy this sew along.

Happy Designing & Sewing!
Glenda...the Good Stitch

Go Everywhere Shirt now available for a Lifetime!

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The Go Everywhere Shirt by Sure-Fit Designs is now totally available as a one-time purchase and your enrollment will last you a lifetime!

You may remember, this Go Everywhere Shirt Sew Along was previously on the Curious.com platform, but now I have made it totally available for you on an all new software platform where once you've enrolled and purchased your course, it is yours for a lifetime.

The Go Everywhere Shirt is drawn and designed from your Sure-Fit Designs Shirt Kit, which means it's casual, comfortable and simple to sew.  This sew along offers both video lessons as well as a downloadable instruction guide sheet.

And you'll find it on our new website platform www.SewFitAcademyOnline.com...which I'll tell you more about next week.  To access the Go Everywhere Shirt and to see samples of the video lessons, please click here - http://surefitdesigns.thinkific.com/courses/the-go-everywhere-shirt-by-sure-fit-designs


You'll see measuring, drawing, designing and sewing it all together in the Sure-Fit Designs Sew Along.  I sincerely hope you all enjoy it.

Happy Fitting & Sewing!

Holiday Happy Top - SFD Sew Along

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Many of you have asked for our SFD videos/DVD courses and lessons to be made available on an easy-to-access platform where once your purchase is made, you'd be able to access the information forever.  Thanks to the assistance of an SFD customer who pointed me in the right direction, I'm now testing out CourseCraft software (similar to Craftsy) where I can upload videos, lessons in the form of text, photos, downloadable files and a platform that you can interact with me during the lessons.

My first project using this platform is a Sew Along for this fun blouse sewn from your Sure-Fit Designs Dress Kit and I call it the Holiday Happy Top.  I've been madly working on the project, photographing the steps (sorry no video with this particular project - the camera man is still recovering), writing directions, learning new software all in time for you to design and sew this top before your holiday festivities begin.

You need to begin with your personal bodice blueprint from the SFD Dress Kit.  Then the sew along lessons will give you detailed descriptions of how to change the basic pattern to include a Dolman sleeve, which is finished with an 'angel wing' and you'll see an interesting way to include your bust dart where the contrasting fabrics are sewn together.

You need 2 contrasting/coordinating fabrics.  The black sparkly knit is decked out with tiny sequins and even though it is a knit fabric, I coordinated a drapable woven poly in the solid black as the contrasting fabric.

Join the Sew Along.  Design and sew your new top before holiday festivities begin.  Sew at your own speed.  Progress with the lessons as your time permits.  Course access is forever.  Join now and save 10% by using Promo Code HHT10 during checkout.  To read more about the Holiday Happy Top course, Click Here to read the FAQ's.



I'd love to have you join us.