My first pattern The Ruched-T has been out a few months now and I have really enjoyed all the emails and facebook postings from everyone wearing their new tops A few of you have asked how I do the ruching and I thought the best way to explain is to just show you. So I have put together a short video and of course I had to show another awesome feature on the Brother Dreamweaver XE VM6200D, the multi function foot controller. This special foot allows you to use your feet to backstitch, cut the thread, put the needle down, etc. and then you can keep your hands on the fabrics while sewing! Wait until you see this one! Anyway, enjoy ruching your tee’s and keep sending me photo’s, I love it xoxo Angela
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Angela Wolf is an internationally renowned fashion designer, TV personality, speaker, and author. She started a custom apparel business in 1994 and in 2010 launched a women's RTW collection.
Winner of the 2008 Passion for Fashion and in 2010 Angela was one of the featured fashion designers in Chicago and participated in Chicago Showcase Fashion Event put on by the Apparel Industry Board and chaired by Mayor Daley. Angela is also the "Couture Sewing Expert" on the PBS series "It's Sew Easy" and is quickly becoming a household name. With the added exposure in the sewing industry, Angela is launching a pattern collection for the home sewer. Each season she will offer patterns to coincide with her RTW collection and you can find the patterns at www.AngelaWolfPatterns.com
Angela writes a monthly "Fashion and Trends" column on PatternReview.com and is a frequent contributor to Threads and Sew Stylish Magazines. With a passion for designing quality clothing and exploring her love for creating new trends and techniques, Angela continues to share her talent by teaching and speaking all over the country.
Angela and her husband Winn also fish professionally in tournaments. Salmon on Lake Michigan in the summer and sailfish in the Florida Keys in the winter.
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Fashion and sewing have been a passion of mine since childhood. “I used to sneak fabric out of my mother’s closet, but I was too young to understand patterns. So I would lie on the fabric, have my younger sister's draw an outline of my body with chalk onto the fabric, and then my creations would begin. I am happy to say my designing has come a long way since then :)”
In 1994, with a bachelor degree in business management from Illinois State University and a brand new sewing machine and serger as a graduation gift from my family, I started ABO APPAREL. I began with women’s custom apparel and thru the year’s added alterations and wardrobe planning. An A-list clientele has given me over sixteen years of experience dressing and fitting many diverse women and has enabled me to understand the different styles that compliment each individual.
Impeccably tailored jackets with beautiful silk, hand dyed charmeuse linings are a signature of my work and many of my designs also include intricate hand beading and custom trims. Styles range from Casual Resort Wear to Extravagant Evening Wear, always enhancing every woman that wears my apparel.
It is truly that easy….and the tape you sent is perfect for this technique.
I found some tape at my local fabric store in the home dec section.
Lovely pattern and I get lots of compliments when I wear my tee’s.
Angela, your timing could not have been more perfect! I sewed up the long sleeved Ruched – T with a tall collar with the twist last weekend but didn’t finish with the twill tape yet. Thank you for the video tips.
The design is really fun. What is so great about it is that with the many options in choosing your design, the Ruched – T pattern can take you through all four seasons. I can’t wait to make another one!
Wow that was strange. I just wrote an incredibly long comment
but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyway, just wanted to say wonderful blog!
My first pattern The Ruched-T has been out a few months now and I have really enjoyed all the emails and facebook postings from everyone wearing their new tops 
A few of you have asked how I do the ruching and I thought the best way to explain is to just show you. So I have put together a short video and of course I had to show another awesome feature on the Brother Dreamweaver XE VM6200D, the multi function foot controller. This special foot allows you to use your feet to backstitch, cut the thread, put the needle down, etc. and then you can keep your hands on the fabrics while sewing! Wait until you see this one! Anyway, enjoy ruching your tee’s and keep sending me photo’s, I love it 
It is truly that easy….and the tape you sent is perfect for this technique.
I found some tape at my local fabric store in the home dec section.
Lovely pattern and I get lots of compliments when I wear my tee’s.
Thanks Ann, I really like that second top you made where you raised the neckline.
Angela, your timing could not have been more perfect! I sewed up the long sleeved Ruched – T with a tall collar with the twist last weekend but didn’t finish with the twill tape yet. Thank you for the video tips.
The design is really fun. What is so great about it is that with the many options in choosing your design, the Ruched – T pattern can take you through all four seasons. I can’t wait to make another one!
Wow that was strange. I just wrote an incredibly long comment
but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyway, just wanted to say wonderful blog!
Sorry your first message didn’t come through, but thanks for your kind comments.
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