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Sewing round up March-19 Ediition
Well, I’ve been busy! I’ve sewn a few things over the last week or sew, but most of these item’s I’ve sewn before and one was a TNT so it really didn’t take long to make this weeks garments. I typically do not have time to sew this many things (did I neglect something else?), probably! The boss politely reminded me that we have to finish our taxes. I’m a reformed tax accountant that hates doing her own taxes! I know I have to pay, so it can wait till whenever (not really whenever, because I don’t do penalties) but you know what I mean! Anyway, there are a few…
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Finally, Pants! Simplicity 8056 and Another Simplicity 8014
Finally, I finished my pants! Well, I’m happy with the outcome and it was a long time coming. I actually could have finished these like two weeks ago, but apparently me and the embroidery machine have been having a little affair (insert shocked face)! These pants are a wearable muslin, I like wearables because like I’ve said before, I like to wear a garment to work, sit down and stand up to get a good idea of my adjustments. Also, some fabric tends to bag out and then I over correct to fit it and then it’s tight. To remedy that, I try and get quality fabric and not over…
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Silk Slip and Ottobre 5/2018
I’m not going to talk about the current state of my slip. Oh, you don’t know what a slip is? It’s an undergarment, not very popular with the young crowd (insert eye roll) but a nice layer under skirts for unlined garments. I’ve recently discovered there are/were pants slips (WHAT??) didn’t know this was a thing and I don’t have a pair nor do I have any in my sewing plans. There are full slips, half slips, knit slips that stretch, silk slips, lace slips, compression slips, and the list goes on. I personally wear slips when the garment I’m wearing isn’t lined, although I don’t wear them with denim skirts. …
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My First Pencil Skirt From My Block
Hand made Pencil skirt and Butterick 5526 Hi! So, I’ve been talking about the skirt block class I’ve taken and I just want to wrap that up. I gave all the info here so I wont go over that again, but I did want to talk about the process. In the class, we went through a number of lessons over five weeks. We learned how to make our own personal croqui by printing out a picture of ourselves and tracing over it. We used these croquis to design our own skirts. We could follow along with the instructor or design our own skirts. The beauty of it is we drew…
