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  • Cashmerette Upton skirt hack and Butterick 5529 jacket

    September 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

    Hi there!  I want to share with you what I’ve made recently.  You’ve seen my Upton dress here and Butterick 5529 jacket here.  Well, I’ve “hacked” the Upton using Jenny’s hack, you can find the instructions on the hack here. I didn’t make any changes, but I should have.  Jenny talks about how to adjust the fit for the skirt and well, I didn’t do that.  Actually I intended to make the Upton dress and didn’t like the fabric I chose after completing it for the bodice so last minute I decided to make the skirt. I really like this fabric, I purchased it from FabricMart and it’s a digital…

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    September 21, 2017 / 11 Comments

    I’m getting a head start on my Fall sewing.  I’ve seen this type of Dolman sleeve open jacket all over the place.  This is an older Butterick pattern that’s still in print, yay!!.  I’ve seen this pattern in a ton of places in the spring and early fall catalogs, what does that tell you?  patterns come back around too!  I hate having multiple patterns that are similar unless I learn a new construction technique or it has a cool design feature.   So, when I went looking through my patterns for a open easy jacket, I realized I actually  purchased a similar pattern from Simplicity recently in addition to this…

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