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DIY Shorts and Top + Lost Cashmerette Concord Dress
I’ve been drafting a lot lately. I’ve used a number of resources for my drafts, but truthfully you could buy a book, take a class or use a good fitting TNT as your block/sloper and experiment. I went through multiple muslins to get my fits refined, there’s only so much you can do on yourself. So, you start from the top and see how it goes. You work one area at a time and you exercise patience. I learned to pinch, pin, tuck and ask questions until I got it right, there is no short cut to fit. I want to really refine my sewing techniques so I figured if…
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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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DIY Square Neck Concord T Shirt Dress Hack
Are you sick of seeing me in T-shirt dresses yet? No, great, I don’t have any plans on stopping, T-shirt dresses are awesome! I recommend everyone that sews get a few TNT (tried and true) patterns. There’s nothing like just getting in there, cutting the fabric and sewing it up, no surprises! I can’t tell you what your machine will do, but if you haven’t fluctuated too much on your weight, the pattern should be good to go. So, speaking of fluctuating, I tend to measure myself almost every time I make a new pattern, if its more on the fitted side. I do a quick measurement of my bust,…
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Cashmerette Concord T-Shirt Hack Round 2
Hi there! Don’t judge me, but this fabric was purchased to be a valentines day dress! Hello, it’s April! Hey, you promised not to judge! I’m not a new sewist, but I’m new at buying fabric for my “stash”. I pretty much try to look at what I want to make and purchase fabric. This can be expensive because you don’t always find what you need on sale. So then I changed my mind, ughh, fabric with no purpose. I knew for valentines day that I didn’t want pink or red, but a print so I went with this Floral print. Floral prints are always in right, so yeah, I…
