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Oh, perfect pattern and costume combo!

We are going in September to disney world! I don’t have tons of ideas for boys. I like the sailboat pattern for Mickey and you can make tons of disney shirts with the school bus. Or you could do a gaston costume out of the parachute polo pattern. The main part in red with a yellow collar and black pants (art museum maybe) any black pants really…[Read more]

The problem with the collar was that the fleece won’t hold a crease and basting stitches don’t help much. So, I couldn’t do as the instructions stated and pre-clip and crease the collar. Thus, trying to turn under the collar raw edge and get it to cover the seam where the undercollar joins the back neck was really tough. I think had I done that…[Read more]

Mood is awesome BUT overwhelming. Go prepared with an idea of fabric types in mind. If you have patterns in mind, know the yardage for various widths.

Also, don’t be shocked if you see someone “famous”. When I was there last June, I saw Vera Wang. I saw this very elegant Asian woman blow in with two or three assistants discussing what she was…[Read more]

Mood is awesome BUT overwhelming. Go prepared with an idea of fabric types in mind. If you have patterns in mind, know the yardage for various widths.

Also, don’t be shocked if you see someone “famous”. When I was there last June, I saw Vera Wang. I saw this very elegant Asian woman blow in with two or three assistants discussing what she was…[Read more]

Mood is awesome BUT overwhelming. Go prepared with an idea of fabric types in mind. If you have patterns in mind, know the yardage for various widths.

Also, don’t be shocked if you see someone “famous”. When I was there last June, I saw Vera Wang. I saw this very elegant Asian woman blow in with two or three assistants discussing what she was…[Read more]

Yay, and sweet trixie kisses back
She is lying next to me, wide awake!

Sob, sob! I give up sob! Another sewing disaster! My hopes of wearing something not black and bought to Chloe’s baptism are now dashed! The top turned out too big somehow and the skirt is still to be handstitched up and the hem done. But I leave for Perth tomorrow so the time has run out and I am truly upset!

Oh well I will get over it in time!…[Read more]

Sob, sob! I give up sob! Another sewing disaster! My hopes of wearing something not black and bought to Chloe’s baptism are now dashed! The top turned out too big somehow and the skirt is still to be handstitched up and the hem done. But I leave for Perth tomorrow so the time has run out and I am truly upset!

Oh well I will get over it in time!…[Read more]

THAT’S it, Nicole! Mwwwah! (Xoxo) I needed to notch that stitching line. That was the missing puzzle piece in my head. See…. I knew I was out of practice! 😉

Thanks girlies! On my mobile too. We are on the road this week and next (Carm’s teaching a Singer Featherweight Maintenance Class in our old hometown) but will finish when I get…[Read more]

No, I notched the stitching line

No, I notched the stitching line

No, I notched the stitching line

I ended up with three notches on my drafted piece
I think I may have clipped a Notch where the dot was
Sorry to be a bit vague, on my phone
It worked and matched up beautifully
I agree with sewing liberty and I remember that Sunday brunch

Thanks, Liesl and Nicole!

Sounds good… just so I am clear, though, I don’t stitch on the area between the dots but on the stitching line I transfer from the pattern piece (even though the illustrations in the instructions show a stitching line on the area between the dots)?

Also, what do I do about the 3rd notch that’s in the illustrations…[Read more]

See photos

See photos

I stitched the first line as liesl suggested and then did one row above and one below

One gorgeous (if I do say so myself) hot pink linen Garden Party piped with neon orange (from the awesome Britters) sewn and ready to be posted to the US of A.
A sewing swop with Cindy the swimsuit queen, who made Tilly a swimsuit from scratch. She even designed the pattern.

Tomorrow I have some last minute costume alterations and then it is…[Read more]