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Thank you. That was my lunch reading :).

I do have another question. Because the back and front yoke design mirror each other I am trying to decide if the ruffle should be both in the front and back or just the front? It’s for a 9 month. Thanks

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it, but I can’t remember where it was. Here’s a tutorial for adding piping. Adding a ruffle would be much easier, but a similar process. And very cute! I hope you’ll show us if you make it.

customizing with oliver + s: after-school shirt with piping

Thanks for your patience while I’ve been out on medical leave. Hmm, can you posts photos so we can try to troubleshoot for you? Which view are you sewing: View A with the pockets and waistband?

Just catching up with you all after a few weeks of travel and illness. Here are two ways I handle the corner of the hem:

a shirt gusset tutorial

machine bartack tutorial

I hope that helps!

I’ve only made this (or the recital shirt) twice, but I like to French seam everything, and it bothered me to have a raw cut at the vent, too. I found this tutorial – I haven’t flat-felled many things, so I’m not sure whether this method will work for that finish, but I thought I’d throw it out there. My first attempt at doing this technique with…[Read more]

@lightningmcstitch I think you are right about solving this by redrawing the hemline. I don’t have the Geneva blouse pattern but I do have a different pattern that would probably work.

I know a lot of people love this shirt pattern, including me but I can’t find any mention of this issue in the reviews I’ve read which leads me to think I’m n…[Read more]

@lisam cheat’s solution ?

Ah yes, I see that my “don’t clip it at all” idea wouldn’t work. I was thinking of the curve at the side seam being more like the gentle curve of the men’s shirt, or the kid’s sketchbook. I’ve made a few Classic/recital shirts so you’d think I’d remember!

I wonder what happens if you clip the seam allowance with the opposite angle? I might try…[Read more]

2nd upload not working but you get the idea