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Sorry, I just saw this. I’m very pleased with the Adeline Dress. It’s a Style Arc pattern, so don’t expect much help with the instructions. Only tricky part is the hem. i.e. don’t put it on upside down! I used an old silk curtain to sew a mock up for this. It fit RIGHT out of the envelope. 90% of the patterns I’ve sewn fit into the tried…[Read more]

I wish I was living in Spain
Where the rain stays mainly on the plain
But I’m here in Nantucket
trying to fill a bucket
And this hole is really a pain

New one….

Next week four patterns arrive

Thank you! That really helps!
Thank you again to everyone who has responded to me. I’m going to order now…take the plunge soon! Feels like diving off the high board…to be overly dramatic about it!

I use the three piece applicator and hammer. I have a plier snap set and I hated it. Just couldn’t get the snaps to set, and the snaps themselves were hard to open and close. BUT, those were Baby Source or something like that, not KAM. I bought the set when I didn’t know anything about snaps. I have the Snap Source tools for the size 16 and 24…[Read more]

Thank you!
Your input is so appreciated.

Congratulations! I also like the Snap Source set – I’ve used the Dritz hammer-in snaps and had OK success, but I do occasionally ruin one of them. I haven’t had a Snap Source failure yet. I’ve also used KAM snaps (with the pliers), and I don’t love them on anything thin, delicate, stretchy, or too thick. Prong length can be either too short or…[Read more]

Thank you! Since I made a practice placket, I will be able to practice on it which is good. (I was surprised that it didn’t call for interfacing on the shirt but does call for it on the bodysuit.) Do you use the 3 piece plastic applicator or the pliers?

Congratulations! I really like the Snap Source set, but I would recommend you do several practice runs before you set them on the garment. I do it every time because I don’t set them so often that it’s second nature.

Set up the fabric exactly like your placket – fabric layers, interfacing, everything. My most common mistake is putting one of the…[Read more]

I am happy to say I finished my lullaby layette pants and today I did a practice placket for the shirt. It was challenging but I got it.
Tomorrow I will add the placket to my shirt.
Then the snaps situation is looming over me. I have read or heard some negatives about Snap Source saying sometimes they dont go in well and taking them out to redo…[Read more]

We’ve all been there – better to ask before you cut! Good luck with the shirt.

Oh I see now. It’s right on the sides of the sleeve pattern. The sizes (with the dots) on the cap of the sleeve are just where to start gathering stitches. I must be nervous and overthinking.

Yes, thank you. Before I posted my question, I saw that there was a visible tie space in the line art; I just couldn’t tell that it was a full inch. I also saw it as I looked back at photos of other’s completed projects—but again, I couldn’t quite tell how much tie space there was. I will certainly alter the collar if I sew this again—I am…[Read more]

Is it when you first start sewing? I have had it want to shift before and simply stopping, lifting the presser foot and readjusting did the trick. Hope you get it sorted 🙂

I have a problem with my serger, for some reason when the fabric is feeding through on the feed dogs its being pulled to the left and away from the needles, does anyone know what’s causing this? And how do you fix it?

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