https://oliverands.com/community/members/cindyswoveland/activity Activity feed for Cindy Swoveland. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:39:08 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 da3d96adf2feea0deab484590211f162 https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/help-for-an-experienced-beginner#post-74345 Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:43:25 -0500 I have finally finished it! It looks great and was reasonably easy too! Though I must confess that I’d much rather be quilting!!!Thanks to those Liesl for a great pattern

]]> 0 13b6250103d71502edd5b0096c917e8d https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/help-for-an-experienced-beginner#post-73903 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:20:32 -0500 Oh…thank you. 1/2″ seems quite sensible!

]]> 0 0307f38bc2285c62288b18fab818d91a https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/help-for-an-experienced-beginner#post-73901 Sat, 04 Jan 2020 20:19:37 -0500 Follow up question…I have read through the instructions and don’t see anything about the seam allowance. In the old days when I was making garments, the seam allowance was 5/8″. Is that the seam allowance that is supposed to be used on this garment? I am so used to using 1/4″ seams for quilts! I don’t want to screw up!!!

]]> 0 10f36c56d5400269fdb3866ba0cf4af9 https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/help-for-an-experienced-beginner#post-73845 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:42:39 -0500 Thank you. I will certainly prewash the muslin before use! I believe the leather closures I got do have pre-drilled holes and I think hand stitching would look nice, as I could use a heavier thread. This is all a new adventure for me – out of my comfort zone of making and quilting quilts!

]]> 0 5fbb6f9445a6e79dfb0bd59570d6bc64 https://oliverands.com/community/forums/topic/help-for-an-experienced-beginner Sat, 21 Dec 2019 03:12:06 -0500 Hi – I am a quilter normally but, in the distant past, I was a garment maker. I even took a tailoring class once and made a suit. But that was long ago and far away. I have a lovely length of wool that I found in my fabric stash and I bought the Woodland Stroll Cape for that fabric. I am awaiting delivery of some Liberty Tana Lawn for the lining…[Read more]

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