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  • Thank you for the email. Heidi is right. It is another reason to love this. Also an errata makes me feel better. I was like.. hmmm… am I insane? Can I not sew?

    Now off to download my new digital copy with the errata fixed! Another reason to love it. I get a new “fixed” copy of the pattern!

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Parachute Polo Sew Along in the forum Group logo of Sew AlongsSew Alongs 9 years ago

    I definitely had one folded back and the other out. The fabric was a pique knit. I have too much neckline and not enough collar. And now that I’ve worked it over a bit, I am certain I exacerbated the problem, even though I tried to handle it delicately. 😉

    I may try the box pleat. It is a girl’s shirt after all. Either that or the 12…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Parachute Polo Sew Along in the forum Group logo of Sew AlongsSew Alongs 9 years ago

    I was making a 6. I checked to make sure that I cut a 6 collar and 6 parts. It is super weird. One thing I figured out is that I needed to reverse which side was folded back and which side was open. That at least made the seam to front necklines equal at 3.5 inches give or take some “ease.”

    I cut a 12 muslin and that will fit for this one.…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Parachute Polo Sew Along in the forum Group logo of Sew AlongsSew Alongs 9 years ago

    Congrats Heidi!!

    Ok. I am going to beg for more help here. I tried the wash and dry thing. No help. The collar is too short by approximately the extra added on by the placket. I checked and I cut the same size pattern pieces. (Lol).

    If you go to Flickr I posted a picture of a drawing.

    Any advice is welcome. I am likely going to cut a…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Parachute Polo Sew Along in the forum Group logo of Sew AlongsSew Alongs 9 years ago

    Heidi, I feel better knowing I am not alone in the fold/unfold the placket issue!

    Brittney, did you wash and steam the neck before adding the collar back on to see if it would rebound/fit? Or was this after?

    I think I am going to cut a a larger sized collar in muslin and see if it fits. I just can’t figure out what I did wrong. But as I will…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Parachute Polo Sew Along in the forum Group logo of Sew AlongsSew Alongs 9 years ago

    So I am hoping for some help here.

    When I was attaching the collar, I sewed both the front (button hole) placket and the back (button) placket folded back. That worked for the front, but obviously not the button one which needs to be NOT folded back behind the main fabric.

    As I was pinning, I remembered thinking wow, the neckline is much…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Never send a man to measure:

    We have an outdoor play set whose plastic canvas roof shred after about 8 years. Hubby measured and said the dimensions are 90x 39 and 45x 39. I added 4 inches to each for finishing the edges. So in terms of length where it mattered 94 + 49= 11.8 feet. I bought 4 yards of outdoor canvas. It is literally straight…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Never send a man to measure:

    We have an outdoor play set whose plastic canvas roof shred after about 8 years. Hubby measured and said the dimensions are 90x 39 and 45x 39. I added 4 inches to each for finishing the edges. So in terms of length where it mattered 94 + 49= 11.8 feet. I bought 4 yards of outdoor canvas. It is literally straight…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    OOh new babies. That’s lovely and exciting. I hope everyone had a lovely mother’s day.

    I don’t have time for much lately between work and hospital visits, but I am lurking on the blog and checking out discussions. 🙂

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    OOh new babies. That’s lovely and exciting. I hope everyone had a lovely mother’s day.

    I don’t have time for much lately between work and hospital visits, but I am lurking on the blog and checking out discussions. 🙂

  • cybele727 replied to the topic Buying a bolt of fabric in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Joann’s sells stuff by the bolt. I don’t know about chambray. But I bet if you went to a store either JoAnns or even a local place and tell them you wanted to buy a bolt of chambray, they’d order it for you. At Joann’s if there is a weight you like that they already have, you could ask them to order a bolt of that particular one for you.

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Thank you all for your support. Your kindness is always so touching. What if I told you that today the doctor called my mother and she needs bypass surgery, and btw, she has an auto immune disorder where she doesn’t quite clot?

    If anyone needs me I will be on the couch after taking a valium. J/k about the valium.

    Anyway, someone talk some…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    Thank you all for your support. Your kindness is always so touching. What if I told you that today the doctor called my mother and she needs bypass surgery, and btw, she has an auto immune disorder where she doesn’t quite clot?

    If anyone needs me I will be on the couch after taking a valium. J/k about the valium.

    Anyway, someone talk some…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    They tested for celiac’s but not Crohn’s. I think I may have to go do some googling. Honestly, I am very unhappy with the specialists. Not because it went bad; the procedure they admitted her for in the ER was one that would have had to have happened anyways, just not on an emergency level. I am angry because the specialists were like… we…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    They tested for celiac’s but not Crohn’s. I think I may have to go do some googling. Honestly, I am very unhappy with the specialists. Not because it went bad; the procedure they admitted her for in the ER was one that would have had to have happened anyways, just not on an emergency level. I am angry because the specialists were like… we…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    I love these older names. So pretty and elegant.

    We are exhausted here at my home. Gigi has suffered from chronic constipation since birth- which led to difficulty controlling her bowel.

    Next year is Kinder, so I wanted this under control and I was done with all the normal interventions, ala diet and over the counter meds. They weren’t…[Read more]

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 9 years ago

    I love these older names. So pretty and elegant.

    We are exhausted here at my home. Gigi has suffered from chronic constipation since birth- which led to difficulty controlling her bowel.

    Next year is Kinder, so I wanted this under control and I was done with all the normal interventions, ala diet and over the counter meds. They weren’t…[Read more]

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