Tamara

Julia has that same derriere going on! So I will go by hip size – I have in my mind a picture of the way I’d like them to fit; we’ll see if I can make it work!

Great @crystalpleats – send me a message with your address and I’ll send them off!

A bunch of stuff I don’t want to just give away to my usual friends – if anyone would like any of these let me know and I will gladly post away!

I think this is a size 3: https://www.flickr.com/photos/janice4839/8586793196/in/dateposted-public/

I think a size 3 also: https://www.flickr.com/photos/janice4839/8549643309/in/dateposted-public/

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Well you’re not meant to cut off the extra, but five inches of extra?! That would threats to hang below the hem of the skirt!

That is worth thinking about! Of course I don’t have any navy rugby knit in stock but might try it out with something else.

Oh, there are some patterns that should not be PDFs. Rain ponchos is now added to my list alongside men’s dressing gowns!

Oh, there are some patterns that should not be PDFs. Rain ponchos is now added to my list alongside men’s dressing gowns!

Once you’re happy with the zipper, and you’ve sewn the bottom skirt, you will stitch the extra zipper tape to the skirts seam allowance.
However with that much extra I’d be inclined to shorten the zipper a bit first. You need to handstitch round and round and round the teeth to create a new stopping point. Then cut the zipper an inch or two below…[Read more]

There’s nothing that I would like more
Then to visit a distant shore
Lend a hand to a mate

I finally got some time to sew on Friday night, so I made up two pairs of Playtime leggings (I think this brings my total to 15 or 16), a quick knit maxi skirt for my 4-year-old and some linen pacifier leashes for the baby. It felt so good to sew!

I finally got some time to sew on Friday night, so I made up two pairs of Playtime leggings (I think this brings my total to 15 or 16), a quick knit maxi skirt for my 4-year-old and some linen pacifier leashes for the baby. It felt so good to sew!

This step is sewing the pleats. So long as you fold the fabric right sides together it doesn’t technically matter whether you hold it as in the picture (folded side on the left) or turn it upside down (folded side on the right).
If you flip it and have the fold on the right but the markings still at the top then it’s all still the same.
Just sew…[Read more]

Lovely, thank you Nicole.
I have made them for PE and don’t want them to be too restrictive.
I will try it!

Yes I made it and it worked fine. I ended up using silk dupioni for the yoke. https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557464@N03/8260534376/in/dateposted-public/

Yes I made it and it worked fine. I ended up using silk duping for the yoke. https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557464@N03/8260534376/in/dateposted-public/

I just received a delightful little package in the post from @dubhels2003 Liberty fat quarters and gorgeous trims! What’s more i got word her daughter adores the Fairy Tale dress I passed on. Bursting with happiness. Sewing friends are the best!