Deb

Great tip, thank you Robin!

Great tip, thank you Robin!

Liesl and co patterns should match your ready to wear size. Other patterns may not. Here’s the blog post from Liesl about sizing….

finding your correct pattern size

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]

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]

Hi Sarvi, I like to end my darts about an 1″ to 1 1/2″ from my apex. I think the larger your bust the further back you end the dart.

Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

Such a lovely name! Congrats!!

Hallo Missy! 🙂

Well as luck would have it I have discovered that I attached the plackets the wrong way around – majoy unpicking effort later, everything is rectified. i still have two skinny plackets sitting there doing nothing but also a fat one has joined the pile too! One of the biggest ditziest moments of my sewing life!

I am now up to hand stitching the…[Read more]

Well as luck would have it I have discovered that I attached the plackets the wrong way around – majoy unpicking effort later, everything is rectified. i still have two skinny plackets sitting there doing nothing but also a fat one has joined the pile too! One of the biggest ditziest moments of my sewing life!

I am now up to hand stitching the…[Read more]

Um, then we just need to see it on instagram 😉

Flickr is being very uncooperative! It keeps saying it’s timing out?

I agree, if we wanted clothes that sort of fit we could buy off the rack — part of the pleasure of sewing yourself is taking a good solid pattern and making those tweaks that make it fit a unique individual’s body, as you say. And we’re blessed with such a wealth of knowledge and experience among our group, and I found Melanie’s heirloom sewing…[Read more]

Fourth time attempting to post….
Congratulations!

Fourth time attempting to post….
Congratulations!

So darling!

Good to know, thanks!

Oh you lucky girl! I love the fact you are being catered to! Enjoy those newborn snuggles. I miss them already!

Oh you lucky girl! I love the fact you are being catered to! Enjoy those newborn snuggles. I miss them already!