Rachel Le Grand

You are both seriously kind!
I will have to get Hugo off the building site and back into the office.
He learnt how to grout yesterday!

I am putting them on a Pinterest board and tagging them now.
Basically,I don’t know how to do it(Make a side bar thingy).
I will ask Hugo-thanks for the compliment and interest Sarvi.

I blogged it if that is any help?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/sets/72157625559687392/.

Don’t forget the mail order option. It can take a week but they hunt around and find it all for you!
Well worth the 7$ p&h.

Do you mean this Sarvi?
Here is the link http://www.oliverands.com/blog/2009/03/easter-dress.html.

Sorry not to be more help,hopefully someone else will come up with an answer for you.

Sorry not to be more help,hopefully someone else will come up with an answer for you.

If I was to line the sleeves I would cut and sew a second sleeve, from lining fabric,put wrong sides together,finish the cuff,set in the sleeve and then bind the arm hole seam.

What size did you make? If it’s a larger size, you should just be able to shorten at the top–trim 1″ (for example) off the top edge before sewing the waistband on. If it’s a smaller size, watch for the curve of the rise, since you don’t want to start cutting into it. If you’re starting to get into the curve on the smaller sizes, you may need to…[Read more]

I hope you had a good holiday Liesl and,yes,so far so good!
Thank you.

Sorry for the silence during my absence. It looks like this turned out very nicely!

Finally got to cutting a toile and I went with the size 8 with the length of the 12.
I am very pleased as is my daughter. I took a cm or so off all the seams above the waist as we wanted it quite fitted. If I make it for play I will go with the standard size 8 with a little length.
The pattern was completely true to her…[Read more]

I have just re-stocked and paid between $8 and $12.95 a metre.
I am not a student but I can understand how that my seem a lot if you are watching your budget.
The more sewing I did,I found I wanted the best quality notions to make my garments look as good as possible for as long as possible.
I am very miserly and save all my scraps for shoulder…[Read more]

I have just re-stocked and paid between $8 and $12.95 a metre.
I am not a student but I can understand how that my seem a lot if you are watching your budget.
The more sewing I did,I found I wanted the best quality notions to make my garments look as good as possible for as long as possible.
I am very miserly and save all my scraps for shoulder…[Read more]

Do try it, Sandi, and show us how it’s done!

You could overlock,turn and topstitch,Or make a narrow band(ribbing) or bind it with the same fabric?
Good luck Sandi.xn

I bought the combo Suse(rather hubby bought it for me),big mistake-royal pain in the bum to swap over!
A small tip,my cover stitch doesn’t like fat seams,so when I hem I fold the side seam in opposite directions above and below the seam(twist it),so that I am stitching one seam layer instead of double. It presses up nicely.
Yours may not have that…[Read more]

I bought the combo Suse(rather hubby bought it for me),big mistake-royal pain in the bum to swap over!
A small tip,my cover stitch doesn’t like fat seams,so when I hem I fold the side seam in opposite directions above and below the seam(twist it),so that I am stitching one seam layer instead of double. It presses up nicely.
Yours may not have that…[Read more]

I have one of the Janome CoverPro machines and really like it. I don’t like the combined serger/coverstitch machines because it’s a huge pain to switch back and forth and, quite frankly, I don’t think you save much money compared to having two separate machines. I like to have all three machines (coverstitch, serger, sewing machine) lined up on my…[Read more]

Amy, I’m sorry the economics have been so difficult. I know it’s not any consolation, but I think many online retailers are struggling right now, and dealing with currency fluctuations doesn’t help. Thank you so much for all the support you’ve given O+S, and I’m glad you’ll still be here on the forums with us.