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Hello and welcome! We hope you’ve been inspired and gathered your supplies for your Swingset Skirt. We’re so glad you’re joining us for the sew-along.

Here is the daily plan for this week’s Swingset Skirt sew-along:

Day 1 (today): Prepare the outer skirt and skirt lining
Day 2 (Wednesday November 11th): Assemble the skirt and linin…[Read more]

Hello and welcome! We hope you’ve been inspired and gathered your supplies for your Swingset Skirt. We’re so glad you’re joining us for the sew-along.

Here is the daily plan for this week’s Swingset Skirt sew-along:

Day 1 (today): Prepare the outer skirt and skirt lining
Day 2 (Wednesday November 11th): Assemble the skirt and linin…[Read more]

Hello and welcome! We hope you’ve been inspired and gathered your supplies for your Swingset Skirt. We’re so glad you’re joining us for the sew-along.

Here is the daily plan for this week’s Swingset Skirt sew-along:

Day 1 (today): Prepare the outer skirt and skirt lining
Day 2 (Wednesday November 11th): Assemble the skirt and linin…[Read more]

@Cathbe, the best way to determine whether you need the twill tape (which I would actually recommend even if you don’t “need” it) is to check the stretch from selvedge to selvedge. If it stretches or if the fabric is quite heady you’ll almost certainly want it. I hope that helps!

I have not had a chance to upload the pattern of the larger size for advice on the cut out. Hopefully, I will do that in the next day or so.

I have the Carolina Herrera Double-Faced Wool Coating fabric, the salmon-beige-orange like color, one of the ones you recommended (a fluke that I have it; it was a surprise).

Would you think I need the 1/4…[Read more]

I have not had a chance to upload the pattern of the larger size for advice on the cut out. Hopefully, I will do that in the next day or so.

I have the Carolina Herrera Double-Faced Wool Coating fabric, one of the ones you recommended (a fluke that I have it; it was a surprise).

Would you think I need the 1/4 inch cotton twill tape to use with…[Read more]

Paris!

Ah, that makes me so happy, @mychurchdoll! I’m headed to Paris in a few weeks–maybe I’ll get to wear mine, too! It’s been too warm here to wear it so far. Can’t wait to see photos, everyone! xo

And @sanitystitches, I completely understand the fear of heat with wool. I’ve found that the wool setting on the iron is absolutely perfect, and if you…[Read more]

The Lisette B6244 coat went to Paris this past week on my DIL. It suited her for the plane travel as well as the late October temperature in Paris.
I can’t wait to try another one.
Hoping the photo attached this time.

It sounds like it was such a great celebration @nicole. 🙂

I’m not sure it was me who suggested the two cakes, but regardless I am very glad for you that the cake (and all the other catering) went well. I can’t wait to see more photos.

I think it went a little slowly for me because I was timid with the iron. This was my first project with wool and I was was afraid to be too heavy handed with the heat. I was more confident by the time I got to the hemming and that part went very well. If you are thinking about giving this pattern a try, I highly recommend it. EVERY time I…[Read more]

Thank you @liesl Gibson , I will, it was a lot of fun.

My favourite moment was one of the uncles dragging Hugo’s old go-cart up and down the track with passenger after passenger while 30 odd whooping children ran after them, like a noisy parade.

The no gifts/bring a salad worked beautifully. The mix of delicious food was wonderful and we ate the…[Read more]

Nicole, I hope you’ll post photos of everything so we can see! And I hope it was a fun party for everyone, especially the parents! xo

Thank you all so much for your advice and help. I made the cake and saved a small fortune!

@Ann-Maree, I used your excellent idea of two cakes. Whilst Hugo and Co were making speeches and ‘cutting the cake’ a good friend and I were cutting and plating up the other cake, close by.
By the time speeches were done, cake was ready to be eaten.

Thank you!