Louise

You guys should all be sewing this pattern. I am obsessed. I think my other boy needs one now too.

https://instagram.com/p/3u6fjvRs5I/

@cybele727 I washed/steamed before re-attaching the collar.

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]

I messed up on my first one too and had to unpick:) I threw mine through the wash and steamed the neck with an iron. It seemed to help. On both sizes I made, I clipped the collar just a bit in the front to help ease it in.

My collar was a bit funny, I had to remove it because I had both packets folded out. I seem to remember fudging it slightly and relying on the stretch of the knit to make it work. Sorry I can’t be more specific 🙁

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]

My little guy in his Polo. (and Lullaby Layette pants!)

My little guy in his Polo.

Thanks Rachel 🙂
Here’s the dress I made.

Thanks Rachel 🙂 Here’s the dress I made.