{"id":68931,"date":"2019-03-22T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=68931"},"modified":"2019-03-22T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:37:44","slug":"sewing-small-talk-making-a-muslin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/03\/sewing-small-talk-making-a-muslin.html","title":{"rendered":"sewing small talk: making a muslin"},"content":{"rendered":"

We talk a lot about the virtues of making a muslin, or a toile, here on the blog. A muslin can enable you to check the fit of a garment before you cut into your garment fabric, and it helps you to envision how the finished garment will look without investing time in sewing all the details.<\/p>\n

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So here’s today’s sewing small talk question: How often do you make a muslin when you sew for yourself? And be honest, now!<\/p>\n

I’ll start. I almost always make one because I need to when I’m developing a new pattern. Because I’ve already made muslins for the dress form during the pattern development process and because I’m very close to our sample size (which is really convenient), I know what adjustments I’ll need to make when I sew the pattern for myself. <\/p>\n

What about you? How often do you test a pattern first by making a muslin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s Sewing Small Talk Liesl asks how often you make a muslin when you’re sewing for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20792],"class_list":["post-68931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-small-talk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/do-you-make-a-muslin.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-hVN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72805,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/02\/how-to-convert-any-pattern-to-a-v-neck.html","url_meta":{"origin":68931,"position":0},"title":"how to convert any pattern to a v neck","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"February 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've ever hesitated to purchase or sew a particular pattern because you don't like the neckline, you don't need to let a simple detail like a scoop or crew neck prevent you from sewing it. 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