I decided to go with a single layer layout, and when I do these I just sort of eyeball how I want the fabric pattern to look. I also do them right side up so I can get my head around how the fabric will look will look in the finished garment. The left side is a cut [...]
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Selvage Runs Left to Right Selvage Runs Top to Bottom After cleaning up my sewing room I wasn’t in the mood to cut out a new pattern, so I grabbed my Tried-N-True Hot Patterns Plain & Simple Shirtdress, which I’ll make up in the short sleeve version in this sunny designer cotton from [...] Last week at lunch I was in the Filene’s Basment store on Highland Ave, in Newton, Mass. and I bought this dress, it was one of those love-at-first-sight things. This store is a gold mine of designer fashions, although this $35 dress is by no means made from great materials, its got some good things going for [...] lin1670 from Gorgeous Fabrics I need to take a break from the Rucci dress; so the next project will be McCall’s 5525 in View D. We’re expected to get a foot of snow today (I did plant peas yesterday though!) and even though spring is only 3 weeks away I need something cheerful and [...] If you follow this link, you can download this pattern for John Galliano’s Pirate Jacket from his 2001 collection. The site also has a gallery of examples that sewers have made (I really like this green one.) The SHOWstudio site is also some great background on the jacket and its place in his collection. Natually I had to download a [...]
About a week ago I turned out a prototype of this top. It was okay, but it needed more design and embellishment work. My original inspiration was a post Gigi did a while back on the fabulous Blumarine top on the right. The coolest thing about this design is that it’s made from two very similar, yet different, fabrics. Compare the sleeve fabric and the bodice fabric; they [...] Like the rest of the Divas, I’m always on the lookout for new pattern companies that offer a fresh and different perspective from the Big 4. Etsy is one of my favorite sites for handmade items and recently I found Spiderlily Patterns. Both of my almost-teenage-daughters love the knit top on the right (I just bought this pattern so you’ll see it [...] These patterns bring us up to the 1970′s; my grandmother was born in 1903 and still sewed into the 1980′s but I think she didn’t bother with patterns after the 70′s. She was in her 80′s herself at that point and just stuck with a few tried and true styles. So here we have… Parade – Mid 60′s Patterns were sold [...] Today I was meeeting a friend for lunch and wore my Hot Patterns Geisha Girl Jacket. Here she is – there is not too much to say in addition to the review on PR, except that I added thin shoulder pads because I’m mouse shouldered. One thing I’m still debating is whether or not to add some hand top-stitching on the red side. I have some soft gray silk buttonhole twist that might be [...] |
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