Category: 1000 Things to Do with a Sewing Machine
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Whoot! Whoot! Whoot!
It’s time to announce the winners of last week’s giveaway! I used a List Randomizer on Random.org to pick the winners. I typed in all your names, pressed “go” and it randomly sorted your names, with the first two names being: 1. UtaC 2. Sewing with Scoobys I did the same for my two pattern names…
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Quiet Please! Studying in Session!
I have definitely been busy, not sewing, but studying. I have been working on my Bodice fitting shell! When done, I hope to use it as a guide for fitting other patterns or even, some day, designing some patterns for myself! A while back, I bought myself the Craftsy courses “Fast-Track Fitting” and “Fast-Track Fitting: In The…
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Pondering buttonholes…
I have been pondering buttonholes… but first let me tell you about one of the best Craftsy courses I have taken, Sew Better, Sew Faster, featuring a pattern from Islander Sewing Systems, Jacket Express #218. (Not being paid to say this neither, just my opinion!) I have taken about a dozen Craftsy courses – some…
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First indecision, then certainty!
It’s time to show you my finished dress that I started posting about here! I missed the deadline for The Monthly Stitch, but I was able to enter my dress in Patternreview’s Pattern Stash contest. Don’t you just love sewing under pressure? I used an old pattern from my stash – Butterick B4598. I cannot…
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The Button that took three days to sew on…
and I don’t even have a good reason why it took so long! Life just got in the way, I guess. But this skirt sat for three days waiting for one button. I suppose this is one reason why we have UFO’s (un finished objects). I downloaded the PDF pattern from Dixie DIY – the…
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Question and Answer Period!
A Blog Buddy has asked what settings I use on my Janome My Lock 334 serger for a rolled hem, since we have the same machine, and since she does not have the manual for her machine. Well to start, I have a selection of reference books, my next favourite thing to buy besides fabric…
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Still working on my Indie Patterns…
And I am sooo enjoying it! This time I am using a pattern from Skinny Bitch Curvy Chick, the Tonic 2 – with a few modifications. I have made the sleeves shorter for the summer and have made the hemline shorter in the front and longer in the back (like a mullet?). I found a…
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Indie Pattern Month and a 2nd “New to Me”
Ok it’s a re-run. Is it still a New-to-me if I have made it already? I don’t care! I just wanted to show you how much I really like this pattern from Teach Me Fashion, the two tone singlet! This material was a polyester but it is so silky. It was even a little slippery…