Category: Sewing
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I was ruthless …
… let me start at the beginning… I, Linda of Nice dress! Thanks, I made it!! sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’15. I endeavour to wear one handmade item each day for the duration of May 2015. #mmmay15 I did this challenge for the first time last year and loved it! It was…
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ALL DONE!
Seriously! MY. JEANS. ARE. ALL. DONE! I haven’t had too much trouble finishing them off and I love the look and fit of the cotton lycra fabric. I pieced them together with these patterns: Vogue V2948 and Vogue V8774, along with watching these Craftsy courses: Angela Wolf’s Sewing Designer Jeans and Sandra Betzina’s Pant Fitting…
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As good as done!
…well… my blue jeans are ALMOST as good as done. I know you have probably heard that before, but the long weekend has come and family is home and there is family to visit and I am surrounded by fun! But I promise… SOON! In the meantime, I thought I would celebrate my new blog theme…
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Under Construction…
… my blog that is, not my sewing! I apparently am using a “retired” theme, not that WordPress doesn’t allow that, but I am still finding that some of my features are not working as I would like. So, I am going to take a tiny break, choose a new theme, and switch from THIS to…
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One down, one to go!
Well this isn’t going to be a long post (good news for you, huh?). But I just wanted to show you my finished black jeans. As you probably know, I have been watching Angela Wolf’s Craftsy course, Sewing Designer Jeans, and Sandra Betzina’s Craftsy course, Pant Fitting Techniques. I used Sandra Betzina’s Vogue pattern V2948…
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Coming along nicely! Sort of…
There has been a lot of sitting around this weekend, watching movies and the drizzling rain, and snacking. Not really heavy rain, but that rain that makes you think “Do I need an umbrella or not?” I have been staring at my sewing projects too, perhaps waiting for them to magically put themselves together. That hasn’t happened yet.…
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Seams right!
Progress has been made on the two pairs of jeans I have been making. If you missed the first steps, you can read about them in my post here. I have been following a Craftsy course, “Sewing Designer Jeans” with Angela Wolf and using bits and pieces of a couple of patterns, Vogue V2948 and Vogue V8774.…
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Pattern Fail VS Eureka Moment
Good afternoon everyone… I was going to push “publish” on my post this morning when I thought I would pause, which is always a wise thing for me to do, and catch up on my blog reading first. One of my sewing blog buddies wrote a post that I just had to show you. (I…