Tag: Vogue
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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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It’s distressing.
Let me tell you what I have been doing off and on for the last couple of months… Way back, way, way back in the beginning of December, I started a Craftsy course, “Sewing Designer Jeans” with Angela Wolf. I enjoyed the course and was excited to start my own jeans. I had in my pattern…
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More studying! … Pants Fitting Shell …
I know, it’s been a long project! In October I made my Bodice Fitting Shell and in January I made my Skirt Fitting Shell. Finally, I have finished my Pants Fitting Shell. Like before, again I had the help of a Craftsy course – this time Pants Fitting Techniques by Sandra Betzina and her Vogue Pattern…
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Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge and MAGAM …
I can’t turn down a good Challenge! I have slowly realized that I am not one to make New Year’s Resolutions … in life or in my sewing. Instead, I just blather away about all the things I want to try this year … sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t … sometimes I plan…
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More studying! … Skirt Fitting Shell …
It’s not really my first garment of 2015, I certainly wouldn’t wear it outside the house, but it is a really important one. A while ago I measured and drafted my Bodice Fitting Shell from Vogue pattern V1004. During my time off work over Christmas, I continued with my studies using my Craftsy courses “Fast-Track Fitting” and…