I get a lot of newsletters from different sewing companies/groups in my email inbox. The only reason I really stay subscribed is because I like to stay aware of what's trending and how things are going generally in the sewing world. I usually quickly scan & delete the emails.
Today's Seamwork newsletter had a tip, but there's an easier way to do the same thing without buying special pins! Don't bother with special pins - that just means you'll have to keep up with them and keep them sorted and separate from your regular pins! (How often do you walk away from your pins or scissors and then need them from across the room as it is?)
Swipe to see how I mark a start and/or stop point without special pins. Both of my examples are often also used by coworkers and make it easy to pass something off to someone else in the shop if you need to.
Do you have a favorite way of marking stop points?
#sewingtip
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
Why do you have to be so pretty, brocade? I love you, but you are so fussy to work with!
#derbydress
I made a rub-off dress... the only change I made was to increase the width of the waistband from 2" to 3", which I am more-or-less satisfied with. I'd do a few things, construction-wise, differently next time, but this is an easy, comfortable dress.
The original is from Talbots.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had something to show, but I’m finally getting the pictures up! Both of these were from the Paloma pattern in the Itch to Stitch “Sew Beautiful” book. I did the top first to test the pattern, and tried to add some length to the sleeves, since 3/4 length only works here about 3 to 4 days of the year! I apparently underestimated the length I needed to add, but I had to cut crosswise even to add this much, so I couldn’t have done more.
For the dress, I did add more sleeve length (slightly overestimated this time). I also added ties to the neck and pockets, though in retrospect, I probably should have put them in higher. Based on the shirt, I’d thought putting them in the top part would be too high. So I inserted them in the first ruffle layer and it is maybe a bit too low.
Overall, though, I think this was a worthwhile pattern to play with.
