Have you come across the Vintage Sewalong 2011 in sewing blogland yet? No? Then click here! I promptly signed up, and now I’m in the process of deciding what to make. As usual I’m using stash fabrics, which is rather restricting, although I did have a considerable increase in available options recently…. Potential candidates so far […]
Read MoreI love having family visit at Christmas time, and I especially love it when they bring gifts like this: Yay – a major stash enhancement! My mother sent me some fabric swatches a couple of weeks ago, and said if I wanted any of them she could bring them with her when she came to visit at […]
Read MoreHow do you prefer to press side bust darts – do you press them upwards, or do you press them down? I was taught to press them upwards, the theory being they were less noticeable from the outside. I don’t usually sew commercial patterns, but I notice the vintage ones I’ve sewn recently all indicate to press […]
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In my last post I mentioned that I did a sway back adjustment on my white tank top, and some of you asked how to do this on a back where there are no seams. Here I’ll show what I did, but I’ll cover some theory too for the geeks amongst us! My alteration didn’t […]
Read MoreI can’t do without tank tops during summer, and since it is almost here I thought I would try and replicate my much-loved racer-back tanks from Max – that are now limp, faded and strictly relegated to the painting and decorating wardrobe! Plus, can you believe I don’t actually have any white tops?! I used my knit top block […]
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