My daughter was home yesterday and tried on the completed shirt and the new blue skirt. Both fit very well indeed, so we are on the track for mass production of the shirt, at least. I have made three of the yoke-topped skirts for her so I am ready to go on to another style. [...]
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Success
Posted in Year Of A on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finished the First Shirt
Posted in Year Of A on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Having at long last finished the pattern alterations, I finally have a finished shirt. This is made from a New Look pattern I got at the thrift store: I made the following changes: I drafted new sleeves using the cap from a commercial shirt that fit A well, I changed the armhole curves, shortened the [...]
Red Hawaiian Print Skirt
Posted in Year Of A on June 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I finished the red skirt, making it the first garment I have sewn on the old Kenmore in 12 or 15 years. It is an old machine, and the fixer man told me to go easy on the stitch regulator dial since they were unable to find a replacement knob and had to glue it [...]
White Peasant Top With Hand Crochet
Posted in Year Of A on June 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I managed to finish this up using my borrowed machine. It is made from the dishtowels so is a soft, looser-weave cotton, similar to the fabric in my old Mexican peasant blouse. These photos were taken in the evening, outside, so they are a little dark, but you can see that I used the wide [...]
Yellow Pajamas
Posted in Year Of A on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finished the top and have started sewing on the bottoms. I left the interfacing out of the collar and lapels to see if the flannel is thick enough to be fine without it, and the answer is no, it’s not. Next time I make PJs with a collar, I’ll add a soft interfacing. But [...]
Champagne Camisole Finished
Posted in Year Of A on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sewing on tricot is really easy, but it still surprises me how fast it is to sew up lingerie in a tricot fabric.The armholes and neckline are finished with a double turnunder and a shell stitch: You would think that a double turnunder would be hard to do on a V-neckline, but it is surprisingly [...]
Blue Camisole
Posted in Year Of A on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My daughter came for a weekend visit and tried on the red camisole. It fit perfectly except that the armholes were a little high, so I altered the pattern, lowering the armholes 1/2 inch. The next camisole is finished: I have another one of these cut out in a pale blue cotton knit, but I [...]
Red Camisole
Posted in Year Of A on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My daughter liked the way the tricot camisole fit, so she asked me to make some that would be outerwear. I found a length of red knit in the fabric stack, so I added 1/4″ to the neckline and armhole for a seam allowance and got started. It turned out surprisingly well – here it [...]
Camisole Finished
Posted in Year Of A on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My younger daughter came for a visit and tried on the prototype camisole. It really fit wonderfully well, so she asked me to make some more not as camisoles but as tops in cotton knits. Before I could start that project though I had to finish up the camisole. The hem is a regular hem [...]
Mexican Peasant Blouse Completed
Posted in Year Of A on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This blouse was made from one of the IKEA sheets. Being sheeting, it seems to get wrinkled easier than fabric made for clothing, but it is 100% cotton so should be cool to wear. I think it was easier to embroider on the dishtowels, and those towels had a nice drape and comfortable feel to [...]
