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Sew What's Next: Helping Measurements
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Sunday, August 23, 2009. As you know, I have struggled with getting the right fit in a sleeved garment. I struggle with getting a balance between adequate back width to enable comfort and movement and excessive width causing unsightly folds and wrinkles. I decided to use Minott’s book. To assist me in evaluating my PMB. Then we measured from the SHOULDER POINT line down in back to the point of the V (5”), and from SHP down in front to th...
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Sew What's Next: July 2014
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Friday, July 11, 2014. Here is my new sewing room! It is a big one.23 by 19 feet, with TWO large closets! The sewing room is the large room over the garage, at the end of a hall.the previous owners used it as a media room. Here is the view from the door:. Now, look to the right.there are a couple of recliners for resting, reading or viewing TV. Beyond the chairs, my L-shaped sewing desk holds my machines and stuff. This table divides the room ...
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Sew What's Next: Grandma's Quilt
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Wednesday, August 28, 2013. If you wait until you are finally READY, you will be waiting all your life. Two years ago, I got a long arm quilting machine and frame.an A-1. A few years prior, I had purchased a Handi-Quilter Frame to use with a domestic machine and had made several quilts. My husband liked the idea of quilting for other people (and earning money! Quilts fast enough to get as much quilting practice as I wanted! I did bring home a ...
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Sew What's Next: Zero-ease Torso Block
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Friday, March 29, 2013. A friend asked about the measurements and settings I am using now to sew this dress. I couldn't really give a short answer. I had to do some research! SoI guess I should back up a bit and start this story from the beginning. After trying on a gazillion RTW. Being made to feel that my body is sub-optimal. Deciding I could do better, I decided to sew a dress. I pulled out that red crinkle sheath. But the n eed. But at thi...
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Sew What's Next: Testing the upload
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Friday, July 11, 2014. Here are a couple of test photos.tiny toads that are everywhere in our new yard! We call them snake bait.because we have also seen two snakes here! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I pretty much color inside the lines. Sometimes I even make the lines bolder, so as to emphasize the lines when coloring. I'm trying to get over that. View my complete profile. Between Naps on the Porch. Diary of a Sewing Fanatic.
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Sew What's Next: November 2013
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Wednesday, November 6, 2013. I was asked a question on a chat list regarding the pants pattern I am using these days. As usual, there is no short answer I can give, so I will put a few images here to illustrate the pattern creation. Second Edition) by Liechty, Rasband, and Pottberg-Steineckert. If you don't have that book, here are a few YouTube videos that show you how to make a template and use it with your pattern. Once I knew the exact sha...
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Sew What's Next: Aqua Fitted Princess and Kimono
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Aqua Fitted Princess and Kimono. Back in April, right after the wedding, I worked a bit on fitting a knit top. Although it wasn't perfect, the improved fit of the MOG dress had me raring to go, anxious to see if I could improve the fit of the knit garments too. Ok, that was PART of the inspiration, but there was more. I had fabric that was tempting me. I didn't buy it because it was nearly $60! Inspired by the memory ...
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Sew What's Next: August 2012
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Forever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work! Sunday, August 26, 2012. Cowl-neck Top with Cut-on Sleeves, part 2. As promised, here are a few pictures of me wearing the new cowl-neck top. Yes, I cut off the top of my head in this one.using the timer and tripod to take pictures is always a learning experience! I decided this background was a bit too busy, too, so I moved over a little for the others. The top performed really well in its real-life wearings! The sleeves are flippy and flirty...
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July | 2012 | MemphisWeaver
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Where to Find Me. 124; Comments RSS. Tutorial: Making A Mat Board Loom for Weaving. Books for Beer Lovers. Leaving the Octopus’ Garden. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 52 other followers. Bag It, Gladys. Posted on July 31, 2012. I think I am done. I have been weaving fabric to sew into bags for a number of years now. Probably about 15 years. That’s almost half my weaving life! If you recall my post Back to The Future,. And here is a...
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Where to Find Me. 124; Comments RSS. Tutorial: Making A Mat Board Loom for Weaving. Books for Beer Lovers. Leaving the Octopus’ Garden. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 52 other followers. Tutorial: Making A Mat Board Loom for Weaving. Posted on August 15, 2013. Recently I taught a weaving class at an assisted living center with a delightful group of women, the oldest being 90 years old! Mat board cut to 6″ W X 9″ H. With a glue stic...
