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it s a sewing life it s a sewing life thread runs through my life holding it together what keeps yours from falling apart pages home finished challenges thursday may 19 2022 a wedding dress by the numbers part 3 just a quick post about cutting out the fabric while i waited for the ordered satin silk organza and embroidered tulle to arrive i cut out the lining purchased at stitch sew shop full disclosure i work at stitch sew shop in alexandria virginia but i don t get any compensation if you click through to the site once the other fabric arrived i headed to stitch on one of my days off and proceeded to cut out the rest it s a big job with lots of yardage and large skirt pieces i couldn t have cut it out at home although i m an employee with access to stitch s large cutting tables anyone can rent the workspace for 14 an hour just call ahead to find out available hours and make a reservation with covid we are limiting it to only 2 using the workspace at one time also see above disclosure i don t remember exactly but i think i cut the satin and organza on one day and the tulle on another all told with the 4 different fabrics i would estimate that it took me at least 8 to 10 hours to cut out this dress catch up on the story make a wedding dress part 1 a wedding dress by the numbers part 2 posted by ellen at 9 41 am 0 comments labels bridal gown sewing for others sewing prep wedding email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 11 2022 a wedding dress by the numbers part 2 by the numbers recap the muslin pile up so at the end of part 1 the getting started and making muslins episode i had spent about 5 weeks making 7 or 8 muslins but we aren t quite ready to get down to the sewing choosing and ordering the fabric came next sourcing the fabric 1 embroidered tulle 2 satin 3 silk organza and 4 bemberg lining long gone are the good ol days when you can waltz into a fabric shop and waltz out with everything you need for a wedding gown here in the washington dc area one of the go to shops was g street fabrics which had a fabulous bridal department they still have the bridal department but the shop s look has more of a warehouse feel than it used to and it s down to one location in rockville maryland still laura and i took a field trip to rockville i wanted her to have a chance to feel the kinds of fabric that we were talking about we made one purchase the boning moving on we went online and a priority was anyplace that could send swatches we ended up concentrating on 3 online places 1 bridal fabrics located in the uk they have gorgeous fabric with reasonable prices and ship around the world our biggest concern was turnaround time our window for sewing was tight and while there were some definite maybes we just didn t know if we would get everything in time 2 ny designer fabrics also had some gorgeous fabrics but the fabric laura loved from there had prices that were higher than what she wanted to spend 3 mood fabrics won the day for 2 of the 4 fabrics 2 3 in the above picture that we needed laura ordered so many swatches she ended up ordering the polyester satin for 8 99 a yard and is hands down the nicest polyester satin i have ever seen and worked with frugal minded brides should not turn up their noses and the polyester aspect it has beautiful drape and glow with none of the harsh sheen i have seen on other cheap satins we also got the silk organza underlining there laura ordered the embroidered tulle 1 in the picture from an etsy shop and this was the fabric we waited most of august for it to arrive this definitely played a role in our can we finish the dress in time for an october 2 wedding stress locally we purchased lining 4 in the picture and notions from stitch sew shop in alexandria virginia where i also happen to work as well as fabric for my mother of the bride dress and for the flower girl dress more on those later how much fabric since i wasn t using a pattern calculations had to be done from the muslin making i knew the bodice would take about half a yard but the skirt i took to graph paper i didn t know any other way than to draw it out to get the estimate we settled on 7 yards of each of the 4 fabrics and had leftovers of everything except the embroidered tulle bonus all the fabric used is machine washable a wedding dress by the numbers part 1 posted by ellen at 2 42 pm 0 comments labels bridal gown fabric sewing for others wedding email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 9 2022 making a wedding dress part 1 how it started the story begins on june 8 2021 after trying on dresses at a popular salon laura and i had lunch and went over the options she really liked one dress in particular but just wasn t ready to commit to spending over 1400 i suggested that if she wanted me to we could probably create a beautiful gown for around 500 i wanted her to be sure but the wedding was in october so we would need to get started asap she said yes to the dressmaker me also known as mother of the bride and grandmother of the flower girl there was going to be more sewing than just a bridal gown getting just the right fit and style so off we went she found a knock off pattern on etsy and i mashed together some patterns for the first muslin no pictures of this because after the first try on with pictures taken on her phone she sent said pictures to her friends and it was a big no back to square one she had a second choice dress from the try on session square neckline deep scoop back princess seams full circle skirt with train simple enough right so i made a second muslin not too bad definitely had some issues then i started thinking not always a good idea in hindsight i was concerned that where the center bodice met the side bodice strap area at the square neckline the satin lining potential lace would just be too much fabric of course i didn t decide to make any changes right away but tinkered with this fit at least one maybe two more time before going with a design that had the princess seams curve and end at the armholes instead of the neckline i bought real muslin things were getting serious now a princess seamed fitted bodice combined with a bride that rightly wanted it just so meant i really needed to get to work july more muslins more fittings she worked from home so popping in for a quick try on was easy enough the straps in the back seemed to be the hardest thing to get right eventually you just have to say this is it we can work with this one and so it was on to the buying of the fabric coming up in part 2 posted by ellen at 11 19 am 0 comments labels bridal gown fitting muslin wedding email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 29 2022 testing testing does this thing still work it s been a minute since i last posted technically over 3 5 million minutes lots has happened in my life since then there will be no recap this post is simply to see if i still know how to work blogspot it does seem since i last checked in i got 3 5 million spam comments at least 1 a minute if all looks okay and i do mean looks okay and not reads okay or is in any way shape or form interesting then i do have some ideas for future actual sewing posts because hey it is a sewing life barrett and a lemon in the meantime enjoy this picture of my dog barrett waiting for something better than a lemon slice to fall on the kitchen floor can you just see the disappointment on his face i mean there are only 3 things in the world that he doesn t like mint garlic which i know dogs aren t supposed to eat and lemons posted by ellen at 3 26 pm 1 comments labels blogging dogs email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday january 30 2015 vintage pattern sale hello again fellow sewing fans i m dropping in here to give you the news that i am closing my etsy shop down the street creations life sometimes you just have to know when to move on anyway i have all these patterns which is a dilemma my first method of dispensing with them is through the shop itself i m placing them in groups of 2 to 5 patterns all similar in size and decade but hopefully a good mix there are some individual patterns listed simply because they were the only one in a particular size or were too specialty i e a wedding dress the groups can be mixed and changed so if you contact me through the shop and let me know which ones you want to swap i ll be happy to do that we ll have to talk if you just want one pattern in the group this is an experiment that may not work but it s just step one in the liquidation of my inventory oh yeah i am keeping some of them if you ve stumbled back on this little blog use the coupon code blog10 for an additional 10 off your purchase and even though i have unashamedly linked my stop throughout this post you can even click through directly to it from the come see me on etsy box in the right sidebar thanks and if you have ever purchased patterns from my shop thank you twice posted by ellen at 3 41 pm 0 comments labels down the street creations etsy etsy shops sale sewing patterns vintage butterick vintage mccall s vintage patterns vintage simplicity vintage vogue patterns email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 4 2014 the disappearing blogger hi just wanted to drop by with a quick post letting you all know i hadn t fallen off the face of the earth i just haven t been sewing i am still blogging though the theme of this particular blog just felt kind of limiting and if you come here to read about sewing and i m chatting about other things well it just wasn t working for me i do still plan to post here now and then if i fire up the sewing machine and make something worth blogging about but about that new blog it s called ellen maybe and the scope of the posting is much broader it covers a broader spectrum of creative outlets painting knitting sewing some random reviews more on just life in general and well just whatever the hell i feel like writing about i hadn t even planned on mentioning it but decided what the hell i ve added it to my non sewing blog list in the side bar to the right so if you stumble over here you can easily find it shamefully i ve noticed that my blog lists are somewhat neglected but that clean up will be another day i am still following and reading sewing blogs and am somewhat envious of abundant sewing time for lots of reasons though i m just not really into sewing at the moment sewing and i sometimes do have a complicated relationship anyway i m rambling on on today s ellen maybe post i reviewed a company that is offering a new way to shop for bras that y all might be interested in pop on over and say hi when you get the chance happy sewing posted by ellen at 10 09 am 0 comments labels blogging ellen maybe life email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday december 18 2013 bring on the rain well i don t know about y all but my sewing life has been way less about sewing and way more about working but way back in june my mom requested a raincoat one that i make for her one that matches some rain boots she has i ve been sewing every spare minute since thanksgiving it wasn t until her visit to atlanta in october that she chose her fabric and well it won t match the rain boots i used the amy butler raincoat pattern that i made for myself and for laura she tried on mine and while she really isn t any larger than me she wanted it bigger because she wants to be able to wear a sweatshirt underneath people she lives in texas it s hot there recent ice storm notwithstanding oh well i think she ll be able to wear a sweatshirt since i ve already made this twice and blogged about it each time click on the links for the posts there s not much left to say gonna bullet point it i used laminate this time a first wasn t too hard but occasionally gave me problems the sleeves were still a bitch and not just because mom wanted them looser and bigger my sleeves were too short hers are extra long because she wants to roll them up to show off the lining i used some of my previously traced pieces and traced some from scratch and had some weird things happen they were fixed in the muslin stage i was nervous about making the buttons with the laminate but they went together like a charm don t worry about my mom seeing this ahead of christmas she never reads my blog and that s about it no more sewing planned for 2013 the cutting table has been transformed into the wrapping table if you celebrate christmas then you know what i m talking about happy holidays and happy 2014 posted by ellen at 8 45 pm 4 comments labels amy butler raincoat sewing for others email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom linkwithin join the crowd search this blog about me ellen alexandria virginia united states i ve been sewing on and off since i was 12 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