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inside my life tuesday october 08 2013 how i construct a collar with a collar stand yeah i know i ve been mia for a long time i should show you the hobbit costume i made it turned out awesome and i won best of show at the state fair for it i did really well at the state fair in general this year anyway i ve been making some shirts and i thought i would show you how i construct a collar with a collar stand first interface both sides of the collar stand and the top collar i m using fashion sewing supply s pro woven fusible light crisp interfacing next you are going to stitch the collar stand to the shirt right sides together with the shirt sandwiched in between when you get to the shirt fronts you want to have your needle right next to the plackets this is where you will pivot to stitch the curve roll the shirt out of the way and stitch the curve up to where the collar will attach trim clip turn and press your stand should look like this construct your collar if you trim a scant 1 8 from the collar edges not the neck edge you ll get a nice roll on the collar when it s worn stitch the collar to the stand putting the undercollar next to the outside stand trim your seam allowance on the collar stand turn it under and cover the stitching from attaching the collar edgestitch all the way around the collar stand i usually start and stop at a shoulder seam the finished collar inside outside posted by mamafitz at 10 35 am 5 comments labels menswear sewing tutorials sunday july 15 2012 new look 6136 i made a birthday dress for my niece she ll be 2 in august but i wanted to get this entered into the fair drop off is tomorrow this was so fun to make i fell in love with new look 6136 when looking through the pattern books i used an old amy butler print from the ginger bliss line and found this great orange print at joann fabrics the bow is removable for washing i constructed it a bit differently than the directions the bodice is lined per the pattern but i completely enclosed all the seams instead of having a raw edge at the waist i also trimmed the back lining so that i could sew it to the back piece and then have the back flat i don t think i m making sense per the pattern they wanted you to cut the fabric and lining using the exact same pattern pieces stitch them rst at the neckline and back then fold over the back section for the buttonholes i didn t like that so i did it differently the pattern calls for the bottom band to be interfaced but i felt that would be too stiff so i omitted it to put the band on i first did half the miters like this then once i knew those were stitched well i did the rest of the band with the other miters if i tried to do the band all at once i m sure i would have messed up the miters that i would not be able to see i don t know why this picture keeps uploading sideways since the side seams are the only exposed seams i just did a clean finish instead of using my serger three little buttons close up the back and the cuteness just kills me judging is on thursday so we ll see how i do for children 4 and under there are 2 categories play outfit and any other garment not listed this particular dress is going in the latter or what i call the everything but the kitchen sink category posted by mamafitz at 3 46 pm 2 comments labels dresses new look patterns sewing state fair saturday june 02 2012 vogue 1027 i made another dress this is vogue 1027 and it was very quick to make cutting it out wednesday night and stitching it up thursday afternoon i made a size 12 with a 1 fba and i lengthened the bodice 1 to have the sash closer to my actual waist i m really happy with how this turned out there are pockets in the skirt too i rotated the resulting dart from the fba into the two existing pleats now the armhole area lies nice and smooth i used my coverstitch machine for the neckline armholes and hem i am seriously in love with that machine i wore it last night to calvin s gymnastics banquet posted by mamafitz at 11 41 am 3 comments tuesday may 22 2012 vogue 1282 i made a top and skirt last week calvin and i had to go to a bar mitzvah on saturday and of course i needed something nice to wear i decided on vogue 1282 out of a grey knit i ve had in my stash for oh 8ish years it s some sort of synthetic and is spongy i made a size 12 for reference my measurements chest 33 5 bust 39 waist 31 hips 40 5 i m 5 2 ish and wear a 34e both pieces went together really quickly the top is only one pattern piece i added about 1 75 to each side of the cb seam at the hip i didn t need to add that much it fits fine but i think i d like it a bit snugger so that it bunches up more the pattern calls for the top to be cut on the bias which is stupid because it s out of a knit i ended up cutting it cross grain as my fabric was only 45 wide since it s a 4 way stretch cross grain isn t a problem after stitching up the cb seam i tried it on and needed to take the neckline in i took it in about 75 see how nice it lays with that adjustment the armholes are finished off with a straight grain strip of fabric i used a 25 seam allowance as they would have been a bit low with the standard 5 8 one i d heard the neckline was low so after trying it on i stitched it up another inch it s still low but hey when life gives you curves flaunt them i put lingerie guards to keep the top sitting correctly all the time the skirt went together very quickly as well it s only 2 pieces 3 if you count the straight grain strip for the elastic waist casing i shortened it 3 above the split and i m thinking i might take it up an inch or so more there are 4 tucks in the front of the skirt along with multiple tucks in the side back seams one more picture of calvin photobombing me posted by mamafitz at 10 51 am 4 comments labels sewing for me skirts tops vogue patterns thursday november 17 2011 my sewing room after we worked solid for those four hours and check out my sewing room now we started in this corner with the bookshelf right away she made some boxes for me to put stuff in we had donate office school supplies to go through later toys and half price books at first it was hard to start but once i got going it was pretty easy i decided that this room is a good place for the school office supplies so as i got areas cleared she got that stuff put away you can see in the very corner about 3 boxes that i need to go through they have things like picture frames music cds and important papers i need to file the grocery bags are either books that have already gone to connor s classroom or outgrown clothes that have been passed on to a friend s 4 year old son the white box has school supplies and is now next to the computer which you will see below the white basket tower thing now has 2 sections for projects a section where i put things to put away later and i m not allowed to let it get full and some empty binders that i ll use when i file my patterns i also plan to take another pass through the bookshelf and maybe weed out some more books the drawers are completely clean and organized with office and school supplies check out my clean floor under my ironing board you can now also use that door she gave me the idea of getting some bookshelves to put on either side of the bay window and then using canvas totes i m thinking like debbie s or some sort of uniform containers to corral stuff i see a trip to ikea in the near future i also have lots of ideas on my sewing room pinterest board she also suggested painting the paneling a pale color other friends have suggested that also as this room is pretty dark at night even with lights right now i m leaning towards a warm grey or cool beige i ll also be taking down that ugly curtain rod i m still not sure as to what type of window treatment to do i want the window to stay open because that looks right out onto lake michigan and is beautiful in the cabinets underneath is where all my fabric is stored my sewing table is clean it s clean underneath too that large mirror is going to go either to a friend or a consignment shop it s large about 3x5 feet and i have another mirror in the basement that i d rather use which is maybe 2x6 feet more appropriate for fittings as i ll hang it vertically probably over by the built in bookcase then i ll figure a better location to hang the thread racks and my drawer thingy that s sitting on the table right now this is as far as the organizer and i got before we ran out of time so my homework was to finish up my computer area which i did on monday night i boxed up the old desktop which wasn t functional and put it in the basement i ll get the data and pictures off of it after the holidays i still need to clean off the clothes rack though half of it will be gone tomorrow when some alterations get picked up i ve been sewing in here every day since it is so nice i ve also been a good girl and cleaned up my mess each time i finish so that i can keep the room looking good next i plan to have a friend come over and help me go through my fabric stash i m pretty sure i like and want everything that i have but i would like another set of eyes and i don t want to keep anything i don t have a plan for right now i have a few things in a facebook album that i m offering for sale or trade edited to add gwen asked if i learned anything new no i didn t basically she said everything needs to have a place and first i need to ask myself does whatever i have even belong in this room or would it be better suited somewhere else and everything needs to be put in its place if the boys want to bring some legos down here to play with that s fine but they need to bring them back up to their room when they are done i asked her why was this so hard for me to do alone but easy when she was there and she said it was because i didn t know her very well and so we didn t sit and reminisce about stuff that i found and i didn t stop and play with things i found and she kept me focused she wouldn t let me delay a decision and if i wasn t sure about something do i donate it do i keep it she d ask me to justify keeping stuff if i had good reasons that was fine i hope to paint over the school winter break so hopefully i can show you some more pictures in the new year posted by mamafitz at 3 13 pm 6 comments labels house sewing my sewing room before back in may i won a 4 hour session with an organizer at an auction i knew i wanted her to help me get my sewing room in order and last saturday we finally got together i took some pictures of the disaster before we tackled it it actually didn t look this bad when she got here as i tried to do some stuff ahead of time however this room had become the we don t know where to put it so we ll put it in here room and was really really out of control be warned these pictures aren t pretty i know right somehow i still managed to work in here though not very well and the disaster here is probably why i haven t been sewing much next up the after pictures posted by mamafitz at 3 03 pm 2 comments labels house sewing monday october 24 2011 my friend rowena has a post up that i think my sewing knitting crafty friends might like you might recognize one of the rooms or at least recognize the alias remember that 4 hour session i won with an organizer she s coming november 12 hopefully i ll have some great pictures to share posted by mamafitz at 8 57 am 2 comments labels house me wednesday august 24 2011 it s a girl as of friday we finally have another girl in the family this is esperanza sometimes i call her chica for short maybe she ll be a bilingual dog since i talk to her in spanish half the time she s almost 4 months old and weighs 4 pounds i think she ll eventually be about 6 or 7 pounds like her mama best of all she s already house trained my mom saw a flyer at the va where she works stating pom puppies for sale 10 weeks old to a good home she knew we ve been looking for another dog and having no luck with the wi humane society or the rescue groups and took the number down i phoned drove out and got a dog she is so much fun she stays near me most of the time but on the beach she went exploring a bit she isn t too sure about big dogs and hides between my legs when they come by but i am going to do my best to get her used to them she also gets carsick so i am hoping she outgrows that right now randall tolerates her but he s slowly warming up she gets a bit rambunctious and tries to jump on him sometimes and he s having none of that today though they ran around together on the beach so i hope they ll eventually be good friends posted by mamafitz at 7 07 pm 2 comments labels family older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me mamafitz i live in wisconsin you can email me at mamafitz at ameritech dot net view my complete profile 100 things about me 2011 stats yardage in i m giving up again this year yardage out it s been pretty even though items made 5 stats for 2006 stats for 2007 stats for 2008 my pattern reviews my 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