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ewn to the seam allowance then the the clear press studs are sewn in place along both edges the sleeve has a large dart at the sleeve head which gives it a beautiful shape the neck facing had been sewn trimmed and pressed and then it was time to trim the neck facing and armhole excess fabric i trimmed this on my tailors ham and then basted the neck facing edge and armsyce edges together when i tried it on there was something not quite right so i undid the basting and got out my shoulder stand and realised that i had trimmed off too much of the neck facing so the edges weren t meeting up evenly i was only able to stitch 3cm together along that edge whereas the other side i could stitched 5cm on each side of the shoulder seam together i also left the armhole on the shoulder stand to baste the seams together so it was all sitting correctly then it was the small bias binding on the sleeve hems another feature susan and i had decided on was to put a 7 6 cm 3 french bias on the hem of my blouse to give it some weight the challenge was that when i measured one of my tops that i have finished i am 29 5cm on the left hand side and 31 cm on the right hand side so i marked these spots on the top s hem and drew a chalk a line from each spot and then basted this line so i could try it on and get my friends to fine tune it for me during one of our weekends away the photo below shows the re basted adjusted line and cutting off the excess fabric now the basted line is the finished edge of the top i will need to mark up another 7 6 cm 3 and baste another line as this is where the french bias will have it s first stitching so to prepare for this next step i have made the bias binding and have it rolled on a toilet roll to stop it from being creased during another sewing weekend away the 2nd basting line was sewn in place and the bias was machine stitched along the blue basting thread pressed the excess fabric was cut away and the bias was folded to the inside to be slip stitched in place thank you jenny for the sparkles a press and i have a new top to wear for winter oops forget to pull it down the photo below shows the picked zip and the underarm gusset when worn now to find time to finish the 2 x little french jackets and couture skirt 2019 stash out 3 3 m 2019 stash in 3 m advent knitting on may 5 2019 by sharon 3 comments back in 2017 i was seeing advent knitting packs being shown all over the internet instagram and i was intrigued so in 2018 i found dingo dyeworks an australian wool dyer in perth and sweet georgia yarns in the usa who are only a two of the many of producers of advent kits around the world i also realised that ambah o brien knitwear designer designed a wrap for the advent kits in 2018 so i signed up for ambah s newsletter and fell into the rabbit hole of the advent boards in her group on ravelry in july ambah o brien opened up a board in her group adventurer kal 2018 which shared links to all the advents kits that were available and i ended up purchasing two kits dingo dyeworks which i emptied out of the box it came in into a nice cane basket i had at home sweet georgia yarns ambah had also designed the adventurer scarf wrap pattern so i purchased this and decided to use the dingo dyeworks kit first it was fun to open a box each day but my knitting wasn t as quick but i did manage to cast on on 1 december and do a few rows by 4 december i had only started my day 2 s colour it was interesting to see the new colours each day and i finally finished knitting it on 4 january 2019 but i didn t get a chance to block it until 13 january where katniss decided to help here it is draped along the front fence i haven t had a chance to wear it yet and i am not 100 certain about the colours only time will tell if it will get worn when the weather cools down the sweet georgia advent kit is still waiting for me but first i have a couple of the knitting projects i need to finish the 2019 pre orders for this years kits is up already on ambah s page i am trying not to look shorts on april 28 2019 by sharon 1 comment as any reader of this blog will know i have been on the quest for pants that i am happy with the fit for a long long time well at last i think i am on the right track and made this pair of shorts to see how the fit was so far i will share more of the pattern adjustments when i make pants which i hope will be sometime soon but life is getting in the way of sewing at the moment these shorts did start out as the ellen woven shorts by style arc but i soon realised that the fabric that i had found in my stash was not going to be drapey enough so i then changed them to my adjusted pants draft that i made at the australian sewing guild convention in melbourne last year during this process i also realised these would be for dog walking working around the yard so the ellen woven shorts pockets were then added it looks like i have misaligned one of the pockets as it is pulling visible at the front leg but i m certain tomba won t mind at all here are some very washed out photos of the shorts so you can see the fit better i m pretty sure it is the pocket that is causing the pulling my first fabric purchase for the year is 3 metres of brown polyester suiting as i have decided to take part in the australian sewing guild pleated garment sew along i just hope my idea works out 2019 stash out 3 3 m 2019 stash in 3 m delicate nothings on february 17 2019 by sharon 12 comments one of the classes i attended at the australian sewing guild convention in melbourne last year was a class with tatyana anderson called silk camisoles that was a 1 2 day course thankfully tatyana and her staff had cut out our silk and stablised it so we could get started on the placement of our lace straight away at the end of the 1 2 day i did have my lace sewn in place the side seams french seamed and the elastic pinned in place along one edge of the front armhole during a couple of asg group meetings i worked on this to finish the elastic and also to hand roll the hem as i couldn t get a nice finish by machine and then finished the straps this is where it was up to when i found out that tatyana was holding a 2 day workshop in sydney i jumped at the chance to do this as we hadn t really dealt with the initial preparation and cutting out of the silk and this is skill i want to work more on during the workshop tatyana pinned my cream straps in place and i was able to sew these in place during the class as well surprisingly to my fellow attendees i had chosen a black silk with a black and gold lace kit we set about laying out our pattern pieces on the silk and cutting it out before we started playing with the lace placement seeing i had made a v neck for the cream camisole tatyana suggested i make this one a round neck which worked perfectly with my lace french seams are used and this time i was successful in getting a lovely machine rolled hem i was very pleased to get this finished within the 2 days of the workshop lemon slub knit top with shirt tail hem on february 10 2019 by sharon 5 comments this is another version of ks 3740 in a lemon slub knit that was in the stash i would also like to introduce you to katniss our new family member this is why tomba is in nearly every photo as he is busy trying to find out where she is in the hedge now to change up a plain t shirt i decided to use the downloaded shirt tail hem extension from christine jonson patterns that i had downloaded sometime last year that has been sitting in my ks3740 pattern folder waiting for me to remember to use it so finally i got to play with it my t shirt length is long meaning i usually cut off around 7cm depending on the fabric drape so i already had some length built into my pattern to play with you make your t shirt as normal until the side seams so i used the binder on my coverstitch for the neckband and then used the chain stitch on my coverstitch to baste the side seams together so i could work out the length of my top and the point i wanted the split to occur i then machine stitched my side seams stopping 6cm from the hem where i pressed open the seam allowances and then had mark level the front and back hems once this was done i pressed the hems and then used the shirt tail hem extension to draw in the shaped hem with a frixion pen then with some 6mm steam a seam i finger pressed this around right at the outside edge the hem allowance and then trimmed the fabric back so i only had a 6mm hem allowance which i then carefully removed the backing tape from the steam a seam and finger pressed the hem in place so it was ready to be taken over to the coverstitch to finish the body and sleeve hems front view minus katniss side view back view this is my 2nd piece for swap 2019 2019 stash out 2 3 m 2019 stash in 0 m multi muted v8572 on february 3 2019 by sharon 4 comments i thought this blouse was finished a while ago but it was one of those that wasn t quite right the fabric was in my stash and i can t remember where i purchased it from but the colours in it means i can wear it with navy brown and olive skirts i ended up doing a burn test to work out what it might be and it is pure polyester although i find it quite comfortable to wear in the heat we have been having recently and it drapes well i have put an invisible zip in the left hand side seam a tiny bias neckband stitched on by machine and then handstitched in place i wore it a couple of times and it just didn t look right and finally realised it was too long only by 1cm but that perfect length was not there so i took the hem up and i thought i had a new top to wear not so on my pattern i had noted to shorten the back darts after seeing the pictures of this top however i also did the same to the front darts my blog post did say back only which was a mistake as the top was falling away from my body not a look that i like the top sat around for a few more weeks before i lengthened the front darts into the hem i am glad i persisted in getting this right as it has been a great addition to my wardrobe 2019 stash out 1 5 m 2019 stash in 0 m 2018 in review on january 31 2019 by sharon 5 comments was a year of sewing for me but unfortunately not garment sewing as i highlighted last year the renovations we did meant that the curtains were not going to work with the new colour scheme so i decided to make them for the whole house 5 windows and 2 very large french doors don t get me wrong i did manage to do a bit of garment sewing and that is probably why the curtains took 9 months to complete knitting and jewellery making ended up being my sanity savers hit s changing the sleeve length on v8648 made this dress very wearable another dvf wrap dress has been worn a number of times and i can see it being worn a lot more highlights another 3 classes with susan khalje in sydney winning viewers choice at the australian sewing guild convention dinner held in melbourne in august for my v8648 dress liz haywood presenting me with her book the dressmakers companion in november i toured tasmania with 12 other yarn crazy ladies and had a fabulous time completed the curtains and i m very happy with them lounge room curtains reflections i ve realised that i get caught up in too many shiny things and in 2019 i need to be a lot more aware of this and take stock before i jump in that is why i still have 2 little french jackets 1 couture skirt and 1 couture silk blouse to complete time is something i struggle with i didn t manage to be effective with my makenine plans with only 1 garment completed even though i did sew 3 garments one of them was was v1247 for makenine knitted 2 scarfs and made 3 pieces of jewelry my stash in and out this year is 6 4 metres out and 18 6 metres added and this includes fabric for the classes with susan khalje as well as lycra for the swimwear course i attended earlier this month which are close to being finished and some dintex for a jacket for mark and i which if you follow me on ig you would have already seen goals as mad as it sounds after reading my comments above i plan on doing swap again in 2019 as it will fill my wardrobe with necessary garments in a quick time frame which have either worn out or been stained beyond recovery i m not sure if blogging is alive or dead these days but i do like to blog simply for the added information that you can t share via ig i would like to thank everyone who visits and those that comment i know life is hectic and i myself have been remiss in commenting but plan to get back into reading and commenting on the blogs that i enjoy here is the collage of my makes for 2018 i do have a few pieces to blog about so hope to see you soon turbulent sea dvf wrap dress on december 11 2018 june 23 2019 by sharon 7 comments you know when you purchase your ticket for frocktails and then it dawns on you what am i going to wear of course i left it to the last minute but with a sewing weekend coming up i decided to make another dvf wrap dress with this dry knit that was in the stash thank you james broadway just before all this happened the ladies over at artisan square had a pre 2019 swap dress challenge that had to include a new fabric or new technique as this knit is heavier than my previous dvf dress i decided to add a waist stay which is a technique i have never used and i found this very detailed post over at stitch n smile the next thing i did was to do a gaposis adjustment in the front neckline of 1cm this has made the front neckline sit much better so armed with all my sewing goodies i headed off for a weekend of sewing to make the waist stay i used some navy petersham ribbon i had purchased from torb and reiner and a trouser hook and bar then i realised i had to add a buttonhole to the waist stay as one of the ties for dress has to pass through the side seam where i attached the waist stay to the dress and i had positioned the hook and bar to be offset to be on the other side away from the tie on the outside by the end of the 2nd day of sewing the dress just needed hemming and thankfully mark was on hand that evening to level off the hem so i could use my coverstich to finish the hems that night this dress is getting a lot of wear besides frocktails and i can see it getting a lot more with summer finally arriving this will also be my first garment for swap 2019 as one garment may be completed by today 28 october 2018 us time zone 2018 stash out 6 3 m 2018 stash in 5 0 m posts navigation older posts search search accessories asg australian stitches couture coverstitch coverstitch binder dh fabric gift jalie 2908 jewellery june 2011 knit knitting kwik sew 3740 made by me make a garment a month minoru jacket sew along sewaholic 1103 mmm12 mmm13 mmm14 pr mini wardrobe puyallup roscoe self drafted skirt simplicity 2603 sss 11 starting from scratch stash 2013 stash 2014 stash 2015 stash 2016 stash 2017 susan khalje 2017 australian teaching school swap 2009 swap 2012 swap 2013 swap 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