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star s threads pages home tutorials tuesday april 21 2020 i ve moved hi everyone it s been quite a while a year and a half to be more precise since i posted anything to my dear little blog i m still sewing just not posting here i ve moved to instagram just search for starsthreads on instagram and i ll be there posting away here are just some of my recent makes vogue 1477 a sandra betzina design mccalls 7623 the coram top by allie olson this was supposed to be my easter dress but well we know what happened there new look 6000 and for those of you interested in my sewing yardage totals from the past few years here s a quick summary total yards sewn for the year 2018 132 25 yards 2019 151 925 yards and i m already up to 73 625 yards for 2020 happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 10 20 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday october 7 2018 garbage can bound i should have known from the start that this dress would end up in the garbage can here is all you are going to see of vogue 9329 a marcy tilton pattern there is nothing wrong with the pattern i will actually sew it up again it was the fabric i just don t like it i purchased it from girl charlee and the fabric itself is good quality it s just the print that wasn t working for me oh well you sew and learn at least i could save my label oh well you can t win them all i m still adding this to the stats though at least the fabric is now officially out of the stash latest stashbustin stats yardage for dress 2 375 yards ytd yards sewn 90 05 yards remaining yardage to reach 100 yard goal 9 95 yards happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels knit marcy tilton vogue thursday october 4 2018 the abstract bird dress i purchased this knit fabric at this year s asg sewing garage sale doesn t it look like abstract birds there was a total of 2 yards for 7 00 i selected simplicity 2369 for the pattern which i ve made before it s a mock wrap dress i haven t made the long version though but i think i like it not much else to say about this dress so on with the stashbustin stats latest stashbustin stats yardage for dress 2 yards ytd yards sewn 87 05 yards remaining yardage to reach 100 yard goal 12 95 yards happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels knit simplicity sunday september 30 2018 3rd quarter goals update it s the end of september and therefore time for an update on my goals for this year third quarter was a tough one for me sewing wise due to our big house project that took up most of the time on the weekends for the months of july and august however i did manage to tick off a few more items from the list though garments to tackle jeans done q2 pants done q3 bras s omething reversible sew more burda patterns using up the stash sew 100 yards this year in process currently at 85 05 yards sewn sort thru scraps done q1 sort thru all of my current stash add all of the remaining pieces to the cora app done q1 tracking track how much fabric i use buy in process track spending in process track my pattern usage in process for fun redecorate the sewing room this year done q3 so far so good i m moving right along happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday september 27 2018 my newly decorated sewing room warning lots of photos ahead one of the items on my list for this year was to redecorate my sewing room it s been about 15 years with the same look and it was time for a refresh one idea i wanted to try was to somehow glue patterns to one of my main walls when i was traveling in london a few years ago i saw this on one of the walls inside the fabric department at liberty department store and i wanted to duplicate it and low and behold it worked to start my little pattern wall experiment i needed to find a clear glaze after going to a few paint stores i came across this one i described to the man behind the counter what i wanted to do and he thought this product would do the job at 50 00 a gallon it was a bit pricey but you never know until you try right next find a scrap board to practice on paint it white and start glazing and low and behold it worked first you roll on some glaze it actually looks like milk but it dries clear then carefully take one pattern piece and lay it onto the wall then roll over the pattern only one or two times with the roller full of glaze and move onto the next piece so now that i knew it worked i could move onto the main wall first step cut out way way more patterns than you think you will need and for those concerned no vintage patterns were sacrificed for this project these were mainly children s patterns with some women s from the 80 s and 90 s then start glazing away i started in the bottom corner and just went from there and voila before i knew it the wall was done i found this fabric that kinda reminded me of pattern pieces so my color scheme was now determined i made new curtains using the fabric and a back cushion for my chair i also purchased some lime green suede to make the tabs for the curtain and to reupholster my chair i had two of these old sewing machine stands in storage by cleaning them up spray painting and adding tops to them they are now my serger and coverstitch stands it s great to have these two machines always out and available here s the before pic for one of them and after my new coverstitch stand and my new serger stand my computer desk is now clean and tidy and free of the extra serger i used to plop on here i am over the moon with my new room and i absolutely love the pattern wall i hope you like it too latest stashbustin stats yardage for curtains 2 yards yardage for chair 1 5 yards ytd yards sewn 85 05 yards remaining yardage to reach 100 yard goal 14 95 yards happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday september 23 2018 vogue 1423 my cherry red dress this bellville sassoon dress has been on my radar for a few years now 4 to be exact because the pattern was released in 2014 and i quickly snapped it up the fabric i used is a cotton pique that i purchased at the mill end fabric store in reno nevada a number of years ago i found some silk fabric for the lining at this year s sewing garage sale and it matched perfectly this dress has alot of interest in the front someone at work commented that it kinda looks like a celtic cross on the front and i can see why just look at all of those different lines the back is fairly simple with an invisible zipper down the center back and seam detailing which helps with the fitting see how perfectly the lining matches i purchased 8 yards of the silk and i needed every bit of it after i washed the fabric i noticed little holes had developed here and there and i needed to cut out every single piece of the lining separately to avoid the holes i still ended up with one hole on the center front but i fused a piece of interfacing to it and i m hoping that will work for awhile this dress had quite a few fitting challenges for me the back fits quite nicely but the front was a problem the bustline was just too low for me and the top of my strapless bra kept peeking out so i opted to take up the shoulders by 1 total 1 2 in the back and 1 2 in the front and that made the fit much much better after raising up the shoulders the armhole was way way outta line so instead of trying to recut the armhole to get the small sleeves to fit i just opted to skip the sleeves i don t like small sleeves anyways and do a sleeveless variation i used self made bias tape to finish the armhole i didn t want to machine sew the bias tape to the inside so i opted to sew it in by hand all in all i think this is a pretty nice dress i got quite a few compliments on it the first time i wore it to work latest stashbustin stats yardage for dress 3 yards yardage for lining 8 yards ytd yards sewn 81 55 yards remaining yardage to reach 100 yard goal 18 45 yards happy sewing everyone star posted by stars threads at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bellville sassoon cotton pique vogue thursday september 20 2018 pants done another item on my list of to do s this year was pants i can now check these off of the list too i started with mccalls 6361 a palmer pletsch pattern this pattern includes 1 seam allowances on the side seams and the inseam after you tape the crotch curve with some clear tape they have you pin the pattern pieces together and try them on this was a bit awkward in our hot weather but it seemed to give a good trial fit for my practice fabric i used some stretch cotton pique that i picked up at this year s asg garage sale there was 3 25 yards for 9 00 so not a bad price for some practice pants here are the changes i ended up making to the pants pattern took in the center back seam by 1 and tapered to the crotch curve took in the side seams 1 2 took 3 8 off the inside leg seam subtracted 1 off of the center back waistband let out the front inseam by 1 4 tapering for about 6 inches i didn t make this change on this pair but i will on the next one lower the waistline by 1 2 when paired with my fav kwik sew t shirt pattern i think this outfit looks kinda cute look no gapping at the center back and they fit my backside quite nicely i d say there are a few wrinkles underneath the bottom but i m not too worried about those i ll see what happens with my next pair all in all i think the pants came out pretty well latest stashbustin stats yardage for capri pants 2 675 yards yardage for t shirt 1 5 yards ytd yards sewn 70 55 yards remaining yardage to reach 100 yard goal 29 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