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Girly Dresses

I have taught myself to sew and have terrible luck making my own clothes but found my calling in dresses for my neices. I have had so much fun making them. Hannah feels like a princess and at 5 its the perfect age to enjoy the twirl of the dress. I went to visit her last week and she was asleep on the couch in one of her princess dresses. I was so proud that she loves them so much.

I am having quite an issue with sleeves....... I am horrible at them and not sure what to do about it. I will take any advice offered.. Thanks so much!

Pattern or design used: My own design

my74buggie, member
Posted on Feb 26th, 2011 in sewing, design, garment construction, fitting, reader's closet, dresses, princess, little girls

Comments (3)

Karne writes: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15371/teach-yourself-to-sew-how-to-sew-a-sleeve try this video. And google How to put in a sleeve for all kinds of advice, tips and tricks. You seem to have been born with the sewing gene, so I think you'll catch on to it pretty easily :)
Posted: 9:08 pm on July 27th

paddym writes: You seem to have a lot of natural talent for sewing, judging by the little girl dresses. Have you considered joining a sewing group where you can get directions and "lessons" from other members of the group?
Posted: 8:31 pm on July 27th

deChez writes: First of all...those dresses are just darling. You may not realize it yet, but as you're making those dresses, you're learning alot about garment construction...that will serve you well when you're ready to try something for yourself again.

As for sleeves...set-in sleeves can be a bit of a challenge at first. If possible, sew the sleeve to the garment BEFORE sewing the arm seam, and side seam. Then sew front and back of sleeve and garment together with one long seam. Also, don't ingore the ease at the shoulder of the sleeve...making that row of long stitches at the shoulder, then slightly gathering to fit so that the centers, and notches match really is necessary.

Posted: 2:19 pm on March 1st

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