tag: seam
Felted Houndstooth Bag
2 commentsThis bag is made from wool coating that I felted myself by machine washing in hottest water and drying on high heat in the dryer. The pattern is my own original design. I used hand dyed wools to make...
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Slot Buttonholes
17 commentsThis high fashion buttonhole treatment is perfect every time. Often fabric is very dimensional and a machine buttonhole that's not perfect can ruin a beautifully sewn garment.
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The White Queen
2 commentsA request came from a friend of mine that I should be the 'White Queen" from "Alice in Wonderland." The following costume was a big hit at the costume party and is an intepretation of the dress...
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Cupcake Party Dress & Coat
Talk about I love to sew! I am a Grandma of 8 beautiful grandkids. and Thank you for giving me this oppunity to make my 2yr old grand daughter this party dress. Dress- is a 2T Cupcake pattern lined...
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Fashion Week Party
Normal 0 0 1 172 983 8 1 1207 11.1287 0 0 0 This look I threw together for a party during New York Fashion Week. The shirt is made from blue and white cotton gingham I purchased from my...
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Star Burst Quilt
This large throw was hand pieced. The quilting stitches are a deep purple. It measures 64"x45".
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Puff/Biscuit Quilt
This quilt has individual squares that are hand stuffed. The top is cotton. The back is flannel. Fabrics include zebra print, fuchsia, black and green. It measures 36"x36".
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In honor of our Soldiers
I was asked to make an Army costume for one of my grandsons for Halloween, if I could. I didn't have a specific pattern for the costume, I just used a basic shirt and pant pattern that I had...
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Lions and tiger and bears OH MY!
For my 3rd grandsons first Halloween I fell in love with a pattern for a lion, McCalls 8938 pattern. I made the pattern with soft flannel fabric, using some of the slipper sole fabric for the...
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Another costume for another Grandson!
My second grandson wanted to be "Superman" for Halloween, I looked for patterns for the costume and could not find any, so I took a vintage pattern that I had of the old pajama's that snapped at the...
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My Costumes
My Grandson is a huge Star Wars fan and wanted me to make him a star wars costume for halloween, There are no patterns for them so I fashioned that costume myself. I made the main body by making a...
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Shiny silver lame' zipper-front bodysuit.
This is a very shiny liquid silver lame' single-piece bodysuit with short sleeves, a collar and a zipper in the front for zipping and unzipping for easyness when it comes time to put it on or take it...
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Edgy Corset
Corset- Cotton corset with sew in boning, grommet detailing and pleated cups. The grommets are placed on the center front, top and center back edges. All of the grommets are being used for fit which...
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Comfortably Beautiful
Top- Side cowl, one shouldered,rayon knit top with handstitched rhinestones on shoulder. I used a pattern draping technique to create this top. This is done by taking fabric and draping it on a...
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Creating a Back Neck Facing for a Garment
7 commentsMany garment patterns don’t include a back neck facing. But try creating this ‘clean finish’ to turn the collar under from shoulder seam to shoulder seam across the neckline of the back of the garment.
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Chartreuse & Lilac Reunion dress
1 commentThe perfect dress!!! It took me quite a long time to figure out what to make for my 10 year high school reunion, but after searching I found the perfect dress. It's Burda 6/2010 #124. I wanted a...
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Simple Bust Enlargement
20 commentsHere is a quick and easy pattern alteration to get a bit more room for the bust and upper chest.
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Narrow Back Adjustment
10 commentsHow to fit a garment with vertical wrinkles along the outer edges of the back shoulders.
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Silk Bra-Cup Corset
5 commentsThe corset is made from Olive dupioni silk fuzed to black coutil. Black corset busk, and black grommets. External bone casings, holding two quarter inch spiral steels each. The pattern was...
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Keep These Seam Finishes in Your Bag of Tricks
12 commentsHere are a couple of simple and efficient ways to beautifully finish seams.
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