Today’s all about View B. If you’re making the ruffled Pendrell Blouse, this post is for you! View A and C sew-alongers, take a break and relax. The next sewing post will be for ALL views: A, B, and C! We’re going to gather both of our ruffles – the seam ruffle and the sleeve […]
Archive | January, 2011
Pendrell Sew-Along #10: Constructing and Attaching the Draped Sleeve
Hello everyone! Today’s sewing post is just for the View A people. If you’re making View B or C, you get the day off! So, View A Sew-Alongers, today we’ll be making and attaching the sleeve drape. This is one of those cool moments in sewing where the piece you’ve cut out looks bizarre, but […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #9: Sewing! Plus, Finishing Your Edges
It’s here! Finally, today we get to start sewing. Are you pumped or what? Thanks for all of your patience through the pattern adjustment and preparation posts. While I’m sure they were greatly helpful to some of you, the rest of you have been itching to start stitching away. So let’s get to sewing! Still […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #8.5: More on Underlining & Basting
Hello Sew-Alongers! I wanted to follow up on this morning’s post with a few more thoughts on underlining. Now that I’ve basted my underlining, here are examples of how to baste the underlining and a few thoughts on each method. Jump in with your thoughts, or let us know which method is your favourite! Here’s […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #8: Underlining The Pendrell Blouse
If your fabric is sheer, you may want to underline your Pendrell Blouse. I know a lot of you are already planning to underline your blouses for the Sew-Along. You may wonder, what’s the difference between lining and underlining? Underlining is different from lining, in that it’s sewn to the main fabric as a backing. […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #7: Bonus Post! Cutting Scalloped-Edge Lace
Today’s post is a bonus post on how to cut the Pendrell Blouse in scalloped-edge lace! All versions of the blouse would be gorgeous in lace, don’t you think? The ruffles would be adorable with scalloped lace edges, as would the pleated sleeve with a lace edge. So would the classic, sleeveless shell – gorgeous […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #6: Cutting Your Fabric
Today, we’re going to cut our fabric! I’ll be cutting View A in a teal polyester print, and View B in a cream silk satin. For today’s demo, I’m cutting the teal polyester print in the draped sleeve version. I’m thinking I will just show you how to cut once, instead of showing you the […]
Pendrell Sew-Along #5: Princess-Seam FBA (Full Bust Adjustment)
Here we go: Full Bust Adjustment time! Today I’ll show you how to adjust a princess seam blouse for a full bust. This is the method shown in Fit for Real People, which you may have seen before. It comes highly recommended by sewists with fuller bustlines! This pattern adjustment is a little tricky, but […]