Archive | January, 2011
Pendrell Sew-Along #13: Gathering Ruffles

Pendrell Sew-Along #13: Gathering Ruffles

By on January 31, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

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 [...]

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Pattern Shop Updates & Mailing List

Pattern Shop Updates & Mailing List

By on January 30, 2011 in Patterns

Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you’re having a fun and productive weekend so far, especially the Sew-Alongers! I enjoyed all of the cape-love on Friday, and was thrilled to hear from so many cape-fans out there. So what if it’s not the most serious or practical piece of outerwear? It’s going to be great fun to [...]

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Next up: Vintage Tartan Cape

Next up: Vintage Tartan Cape

By on January 28, 2011 in Projects, Work in Progress

I’ve decided that my next vintage project is going to be the cape! I’ve been lusting after a cape for a while now, so I was thrilled that one of the patterns in the package from Veronica was a cape. (And matching skirt and jacket, too!) In between Pendrell Sew-Along posts, I’m going to work [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #12: Constructing and Attaching the Draped Sleeve

Pendrell Sew-Along #12: Constructing and Attaching the Draped Sleeve

By on January 27, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

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 [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #11: Sewing! Plus, Finishing Your Edges

Pendrell Sew-Along #11: Sewing! Plus, Finishing Your Edges

By on January 26, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

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 thanks, and let’s get to [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #10.5: More on Underlining & Basting

Pendrell Sew-Along #10.5: More on Underlining & Basting

By on January 25, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

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 [...]

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