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Sewing projects, tips and inspiration for the modern seamstress and the sewing blog of Sewaholic Patterns
Since we’ve released the Saltspring dress, we’ve received some questions about lining the skirt. This is not covered in the instructions. Here are some ideas and tips we have about lining options! We’ve previously covered underlining and lining really well in this post from the Lonsdale sew-along. The same methods can be applied to the […]
Hello everyone! We’re making great progress on our Saltspring dresses. About halfway there! If you need to catch up, you can view all of our Saltspring sew-along posts by clicking the pink badge to the left. Today is going to be short and sweet! We’ll be sewing our pockets and side seams. I always love […]
We’re going to see our bodice take shape in today’s post! This is around the time when I get really excited to see the top half of my dress come together, so let’s get to it. A quick note: Remember when we first staystitched the top edges of our individual bodice and bodice lining pieces? […]
Hey everyone! We’re trucking along with our Saltspring dresses today. Need to catch up? Click on the pink badge for all of our Saltspring posts to date! Today it’s all straps, all day long. Let’s get started! First we’ll be working with our strap pieces, so let’s grab those suckers. We’ll need to […]
Hello sew-alongers! If you need to catch up on previous posts, you can click the pink button. Easy peasy! Today we’re going to start sewing. We will prepare our bodice and bodice lining by staystitching the neckline, sewing the side seams, and doing some edge finishing. So first let’s pull out the pieces we need. […]
Hello everyone! Today we’re going to go through a FBA (full bust adjustment) for the Saltspring dress. Most patterns (including Sewaholic) are designed for a B cup size. It’s important to keep in mind that your cup size in pattern making may be different from your bra cup size. To figure out your size, start […]
Welcome to the Saltspring Sew-Along! In this first post I am going to round up some resources and give you some tips to help you to organize yourself to begin sewing. You can click the link above to view all of the previous Saltspring Sew-Along posts, in case you need to catch up! Let’s jump […]
Today we’ll sew in the sleeves (easy!) and sew bands to the hems (just as easy!) to finish off the top. None of these steps are particularly hard, but I thought I’d complete the demonstration of this top, from start to finish. Get the pattern here. Catch up on previous posts: Three Tips for […]