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Pendrell Sew-Along #5: Altering The Hip and Waist

Pendrell Sew-Along #5: Altering The Hip and Waist

By on January 14, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

Today, I’ll show you how to narrow the hip width on the Pendrell Blouse. It’s ironic, don’t you think, that I’m showing you how to un-pear-shape the blouse? That’s the great thing about sewing – you can adjust anything to fit your body no matter what your shape! What we’ll be doing today is the [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #4: Shortening the Blouse Length

Pendrell Sew-Along #4: Shortening the Blouse Length

By on January 13, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

Pendrell Sew-Along, day four! Are you dying to get started sewing already? Don’t worry, just a few more posts on pattern adjustments, and we’ll be cutting in no time. Just joining us? Here are links to the first three Sew-Along posts: Pendrell Sew-Along: Supply List, Schedule & Sew-Along Badge Pendrell Sew-Along #2: Prewashing your Fabric [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #3: Measuring and Choosing Your Size

Pendrell Sew-Along #3: Measuring and Choosing Your Size

By on January 12, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

Day three of the Pendrell Sew-Along! Today, we’re going to measure ourselves and choose our size. We’ll measure ourselves, compare the measurements to the pattern envelope sizes, and decide which cutting lines to follow. This is also a good time to see if you’ll want (or need) to make any adjustments or alterations to the [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along #2: Prewashing your Fabric

Pendrell Sew-Along #2: Prewashing your Fabric

By on January 11, 2011 in Sew-Alongs, Tips

Welcome to the Pendrell Sew-Along, Day 2! If you’re just joining us, here’s a link to the first sew-along post: January 10th: Pendrell Sew-Along: Supply List, Schedule & Sew-Along Badge Before we cut, let’s talk about pre-washing your fabric. Pre-washing is basically washing your fabric before you start sewing. That’s all there is to it! [...]

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Pendrell Sew-Along: Supply List, Schedule & Sew-Along Badge

Pendrell Sew-Along: Supply List, Schedule & Sew-Along Badge

By on January 10, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Happy Monday, everyone! Today’s the first day of our Pendrell Blouse sew-along. To get us started, I made up a schedule for all of the stages before we get to sewing, so you know what’s coming! Some of you speed-racers might find the schedule a tad slow, but I wanted to make sure the beginners [...]

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