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Slightly Less Sweet: Cambie Dress with a Straight Neckline

By on May 14, 2012 in Patterns, Projects, Tips, Work in Progress

Happy Monday, everyone! Today’s post is about how to change the Cambie Dress to a straight-across neckline instead of the sweetheart neckline! It’s so easy to do. Maybe you like the Cambie Dress, but think it’s a little too sweet with the sweetheart neckline, feminine gathered sleeves and full gathered skirt. Or maybe you’re about [...]

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Three Tips for Sewing Stripes

By on April 4, 2012 in Fabrics, Projects, Work in Progress

I have another tip post for you guys today! Love sewing stripes? Thinking of sewing up the Renfrew Top pattern in a striped knit? Here are a few little tips that will help make stripe-sewing easier! If you missed Monday’s post with A Big List of Tips for Sewing Knits! – here’s the link again. [...]

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Tailoring a Coat: Making a Back Stay

By on November 18, 2011 in Projects, Tips, Work in Progress

Another baby step of progress on the Seventies Wrap Coat project! Here is the first tailoring technique I’ve applied to my Wrap Coat. We’re adding a back stay to support and stabilize the back of our coat. This will prevent strain across the shoulders as well. And I’m guessing it will also keep loosely woven [...]

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Wrap Coat: At Least the Belt is Done!

By on October 27, 2011 in Projects, Work in Progress

Yay for sewing progress! Desperate to make progress on my wrap coat, I sewed up the belt for the coat. When life gets busy, it’s nice to make small steps on a big project! And I really want to wear this coat. It’s rainy, it’s cold and damp, I love the idea of snuggling into [...]

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Would You Interface a Coat Belt?

By on October 12, 2011 in Projects, Work in Progress

After cutting out all of the coating pieces, suddenly the whole project seemed a bit massive and daunting. Does that ever happen to you? All of a sudden it seems like a lot of work to put the whole thing together. When that happens, I have the urge to make one of the easy parts [...]

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Even the Most Beautiful Fabric May Have Flaws

By on October 11, 2011 in Fabrics, Projects, Tips, Work in Progress

I just noticed that my beautiful teal and brown coating has flaws! There are long gold strings, white lumps and even blue bumps on my coating fabric. I didn’t notice it at first, but it’s not the end of the world. We can work around them and still have a beautiful coat at the end [...]

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