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Today’s post is all about how to insert elastic into casings, with tips for making it quicker and easier! One of the first projects you might make as you learn to sew is elastic waist shorts or an elastic waist skirt, like our Rae Skirt. Several of our patterns, including the new Nicola and Harwood dresses, […]
Good morning lovely sew-along superstars! Is anyone else getting excited to complete and wear their Saltspring dress? Let’s hop to it and make some more progress today! First up let’s pin our bodice to our skirt, with the right sides together and the bodice lining facing up. Use as many pins as you’d like, and […]
Today we’ll give our loose, baggy jackets a sleek, flattering silhouette! We’ll sew a casing for the elastic waistline, insert the elastic, and pull it tight until we’re happy with the fit. The jacket is nearly complete at this point, so it’s easy to fit the elastic and know how it will feel in the […]
Hello Sew-Alongers! Today we’ll put on our cuffs. We’ll be one step closer to finishing our jackets! I love these cuffs. They’re a little different than your standard elastic cuffs. They’re meant to be loose, not cinched tight to the wrist, and they’re longer than you might think. They fall close to the middle of […]