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Sewing Stripes: What Colour Thread?

By on January 16, 2013 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Hey, everyone! Finally, I’ve picked up the pieces of my Striped Renfrew Top and started to sew. And yet before I even started sewing, I thought of something to write about! When you’re sewing a striped fabric, especially one with a strong contrast between the colours, what colour thread do you use? For this taupe [...]

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Renfrew Top: Finishing It Up! Sleeves & Bands

By on November 23, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

Hey, everyone! It’s a Friday, the end of the week and what’s even better, the end of sewing this purple top. 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 [...]

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Renfrew Top: That Tricky Cowl Collar

By on November 14, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

Hey, everyone! Today I’m back to demonstrating sewing the Renfrew Top, working on the collar of View C next. I’m excited to add this demo to the library as it will answer a lot of questions! Here’s where we left off, if you’re just catching up – Sewing and Stabilizing the Shoulder Seams. Or if [...]

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Renfrew Top: Sewing & Stabilizing the Shoulder Seams

By on November 5, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

Ok! Today I’m going to talk about sewing the Renfrew Top. We’ve done several posts leading up to this moment, talking all about knit fabrics, cutting, choosing a view to make, and general tips for sewing knits. The sewing is going to seem so quick compared to all of the preparation! Here are all of [...]

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Approaches to Sewing Knits

By on October 31, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

Since we’re talking about sewing the Renfrew Top out of knit fabric, and there are all kinds of fabric-related questions that come up about knit fabrics, I’d like to recommend this book, Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide by Claire Shaeffer. This book is a great resource for answering the question ‘How do I work with [...]

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Seam Allowances on the Renfrew Top

By on October 17, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

Every time I go to sew the Renfrew Top, I think of something new to talk about! Today it’s seam allowances. (Thought of it just as I went to sew the very first seam.) This is good, bit by bit I’ll have answered every possible question about the Renfrew top pattern! What are the seam [...]

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