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Lonsdale Sew-Along #15: Hemming

Lonsdale Sew-Along #15: Hemming

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

Hurrah! We’re almost finished our Lonsdale Dresses. All that’s left is a little hemming! Today I’ll show you how to hem the dress. You can hem it any way you like! Sew a blind hem by hand, or sew a machine-stitched hem if you don’t mind the stitch line showing. For my project, I’m applying [...]

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Lonsdale Sew-Along #14: Sewing the Zipper

Lonsdale Sew-Along #14: Sewing the Zipper

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

Are you getting excited about finishing your dress? I sure am! Today we’ll put in the zipper. You get to try on your dresses, yay! If you need to catch up, here are links to the earlier Sew-Along posts: Lonsdale Sew-Along #1: Supply List and Schedule Lonsdale Sew-Along #2: Fabric Recommendations Lonsdale Sew-Along #3: My [...]

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Lonsdale Sew-Along #13: Sewing the Skirt to Bodice

Lonsdale Sew-Along #13: Sewing the Skirt to Bodice

By on August 10, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Hey, everyone! Today we’ll attach our skirt to the bodice. You’ll be able to see the dress come together! We’ll sew the waistband to the skirt sections, connecting the top and bottom of our dress. After this, you can pin it on your dress form and see how the finished dress will look! Need to [...]

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Lonsdale Sew-Along #12: Sewing the Skirt

Lonsdale Sew-Along #12: Sewing the Skirt

By on August 9, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

One step closer! This dress is really fast to sew. Once you’ve made it once, you’ll be able to whip up another one in no time! Today we’ll sew the skirt. I’m sewing this dress without a serger again, just like I did with the Crescent sew-along. If you have a serger, feel free to [...]

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Lonsdale Sew-Along #11: Sewing the Pockets

Lonsdale Sew-Along #11: Sewing the Pockets

By on August 8, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Pocket time! These pockets will look really familiar if you made the Crescent Skirt, or if you followed the Crescent Sew-Along. The construction is the same although the pocket shape is slightly different. (Click here to read the pocket sewing steps from the Crescent Sew-Along!) Today we’ll construct the whole pocket, and repeat for the [...]

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Lonsdale Sew-Along #10: Attaching the Waistband

Lonsdale Sew-Along #10: Attaching the Waistband

By on August 7, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Happy Sunday! We’re sewing up a storm this weekend. Lots of Sew-Along posts! How’s the pace for everyone? Are you keeping up, or slowing down? Today we’ll take the bodice we finished yesterday, and sew the waistbands to the bodice. To give you an idea of what’s next, we’ll then make up the skirt, attach [...]

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