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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! Arrange your […]
Today we’ll take the bodice we finished during the last sew-along, and sew the waistbands to the bodice. To give you an idea of what’s next, we’ll then make up the skirt, attach the skirt to the waistband of the bodice, sew in the zipper and hem it up. We’ll have a dress within a […]
Today we’ll finish up the waistband-zipper-facing section. We’ll understitch the facing, topstitch around the zipper, and secure the facing to the skirt. It’s going to look just about finished by the end of today – only the hem left to complete! Let’s finish up the waistband. We have three kinds of stitching to do today: understitching, […]
Hey everyone! Today I’ll show you how to sew in the zipper. We’ll take the facing-zipper unit we constructed yesterday, and sew it into the skirt. This post has a ton of photos, which will help you follow along at home. Nothing we’re going to do is particularly hard or challenging, it’s just different from […]
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here – it’s time to put in our zippers! I’ll show you a really cool, new way to put in a regular zipper. It looks tidy and professional, and there’s no hand-sewing involved! This method of inserting a zipper is going to seem really strange. If it’s […]
Hey everyone! Today we’ll attach the waistband to the skirt, getting us one step closer to finishing our Crescent Skirts. We’ll pin the waistband to the skirt, adjust the gathers to fit, sew the seam, and trim and press. Let’s get started! Bring out your skirt piece and your assembled waistband piece, like so: With […]
Hello, everyone! In today’s post, we’ll sew up the waistband and waistband facing. I find it easy to sew the same kind of seams one after another. Pin everything, then sew everything, then press everything. Sewing the Waistband Starting with the centre front seam, sew the waistband together along the curved seams and sideseams. […]