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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 #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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Crescent Sew-Along #22: Understitching, Topstitching and Ditch-Stitching

Crescent Sew-Along #22: Understitching, Topstitching and Ditch-Stitching

By on May 22, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Hey everyone, Happy Sunday! Are you sewing this weekend? Perhaps a Crescent Skirt or two? Today we’ll finish up the waistband-zipper-facing section that we made serious progress on yesterday. 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 [...]

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Crescent Sew-Along #21: Sewing the Zipper

Crescent Sew-Along #21: Sewing the Zipper

By on May 21, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Hey everyone! It’s a long weekend here, and it’s meant to be a sunny one too. Plenty of time to catch up on your sewing! (No, that’s not all I think about… well, not all the time.) Today I’ll show you how to sew in the zipper. We’ll take the facing-zipper unit we constructed yesterday, [...]

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Crescent Sew-Along #20: Sewing the Zipper to the Facing

Crescent Sew-Along #20: Sewing the Zipper to the Facing

By on May 20, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

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 [...]

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Crescent Sew-Along #18: Attaching the Waistband

Crescent Sew-Along #18: Attaching the Waistband

By on May 16, 2011 in Sew-Alongs

Happy Monday, 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. Need to catch up? Here are all the previous posts! Crescent Sew-Along #1: Q&A and [...]

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