I have a few things to put out there and I thought to collect them in one single post.
I love this kind of challenges/sewalongs and I deeply regretted not taking part to the first round (when they sewed the four patterns from the Colette Handbook).
I'm such a fanatic of Colette Patterns that I have ALL of their patterns, so this will be a great chance to try the ones that haven't been out of their envelope yet. Maybe I won't participate every single month, but I hope to be consistent.
If you're thinking of joining in, the first pattern is the Hazel dress, which I had already made before the sewalong was announced ( I will show you next week, hopefully).
Secondly, I was featured!
Kristiann of Victory Patterns asked me to share a few words about me and my Chloe dress on her blog, and I was very flattered to see my big face on the front page.
You can read the post here.
Finally, a little request.
Some of you might know that Northen Italy was hit by a terrible earthquake in May and Etsyitaliateam is raising funds to help the victims through our charity shop. Many sellers donated their items and all the profits are donated to charity.
Please go and take a look, it's for a good cause and the donated items are truly amazing.
Some of you might know that Northen Italy was hit by a terrible earthquake in May and Etsyitaliateam is raising funds to help the victims through our charity shop. Many sellers donated their items and all the profits are donated to charity.
Please go and take a look, it's for a good cause and the donated items are truly amazing.
Congrats on the feature and thanks for the heads up on the sewalong. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Your Chloe version is really a beautiful dress. I was looking at your original post and noticed that you used a lapped zipper and lining! I've been looking everywhere for some guidance on adding a lining with a lapped zipper -- any pointers/tutorials or webpages you could direct me to would be fantastic. It is really the crux of my sewing life at the moment. I'm constantly looking in manufactured clothing to work out how it do it! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteThank you! In that case, I hand-stitched the lining to the zipper, but lately I've experimented with machine stitching it. I follow the same method you would for a normal or invible zipper, but I hand stitch the upper part of the lapped part.
DeleteYou can check out these two very useful posts (http://theslapdashsewist.blogspot.it/2010/03/burda-08-2009-110-tweed-pencil-skirt.html and http://theslapdashsewist.blogspot.it/2010/08/all-machine-clean-finish-sleeveless.html)by the Slapdash Sewist.
Thank you! I will definitely take a look.
DeleteCongrats on being featured on Kristiann's blog. She's great isn't she? I'm headed on over right now to check you out!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She truly is great! I hope Victory Patterns has something new for us soon!
DeleteCongrats on being featured and thanks for the heads up on Colette 2.0.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the feature!
ReplyDeleteI came across you sweet little blog a few day ago and spent my weekend ready through it and it made me think about sewing again for the first time this year! So this weekend I ordered 2 patterns, 10m of fabric and 3 pattern magazines and can't wait for everything to arrive :D Thank you for reminding me of my passion :)
Thank you so much, what a sweet comment! I hope you'll have lots of fun with your renewed hobby! :D
DeleteWhat kind of machine do you have? The stitches are so beautiful! I'm in the market for one.
ReplyDeleteMy machine is a used Elna 6000, I'm afraid it's not in production anymore, but I would recommend the Elna brand, I never had any problem with it, although my favorite machines I used were Bernina.
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