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What I learned in my Wiksten Tank class

July 6, 2016

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I learned a bunch of things in the Wiksten tank class! I was nervous going in since it’s kind of a shapeless a-line which is not my style. I was right, the fit is bad, but it looks good tucked in and the fabric is super cute (Robert Kaufman Woodland Clearing Cotton Lawn).

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What I learned/did:

  • How to trace a pattern
  • How lovely Swedish tracing paper is
  • Made my first muslin, and judged the L to be the right size (TOTALLY INCORRECT)
  • French seams
  • Pattern matching for the pocket (check out that bird above – nearly invisible)
  • How infuriating curved hems are
  • Used a glue pen to help tack things down instead of pins
  • Even an imperfect finish can still look good, and probably no one else will notice the issues

Still, Wiksten is definitely going into the filing cabinet indefinitely.

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Filed Under: 2016 Makes, shirts Tagged With: lawn, wiksten tank

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