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Katie’s Suki Robe

October 17, 2018

Usually I stick to bags for gifts, but I just had to make a Suki Robe for Katie. She’s getting married in Mexico this December and unfortunately we had to cancel our trip to go. I thought the Suki would be a nice beach coverup, or just fun to lounge…
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Springfield notes

April 12, 2017

I cut out my springfield today, and the fabric was soooo slippery. I think it will look nice though, hopefully it didn’t shift too much when cutting. I added an extra 3/8″ to the princess seams in the back, which is an extra 3/4″ – too much probably. I probably…
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Fitting workshop!

March 13, 2017

I took a top-fitting workshop at Stitch yesterday to try and get to the bottom of my back-fitting issues in shirts with flat backs (no CB seam or darts). I brought my finished Melilot and a muslin and crossed my fingers for some solutions. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure…
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Finlayson Sweater Notes

February 27, 2017

Sewed everything on the sewing machine with a triple stitch, then serged the seams. I had some issues only serging the first shoulder and panicked since I’m still so new to serging. I think in the future, and maybe with cheaper fabric, I’d try to just serge it again, but…
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Ginger Jeans Notes

February 4, 2017

I’m finally starting my Ginger Jeans. I bought the ebook, which isn’t much different than the sew along but it seems worth the $12. I wanted to start this weekend so simply couldn’t wait for the online workshop to debut at the end of Feb. Graded the following pattern pieces:…
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