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Tag: fitting

Shirt dress: 3 rounds in the ring

Starting point: New Look 6449 Sewed up a wearable muslin from a white cotton bedsheet. Put the sleeves in flat; … More

fitting, garment construction, pattern cutting, styling, this is a sewing blog now, upcycling

Woven trousers from knit joggers pattern

It’s a long shot, but I’ve got excess cotton-linen plaid check, a massive heatwave to dress for, and a healthy … More

fitting, garment construction, pattern matching, this is a sewing blog now

Postscript to the green velvet dungarees

Nothing’s finished until you’ve worn it a couple days and made at least a few more edits to it, right? … More

fitting, garment construction, knits, styling, this is a sewing blog now

Comfy town: completed green velvet dungarees

Woohoo!! 4th(?) hand-made garment completed, including a pretty massive pattern-hacking endeavour. Plus matching scrunchie, ‘cos if it’s not face-mask fabric, … More

fitting, garment construction, knits, this is a sewing blog now

Green velvet joggers become dungarees

Ok kids, when I left off on these, I was wearing their basted selves for a day to see if … More

fitting, garment construction, knits, pattern cutting, this is a sewing blog now

Good morning to the green velvet joggers

Ok I slept on it (briefly), and also found these very helpful looking articles on shortening front rise and back … More

fitting, knits, this is a sewing blog now

Where is my waist anyway? Fitting the green velvet joggers

You can laugh, but the first easiest fit note is the one I talked myself out of at the beginning … More

fitting, knits, this is a sewing blog now

Winslow Culottes for Mouse pt 3 – fitting

Waist was too big. I could take it out of the side seams, but I also pinned it out at … More

fitting, garment construction, this is a sewing blog now
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