Posts Tagged ‘Cutting’
New gadget
Burdastyle patterns do not come with seam allowances. In some ways this is a good thing – you have to trace them and it’s a lot easier to check that all the traced pieces match up without the seam allowances getting in the way. You can also add exactly what seam allowance you want. I […]
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments about Vogue 1087! I said I was going to sew something simpler next, and my plan is to make this Burda dress. It’s from the September 2010 issue. I already made the matching skirt in neoprene. It was a success, so I thought I’d try to make the dress […]
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Tags: Cutting, Dressmaking, fabric, neoprene, Sewing
Glacially slow progress
Well I wish I had something to show on the tartan dress project, but I don’t. I got a bit too enthusiastic about trying to get the pattern to match perfectly and decided to rip out an imperfectly sewn dart by artificial light. Which led to a small but significant hole in the left bodice […]
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Tags: Cutting, Dressmaking, Planning, Sewing
Matching tartans
I’ve had to wait for the weekend to cut out my tartan dress because I wanted to do it in daylight rather than artificial light. I haven’t ever sewn anything tartan before so I need all the help I can get. I was quite pleased to realise that the front of the bodice pattern I’m […]
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Tags: Cutting, Dressmaking, Sewing, tartan
Disaster is narrowly averted
Thanks everyone for the comments on the Westwood skirt knockoff! Emily H. mentioned a pleated skirt from the August Burda. There are two in that issue and strangely enough one of them was what I was already planning to sew next. I want to sew the other one too but I don’t have any suitable […]
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Tags: blue, Burda, Cutting, Dressmaking, fabric, pleats, Sewing, wool
Cutting splashy prints
Last month I bought a very large, bold print to make Burda 015-05-2010, a simple pullover knit dress. I knew I’d have to be careful about how I placed the print so I bought a bit of extra yardage – 2m instead of the 1.5 the pattern called for. My first thought was to place […]
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