Posts Tagged ‘muslin’
Bewildering wrinkles
Well I took the plunge. Armed with everyone’s good advice from my last post I put on some music and sewed my coat muslin up, a few seams at a time. Doing it over a few sessions wasn’t too bad. Thanks for all the encouragement and advice, it really helped! It’s come out pretty well! […]
Filed under: Burda 104-12-2011 coat, Dressmaking, Fitting, Sewing | 14 Comments
Tags: coat, Dressmaking, Fitting, muslin, Sewing
A new hope – coat muslin
My husband’s first reaction to my muslin of Vogue 1276 was to proclaim “You should not have come back, old man!”. I’m not entirely sure if it was Obi-wan Kenobi or Darth Vader he was reminded of. Personally I quite like it – and Jedi normally wear their robes ankle-length, not mid-calf. I haven’t got […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Sewing, Vogue | 10 Comments
Tags: coat, Dressmaking, muslin, Sewing, Vogue
I love dressmaking patterns. I have only been sewing for a couple of years but my stash of pattern envelopes and magazines is getting to the point where I can’t easily lift the box it lives in. Despite all this, when I have something very definite in mind that I want to sew I often […]
Filed under: Drafting, Dressmaking, Fitting, Patterns, Sewing, Skull print dress | Closed
Tags: Drafting, Dressmaking, Fitting, maxidress, muslin, Sewing, simplicity
Fabric induced paralysis
Here’s my muslin of Vogue 8667. And this is the pattern envelope: The muslin is made from cheap and cheerful glazed cotton I bought off the market as it’s practically impossible to get calico round here. The shiny effect is unintentional. I was intending to use the dull side of the fabric as the right […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fitting, Sewing, vogue 8667 | Closed
Tags: Dressmaking, Fitting, muslin, Sewing, Vogue
