KS 2565D: Put in 1 sleeve and serged one side. SD 294: Pants – serged legs & crotch. Tanktop – serged side & shoulder. I decided to order some Kwik Sew patterns: Grey 2874, 3120, 3222, Green 3232, 2702
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Sewing Stuff
January 19th, 2004 at 1:56 pm » Comments (0)
January 18th, 2004 at 2:44 pm » Comments (0)
NL 2565: sewed darts and serged one side of bodice. Coverstitched bottom of bodice and sleeves. What was I thinking? I had to undo some of my serging to put the sleeve in flat. SD294: Coverstitched the neckline and one armhole on the tanktop. Coverstitched the hems of the capri pants.
Dance Wear
January 17th, 2004 at 2:05 pm » Comments (0)
SD 294: Sunrise Designs Playtime 294 – traced cropped exercise pants and tanktop in 4T, cut, and serged 1 shoulder, using clear elastic as a stablizer. The instructions said to stretch the seams 40% as you sew or the seam will pop during wear. I didn’t do this. I don’t do it on a swimsuit, [...]
Sweatshirt and t-shirt
January 16th, 2004 at 1:43 pm » Comments (0)
New Look 6143 I decided I didn’t like the 3/4″ top stitching around the neckline, so I picked it out and edgestitched 1/8″ around neckline. I also stitched in the ditch where the sleeves were sewn to keep the facing from flipping up. I’m not going to take the waist in. The top is okay, [...]
SWAP
January 15th, 2004 at 2:02 pm » Comments (0)
Pulguito threw up last night, so I stayed home with him this morning. New Look 6143: serged shoulders to body, cut and shrank interfacing, fused interfacing to facings, sewed facings to top, topstitched top 3/4″ from neckline. Problem: had a small tuck in the backneckline, untucking. I may take top in at waist. SWAP: I [...]
Sewing and Swimming
January 14th, 2004 at 2:03 pm » Comments (0)
Swim: 900m in 31 minutes. 100 free, 50m breast/butterfly, 50m back, 100m kick, 50m dolphin kick, 50m back kick, repeat, 50 free, 25 breast, 25 back kick Traced Butterick 3391 View E
Sewing and Swimming
January 13th, 2004 at 1:59 pm » Comments (0)
Swimming: 1000m in 32 minutes. Mixed workout: 100m freestyle, 100m kick w/fins, 50m breast/butterfly, 50m back, repeat 2 more times, finish with 100m freestyle. NL6143: used the coverstitch to hem the bottom and sleeves, flat. serged front to back and sleeves into tubes one sleeve is pinned to front/back and ready to be serged.
Sewing
January 12th, 2004 at 8:59 am » Comments (0)
KS2946 too big in the waist. I removed 4 inches of elastic.
Sewing
January 11th, 2004 at 8:52 am » Comments (0)
NL6898: hemmed fronts & bottom. decided against a permanent closure; will use a decorative pin. NL6143D: The pattern give instructions for ease at bust for unaltered top. After sewing in altered dart, I found there was no extra ease in the front piece.
A little sewing
January 10th, 2004 at 2:37 pm » Comments (0)
NL 6898: sewed lace seam tape into and finished neckline. NL6143D: altered front, cut front & sleeve front
