Sewing, now and then

Karmalady yes I am lining it. I have some silver paisley jacquard fabric. The coat is purple.
The pattern is Know Me 2001.

eddiecat78

Karmalady yes I am lining it. I have some silver paisley jacquard fabric. The coat is purple.
The pattern is Know Me 2001.

It does sound like a nice relaxing slow mo sew.

So far so good wrt the pippi that I am wearing, that plus an apron as pippi is cream. I am still thinking I will make a size larger, it does give me a shape and I like the pockets and buttons. I won`t need to make any alterations

I do have a very wide piece of cotton fabric from rainbow, not expensive. I am thinking a pippi from that, it would be very wearable with s sleeved t shirt.

Printing the sheets is next and then sticking, at least that gives me just the size I want. I might increase the length as I like flowy for summer

I thought I knew a bit about sewing but I have found that trying to understand Karmalady’s posts is on a par with learning a foreign language! At first, I made notes of things/phrases I didn’t understand and was going to ask what they meant, but realised there were NINE such things. That seems a bit much.
I have decided, reluctantly to give these posts a miss! I want to be entertained, not educated!
Perhaps Karmalady doesn’t realise not everyone is as expert as she seems to be.

I don't do much sewing now, as my hobby is leatherwork, but I did a lot in the past.

I made my own wedding dress, which cost me all of £15 (it was cheap even for over sixty years and ago).

I also made the bridesmaids' dresses, and when my girls came along, I made most of their clothes.

Arghh, sewing mojo is disappearing but I want to make a skirt for this winter. It is cut out and the toile is a very good fit. The best way at the moment is just a half hour at a time, plodding along. Cosy knitting is taking over as it does during winter

Crossstitchfan

I thought I knew a bit about sewing but I have found that trying to understand Karmalady’s posts is on a par with learning a foreign language! At first, I made notes of things/phrases I didn’t understand and was going to ask what they meant, but realised there were NINE such things. That seems a bit much.
I have decided, reluctantly to give these posts a miss! I want to be entertained, not educated!
Perhaps Karmalady doesn’t realise not everyone is as expert as she seems to be.

No-one has asked you to read and especially not to learn nor take notes. Carry on with your cross stich. Each to their own

I like to share what I learnt over time, its my nature, sorry if it offends you

I see the thread has obviously run its course. Have a very nice Christmas.

I'm waiting and hoping that my urge to sew will come back. It's ages since I sat at my sewing machine, even though I prefer sewing by hand. I bought some lovely tartan material to make a skirt but it's still sitting untouched.

Me, too. I have a pattern for a jacket. I bought the lovely scarlet red fabric and matching lining material about eight years ago and it’s all still sitting there in the wrapping waiting! I hadn’t cut it out and I’ve gone up a size since then, so I’m hoping it might stretch to a size bigger. Whenever I get on with it, that is…

mojo does come back, it really does but if not, the slow way works, just the half an hour at a time and before bed is good, the change in activity makes for a good sleep

Moth have a look at seam allowance, if 5/8 then you can quite easily add a decent amount to help with sizing, just narrow seams. I have done that