tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042232971008908082024-03-05T09:26:05.978-06:00Sew What's NextForever trying to make it stylish, make it fit, make it work!Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-65304061291612870222018-08-15T22:47:00.002-05:002018-09-17T22:20:29.308-05:00Inspired By Elvis--The Making of Memories, Part 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At last I was ready for the 'collage' part of this fiber-collage quilt! It is at this stage when the studio REALLY gets messy! I pull out LOTS of fabrics to audition...the greater the variety of fabric that is used in the piece, the better it looks. I used cottons and silks, velvets and tulles, even bits of old men's ties! That is OLD TIES....not ties from old men (although that might also apply!</div>
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To start, I taped together enough paper to create a pattern large enough for the final size. Then I LOOSELY drew in where the major components will be located, giving me a general road map to guide me. Next, I covered this paper with a large piece of septic paper (it is like non-woven interfacing, on a roll and purchased from the home improvement store where septic lines are common in the area). The septic paper is see-through and provides a lightweight but stable base. I used 007 Bonding Agent here and there to keep things from shifting too much...shakes on like salt, it turns into a glue when heat from the iron is applied. I added a large blue piece of fabric, then I began covering it with strips to create the sky..."twilight trimmed in purple haze", according to the song lyrics.</div>
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I tore a few strips from the silk drapes I had removed (and deconstructed) from MY living room here at my home (washed, of course!) to include in the sunset-reflecting sky. The glittery purple tulle was leftover from the mother-of-the-groom dress I had made for my son's wedding in 2013. Various blue fabrics from my stash were cut into odd/elongated shapes and strategically placed to provide the look I wanted.</div>
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Next I began pulling out the green fabrics, placing them here and there to determine where the values should go. I planned to mix the various greens together somewhat but, overall, I wanted the darker ones under trees and lighter ones in the foreground.</div>
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After cutting the fabrics into small bits, I began placing them in the lawn area, mixing the colors in a painterly way to give the impression of depth, contour and distance (I hoped!). I cut a wishbone-shaped piece of black fabric for a portion of the circular driveway. I temporarily added the wall every now and then to be sure I was bringing the lawn far enough forward.</div>
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In the photo below, you can see where the top edge of the stone wall has not yet been cut into the jagged points that make up the top of the wall at Graceland. I have created areas of color in the lawn and yet, overall, it is green.</div>
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I needed some trees for the background...behind tiny Graceland...and the scale of those trees needed to be smaller because of the distance they represent. I layered some wash-away stabilizer with brown tulle, then added TINY bits of fabric to represent the foliage. Pieces of ribbon were used for the tree trunks and then I covered the assemblage with green tulle. I stitched free-motion all over this tiny treeline, then put it in a sink of water to dissolve the stabilizer.</div>
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The tiny treeline was trimmed, then placed at the horizon and behind the house. This really helped to tie the sky and land together and develop and sense of place. I began cutting little cone-shaped evergreens out of green velvet and placed them on the distant lawn near the house.</div>
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I began to cut and place various black fabrics on the driveway. </div>
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I had hoped to use the white yarn to represent the curb along the asphalt driveway, but found it more effective to cut white fabric instead,</div>
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I developed the foreground by adding tiny bits of green fabrics and wool fibers, then cut clumps of grass from a print fabric and added them to give definition to this strip of wilderness along side the highway. As a bit of whimsy, I included the eyes of Elvis in this wild grass...I wanted to conceal them and yet, make them visible and recognizable at the same time.</div>
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I used the tips of small artificial ferns to represent the boxwood bushes that flanked the driveway in the gravel beds.</div>
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I cut diamond shapes from the stone fabric and alternated them with leftover brick portions to represent the fence on the north (left) side of the lawn, then placed brown tulle over this area to place it deeper in shadow. </div>
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At this point, it was time to add the big trees on the lawn. Using photos for my placement guide, I cut black/brown/gray fabrics and made and placed the tree trunks.</div>
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I placed blobs of a dark tulle at the location of the treetops, then began adding various ribbons, sequins and musical notes, etc before adding the fabric leaves. </div>
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I also placed long strips of navy tulle on the lawn at the base of each tree to provide shadows.</div>
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At this point, I began hiding faces in the lawn, as well as a guitar. I had cut these from a commercial Elvis-themed fabric, which I over-dyed brown so they would blend as opposed to glow! </div>
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I cut fabric pieces that were smaller still to use for the leaves. The colors were sprinkled/placed to give the impression of late summer/early autumn. I used golden leaves for the smaller tree at the foreground to depict song lyrics.</div>
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Additional sparkly things were added...palm trees, flowers, boots, etc, so they could be seen and discovered.</div>
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Various fibers...leaves cut from an antique cuff, silk flower leaves, holey ribbon, etc...were added to blend or accentuate areas as needed. Then I began adding the people.</div>
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Lastly, I covered the whole thing with a large piece of black tulle and pinned it in place.</div>
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You might be wondering HOW IN THE WORLD am I going to stitch this...a stiff breeze would ruin it all! Well, I devised a method when working on a former quilt that worked quite well. You may have noticed that during assembly, I was working on one of those cardboard cutting mats that folds up for storage. This stiff cardboard also provides a method to transport this piece to the longarm.</div>
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BUT...IT MUST REMAIN FLAT! Unlike a regular quilt top, this cannot roll or hang down until it is quilted. To provide some extra hands to hold it for me as I stitch, I looked to the garage for these roller stands that are used to hold lumber for woodworking. I CAREFULLY moved the cardboard from the table to the longarm, being very careful NOT to let the cardboard fold itself. I propped it on the rails and the roller stands. </div>
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The backing and batting had been loaded on the longarm before I added this collaged top. That is the batting you see hanging down in the picture below.</div>
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I needed to partially REMOVE the cardboard and gently lay the upper portion of the piece onto the batting for stitching...but as the cardboard came out, it STILL had to be supported so it wouldn't flip up the remaining collage! For that task, I pulled out a drawer and placed a pillow on it to support the cardboard until I had stitched enough of this quilt to call it stable.</div>
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Below, you can see that I had ALMOST stitched to the bottom. The cardboard was now ready to be removed, as the bottom of the collage was now resting on the batting and so, was supported. This method does make for some awkward posture while stitching! I had to move from one side of the cardboard to the other by walking around the table! But at that point, I was just doing random stitching with invisible thread to stabilize the piece. Once the cardboard was removed and the piece was stable THEN I could use various colors and stitch grass and leaves and sky and all the details that enhance as well as construct this piece.</div>
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After quilting, MEMORIES was trimmed up to make it square and the correct size. I applied a black binding to the back of the quilt, then pressed it to the front and sewed it into place.</div>
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Even in the concept phase, I knew I would need some models to use so I could create the Elvis 'fans' as realistically as possible. One day while having lunch with friends at McAlister's Deli, I asked them to pose for some photos. A nice young man who was working there saw us posing for group pictures and offered to take the pictures for me so I could be in them. I politely declined, explaining that I needed backsides only. I'm not sure *what* he was thinking as he walked away with that odd look on his face!</div>
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This photo below was chosen because it depicted the song lyrics about holding hands. I took liberties, giving Jeanie long pants.</div>
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Below, you can see my fabric version of Jeanie and Jenny. They are the ones holding hands in the foreground.</div>
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To make my people, I fused a skin-colored fabric to a piece of freezer paper which I had cut to 8 1/2" x 11". Then I ran it through my printer, to print my scanned figures onto the fabric. Alternately, I could have traced them using a light box, but this was quicker and easier. </div>
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That paragraph makes it sound so easy. The truly HARD part of this was FINDING a skin colored fabric! My friend Jeanie, pictured above, gave me several options to consider. In the end, I used an off-white that I already had in my stash as opposed to the fleshier colors which just read as too pink.</div>
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While I couldn't remember exactly what Elvis was wearing the day I saw him, I feel like it was casual wear. I selected the jacket in the image below to depict on MY tiny Elvis.</div>
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I was pretty sure E had been wearing sunglasses the day I saw him, but I struggled with creating those tiny frames! Taking artistic license, I decided to forego the shades.</div>
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I used two of the figures from the image below. I liked the way Jenny (the blonde) was turning part way around, and her hand was in a nice position to be holding a bouquet of flowers, again, to depict song lyrics. Yes, I had already used Jenny once already, but a quick change of clothes and who would be the wiser! I gave her a blue shirt and jeans and a red bouquet.</div>
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Tiny Elvis' tiny shirt was a bear to construct! I wanted the collar to stand up a bit, as was his style, but not too much since he was just chilling at home. Making it peek out from under the jacket took some effort!</div>
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I wanted a figure in a dress, too, because I feel like in 1975, at least ONE of the fans would have been wearing a dress! I searched through several years of my photo files, looking for someone wearing a dress. Who would have thought that would be so hard to find! But I did finally hit pay dirt when I looked through the photos I took at my daughter's friend's wedding. The groom's sister provided just the right pose! I did take liberties with her dress, though, changing the green to pink and eliminating the strapless feature.</div>
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My tiny fabric figures were temporarily pressed to my Teflon sheet and details were added with color pencils and paint to make them more realistic.</div>
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After the background was laid out, the figures were added at last. I arranged the fans as though they were gathering as I watched...standing back respectfully but hurrying to get inside the gates.</div>
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Also, notice, between the front fence and the road, there is a shrub bed on each side of the driveway, as well as a grassy right of way along the roadside. The whole frontage was not always paved with concrete, as it is today.</div>
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This old photo (found online--sorry, I cannot give credit) shows what the front of the property used to look like. The concrete curbing along the driveway had recessed lights to illuminate the drive.</div>
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Also notice, the gates and ironwork are painted white in this old photo. In my mind, I also 'saw' the ironwork as white, but as I looked through the many online photos of Graceland, I found versions painted with green as well as black accents. I chose to keep mine white.</div>
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In my landscape, I used tiny leaves from artificial ferns to represent the boxwoods beside the entry. The grassy frontage will be discussed in the next post (tease!).</div>
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And just a little bit about the guard house...</div>
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Behind the brick fence on the right of the entry is a small guardhouse. Although most of it wouldn't show, I felt the windows would have been reflecting the setting sun through the ironwork. To make this window, I again turned to the silver lame', but this time, I overlaid it with a spider-wed embossed organza. Not a likely choice, but it provided just the effect I wanted.</div>
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The trim and roof was added to the building much as before (with Graceland). Only the upper portion of the building was constructed this time, however, as I KNEW it would be hidden behind the wall.</div>
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To get a good idea of how I wanted to represent the house, I drove by Graceland numerous times, taking videos and photos. I also examined the thousands of images of Graceland online. Finally, I selected my angle and began selecting fabrics.</div>
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For the home’s stonework, I used a golden mottled fabric similar to one of the fabrics I had used in the stone wall. I used a white-on-white print for the woodwork areas. I built the house in layers, stone first, then putting the woodwork behind it, just as it would be if you were standing there looking at the home in person.</div>
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Selecting fabric for the west-facing windows was tricky. I knew I wanted them to appear as though they were reflecting the setting sun, as they were in my memory. I auditioned several choices but ultimately decided on three and layered them for the effect I desired. </div>
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The SILVER lame’ was put on the bottom layer, then covered with a glittery gold organza and topped with a purple tulle flecked with gold. This top layer helps to emphasize the diamond grid on the REAL windows of Graceland.</div>
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Now it was time to put on a roof! I used a darker mottled fabric from the stone collection, using a slightly less-dark area for the portico roof.</div>
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There is an area of siding (rather than stone) under that porch, so I depicted that with a very light version of the mottled stone fabric (I had purchased a piece of this fabric in every "stone" color!).</div>
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The facade of the porch was also layered, using two different white fabrics, to create dimension on the woodwork trim and columns.</div>
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There is a little 'balcony' ironwork over the upstairs window on the porch, so I added some dark tulle there.</div>
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The working title of this piece was 'Tiny Graceland' for obvious reasons! Once positioned on my cutting mat, you can see how tiny this home really is. Those three-layer windows are only a quarter of an inch! But everything matters...like the tiny dentil molding and round window/vent on the porch facade, which I added using a pencil. I also used pencil to shade those two-layer columns to reinforce the 3-D effect.</div>
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I used pencil to emphasize corners and shadows...even the lattices against the far left annex! I used fabric marker to add gutters and downspouts.</div>
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I applied an extremely diluted wash of grey paint to create a diagonal shadow on the upper part of the porch wall, then used some irridesent white paint on the trim and columns to emphasize the reflecting sunshine. I really wanted this tiny Graceland to look in fabric the way it looked in my head! </div>
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A quilt of mine which depicts my memory of seeing Elvis signing autographs is included in the book <u>INSPIRED BY ELVIS</u> by Donna Desoto, which came out in late June, 2018. <span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I used a fiber-collage method to create this quilt. Basically, I combined various fabrics and fiber elements into a pleasing arrangement, then covered the whole thing with black tulle and stitched/quilted it to hold things in place. In addition to fibers, I also added other bits of ephemera as needed to convey the image I saw in my mind. Some elements of the quilt were assembled separately, using the fusible appliqué method, before being placed on the foundation. Today I will talk about some of those elements.</span></div>
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The iron fence piece soaking in water. I used gray thread in the bobbin and used green tulle for this section, because it was farther away from the vantage point and would have green lawn and trees behind it.</div>
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On June 28, 2018, a new art quilt book celebrating Elvis will be made available for purchase and one of <b>MY QUILTS</b> is in that book! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Inspired-Elvis-Quilts-Celebrating-King/dp/0764355244/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527841486&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=Donna+Marcinkowski+DeSoto&dpPl=1&dpID=51xCx7yKxxL&ref=plSrch#immersive-view_1527841502647" target="_blank">Here</a> is the book, <u>INSPIRED BY ELVIS</u>, if you are interested.</div>
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In 2016, the author, Donna Desoto, put out a call for entries. Participating artists were encouraged to choose a song or other theme having to do with Elvis. When I read the lyrics to the song <i>MEMORIES</i>, I knew <i>that</i> would be my choice!<br />
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">One evening in 1975, I was driving home from work and passing by Graceland, as I did twice each day, when I was surprised to find the gates open and Elvis himself signing autographs for a small group of fans. This was the one and only time I ever saw him in real life. I wanted to represent that memory with my quilt.</span></div>
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MEMORIES by Patricia Smith 36" x 36"</div>
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I am fortunate that MY QUILT will be exhibited at the INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL in Houston this fall, 2018!</div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sfuitext";">The song I chose, MEMORIES, speaks of 'holding hands and red bouquets', which are depicted by the Elvis fans My 'twilight sky' is 'trimmed with purple haze' while 'golden autumn leaves' fall to the ground. The 'laughing eyes' of Elvis can be found in the grass in the foreground (bottom right).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sfuitext";">The golden silk fabric in the sky represents the silk drapes that hang in the living room at Graceland, where Elvis entertained family and friends. The digital camouflage fabric in the distant lawn (between trees) represents his service in the Army. His face can be found on two areas of the lawn as can a guitar. To represent his Western movies, there are cowboy hats and boots sparkling in the treetops. There are palm trees and flowers to represent his beach movies. Glittered felt musical notes remind us of his gift. There are three Blackjack hands...and Ace and a Queen...scattered around the quilt to remind us of the decades he spent performing as a showman in Vegas. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sfuitext";">And last but not least, the back of the quilt is covered with money, to represent the income Elvis continues to provide for his family long after he has passed.</span></div>
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The working title of this quilt was ‘TINY GRACELAND’ because this house is TINY! The west-facing windows are made with three layers of fabric...a silver lame’, a gold glittery organza and a purple-gold tulle...to give the impression of reflecting a setting sun as well as duplicate the diamond grid pattern of the windows at Graceland. </div>
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The 'laughing eyes' of Elvis peer out from the grass, made of various fibers and fabrics.</div>
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Back in 1975, the road was still a highway and there was a grassy area between the fence and road...unlike today's concrete pads.</div>
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Tiny Elvis and his fans were made paper doll style...creating the overall form in fabric, then making clothing from separate fabric pieces. I asked my friends to pose for me one day in a restaurant to provide models for the fans.</div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">And settle softly to the ground</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories,</span></div>
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Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-56030047663158285632016-01-25T19:53:00.001-06:002016-01-25T22:19:02.549-06:00The Bouncy Seat I have, in my possession, a very old bouncy seat from the 1950's. My mother used it for her three children, allowing her babies to learn to sit up and build muscles and coordination. When the babies grew out of it, the bouncy seat was put into the attic, where it stayed for decades.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCziKAxDfd5mtmNGKM-YLrcQrMfxIADACuL6sNI5FdII1cihuTuAO9hv4PjsvAiFeY3K5BF7ca9ITJp9NNJ3h801Jqszkq1UDWwUs_dRqMjmZVEjDpbVIj9GydVx_CXt8u40MamnKiEjVv/s640/blogger-image-437151372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCziKAxDfd5mtmNGKM-YLrcQrMfxIADACuL6sNI5FdII1cihuTuAO9hv4PjsvAiFeY3K5BF7ca9ITJp9NNJ3h801Jqszkq1UDWwUs_dRqMjmZVEjDpbVIj9GydVx_CXt8u40MamnKiEjVv/s640/blogger-image-437151372.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>My older sister was the first to have a baby, so in the seventies she got the bouncy seat out of mother's attic and tried to clean it up. The plastic seat was cracked and crumbling, and the paint on the metal frame was peeling. So my sister repainted the frame and made a new vinyl seat, using the old seat as a pattern. When I had my babies, I was given the bouncy seat to use and, just like before, when the babies grew out of it, the bouncy seat went back into the attic.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCiAkLIIR1BR8qkMHr3mn1BXE9PU-QILdZCPz1CIUt6_pn0LobMrDEfD3898qk1aPleqigyC4YGnftflOdRZoQI3HMWN-K2uAlDyC-A2HO5Be5WI-P_h4De-WHsRpeeUnTpBzhhZ-6Lp5/s640/blogger-image-1109189471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCiAkLIIR1BR8qkMHr3mn1BXE9PU-QILdZCPz1CIUt6_pn0LobMrDEfD3898qk1aPleqigyC4YGnftflOdRZoQI3HMWN-K2uAlDyC-A2HO5Be5WI-P_h4De-WHsRpeeUnTpBzhhZ-6Lp5/s640/blogger-image-1109189471.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Fast forward to present time. I pulled the bouncy seat out of the attic to use with my new grandbaby. When I tried to remove the seat for cleaning, the strong snaps pulled holes in the old vinyl! Great...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAhfMQsvtaEtW5F58svcHlRiSj6aUJWZf6WM7BvvU774sFkizEtY9tEN3ne7OgEWrlOlMDOxc3JRR6hvTzgVEz7HIREePicNeGyxhQRGuKmS97SYnSJ4BX-5u7wLO53SdrSU_gqebKc1S/s640/blogger-image-1871651029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAhfMQsvtaEtW5F58svcHlRiSj6aUJWZf6WM7BvvU774sFkizEtY9tEN3ne7OgEWrlOlMDOxc3JRR6hvTzgVEz7HIREePicNeGyxhQRGuKmS97SYnSJ4BX-5u7wLO53SdrSU_gqebKc1S/s640/blogger-image-1871651029.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEBd3eC3jrLgbD4ch13zV85HICR8cspP-7PrYNT1c18_upZ9TJNwdSYay_QBIylKuB5nxFWkO1eCycbddAc9jDy_0l5y_tWPGI-HGVTimfn6HWo4f9ggv3cadEuL59QEpqgVXrBbGQM3i/s640/blogger-image-1519372433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEBd3eC3jrLgbD4ch13zV85HICR8cspP-7PrYNT1c18_upZ9TJNwdSYay_QBIylKuB5nxFWkO1eCycbddAc9jDy_0l5y_tWPGI-HGVTimfn6HWo4f9ggv3cadEuL59QEpqgVXrBbGQM3i/s640/blogger-image-1519372433.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So, I bought new vinyl (marine vinyl from Joann's) and traced the seat pieces onto it. After cutting, the pieces were bound and joined with purchased bias binding.</span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWYVzWx10lW4-wxbR6hXly8PUxNUvmpjA65odeDOTzS89fajgh9lYyj8kQeORUZbQ6IgIVCMx60glEAAX3m7eJdxiBHWNKDa4mDGu6I9vbhk0KSw6ZqbhYoVrp1VYZW2jBJOK03o1o8gf/s640/blogger-image-852717126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWYVzWx10lW4-wxbR6hXly8PUxNUvmpjA65odeDOTzS89fajgh9lYyj8kQeORUZbQ6IgIVCMx60glEAAX3m7eJdxiBHWNKDa4mDGu6I9vbhk0KSw6ZqbhYoVrp1VYZW2jBJOK03o1o8gf/s640/blogger-image-852717126.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Generally, I opened out one edge of the double-fold binding and straight stitched it to the edge of the vinyl piece, sewing right in the first fold from the edge. Then, I folded over the binding and used a zigzag stitch to secure it. </div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">I started with the seat back. I bound the lower edge of the back half-piece as described above. To join this to the main/inside back piece, I straight stitched the binding around the whole (main/inside) seat back, then folded it over in preparation to zigzag, but first, I put the half-back piece in place before zigzagging the binding down<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtRcoEh4jdh08dESac7gkVxFTGDQYD0S1C9IwXghNaUYo6oFnGaosRTtumwrNJJdd_-3lQlAqlV5I_6gCAUYG8W7c9gVifzrFcZ9i5ZN53FXubku9M5reDThyphenhyphen0zE0NXeKH8olrCgq21Qt/s640/blogger-image--356541925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtRcoEh4jdh08dESac7gkVxFTGDQYD0S1C9IwXghNaUYo6oFnGaosRTtumwrNJJdd_-3lQlAqlV5I_6gCAUYG8W7c9gVifzrFcZ9i5ZN53FXubku9M5reDThyphenhyphen0zE0NXeKH8olrCgq21Qt/s640/blogger-image--356541925.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Instead of trying to pin this vinyl, I held the pieces with hair clips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_NQ_f4Z3suFxN3Vw1NIuPxTSNBQoYjA3bQAPx3DRHnqgB5BAMLrUahqMXbLxhoxo9azNl-We0wewiZ1Vv81gw4_03Ul-54cA1l874Bja6xqw92jh0pFCg-WZw2hQk1qoiaXh00QA3skc/s640/blogger-image--1628587805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_NQ_f4Z3suFxN3Vw1NIuPxTSNBQoYjA3bQAPx3DRHnqgB5BAMLrUahqMXbLxhoxo9azNl-We0wewiZ1Vv81gw4_03Ul-54cA1l874Bja6xqw92jh0pFCg-WZw2hQk1qoiaXh00QA3skc/s640/blogger-image--1628587805.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">I used the iron to smooth out the curves...touching the binding, NOT the vinyl, with the iron.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGDHB-be5A1yhtxwLZ5-KGubGLkW6C5BMCpWSYr6jS2WJJrKxGSkmhCUz6fBoofq61dbAvVJ5nKw9HpoC7ohDpAMP7s5XdHUoDrvu5zbRKxjHvwTsH4W0cZFIpixhF8yOSYPar3UoV2ok/s640/blogger-image-717069946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGDHB-be5A1yhtxwLZ5-KGubGLkW6C5BMCpWSYr6jS2WJJrKxGSkmhCUz6fBoofq61dbAvVJ5nKw9HpoC7ohDpAMP7s5XdHUoDrvu5zbRKxjHvwTsH4W0cZFIpixhF8yOSYPar3UoV2ok/s640/blogger-image-717069946.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">I removed the clips as I approached them.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9o2cLa_Ad0FNswmE2UPmNYeAgqpH0btQ0ZYkYie5HLXLr1dG5tIK_8VR-SwmXFiXu0hojCOwzHd43pF97JUn3gkNDK19Ujc_5oeq6uDOAJsG_DIYHlvdZH288W1CfwJfiNXd6uzXusZQe/s640/blogger-image--1385994067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9o2cLa_Ad0FNswmE2UPmNYeAgqpH0btQ0ZYkYie5HLXLr1dG5tIK_8VR-SwmXFiXu0hojCOwzHd43pF97JUn3gkNDK19Ujc_5oeq6uDOAJsG_DIYHlvdZH288W1CfwJfiNXd6uzXusZQe/s640/blogger-image--1385994067.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">I kept the zigzagging on this piece closer to the outside edge...I was using WIDER binding than on the original and I had NOT cut the pattern piece any larger, so didn't want to risk making the piece too small to fit over the frame.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9cQC54q7pQDQZemdLPcr7-39nee4uajcX2c1cGLN2oEKS2pahHv1LbPGLbgkocCrqjUCjEH57ZeTezLoZRUHRi28bFru4AX3ChN7lUMVIhddE6ntXaf7WKT4WakrwHLn8PN9IU06x7Wb/s640/blogger-image-574063760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9cQC54q7pQDQZemdLPcr7-39nee4uajcX2c1cGLN2oEKS2pahHv1LbPGLbgkocCrqjUCjEH57ZeTezLoZRUHRi28bFru4AX3ChN7lUMVIhddE6ntXaf7WKT4WakrwHLn8PN9IU06x7Wb/s640/blogger-image-574063760.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Hooray! The back piece easily slipped over the frame. </div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWX0eS2AoSg4rkjOuWKwqR1ofWRo-fSp8AsqZUfXRPqrWFJ7SjHyWePOxGlW_h9ef8Ddj9nnG8IjrMn6EMRW0NKjpm3ux3t1oODO2puvX9wzvV3qyw-yKHqbkW3ueJDngG6ulrDTcM_E5/s640/blogger-image--1633109260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWX0eS2AoSg4rkjOuWKwqR1ofWRo-fSp8AsqZUfXRPqrWFJ7SjHyWePOxGlW_h9ef8Ddj9nnG8IjrMn6EMRW0NKjpm3ux3t1oODO2puvX9wzvV3qyw-yKHqbkW3ueJDngG6ulrDTcM_E5/s640/blogger-image--1633109260.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">So I continued.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Determined that the snaps would NOT pull out again, I used Wonder Under to affix some canvas to the back of the vinyl in the areas where the snaps would be installed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPf-18_ygA1wIdPnWo85isQt0c-WysuNPbnJ6BVj1fv9EYMH25AtqTJYQS1zGVJdyH_OSwo-kz3UDWrqT90g4MzMdMoUOQSiG9fc9mQtM7AYzQxGQfkjmNqzl0MZ65fNBvwaInGFRFMTi/s640/blogger-image--1344599890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPf-18_ygA1wIdPnWo85isQt0c-WysuNPbnJ6BVj1fv9EYMH25AtqTJYQS1zGVJdyH_OSwo-kz3UDWrqT90g4MzMdMoUOQSiG9fc9mQtM7AYzQxGQfkjmNqzl0MZ65fNBvwaInGFRFMTi/s640/blogger-image--1344599890.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">After fusing the various areas, it occurred to me that I could have just fused the whole thing...it would be stronger and look better! Oh well......</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6cc5SxaRB4iqaYOiS3_gQr2aP-5UGLzOab0qWmUq-tljbpEQJEEF4oTAc1WJWA0GErvH2GwNdFj6NFBrTMDktYnfYjruQlfOHdnzPLxAq86OFVdCv4hwP6bo5ISJNjZyfPgktxtPodqL/s640/blogger-image-1312009522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6cc5SxaRB4iqaYOiS3_gQr2aP-5UGLzOab0qWmUq-tljbpEQJEEF4oTAc1WJWA0GErvH2GwNdFj6NFBrTMDktYnfYjruQlfOHdnzPLxAq86OFVdCv4hwP6bo5ISJNjZyfPgktxtPodqL/s640/blogger-image-1312009522.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had purchased two packages of the extra wide bias binding...each was 3 yards. I had experimented with application methods, using about 6-8 inches. Well, as luck would have it, when I was ready to bind the last piece, my last strip of binding was about 6-8 inches short! Grrrrr..... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">However, there was a short piece left from the first package that was about this same length.</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNNNDbXzVYlWG0zXXu4pQfh0WGlsrH6upFaGG-37BTXVwXx3HEC1okAuuAN-ARcf9MLcqaoH8byp8Ooi94hHJU3GbXiKHBL3yPq9vbhlOhqH7S3yjneWL0NjBRriGlu06RwTOAMVw3rOb/s640/blogger-image--870394614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNNNDbXzVYlWG0zXXu4pQfh0WGlsrH6upFaGG-37BTXVwXx3HEC1okAuuAN-ARcf9MLcqaoH8byp8Ooi94hHJU3GbXiKHBL3yPq9vbhlOhqH7S3yjneWL0NjBRriGlu06RwTOAMVw3rOb/s640/blogger-image--870394614.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had no inches to spare! </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpgT0N1p8o0pzlqI_LHzj3az52-AKwRecTcvTqWUrAueFYwVctIRApIiwVNMOGq96boCFIqlp-wZ20tuZNWAeyWvcMLxRqJKabtmt3_UAnlEkaEDCP7_bSiwzMHkuaRJTmvenqVonBL3z/s640/blogger-image--73221202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpgT0N1p8o0pzlqI_LHzj3az52-AKwRecTcvTqWUrAueFYwVctIRApIiwVNMOGq96boCFIqlp-wZ20tuZNWAeyWvcMLxRqJKabtmt3_UAnlEkaEDCP7_bSiwzMHkuaRJTmvenqVonBL3z/s640/blogger-image--73221202.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I had to join the binding pieces with a straight seam (as opposed to using a mitered seam, which reduces bulk). As I was pressing the new joint seam open, it occurred to me that I might be able to stretch this length of binding to get the desired length. Yes, it would get narrower as it got longer but it was wider than I really needed, so I ironed and stretched the binding before applying it to the vinyl seat piece.</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OuQooFTahpQcpNStLEhC35UaHEuW83TSp0nDaQtLk9v9CN27LagTxjTi_tquxQjroo-hqcn7qp8F0zeP4Ce3z2d8PE0IUTr7o_fnIWdSXaJb5OwJjlZjTtdbX0I8J8jVw3u-HZfxEY_m/s640/blogger-image-1940515727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OuQooFTahpQcpNStLEhC35UaHEuW83TSp0nDaQtLk9v9CN27LagTxjTi_tquxQjroo-hqcn7qp8F0zeP4Ce3z2d8PE0IUTr7o_fnIWdSXaJb5OwJjlZjTtdbX0I8J8jVw3u-HZfxEY_m/s640/blogger-image-1940515727.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">As you can see, after stretching and stitching, I ended up with a tiny bit to spare!</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIz8eOpkr7tB0aDe3KLjFF8TXIm5E9VqcnmCNz5gXiSlXo7PhPfSEvYUPr-WaL9RmSiLEJSHdQ2uVe7HZDBStHZFbxmhtd-2ObE5CbGDeB2sRPXzTmP-OHwLawK3ZwCNP1WXGtLthbJfq/s640/blogger-image--1510600513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIz8eOpkr7tB0aDe3KLjFF8TXIm5E9VqcnmCNz5gXiSlXo7PhPfSEvYUPr-WaL9RmSiLEJSHdQ2uVe7HZDBStHZFbxmhtd-2ObE5CbGDeB2sRPXzTmP-OHwLawK3ZwCNP1WXGtLthbJfq/s640/blogger-image--1510600513.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Once again, the hair clips were handy for holding the pieces together so I could zigzag them to secure.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmIh2pn4mRFmV6PjP_LRO1U0QsOGjy76WbVheAc0NvlarSio17jzP8eEB86HhtfLNzI3UM1PyaTTQC6M6Z8-Fybvx8RNGRrna4-eD4EFS9VaRcVClutqRpOroGzBjApVPt7AK0E_OXAQD/s640/blogger-image--1112674326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmIh2pn4mRFmV6PjP_LRO1U0QsOGjy76WbVheAc0NvlarSio17jzP8eEB86HhtfLNzI3UM1PyaTTQC6M6Z8-Fybvx8RNGRrna4-eD4EFS9VaRcVClutqRpOroGzBjApVPt7AK0E_OXAQD/s640/blogger-image--1112674326.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once the tray/saddle section was zigzagged to the rest of the seat, the sewing was complete.</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBqNRKjpyiaW_cIOTts_9Vo_leJ9q8r8hZ_FrmeLMie57m-Z3MvWaL8FGU0D0JdFoDdvJGZV6VFBn1SSxRifFSa2t_kMD6i6Z38wxPWaAXWEWEWlN-SYJ0PRNADBPwg7hakkaNaD94zOV/s640/blogger-image-469451663.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBqNRKjpyiaW_cIOTts_9Vo_leJ9q8r8hZ_FrmeLMie57m-Z3MvWaL8FGU0D0JdFoDdvJGZV6VFBn1SSxRifFSa2t_kMD6i6Z38wxPWaAXWEWEWlN-SYJ0PRNADBPwg7hakkaNaD94zOV/s640/blogger-image-469451663.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Now it was time to install the snaps.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFlNgxOzQwru12CLPN98rKsl3LJPD-PV6gkmfTE6Lutjg5k7FMRB4eUfEzIxMeFQHL7IdVSWB8nucCjlDC7trDlPGVxxrii03s7FGPP-TuOM9h1efr4UVIPFoW7ZzrH8V7LT2UT1KbuNp/s640/blogger-image--1622053468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFlNgxOzQwru12CLPN98rKsl3LJPD-PV6gkmfTE6Lutjg5k7FMRB4eUfEzIxMeFQHL7IdVSWB8nucCjlDC7trDlPGVxxrii03s7FGPP-TuOM9h1efr4UVIPFoW7ZzrH8V7LT2UT1KbuNp/s640/blogger-image--1622053468.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">I used a leather punch to create a small hole where each snap would be installed.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxL-cx5vtz369gjLem_3GrtvnFo1rN_Z27jdPEKNPfDrnekAHk-fggz9_jCJX2gqp-L-3AsDy7sZJ2kRWxo39TcHxTI0MEtnYcuu4lHkIowDj7ihXi1y47Jzx7C5-4qxsLNPZf133PNXD/s640/blogger-image-2101847143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxL-cx5vtz369gjLem_3GrtvnFo1rN_Z27jdPEKNPfDrnekAHk-fggz9_jCJX2gqp-L-3AsDy7sZJ2kRWxo39TcHxTI0MEtnYcuu4lHkIowDj7ihXi1y47Jzx7C5-4qxsLNPZf133PNXD/s640/blogger-image-2101847143.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Then a hammer and scrap wood on the workbench allowed me to install all 10 sets of heavy duty snaps.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLSElK8Mwmt9y8iZb1k2lL35eKQuygJxIOw-ag8lI0P2TCy4-N6yTY1m9DxfKusCg2tbw6_CSubAxtzN652fz8Kal0w-D_C7QnOOpNtBkhvOp1aBV1U9NL8LeAGGFpA5Kbe4ZADmXziqg/s640/blogger-image-361731787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLSElK8Mwmt9y8iZb1k2lL35eKQuygJxIOw-ag8lI0P2TCy4-N6yTY1m9DxfKusCg2tbw6_CSubAxtzN652fz8Kal0w-D_C7QnOOpNtBkhvOp1aBV1U9NL8LeAGGFpA5Kbe4ZADmXziqg/s640/blogger-image-361731787.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">And Voilà! The bouncy seat is good as new!</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4ppmhAfeRC8a4htTo4iJMAxD2Utr2EOCUEUMPwep1shpIwqoI3-IXLzZZQz_xsHfclUB8ovd27P3wcfCrbBx9sYIaf2ODpyUokunbzBno7iezbzZbbWkuqI7QWaRr5sjNRGk_Bb4082h/s640/blogger-image-1058808045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4ppmhAfeRC8a4htTo4iJMAxD2Utr2EOCUEUMPwep1shpIwqoI3-IXLzZZQz_xsHfclUB8ovd27P3wcfCrbBx9sYIaf2ODpyUokunbzBno7iezbzZbbWkuqI7QWaRr5sjNRGk_Bb4082h/s640/blogger-image-1058808045.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Ready for the next generation of babies.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7MbM4MQsVjs32M6AQUO0ODc0YlPNQoBV8hZEm1ZyVcxnBrSDrgcKXHFvqys4bQbSr5txEDwGIcLu4lTUJJqdruWGoIOKaKRRoB2IVdtlhCJ_WeVIrLVlLi1Z7tEsKIBbIF4B_9eWl7eb/s640/blogger-image--1830903879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7MbM4MQsVjs32M6AQUO0ODc0YlPNQoBV8hZEm1ZyVcxnBrSDrgcKXHFvqys4bQbSr5txEDwGIcLu4lTUJJqdruWGoIOKaKRRoB2IVdtlhCJ_WeVIrLVlLi1Z7tEsKIBbIF4B_9eWl7eb/s640/blogger-image--1830903879.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I really gave this no thought; I just copied what was there. But </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">if I was starting over, there are a few things I would do differently. I might line the various pieces, since the back of the vinyl does show.</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjkYxgRmJR4_3HCVwB3BBogdfR96Xjqj1SGthuulGMFfFtViW_IFsblH8tWUT6EtjI4OzTMc1fk-N91vAkfvYTbAAKkbO346ITmCgL8CDznjQP3-tm91hDc_ZeT1x28Zro2yqFTEs1Ta/s640/blogger-image--1263823287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjkYxgRmJR4_3HCVwB3BBogdfR96Xjqj1SGthuulGMFfFtViW_IFsblH8tWUT6EtjI4OzTMc1fk-N91vAkfvYTbAAKkbO346ITmCgL8CDznjQP3-tm91hDc_ZeT1x28Zro2yqFTEs1Ta/s640/blogger-image--1263823287.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">Also. The tray was a squarish/rectangle shape; I would round this a bit to be more like the shape of the frame.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KIKUjCbm0uSz8NuPNlpULJ-tqJ0gSxeBYBV92BGabHpaKar69e_DnB1yxo2kEFBuqEXJQ00XW8zpzy0lnpv3cDoA7yv-618oE79EaFxn5X6RWvAwtvt9nHU-aohWbian2TkGxELOfESo/s640/blogger-image-206889252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KIKUjCbm0uSz8NuPNlpULJ-tqJ0gSxeBYBV92BGabHpaKar69e_DnB1yxo2kEFBuqEXJQ00XW8zpzy0lnpv3cDoA7yv-618oE79EaFxn5X6RWvAwtvt9nHU-aohWbian2TkGxELOfESo/s640/blogger-image-206889252.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">But all in all, the project was successful and took only one day of sewing...I did cut it out one day last week.</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uBfwJtiX7kTDVNI0N3D7O_wnN9Iv061XwJ7Rr6d3rIhbqWGvk5IF4vyTptJddZls5uFTwGGA3qyDyWcrwVmNUxWZLQ2jPtTb9BRCg1Lsqne9d-ISv5tRJVXoXfv8ogTPaAyr63X3XieH/s640/blogger-image--934728905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uBfwJtiX7kTDVNI0N3D7O_wnN9Iv061XwJ7Rr6d3rIhbqWGvk5IF4vyTptJddZls5uFTwGGA3qyDyWcrwVmNUxWZLQ2jPtTb9BRCg1Lsqne9d-ISv5tRJVXoXfv8ogTPaAyr63X3XieH/s640/blogger-image--934728905.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); clear: both;">And now I have a cute bouncy seat awaiting the next visit of that baby...</div></div></div></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-73569020863551884042016-01-17T20:02:00.000-06:002016-01-17T20:38:21.409-06:00Stroke of Genius!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> must say, every now and then a good idea comes along that makes me really happy. This is one of those ideas. Nothing life changing or anything...just a good idea.</span></div>
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We were at a restaurant, waiting to be seated, when my son and DIL arrived with our infant grandson in tow. He was in his car seat and was wearing no coat, nor was he covered with a blanket. Poor baby must have been cold! <br>
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Recently released guidelines recommend NOT dressing a child in a coat before strapping him into a car seat. Studies have shown that in an accident, a child wearing a coat is more likely to be ejected from the car seat because the straps are loosened to accommodate the coat. They suggest placing the coat OVER the baby or using a blanket. <div><br></div><div>Neither seemed like a satisfactory solution though.<br>
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Once we got home, I went straight to the sewing room to design and create something that an infant can wear OVER the safety straps, something that would still be comfortable and warm, yet still allow him to use his arms. Voilà!<br>
<br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFunZVtrMVwVEAZGNLP5jpI5n3fAcvWO64LcUGWfZqkrAymngUUwVK5Ed8STwcO2ah5IUztLSwWYk-bEZ-PXeYKZMPABrgeTcjz_xozNHAuamwKkFqxoouTWSElUOLkwLv8EeUDzkIDyBP/s640/blogger-image--1102435307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFunZVtrMVwVEAZGNLP5jpI5n3fAcvWO64LcUGWfZqkrAymngUUwVK5Ed8STwcO2ah5IUztLSwWYk-bEZ-PXeYKZMPABrgeTcjz_xozNHAuamwKkFqxoouTWSElUOLkwLv8EeUDzkIDyBP/s640/blogger-image--1102435307.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I used some polar fleece from my stash. The scrap I had wasn't long enough, so I joined two pieces together, inserting a strip of cotton ribbing so it would look more like a design element than a mistake! I gave it ragland sleeves with cotton ribbing at the cuffs and neck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOw26G1obRE6JaVesDo5vVbZ78MNj29dizjeQSa89TR6HzIrX2JMAtsZleTZagOOdTvWcAA6JHoYNuDtH_szzjclhGTVfF2oJchpq9MGFfF-Dl3StsG3sfrnyZJ0mqJlD7oC-M9mjocEGr/s640/blogger-image-1165870308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOw26G1obRE6JaVesDo5vVbZ78MNj29dizjeQSa89TR6HzIrX2JMAtsZleTZagOOdTvWcAA6JHoYNuDtH_szzjclhGTVfF2oJchpq9MGFfF-Dl3StsG3sfrnyZJ0mqJlD7oC-M9mjocEGr/s640/blogger-image-1165870308.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1PRFejfHMiCvvEQE6R0MgnIfhh85LLwzzwif2R1XWl6XcU4VVWib4UvLgoOBD89fSGMDDIeo5BI93HB809n03DXMEO7lqjL22853CD80FBnx8Q0Pra6leC8wTvOW5Y2Gkhc0rj-AeE-p/s640/blogger-image--1288575864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1PRFejfHMiCvvEQE6R0MgnIfhh85LLwzzwif2R1XWl6XcU4VVWib4UvLgoOBD89fSGMDDIeo5BI93HB809n03DXMEO7lqjL22853CD80FBnx8Q0Pra6leC8wTvOW5Y2Gkhc0rj-AeE-p/s640/blogger-image--1288575864.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBrExdKgbQs_zzrsewyjJ9zMwNqOzE4Wjqc2DxkMlhGbG8gKTd1dXRo7wSVg5Wl3JtFtaQT88hp_z1wo-FGo_HbVtS226lryG7QgD2zQbdgFU1juf_Z957i0aXOKtlVhD3Q7H99ge7vWt/s640/blogger-image-356680588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBrExdKgbQs_zzrsewyjJ9zMwNqOzE4Wjqc2DxkMlhGbG8gKTd1dXRo7wSVg5Wl3JtFtaQT88hp_z1wo-FGo_HbVtS226lryG7QgD2zQbdgFU1juf_Z957i0aXOKtlVhD3Q7H99ge7vWt/s640/blogger-image-356680588.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4wD1ozqB7pq9wbtzzFen9Q8Ojqoxp_wVAbN3KyxlueaqUlt0PTzQvu3UYPEG01PZ891Cp7LxyojXawsLS3JbYmv5hki0F1LDFuFma3Pyhf1KFucmyVp3gFum8-6gNW7QabMzaW2OIuUD/s640/blogger-image--1149022700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4wD1ozqB7pq9wbtzzFen9Q8Ojqoxp_wVAbN3KyxlueaqUlt0PTzQvu3UYPEG01PZ891Cp7LxyojXawsLS3JbYmv5hki0F1LDFuFma3Pyhf1KFucmyVp3gFum8-6gNW7QabMzaW2OIuUD/s640/blogger-image--1149022700.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The back is simply open. I decided that if an accident should occur, it would be best NOT to have this attached around the neck, posing a possible strangulation hazard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr46FCW4Urot7bRVuhRkWPF86r61fWu40uVQuHzihZ46s7jYSJLDHkQ3OkzcnuVKxG_6M8mBdQAQi-Xo9MDutFGI61RJBTvXv39fhONTyLDraP2l7AnkIK00Mx7MimfH5YF9xB2eXkhls/s640/blogger-image-2063647827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr46FCW4Urot7bRVuhRkWPF86r61fWu40uVQuHzihZ46s7jYSJLDHkQ3OkzcnuVKxG_6M8mBdQAQi-Xo9MDutFGI61RJBTvXv39fhONTyLDraP2l7AnkIK00Mx7MimfH5YF9xB2eXkhls/s640/blogger-image-2063647827.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w_BIXt97OeoVJ6y1sRi90LwlHmInNH_A7-pfr3Jw4XYnHX_gZfxIGXwJWfTHMyhXemaLML1veO4IEJUDN5NWLIu-LPCONB1LegUoWUgKlsYwboKwuDIYrWWgIMxh5NcRBEx7w8-icWeF/s640/blogger-image--887432757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w_BIXt97OeoVJ6y1sRi90LwlHmInNH_A7-pfr3Jw4XYnHX_gZfxIGXwJWfTHMyhXemaLML1veO4IEJUDN5NWLIu-LPCONB1LegUoWUgKlsYwboKwuDIYrWWgIMxh5NcRBEx7w8-icWeF/s640/blogger-image--887432757.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The edges were serged then turned and topstitched. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupb_vKu9GOz2O1yvJLkucD54TBtix72oV7O6RLI7OmqTnm2EgkhF4Bc59SKYasab-nJw8RiKCs18gKhdAWjCo6tR5x7UdQHTzFEZ28CGDMS8M3OgmNMrVbGDTrFk7xD9UoUerGmAzDNUb/s640/blogger-image--1435885245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupb_vKu9GOz2O1yvJLkucD54TBtix72oV7O6RLI7OmqTnm2EgkhF4Bc59SKYasab-nJw8RiKCs18gKhdAWjCo6tR5x7UdQHTzFEZ28CGDMS8M3OgmNMrVbGDTrFk7xD9UoUerGmAzDNUb/s640/blogger-image--1435885245.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He was quite happy with this on. He could move his hands at will....or, at least, as well as he usually can, considering that he is just learning to reach and grab!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv_FXAvYX5sCQPjwtRcsABhDPYjV2z0DmIQvBC5oliTbT7VJbJmBxOoXCeC9pGpudFxqNM9Ln3Z8E07XOQCxMdV_BR4CpnnowXY96vF6Qcp_H0ZHuqCoVnxoXka6Oc2hZ3XSangUwc5ol/s640/blogger-image--1802245333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv_FXAvYX5sCQPjwtRcsABhDPYjV2z0DmIQvBC5oliTbT7VJbJmBxOoXCeC9pGpudFxqNM9Ln3Z8E07XOQCxMdV_BR4CpnnowXY96vF6Qcp_H0ZHuqCoVnxoXka6Oc2hZ3XSangUwc5ol/s640/blogger-image--1802245333.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2XHSFnxmgJGSmf24_jer5MdL2AI2s8IEEGe6i2ljrsSGW3lKc1o-xqVPfbgbinv20dsmZNIWbOFLpzmSBBj2SD9BZSBi_DqX01u3XSjXWrPaPzIJK-beW_zEs-ApxmvmC6dPiOp4HiMb/s640/blogger-image--1241098968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2XHSFnxmgJGSmf24_jer5MdL2AI2s8IEEGe6i2ljrsSGW3lKc1o-xqVPfbgbinv20dsmZNIWbOFLpzmSBBj2SD9BZSBi_DqX01u3XSjXWrPaPzIJK-beW_zEs-ApxmvmC6dPiOp4HiMb/s640/blogger-image--1241098968.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BC0OuDIa6GAXSsR9CChL2kiq0IeNa9S-m196TDjBFoxwv279t-RptM13fCVS81hSPZszyH4nmFjR6LLBr6V3GXGDZIYbR3aB7o7ATLQFq_FlfoM5ZmQuxzS2SWAR5EYEY_LBvTGsHKpq/s640/blogger-image-913086137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BC0OuDIa6GAXSsR9CChL2kiq0IeNa9S-m196TDjBFoxwv279t-RptM13fCVS81hSPZszyH4nmFjR6LLBr6V3GXGDZIYbR3aB7o7ATLQFq_FlfoM5ZmQuxzS2SWAR5EYEY_LBvTGsHKpq/s640/blogger-image-913086137.jpg"></a></div><br></div>All in all, this was a successful prototype! Next time, I will select fabric that is actually large enough (to avoid the extra seam across the belly!). I might even see how flannel works up, perhaps lining it. And wouldn't it be cute to make one with a monogram? The baby's mother and I both agree, this is a very good thing!</div><br></div><br></div></div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-56268517295086392082015-09-29T22:55:00.001-05:002015-09-29T22:55:22.954-05:00Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt<div>Yep, I am still here.</div><div>And I have just found an easier way to post to the blog! I am using a Blogger App for iPad and this is my first attempt. Let's cross our fingers that this works.</div><div><br></div><div>I have recently finished a small strip quilt...a spider web quilt. I planned the strip placement in this, though, as opposed to making it scrappy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGZofq_ck7sNKYudFnjWKT4cPklpjmzWaS0XuWvPJDo34Q82GVQ-SFe760fpJfpThgyndREyEmE6Y62QvxZXkszzkNgooINwMkeLKQHJauaUMyihwAaQB5w3_KcIlFTzSP63ChxZX5AxF/s640/blogger-image-75390733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGZofq_ck7sNKYudFnjWKT4cPklpjmzWaS0XuWvPJDo34Q82GVQ-SFe760fpJfpThgyndREyEmE6Y62QvxZXkszzkNgooINwMkeLKQHJauaUMyihwAaQB5w3_KcIlFTzSP63ChxZX5AxF/s640/blogger-image-75390733.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I love to see the texture of a quilt once it has been washed!</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLbv9XOiiunRXu7ggRqc83X6TGuL6MFc9ldQlTZyAT9EJYxrD0PaNthRxy1K73mZsJjVnEGwaldYZjULrU3EeU0Q2o_a8afCBOKGYFxXMxh8jblKwbYWvMIGUDr1t_ZpktcDWzuZRVPYg/s640/blogger-image-825117253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLbv9XOiiunRXu7ggRqc83X6TGuL6MFc9ldQlTZyAT9EJYxrD0PaNthRxy1K73mZsJjVnEGwaldYZjULrU3EeU0Q2o_a8afCBOKGYFxXMxh8jblKwbYWvMIGUDr1t_ZpktcDWzuZRVPYg/s640/blogger-image-825117253.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This one was double batted...one layer of cotton and one layer of thin polyester. I wanted it to be washable (it's a baby quilt) but I also love the crinkle that cotton provides after washing, so I used both.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wZWP2ySH99p4tp0MqrMDBRelICclEEXDe-RJIofiqigBg1VNMJeb9bBOMCMSj6zrvaCuPydXosZtvl1DLVOafDsO7CaorJKkDQuATaPKLZ4yknYhyw9D4xtqrChHpMw_VCN7-Xm5niJL/s640/blogger-image-1714569526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wZWP2ySH99p4tp0MqrMDBRelICclEEXDe-RJIofiqigBg1VNMJeb9bBOMCMSj6zrvaCuPydXosZtvl1DLVOafDsO7CaorJKkDQuATaPKLZ4yknYhyw9D4xtqrChHpMw_VCN7-Xm5niJL/s640/blogger-image-1714569526.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the first quilt I have quilted in quite a while. I have been working in other things lately...sewing, yes, but mostly slow piecing.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKiZ0SEBT37JrhzURrkzqM2NwBfx8v8LNWzmsqcD2DNTVyuc957ybN0_7KhB4FdvTGJZrmuHbcKgCzy-YL4yx6pif667i1chsibSbCL-VlTD7ou5ARSA1suRZDkJMNhqNRcXaiHv6Jv9i/s640/blogger-image--242549655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKiZ0SEBT37JrhzURrkzqM2NwBfx8v8LNWzmsqcD2DNTVyuc957ybN0_7KhB4FdvTGJZrmuHbcKgCzy-YL4yx6pif667i1chsibSbCL-VlTD7ou5ARSA1suRZDkJMNhqNRcXaiHv6Jv9i/s640/blogger-image--242549655.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I alternated the wedges to give each spiderweb a bit more interest.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrq4Pud1arCWTrd557SOjD9If-AE_sHI9tYOiA9OV-Ie9YxftAjVoGxbb0uWa6pNSc6ZO80u26AsgoNuUx1gcuYK848eWXOc9Nj9tslerCPIOYZ4jm5B1nTBOZbsYMcued-JNABEKKsL5/s640/blogger-image-1135473642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrq4Pud1arCWTrd557SOjD9If-AE_sHI9tYOiA9OV-Ie9YxftAjVoGxbb0uWa6pNSc6ZO80u26AsgoNuUx1gcuYK848eWXOc9Nj9tslerCPIOYZ4jm5B1nTBOZbsYMcued-JNABEKKsL5/s640/blogger-image-1135473642.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I really like the brown fabric that the kites (four "kites" make a star) provide! Actually, the size of this quilt was determined by the amount of brown fabric I had!</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-EXJVlJSTAtQZEhFMALA723soj1rqLBivU73tPYAX0UMNXfZIghek65S6hOg8IzB4nUUJ87ThCfb7vz1FD1ZW5ZdbHVANx86QVG5vtG933xrrZO3lrK3GBdRUlzRdlFOgtJwFbmvGAC_/s640/blogger-image--743446679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-EXJVlJSTAtQZEhFMALA723soj1rqLBivU73tPYAX0UMNXfZIghek65S6hOg8IzB4nUUJ87ThCfb7vz1FD1ZW5ZdbHVANx86QVG5vtG933xrrZO3lrK3GBdRUlzRdlFOgtJwFbmvGAC_/s640/blogger-image--743446679.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The back fabric represents the rain...see the droplets?</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggI2w9eBdU_VtfC5tyQ65HFvujjxXnl90fWuW_jGwRK0_BQgH0Q8yPTXp1KqJG2j8Zb4ynJKuJ6w-xk46P-TlrwE0KSGLRJNrJsJnRGa1SJVfEpgo3h4IFEogh1ubfsIbohyCTyTZX8_3R/s640/blogger-image-817639652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggI2w9eBdU_VtfC5tyQ65HFvujjxXnl90fWuW_jGwRK0_BQgH0Q8yPTXp1KqJG2j8Zb4ynJKuJ6w-xk46P-TlrwE0KSGLRJNrJsJnRGa1SJVfEpgo3h4IFEogh1ubfsIbohyCTyTZX8_3R/s640/blogger-image-817639652.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Because the seams were pressed open during construction, I was concerned about the stability of the piecing. So, in addition to the spider webs, I heavily quilted the center of the stars made by the kites, sewing a circle filled with pebbles...or water droplets. That should prevent any seams from separating over time.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitmn_3mhHBdeKyN7x5PvYlkJ2uR3vDBx3Z3p9ch9VAyW_pvKM3l0xDSzPeGkmdJNbekli72KL8BV5Q2oBlX7zuCKQE8yrvtoUkhAl-PKovuUkZBPfyIyO3ThkxlYaNcIp_0oB989WCiIJ/s640/blogger-image-498360805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitmn_3mhHBdeKyN7x5PvYlkJ2uR3vDBx3Z3p9ch9VAyW_pvKM3l0xDSzPeGkmdJNbekli72KL8BV5Q2oBlX7zuCKQE8yrvtoUkhAl-PKovuUkZBPfyIyO3ThkxlYaNcIp_0oB989WCiIJ/s640/blogger-image-498360805.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In the outer border I quilted a trio of swirly lines and droplets to represent the rain which comes down and washes the spider out.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBtZ_kZbAIoJlkFIXxiA9F_jBf65ug1pzOzlwB1_EOqjvNFGaw1j2FMPRg98aZ1FOL4fg9QKK4N0f-_ykCKY3KJfcr3sy0zdFGfyLSAu7sydixZZcvHCk-Hwh_5MvzErLrvWzdXrQdf-e/s640/blogger-image--1026180664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBtZ_kZbAIoJlkFIXxiA9F_jBf65ug1pzOzlwB1_EOqjvNFGaw1j2FMPRg98aZ1FOL4fg9QKK4N0f-_ykCKY3KJfcr3sy0zdFGfyLSAu7sydixZZcvHCk-Hwh_5MvzErLrvWzdXrQdf-e/s640/blogger-image--1026180664.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I made faux piping on the binding, which allows the whole quilt to be done by machine. I strongly dislike doing handwork! From the back, you only see the brown binding, but on front there is a blue flange between the binding and the body of the quilt.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndgZLqMbfVRfZkO_R_xbl4mhU-o3p7Q07Qb17QO2x3YiCHls1sRBYLy6tORIOQJphTHTuszVfXH7GUT2Ebz2GJBQ5eMYBE5eHMr6Z7F4h7TWJJtoF8KwD1FVJUsh2w_QuUYTnFypYCJST/s640/blogger-image-2046349083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndgZLqMbfVRfZkO_R_xbl4mhU-o3p7Q07Qb17QO2x3YiCHls1sRBYLy6tORIOQJphTHTuszVfXH7GUT2Ebz2GJBQ5eMYBE5eHMr6Z7F4h7TWJJtoF8KwD1FVJUsh2w_QuUYTnFypYCJST/s640/blogger-image-2046349083.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While they don't know it yet, this quilt will be given to my son and daughter in law who has just given birth to my grandson! Yep, he was born 5 weeks early and weighed only 5# 2oz, but he was perfect! He is now 4weeks old...still one week shy of his due date! </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPyk6iUHbPuiDHp1xEF8WDJynfDdDcpPXhG4lr-nUgud_czuDrZiBjdN1JSCLmeJts5ShvLXTBl9x40SaePfWxSK3QOf1qBJBEdVl3pCA8aEJWMyPX7uocup3i2l8yXy6J5v8Vq1_YFwG/s640/blogger-image-1810760298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPyk6iUHbPuiDHp1xEF8WDJynfDdDcpPXhG4lr-nUgud_czuDrZiBjdN1JSCLmeJts5ShvLXTBl9x40SaePfWxSK3QOf1qBJBEdVl3pCA8aEJWMyPX7uocup3i2l8yXy6J5v8Vq1_YFwG/s640/blogger-image-1810760298.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I need to get that baby a loofah! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Later!</div>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-50874595600527268282014-07-11T22:31:00.001-05:002014-07-11T22:42:11.854-05:00Sewing Room TourHere is my new sewing room! <br />
It is a big one...23 by 19 feet, with TWO large closets!<br />
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The sewing room is the large room over the garage, at the end of a hall...the previous owners used it as a media room. Here is the view from the door:<br />
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Now, look to the right...there are a couple of recliners for resting, reading or viewing TV.</div>
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Beyond the chairs, my L-shaped sewing desk holds my machines and stuff.</div>
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Beyond that, there is a small table holding an iron and some cases.</div>
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I didn't clean up the room for these pictures nor did I stage things (those bras behind the serger were already there awaiting repair!), so some things just need to be overlooked! :)</div>
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Continuing to move LEFT, you see my long arm sewing machine (for quilting) in front of four windows. Again, staging would have required that all blinds on those windows be pointed the same way. Sigh.</div>
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There is an ironing board temporarily placed in front of the long arm...I am putting some piecing there as I finish sewing each one.</div>
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To the left of the long arm is one of the closets...the larger one. It was empty...like a room...and I moved furniture into it. I'll show you an inside shot in a minute</div>
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You can see my big cutting table in the foreground, covered with my latest project. </div>
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This table divides the room into two sections...one for working and the other for not working. :)</div>
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Also, there is a chest next to the closet doors. It is a cheap piece of furniture that I have had since I was a child...purchased at Woolco...and it has had to be glued back together more than once. </div>
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Now that I have turned around, you can see out the door we came in. </div>
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Oh, and the dress form is not usually in the middle of the room! I have been working on that dress.</div>
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Above is a charity quilt I am making...loaded on the long arm.</div>
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It isn't beautiful but I didn't choose the fabrics! ;)</div>
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I cut the pieces using the WINDING WAY die and my AccuQuilt GO cutter. It was the first time to use the GO, plus, I had never made a WINDING WAY pattern before so doing it for charity takes the pressure off!</div>
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This is another shot of my sewing desk area. The long arm is to the left, behind that ironing board covered in strata..this is the beginning of a colorful 'spool' quilt.</div>
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Here you can see the entry door...double doors. That doorway just beyond the doors opens to a 3rd floor attic, and there is another door to the left of that one that leads to a 2nd floor attic...my sewing room is on the second floor.</div>
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I had to buy a new cutting mat for the table when we moved. My old one disintegrated when the movers tried to touch it! It was very old and brittle. </div>
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Inside the larger closet, I installed some shelves over a couple of cabinets. I have fabric in those bins...threads for the long arm are on the shelves. On the counter sits a brand new Brother Scan Cut that is still wrapped in plastic, awaiting my use! in the floor beyond the green cabinet is an AccuQuilt GO die cutter.</div>
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This is the other side of that closet, These cubbies were stored in the attic at my previous home because the sewing room walls were too short for them. Here, they can finally be used! They need painting badly...in their former life, they were JEANS display racks at JCPenney.</div>
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Eventually, these cubbies will be better organized but for now, my stuff is out of boxes and findable!</div>
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This is the inside of the other closet. It has shelves on the left and back walls, but not the right wall.</div>
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This room had carpet when we bought the house, but we had it removed and had wooden flooring installed. I love the ease of cleaning up a wood floor as opposed to carpet!</div>
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The card table was brought in for a project that has yet to even be started but like all horizontal surfaces, it is collecting more than its share of 'stuff'.</div>
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Here is the dress I am working on. See? The lining at the neckline is free and the pleats are being adjusted to alter the size of the neckline.</div>
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Next time, perhaps I'll make tea!</div>
Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-36640410948223271812014-07-11T18:09:00.000-05:002014-07-11T18:09:21.857-05:00Testing the upload<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUHwlWIXIHQsdIqlSSDtjvBMXF8etjc5e_0ZU2wvKuim8DPEq02EBPVprbxKBp2BUZ-36qhUORYf78HDICnKMdgKdWS8Ti-sGCsOReJbwzKwB9lM4vagjFAJjJVoLVLOy7DdYNyLFVD-/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUHwlWIXIHQsdIqlSSDtjvBMXF8etjc5e_0ZU2wvKuim8DPEq02EBPVprbxKBp2BUZ-36qhUORYf78HDICnKMdgKdWS8Ti-sGCsOReJbwzKwB9lM4vagjFAJjJVoLVLOy7DdYNyLFVD-/s320/image.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D1p_1Lz6QzQfSzAS_viKsVff5aItEyvjTopw8egz3pupYVTs6Sd6EKGs6nOLYzLccoxoBOFUn7zEs55CLzv9NaSKexZQPMtuhIce-aCvAfu8-5UaZwlOgc4kLcPnl-wLHiMMC35IIMBM/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D1p_1Lz6QzQfSzAS_viKsVff5aItEyvjTopw8egz3pupYVTs6Sd6EKGs6nOLYzLccoxoBOFUn7zEs55CLzv9NaSKexZQPMtuhIce-aCvAfu8-5UaZwlOgc4kLcPnl-wLHiMMC35IIMBM/s320/image.jpg" /></a></div>Here are a couple of test photos...tiny toads that are everywhere in our new yard! We call them snake bait...because we have also seen two snakes here!Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-69045496631696051872014-07-11T17:09:00.000-05:002014-07-11T17:09:06.003-05:00I'm baaaaaaack!Well, spank me now...it has been a REALLY long time since I posted!<br />
Yep, life gets busy.<br />
We bought a new sewing room (with a house attached) and moved in December, 2013, and it is taking a while to get back into the swing of things.<br />
I am doing some sewing, though...in addition to a bunch of ither things. So far, we have not painted the new house...just moved our stuff in...but I am trying to decide which rooms and what colors to change first.<br />
I'm gonna try to give a little tour of my new sewing room...i say "try" because I am doing this from the Ipad. <br />
See? That is one of the reasons I don't post much...it just takes SO LONG to resize each and every picture! It is far easier to post on Facebook, where the pictures upload so easily and resize automagically! But I will give it a go...!Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-44924505496520561802013-11-06T11:02:00.002-06:002013-11-06T11:24:04.407-06:00Pants these daysI was asked a question on a chat list regarding the pants pattern I am using these days. As usual, there is no short answer I can give, so I will put a few images here to illustrate the pattern creation.<br />
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I made a CROTCH TEMPLATE using Romex cable (insulated wire) and traced it onto paper and measured it, as described in the book <b>FITTING and PATTERN ALTERATION, A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration</b> (Second Edition) by Liechty, Rasband, and Pottberg-Steineckert.<br />
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If you don't have that book, here are a few YouTube videos that show you how to make a template and use it with your pattern.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqQ53rd4fw">here</a><br />
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(sorry...I am having trouble with Blogger...these links SHOULD open in a new window but on my computer, that just isn't happening!) <br />
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On that last video, Lorraine Henry talks about how, in RTW, they shorten the crotch length by 1" and add that to the back waist height. WEll, I found that is NOT good for me. That gives me the fit of RTW...pants that pull down in back! So I need to make the crotch match my template...period.<br />
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Once I knew the exact shape of my body, I could see why my previously-made pants weren’t ‘just right’. Although the FLAT back crotch shape gave me more back pants width, I could never get the actual SHAPE just right using the settings in PMB. So I finally decided to go back to just altering the pattern before printing it, as I had done back in Version 2!<br />
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I will post some pictures to demonstrate the alterations I did to the last pair. I still had to adjust the waist tilt and level after the pattern was printed, but this will give you and idea of what I am doing.<br />
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I used the ROUND back crotch but used the FLAT FRONT shape! This more nearly matched the template I had created. <br />
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Crotch Cut: Slack Cut<br />
Front Crotch Curve: Flat<br />
Back Crotch Curve: Round<br />
Back Crotch: Wild Cut<br />
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Front Dart Length: 3.5<br />
Back Dart Length: 4.75<br />
Front Dart Position: 3<br />
Back Dart Position: 3<br />
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As usual, I moved the sideseams forward by 0.75”. <br />
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Sideseam Movement: -0.75<br />
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Even though I needed a bit more back crotch extension, I used 0 for that setting, because the alteration I was about to do would increase that area. I DID adjust the crotch BREAKS to affect the curve shape. <br />
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Front Crotch Extension: 0<br />
Back Crotch Extension: 0<br />
Front Crotch Break: 0.5<br />
Back Crotch Break: 1.5<br />
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No ease was added.<br />
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Waist Ease: 0<br />
Hip Ease: 0<br />
Crotch Ease: 0<br />
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Then I opened the saved pattern in the PATTERN EDITOR and made the necessary alterations to the BACK pattern.<br />
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The original pattern, created with the settings I listed above, is in BLUE.<br />
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I SELECTED everything between HIP LEVEL and KNEE LEVEL (PINK) and shifted it medially (toward the inseam) by 0.75".<br />
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Next, I selected the crotch curve and moved it downward by 0.375".<br />
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Well, duh...the instructions are written with the pictures...I really don't need to type it again!<br />
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Here you can see the BEFORE and AFTER patterns superimposed.<br />
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This alteration eliminates the poufiness on the sideseam at hip level that my straight body doesn't fill.<br />
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It adds width across the pants back at just the right level for my bum...and creates the back crotch shape that I couldn't seem to create by using the FLAT back crotch shape combined with the various tools provided within the program (PMB).<br />
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When I FLIP the original FRONT pattern, which was NOT altered, and superimpose it on this new, altered BACK pattern, you can see that the sideseam shapes are much more similar than the original patterns. Eliminating that poufiness at the side hip makes the seams more similar.<br />
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So, in a nutshell, I am back to altering the pattern instead of using the FLAT back crotch shape combined with various settings to try to make it conform to my shape. But the result was better. And the alteration was not difficult or time consuming!<br />
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Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-77875664457678434172013-10-14T23:12:00.001-05:002013-10-14T23:12:44.983-05:00I'm so glad I sew...Today I did a bit of clothing shopping. Originally, my plan was to go to my regular sewing group which meets on Mondays, but my morning's to-do list quickly ate up my day! When the afternoon errands put me in the vicinity of Coldwater Creek, I got sucked in.<br />
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First I make the rounds in the store, pulling things that might work and letting the ladies start a dressing room for me (they will take my choices from my arms and put them into the dressing room to await my arrival). Once I am sure I have seen all there is to see, it is time for the try-ons.<br />
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As is usually the case, I am between sizes on most of the tops I chose. The ladies who work there try their best to get me to go down a size...and I will humor them and try on the smaller sizes they bring...but in general, I buy the larger size. I can sew. I can shorten tops that are too long. I can raise the armholes as I take in the side seams when needed. Because almost invariably, those smaller sized garments are too tight. Not sausage casing, but tighter than I am comfortable wearing. I ended up with one Medium, 2 X-Larges, and the rest were Larges...and if they had had the XL tops in a Large, I would have gotten the smaller size. But they didn't. And I can sew.<br />
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The ladies there think I buy my clothes too big. But I know how to sew. I can make those clothes fit better than they did in that dressing room. And while I am not fond of alterations, I can make these changes quicker than I could make the tops from scratch. <br />
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Plus, everything was on sale. Big time. Buying the fabric to make these tops would have cost more than the tops did. Assuming I could even find these nice fabrics...<br />
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Anyway, I have a bit of sewing to do to make these tops fit me. But I didn't just walk away with nothing, nor did I end up with clothes that are too tight. A win. :)Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-67050366428230902532013-08-28T23:00:00.003-05:002013-08-28T23:01:54.952-05:00Grandma's Quilt<h3>
<em>If you wait until you are finally READY, you will be waiting all your life...</em></h3>
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Two years ago, I got a long arm quilting machine and frame...an A-1. A few years prior, I had purchased a Handi-Quilter Frame to use with a domestic machine and had made several <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/search/label/quilting">quilts</a> using that, but I was limited in the size of the quilt designs that were possible...I needed a longer throat on the machine to do larger, more sweeping designs. So, my dear husband agreed to the purchase of the larger machine. <br />
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My husband liked the idea of quilting for other people (and earning money!) but I was hesitant...firstly, I didn't have the skills yet. I would wait until I was ready. And secondly, I was NOT going to 'market' myself...if anyone ASKED me to quilt for them, I would do it, but I wasn't comfortable putting myself out there. But more importantly, I really just wanted the machine to enable me to complete the art quilts which I loved making. <br />
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I knew I would gain skills as I quilted each quilt, but as it turns out, I cannot <b>make</b> quilts fast enough to get as much quilting practice as I wanted! I did bring home a 'hospice' quilt from the local guild to quilt and I did an all-over design on it. But I had not done any quilts that had definite 'blocks' and sashing and borders and stuff. No traditional quilts.<br />
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Enter Grandma's quilt. <br />
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This was a flimsy top that was hand-pieced by Grandma Grace, my husband's now-deceased maternal grandmother. His sister, Julie, had it and was more than willing to let me take it home to quilt it. Grandma had used whatever fabrics were available to her in her small town...perhaps from Sears or Wal-Mart. She used muslin for the background...the kind with tiny dark bits of the cotton plant stuck in the weave...and pieced and appliqued a two-fabric Dresden plate design onto the muslin. She used a solid avocado green that is surely a poly-cotton blend, as well as a green floral print, which seems to be a cotton fabric. She also sewed a strip of the solid green to one side of each block before piecing them all together, so there is a strip of green between rows of the plates. <br />
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Well, her seam allowances varied, as did the block sizes and the widths of the solid strips. The outer edge of the quilt top was not even...some blocks jutted out more than others. Plus, Julie had washed this flimsy after bringing it home. That meant that the muslin had shrunk, but we all know that poly-cotton doesn't shrink, so the plates were a bit 'proud' of the muslin...they were blousy. <br />
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The raw edges of the poly-cotton fabric were resistant to staying turned under and wanted to 'peak out' between the hand stitches every here and there. Grandma's stitches were large, too...I wondered what kind of thread was used and how strong it was? I felt like I needed to 'nail down' every seam with my quilting!<br />
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Does it sound like I am making excuses? grin.<br />
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I have had this quilt top in my possession for nearly two years...I brought it home in the fall of 2011. I decided it was TIME to get this one done.<br />
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The quilt top came to me with several yards of the green poly-cotton, which was (we think) intended to be used as the backing for the quilt. Too bad there wasn't quite enough.<br />
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After much ironing to force the seam allowances to behave (where possible, sometimes they were sewn down in the wrong direction so could not be forced!), I finally added borders around all edges of the quilt top (borders that I cut from the green fabric) then loaded it on the frame and set to work. I bought some natural colored cotton sateen to use as the backing...120 inches wide, 320 thread count. Nicer than anything used on the top!<br />
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After basting the edges and stitching in the ditches, I came up with a design for the 'plates' and began there, although I still didn't yet see the big picture in my head. As I stitched the plates, I began to think of them as lily pads...YES! I decided to do 'frog eggs' in the long sashing strips...coupled with a wavy stitching pattern, I could perhaps disguise the mismatched widths and crooked stripes.<br />
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I used chalk to mark the quilt, giving me guidelines so I could keep all the swirls going in the same direction, as well as create' targets' for the scalloped outline that would jump on and off the edge of the plates...er, lily pads.<br />
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I began to think of this quilt as a pond...after all, it had lily pads and frog eggs! I felt like the background stitching would need to be done in blue thread and perhaps done in a style that would give the impression of water. Ideas were percolating...<br />
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But just before I started the blue stitching, I decided...what if...what if I put a few water lilies in there? I could do some triangular feathers at the block intersections that would a) help nail down those seams and b) break up the background stitching. So I drew out a design and added the feathered lilies...I liked the way they looked! <br />
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Too bad I hadn't thought of this design BEFORE I stitched the stripes with the wavy lines and frog eggs...I could have lessened the thread build-up that occurred. Oh well! That is why it is good to have experience...<br />
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Next, it was time to tackle the borders. I wanted to do a feather border on this one, even though it probably wasn't the BEST design for this particular quilt. But I needed the practice at doing feathers, so feathers it is! <br />
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There weren't many feathers, and by the time I felt halfway competent, I was finished. sigh.<br />
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I did the top border and TRIED to do the side borders as I rolled each section, but didn't like the thread build-up that resulted with that method. So I skipped the sides, did the bottom, then moved on to the blue background quilting. Once that was finished, I took the quilt off the frame and turned it 90 degrees then reloaded it to stitch the side borders. It made it SOOOO much easier and they looked better, too.<br />
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Once I started doing the blue background stitching, I was again reminded of my inexperience! There were areas of ballooning fabric between a few of the plates...er, lily pads. Because the blocks were stitched together willy-nilly, the excess fabric had to be dealt with somehow!<br />
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I tried stitching closely, but that still resulting in some pleating and puckering. <br />
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So I took a needle and thread and (by hand) sewed double-ended darts at a few of the seams to tuck out the excess muslin before quilting those areas. That worked!<br />
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I started out using a darker thread to sew these temporary 'darts' then removed the thread after quilting, but it didn't take long before I realized...use matching thread and you can leave it in! duh...<br />
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Once the quilting was finished, I cut some bias strips from the remaining green fabric and joined them together to create the binding. After pressing it in half, I loosely wound it around an empty thread cone and put that cone on a thread holder next to my machine. This made it so much easier to control the binding as I applied it the around the edges of the quilt. <br />
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Now all that is left to do is sew the binding down by hand on the backside...I will let Julie do that! I will take this quilt to her this weekend...I wonder if she even remembers I have it!<br />
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The blue thread I chose was very faint...not the bright teal I had originally envisioned!<br />
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This binding on the edge looks wide, but has not been wrapped to the back yet. It will finish much narrower...</div>
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Despite my wavy lines and frog eggs, the sashing strips ARE still crooked. <br />
No miracles were performed in the making of this quilt! ;)<br />
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Using colored threads in the bobbin, too, makes the back of the quilt kind of interesting. The colors are subtle and the stitching really shows up.<br />
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Eventually, the green binding will show on the back edges.<br />
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And, as a side note...I now have, in my possession, my FIRST CUSTOMER QUILT! <br />
That's right...I will be quilting for someone else...<em>on a quilt</em> <em>that I didn't make</em>...for money! <br />
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I am ready. <br />
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While my skills have improved, there is still a lot of improvement needed (duh!) but the only way to get better is to DO IT! This customer knows my work and is pleased with what she has seen me do...she is delighted that I agreed to quilt for her!<br />
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And you know that makes me feel good...<br />
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<br />Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-7316768107474701842013-08-13T18:23:00.000-05:002013-08-13T18:25:11.059-05:00Aqua Fitted Princess and KimonoBack in April, right after the wedding, I worked a bit on fitting a knit top. Although it wasn't perfect, the improved fit of the MOG dress had me raring to go, anxious to see if I could improve the fit of the knit garments too. <br />
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Ok, that was PART of the inspiration, but there was more. I had fabric that was tempting me.<br />
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Last Fall, when shopping for the MOG dress, I stumbled onto some fabric at THE FABRIC SOURCE in Jackson, TN. It was a floral printed stretch tulle. Precut into approximately 2yd lengths, I bought 2 of them, for $5 each. They provided instructions for a no-sew swimsuit coverup...you just cut it into a big oval and cut out armholes. <br />
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Well, also on that same trip, we stopped and did a bit of shopping at FELICIA BELLA BOUTIQUE, also in Jackson. I had tried on a long-sleeved pullover made of...you guessed it!...printed stretch tulle! I didn't buy it because it was nearly $60! But I studied it as closely as I could in this not-so-private dressing room. I even did a bit of measuring! It seemed to be almost a long tube with two holes in the middle...one for the body and one for the head. <br />
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Inspired by the memory of that top, and wanting to use this fabric to get it out of my way,, I decided to start cutting. I layed out the fabric on my table and cut what I hoped would be similar to the shape I had tried on (months ago!). <br />
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Well, it wasn't good. So I went to the computer and opened my PMB software! I drafted a KIMONO pullover, then compared the patterns on screen.<br />
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As you can see, there wasn't much difference between the front and back patterns. <br />
Here, the front is RED.<br />
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So I measured it! Then I could print this diagram on one piece of paper, take it to the fabric and measure and cut. It seemed like a good plan.<br />
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Once I began actually plotting out my cuts, I made another change. I LOWERED the angle of the arm by 3 inches....shown below by the dark blue line.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hemmed the neck and lower edge, as well as the sleeves, with the coverstitch machine, turning a small hem to the backside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now it was time to make something to wear UNDER this! I drafted a fairly closely fitted Princess seamed tank and cut it from some cotton interlock. Oh dear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember? Back in the <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/03/zero-ease-torso-block.html" target="_blank">post</a> about the ZERO EASE TORSO BLOCK, I discussed the armhole shape and how I was lowering the notch on the BACK armhole so it would coincide with my body's ah measurement...but I was NOT doing it on the front armhole because it just looked 'too scooped'. Well, after sewing the MOG dress and realizing that the armholes were still not perfect, I decided to give it a try. I used the AH SHAPE TOOL to lower the front notch until the distance from shoulder to notch matched the distance on my body from shoulder to the V-crease where arm meets body...look back at the <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2009/08/helping-measurements.html" target="_blank">HELPING MEASUREMENTS</a> if you need further explanation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I said--Oh dear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OH.MAH.GAH. BECKY, Look at that armhole!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The shoulder angle seemed ok, though. <br />
Overall, it wasn't totally unfortunate.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I liked this style and this fabric, though, knew I had to find a way to salvage this top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Somehow I got it into my mind that I should NOT have used the E cup to draft with after all...and that I needed to shorten the whole upper front, which I could do by ripping the shoulders and cutting off the front shoulder before resewing them....so I did.***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e;">***later evaluation of the fit proved the front was now a tiny bit too short...that front length was needed and should NOT have been whacked off! It was those goofy armholes making me crazy.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I decided that I could create some facing-like pieces...like a yoke, perhaps...that could be sewn on to fill in the missing area of the F-armhole. So I went back to the computer/drafter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I had felt the need to shorten the upper front, the obvious conclusion (to me, that day) was that I had used a bust cup size that was too large (E) and should reduce it. So I did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e;">***another spoiler alert! Bad idea...but I got away with it on this top, this time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here you can see the NEW FRONT PATTERN (in <span style="color: red;">RED</span>) superimposed on the old pattern. The new front is shorter at the shoulder. The new pattern has a smaller bust dart (so the angle of the upper front is different) and the new armhole is both higher and less scooped (The <strong>back</strong> armhole is higher on the new pattern, too, but I didn't show that).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8YdPFcwsEGnXtUbj8DU2v74C5znECX15FP8FxxDB54DU9UNXgRWV9fsi8uji0HrSURuqct0Gum-OEMLckf2YjgrGrzxvbLJt12DurO8nPPmpbl5H6VD0_1QEJWf2qz3Brs2uNGnZtlO5/s1600/aqua-princess1.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8YdPFcwsEGnXtUbj8DU2v74C5znECX15FP8FxxDB54DU9UNXgRWV9fsi8uji0HrSURuqct0Gum-OEMLckf2YjgrGrzxvbLJt12DurO8nPPmpbl5H6VD0_1QEJWf2qz3Brs2uNGnZtlO5/s320/aqua-princess1.5.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>I aligned the sides to the center pieces and created 'yokes' that could be cut from the remnants I had left.<br />
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And it worked! It actually looked pretty good...like a design element! I had top-stitched the seams with the cover-stitch machine, so I top-stitched the new yoke seams, too.<br />
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Here is what it looked like right after sewing:<br />
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Front--<br />
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As you can see, there is some fullness (rippling) in the back armhole that I didn't notice at the time. I used clear elastic to stabilize the neck and armhole edges when hemming. But it wasn't until earlier LAST WEEK that I realized WHY this might be happening. <br />
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I was discussing a program issue with Tech Support Karen...the Dart Override tool isn't working with my numbers...and she asked my why I was <em>enlarging the armhole</em> by raising the shoulder with the SHOULDER HEIGHT TOOL but then trying to<em> shorten the Front Armhole</em> with the Dart Override.<br />
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Well, the SHOULDER HEIGHT TOOL affects both front and back patterns, but the DART OVERRIDE tool only affects the FRONT armhole (or at least, that is how it is supposed to work) by putting some of the bust dart into the armhole OR by stealing some of the front armhole to enlarge the bust dart (this is what I was trying to do).<br />
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So, even though they do two different things, it did get me thinking about the shoulder height setting and 'what if'...<br />
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Up to this point, I have been operating on the assumption that the pattern's shoulder angle was correct for me (and my square shoulders) when I raised that setting 0.5". <br />
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But further reflection has me thinking that:<br />
<ul><li>a) lowering the shoulder tip by 0.5" might eliminate that back ah rippling, and </li>
<li>b) I should have just lowered the F-shoulder tip in front instead of whacking off the whole front shoulder! This was kind of a light-bulb moment.</li>
</ul>So, for the NEXT ONE...<grin>...I will NOT raise the shoulder height. We will see how that does!</grin><br />
And I will go back to the E cup, which is what I should be using. But I will NOT scoop those front armholes to force the measurements to match my body's measurements! obviously, the front notch is NOT supposed to be an anatomical location! <g></g>Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-72365220148927690462013-06-30T17:14:00.000-05:002013-07-28T15:30:27.232-05:00Peacock Silk Top for Grand Reception<span style="color: #351c75;">***Edited in Purple---patternmaking, side-back princess seam.</span><br />
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I had signed up to attend the Grand Reception, held on the night before the quilt show opened. This is a semi-formal affair, so I needed something 'special' to wear. I decided to try to copy a<a href="http://watters.com/Product/Collection20/2481" target="_blank"> Watters H2O top</a> that I had tried on during my MOG dress-shopping marathon. And I had just the right fabric for this...a peacock-colored silk that I had picked up at the Fabric Collection in Jackson, TN, on one of the MOG dress shopping trips!<br />
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Here, you can see me in the final top...along with Etta McFarland (my travel buddy!) and Jim West, the Managing Director of the IQFOI and founder and CEO of Travel Alliance, Inc., which operates the <em>Sew Many Places </em>travel company who organized the tour for us. We were walking along talking with Jim when we stopped to take a photo...but look at how well we 'match' the quilts in the background! And who doesn't love a man in a kilt? :)<br />
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To make my top, I began with the basic blouse pattern with side and waist bust darts as well as back shoulder dart. I used the program settings to widen the neck opening, but had to manually create the neck shape I wanted.<br />
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Notice the shape of the sleeve pattern: I have found that I get the best sleeve cap shape when I keep the wrist circumference very small...too small! Widening the wrist narrows the cap (a program flaw that I have been complaining about for years now!) so it is best for me to draft with a small wrist then redraw the sleeve below underarm level manually.<br />
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I used ZERO bust ease<span style="color: #3d85c6;">*</span> and 4.5" hip ease. <br />
I wanted the waist darts to measure 1.5" wide, so I adjusted the ease level until that width was drafted. The waist ease setting ended up being 3.5".<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">*Knowing what I know NOW, if I was doing this over again, I would use a bit more bust ease.</span><br />
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I rotated the side bust dart to the shoulder. (Why not just start with the dart there, you may ask. PMB cannot keep the armholes constant when the dart is rotated, so I start with this same side bust dart and make my changes manually.)<br />
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I also drew in the 'princess' line, which I wanted BESIDE (not 'ON') the bust point.<br />
I also located the 'V' portion of the neckline.<br />
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I copied/mirrored the front pattern to create a WHOLE front, drew the new curved neckline, then eliminated the portion beyond the princess line on one side....this is a wrap front style.<br />
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Next, I drew a circle on the bust point, radius = 1.5". <br />
I used the LOCATE POINTS tool to divide the edge of the wrap (between waist and neck) into four sections...locate three points.<br />
I drew lines from each of these points to either side of the bust circle, as well as to a point located on the sideseam that was 3.125" below the underarm. These lines were to become the pleats. <br />
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I used the SCISSORS TOOL to CUT the CF line into segments...this is important.<br />
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I measured that shoulder bust dart, then rotated HALF to the first pleat and HALF to the second pleat. <br />
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When the pleats are opened, those CF line segments change their orientation. That TOP segment will eventually become the grainline for this pattern.<br />
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At this point, I copied the pattern and extended the top CF grainline, then rotated the pattern so that the grainline was vertical. Now I had the pattern for the LEFT side...and instead of pleats, those would be sewn as darts (so as to reduce bulk).<br />
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I continued working on the RIGHT side. I drew in another line BELOW the waist...now I had three lines (including the waist) that still needed to be converted to pleats. I did NOT rotate any of the bust dart to these lines...it was ALL put in those top two pleats. These were simply rotated open to add fullness so they were equal in width to the other pleats...this was done <em>AFTER</em> I had separated the SIDE FRONT from the CENTER FRONT section.<br />
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Again, the top CF line segment was extended and the pattern was rotated to make it vertical.<br />
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Now I had a pattern for the left front, one for the right front and one for the side front.<br />
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Time to work on the BACK. <br />
As mentioned before, my back neck opening drafts NARROWER than my front neck opening...which is bad. I am told it doesn't happen to everyone...depends on the measurements. Anyway, I shift the back neckline (<span style="color: magenta;">PINK</span>) laterally by .25" and redraw the back shoulder dart (<span style="color: #783f04;">RUST</span>) smaller to control the length of the back shoulder seam.<br />
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To get rid of the back shoulder dart:<br />
I rotated the back shoulder dart to the armhole...<span style="color: black;">at the 1/2-BAH height level</span>. Then I drew in the princess lines to incorporate the waist dart, curving to create a nice shape. One side of the princess line (BLACK) touches the<strong> upper leg</strong> of the now-armhole dart and one side of the princess line (<span style="color: red;">RED</span>)touches the <strong>lower leg</strong> of the now-armhole dart. This incorporates the shoulder dart uptake into the princess seam and eliminates the need to sew a separate shoulder dart.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">***see edit, below.</span><br />
HOWEVER, now the two princess seams, <strong>BLACK</strong> and <span style="color: red;">RED</span>, are not the same length. So I measured and found that the red line (side-back princess seam) needed to be lengthened by 0.5" to equalize these seams. I drew in the <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">BLUE</span> segment (on right image), which is 0.5" long, then ROTATED the lower armhole (<span style="color: lime;"><strong>GREEN</strong></span>) by 0.5" CLOCKWISE, pivot point = underarm point (<span style="color: magenta;">PINK CIRCLE</span>). <br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">***Edited to correct-</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;">On 07-28-13, I was putting away these patterns and I saw a hand-written note on this side back pattern piece with a reminder of something I had forgotten. After sewing, the back princess seam seemed 'poufy', so I ripped and REMOVED that extra .5" that was added to the back armhole to equalize the princess seams. So, apparently, it might be better to just leave those seams unequal in length...at least for me!</span><br />
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Now all that was left to do was separate the patterns, add seam allowances, and clean them up. I added generously at the tip-top of the side back (and side front) princess seams, then trimmed away any excess when I cut out the paper pattern pieces and fit them together. This one only needed a tiny bit of trimming.<br />
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Using this pattern, I cut out the silk dupioni as well as the silk organza (the underlining). BTW, that organza was white when I bought it, but I prewashed my fabrics together...now it matches. :)<br />
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I started out hand-basting these pieces together, then tried machine basting, but evently resorted to glue-basting the underlining to the fashion fabric. Those front pieces had LOTS of darts/pleats to baste around!</div>
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For my loops, I found a great tutorial on making narrow spaghetti straps on this <a href="http://craftyendeavors.blogspot.com/2009/05/tutorial-how-to-make-button-loops-or.html" target="_blank">site.</a> She uses a bobby pin to turn the narrow tube...genius! Check it out...</div>
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Oh! My buttons! Would you believe I found this set of buttons to cover in my grandmother's stash? Again, her stuff comes to my rescue, just as it did with the button for the <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/03/sleeves-take-two.html" target="_blank">MOG dress</a>. This set had just the right amount of buttons, in just the right size...hard to find at the local store these days!<br />
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My loops, as seen from the inside:<br />
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Here are the loops and the buttons, as well as a snap I sewed on near the lower edge to help keep the hem closed. Since I lined this top with black Ambience, I didn't have any peacock-colored china silk to cover the snap with...so I used it as-is.<br />
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To hold the underlayer, I sewed a button onto the lining at the princess seam, catching only the lining. I wasn't sure if I should try to catch the outer layer (seam allowances) too, or not, so I just caught the lining. I made a thread loop to go over the button.<br />
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Here you can see the buttoned inside...<br />
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At one point during construction, I was very frustrated. I had the neckline all stitched, trimmed, clipped and understitched...but those 'points' were kind of wanting to stick out away from my body. I had forgotten to trim a bit off the facing pattern and I was afraid this was the cause. I ripped one side...understitching, mind you!!!...and scooted the seams as if the facing had been trimmed...then pinned to see if that might fix the problem. I couldn't really tell...<br />
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About that time my doorbell rang. It was my next door neighbor, who hasn't been over to my house in years! She had come to say hello and see my sewing room. I took her up and showed her around, then told her about the problem I was having with this neckline. She then told me about a particular collar that gave her fits (long ago), so she went to the storage room and grabbed some WIRE and sewed it into the collar seam...now she could shape that collar any way she desired! Well, a lightbulb went on over my head! YES! She also said that if the hem of a jacket wanted to flip out on her, she would sew a quarter into the front hem/corner! Genius! <br />
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As soon as she left, I put the ripped-out neckline back as it had been before I ripped it. I hand-sewed some thin copper wire along the neck corner seamline...bending the ends to prevent pokies. Worked perfectly! I could probably have used the heavier gauge wire (in my jewelry-making stash), but I didn't want to be able to feel it (with my hand). Then, when I got to the hem, I took no chances...a quarter seemed excessive but a dime was just right! :)<br />
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Here is the jacket on my paper-tape double...see how my left shoulder blade really sticks out? That makes it difficult to get my back shoulder width just right. This jacket is 'almost' perfect...for a no-ease garment it is great. But next time, I would prefer a bit more ease at bust and above, across the back.<br />
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Here are a few pictures of the top ON ME! I felt like it looked good and made a good impression. Though close-fitting, it was not so tight that I couldn't move, even with the camisole underneath.<br />
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At the Grand Reception...not everyone chose to dress semi-formally. And there were no dress-police there to enforce the code! But I was glad I looked appropriately attired, even if my hair DID look awful this whole trip! sigh.<br />
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The fellow in the plaid shirt is the official photographer...he certainly didn't dress for the occasion! <br />
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Perhaps you can see a little tightness across the back? <br />
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Ya know, on the <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/04/wedding-dress-post-mortem.html" target="_blank">MOG dress</a>, I had made the shoulders TOO wide! So, when I drafted the pattern for this top, I reduced the front and back shoulder widths...but apparently, I over-did it! <br />
Story of my life.<br />
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Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-78549150419124841692013-06-29T11:08:00.002-05:002013-06-29T11:08:22.829-05:00Back-posting...I have several more posts that will soon be posted in the wrong order...that is, they SHOULD have auto-posted back in April but that didn't happen. So, if you get notification of a new post, but get here to see the same old one, please look back a few posts to see what's new!Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-39474314929957785292013-06-16T11:39:00.000-05:002013-06-28T11:43:31.001-05:00A visit to a quilt show......or what I did on my Summer vacation!<br />
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This was the second year of the <a href="http://www.iqfoi.com/" target="_blank">International Quilt Festival Of Ireland</a> and I made the over-sea journey to attend. This was my first time to cross the ocean...my first stamp on my new passport! <br />
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Ireland was beautiful...so green and lush, yet the trees were not tall like here in the U.S.A. I guess when you live on an island, the trees are needed for wood which would be expensive to import.<br />
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Farmers are required to leave a little land undisturbed at the edges of their fields for the wildlife.<br />
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Aren't these 'fahans' interesting? Little beehive-like structures that folks actually lived in many years ago! I suspect they did little more than take shelter there, as they were so tiny!<br />
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And what is a trip to Ireland without a visit to Blarney Castle? You can bet I went inside, but I did NOT kiss that stone...although I took photos for others who chose to kiss it. No, I am a bit more selective about what touches MY lips!<br />
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In Wicklow County, we visited the oldest mill in Ireland...Avoca. <br />
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Inside, the mill was a hub of activity, with workers performing a specific task in each area. This man demonstrated weaving by hand...pulling the cord to force a shuttle back and forth. It was kinda awesome!<br />
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In the "Under the Sea" exhibit, they had created atmosphere by using shells, fishes,, treasure chests, blue lights, etc, to give the illusion of being in the ocean.<br />
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Etta (McFarland) and I had a great time, both at the quilt show AND touring the country!</div>
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<br />Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-64928965322378476792013-04-30T22:53:00.000-05:002013-07-02T12:43:16.932-05:00MOG Dress Completion, and Accessories!Now it was time to hem my MOG dress, but first I had to get some shoes. I tried on every shoe in this city...even bought a few pair! But nothing felt comfortable. I couldn't imagine wearing any of these shoes all night, let alone dancing in them. <br />
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I began wondering HOW on earth do those dancers on TV do it? <br />
Of course! They wear DANCING SHOES!<br />
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So I got on the phone and called a dancewear store close to me. Yep, they have dancing shoes IN STOCK. So I IMMEDIATELY drove over there. <br />
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I tried on several styles...EVERY single shoe I tried on was MUCH more comfortable than ANY of the 'pretty' ones I had tried before. Even the ones that were the wrong size were more comfortable!<br />
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These were not the prettiest, but they had a sole that could be worn outside (unlike the shoes for ballroom dancing, which have a soft sole). The color was blah...tan...but I knew I could paint them any color I wanted! Plus, my dress is full and long...how much would they really show? <br />
So I bought these:<br />
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Gorgeous, eh? <br />
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Once I took them home, I compared them to the pair of shoes I had already purchased.<br />
Visually, there was no comparison...the dancing shoes were much wider and clunkier. the other shoes were 'prettier'. But...imagine...if that wide shoe fits, how in the world is my foot supposed to survive in the narrow, 'pretty' shoe?<br />
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I got out the masking tape and began taping the soles.<br />
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Then I started mixing paint! I used Lumiere paints and mixed gold and silver to get an 'in-between' color. Here you can see the painted shoe on the left and the unpainted one on the right.</div>
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But as you can see, the newly painted shoe doesn't match the 'pretty' shoe. I kept painting. </div>
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After a few days, I decided the shoes were STILL too gold for my taste, even though the dress DOES have a gold mesh underlayer in the bodice. I really wanted them to be a bit more silver. So I mixed paints again...this time using a Platinum color mixed with some gel medium to make it more translucent. Better. In this picture, the platinum color is the one in the center.</div>
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Then, in a moment of weakness, I decided to see what would happen if I rubbed SHOE POLISH on them to 'antique' these shoes, like the 'pretty ones'. Well, duh! These shoes don't have folds to hold the darker polish...they are smooth. I quickly rubbed it off as best as I could and called the shoes DONE!</div>
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Now that the wedding shoes had been acquired, I could finally hem the MOG dress. After it had hung for a while to let the bias skirt 'seek its place in the world', my sister came over and pinned up the hem for me...she is very good at that kind of stuff!<br />
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I hand-basted close to the folded edge, then marked a constant amount UP from the fold.<br />
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Next, I cut on that marked line, so that I would have an even hem allowance.<br />
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I decided to use hem lace on this hem...I wanted it to look nice but be very secure. I didn't want it pulling out after accidently catching a heel on the hem! I found some purple hem lace in...where else?...my grandmother's stash! But it wasn't quite enough to go all the way around the dress hem. No biggie, I thought. I'll go ahead and start sewing with this lace, then get some more in the morning when the stores open.<br />
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I soon realized that it was miles around this them! But I sewed and sewed...using a herringbone stitch on TOP of the lace to make it lay very flat...hoping to make it less likely to catch on anything.<br />
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Then, in the morning, I left home to pick up some more purple lace. Well, duh. Have you tried to buy hem lace lately? There are VERY few colors available, and that is *if* you can find the hem lace at all! I had to buy navy blue...so part of my hem has purple lace and part has navy blue! sigh.<br />
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I was reminded by friends that I might want to get a little purse to carry...something to put my phone (camera) in as well as a hanky. Hmmmm.... that is not something I had thought about before. But after shopping around town, I quickly realized that a) my taste exceeds my budget, and b) there is not much selection in this town!<br />
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One day I was prowling around in Kohls, looking for who knows what...when I stumbled upon this tiny little wrist purse. It was exactly the color of my MOG dress! So I had to buy it.<br />
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Once I got it home, I pried off that silly silver name on the front.<br />
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Then I used Glad Press 'n Seal and a Sharpie to make a pattern of that front area...<br />
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I used that pattern on a piece of the layered lace-mesh-satin fabric and cut a panel to cover the purse front. I used hot glue to attach it! Done.<br />
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Leave it to me to turn this wedding into one big craft project!<br />
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But it turned out fun and fine. <br />
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Oh, BTW, the MOB decided she wasn't crazy about her teal dress, so she took it back and got a dark blue one. I was worried that now mine might look too similar to hers...but since no one else seemed to care, I didn't either! In the end, we coordinated! :)<br />
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Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-74044738281069337572013-04-25T22:00:00.000-05:002013-06-29T11:14:53.240-05:00MOG Dress Construction Pt 2When it came time to draft the skirt portion of this dress, I was not sure WHAT to start with!<br />
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If I chose a Dropped-Waisted DRESS, which seemed like what I was making, the waist of the skirt was straight across...it just seemed odd.<br />
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So I looked at just using a SKIRT...and adding FLARE. It had a little curve to the waist but not much.</div>
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So I looked at the Empire-Waisted DRESS. Again, once I cut it off at 6" below the waist, I would be left with a straight line for the waist seam. Hmmmm.....<br />
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Next I looked at the Midriff-Waisted DRESS. This one seemed more promising! I don't know for sure that the waist SHOULD be curved, but it seemed logical to me that it should. So this is the one I chose.</div>
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On the FRONT pattern, I used the OFFSET tool to offset the waist 6" below it's current level...this is because the midriff of the bodice extends 6" below the waist. I removed and discarded that upper portion, then duplicated/mirrored the front pattern to create a whole front, adding BIAS grainlines. Yep, as if this isn't already hard enough, this will be cut on the bias.</div>
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Again, for the BACK pattern, I offset the waist 6" and discarded the upper part of the pattern. I chose to add a bit of walking ease to that back center seam...I found KNEE LEVEL on my pattern and CUT the back seam there, then ROTATED (by units) the lower segment outward (CW) by 5". Bias grainlines were added.</div>
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Now I had a layout...I could see how much fabric was required and knew how to layout the pieces. But I did NOT print the full-size layout...too much paper and assembly!<br />
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Instead of printing the WHOLE front, I printed the half pattern, then taped it to more paper at the center line, folded at the center, then cut out the pattern double. once cut, I unfolded to have a whole pattern.<br />
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To cut this large pattern piece, I placed a folded cardboard cutting board on the ironing board and put it right up next to my cutting table. I carefully layed out the fabric, keeping the cross-grain and lengthwise grain straight. I rotary-cut what I could on the large mat, then used scissors where I had to.<br />
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Once the front was cut and set aside, I carefully pulled more fabric up onto the cutting table and again smoothed it into place, trying to get the grainlines straight. I cut one back and then the other.<br />
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When it was time to sew, I found that the seam lengths were unequal. Well, long story short, eventually I compared my cut fabric pieces to the pattern pieces. Oh dear! One back was close enough to 'right' to be used, but one was way off! After cutting other pieces, I no longer had a nice straight cross-grain to align with the matt when pulling up more the fabric on the table. <br />
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I had just enough fabric left to cut ONE MORE back pattern! And this time, I carefully aligned two cardboard cutting mats on the floor, then carefully aligned the cross-grain with a line on the mat, while carefully aligning the selvedges with other lines on the mat! I even pinned the fabric to the mat to avoid distortion!<br />
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After placing the pattern in postion, I CHALKED around it...carefully! Yes, this is how it SHOULD have been done in the first place. But I was trying to take shortcuts...<br />
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Once the chalk lines were drawn, I could then pick up the fabric and carry it to my cutting table, where I proceeded to use the rotary cutter to cut it out. It is much easier for me to cut this way, as opposed to crawling around on my knees with scissors!</div>
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Finally! The skirt was finally sewn to the midriff section! It is starting to look like a dress now!</div>
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I hand tacked the "waist" seam allowances...above and below the midriff section...to the foundation fabric, just to be sure they stayed smoothly in place.</div>
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When it came time to cut the lining fabric, there was NO QUESTION as to how it would be done. On the floor, with chalk...<br />
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The lining went in nicely.<br />
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I attached the lining to the dress at the neckline, using NO FACING. I attached the lining to the zipper, too, and (later) made thread chains to connect the seams near the hem.<br />
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Now it needed some pressing and a hem...but before I could hem it, I had to find some SHOES!</div>
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Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-50405836714804567852013-04-19T23:30:00.000-05:002013-06-28T11:16:14.221-05:00MOG Dress Construction, Pt 1I had a difficult time deciding on fabric to use for my MOG dress. There was not a huge selection of fabric at my local Hancock Fabric stores...I visited 3 in my area, as well as the Joann's Fabric store! I really wanted to use silk, but that was not to be, unless I wanted a pale oyster color (which Klassy Katz had!). I did not want pale oyster or any other pale color. After trying on a gazillion RTW dresses, I knew I needed a strong color....preferably a jewel tone. <br />
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The MOB had a teal dress so I could not use that.<br />
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I finally settled on a polyester crepe-back satin from the BFF line (by Lauren Hancock). There was a coordinating lace, but it wasn't special...not reimbroidered or anything. But this was the best I could do locally and I had procrastinated too long to shop the internet and send off for samples...so I purchased this grape hyacinth-colored fabric. <br />
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As I was trolling the aisles, hoping to stumble onto something better before I had this cut, I spied an odd mesh fabric...it was both purple and gold! I wondered...what if?<br />
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So I bought some of that mesh fabric as well! I decided to use it UNDER the lace...that way, the dress would have some sparkle without my having to add beads!<br />
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As you can see, I bought more than enough fabric...there is plenty of gold mesh left over for more fun things!<br />
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And when the lady cut my 3 yards of lace (I only really needed 1.5 but had allowed for experimentation), she used her 'gun' to scan the price on the bolt and said, "Do you know how much this lace is?"<br />
Oh dear, I thought. "Yes, it is $9.99, but on sale for 30% off."<br />
She was shaking her head, no. She stuttered a bit..."It is 21---er--"...pause (my heart fluttered...21?)..."seventy cents per yard."<br />
Both of us were sure it was a mistake, but she said she couldn't change it. I bought all 8 yards! and for less than the regular cost of one yard! So I have lots of lace, too!<br />
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Once the layers were cut out, I carefully aligned each one and glue-basted them together around the edges. This way, once the glue dried, it could be treated as one layer.<br />
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I don't know WHAT I will do with all the leftover lace!<br />
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Here are the bodice pieces, front and back, all lined up as they fit together. The FRONT pieces are on top, and the BACK pieces at the bottom.<br />
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I serge-finished the edges of the vertical seams before sewing these pieces together.<br />
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Turns out, that was not necessary, and was actually not helpful, so much of it was eventually ripped out.<br />
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Once the vertical (princess) seams were sewn, the seam allowances were clipped and notched to allow for spread. This made it easier to remove the unneccesary serger threads!<br />
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The bodice pieces went together fairly fast and smoothly. Then it was time to work on the midriff section. so back to the drawing board...er, drafting program! <br />
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Once the pattern was made for the midriff, I started to work. I found this woven fabric in my stash of interfacings...I think it was originally purchased to make 'rangers' for jackets...you know, those two pieces of interfacing that encompass the back neck and shoulder and one armhole...they cross in back, giving support and movement.<br />
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I cut my midriff pieces from the woven fabric, then marked and sewed the darts.<br />
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How funny it looks once the darts force it to take shape!<br />
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Now, at this point, I wasn't sure exactly HOW I was gonna get the midriff done. I tried DRAPING the fashion fabric over this foundation...for about 27 seconds...! t<br />
Then I came to my senses! I am a flat-pattern thinker...my brain just doesn't like to drape.<br />
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But then I got a wild idea.<br />
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WHAT IF I pleated the fabric BEFORE I put it on the foundation? <br />
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I have a pleater board that I made several years ago...it was a sewing guild project and we all made one. So I pulled it out and set to work.<br />
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I put the right side DOWN toward the pleater board (I am using the crepe side, not the satin side, as my 'right' side) and began pushing the fabric under the 'lips' of the pleater board...skipping every other one.<br />
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I did a wide section for the front, then two smaller sections for each half of the back. <br />
This took A LOT of fabric!<br />
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Once I had my pieces pleated, I began to consider once again HOW I was going to attach this to the foundation.<br />
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uh oh.<br />
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Even though I had cut this fabric on the bias before pleating it...so it would have lots of 'give'...it was still NOT possible to force this pleated piece to have the same shape as the foundation pieces. <br />
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Rats! <br />
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No, the dart shaping had to be incorporated. <br />
I went back to the computer and created a new pattern piece for the pleated midriff.<br />
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Since the Empire waist was 3" above the waistline and the midriff extended 6" below the waistline, my midriff section was 9" tall. I divided that into 6 equal parts...1.5" each.<br />
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Then I separated the sections and added folding lines, then closed the dart fragments in each section.<br />
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I ended up with two sections with opposing curves which would be joined at the waist.<br />
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So I cut these pieces from some more fabric...again, placing them on the bias...and began sewing these pleats in. I folded on the fold lines, then basted on the pleat lines. Once the pieces were pleated I began hand-sewing them to the foundation.<br />
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It was awful. The bias stretched, causing weird bumps.<br />
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So I decided it couldn't be bias. AGAIN, I cut new fabric to try anew. I was worried that I might run out of fabric...and I had purchased THE WHOLE BOLT...there was nothing left at the store to go back and get should I run out!<br />
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This time I decided to pleat the fabric ONTO the foundation. I aligned the top edges and pinned. Then I sewed on the fold line, then folded the fabric upward and pressed...then basted on the pleat line, and sewed again about 3/16th" below that...so that once the basting was removed, the pleat would stay partially closed. Then I would press the fabric downward again and sew on the next foldline...etc. <br />
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Well, when I got the second pleat done, I realized that the FIRST pleat didn't measure 1.5" as planned. It was only 1.25". I decided NO BIG DEAL...I would make the second pleat 1.375", then the third and remaining pleats would be 1.5" and no one would know the difference.<br />
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Well, the math didn't work out that way. once I got to the bottom, there was too much fabric for just one pleat, but not enough space for two pleats with the correct spacing. I had to start over yet again!<br />
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Each time I started over, I had to cut a new foundation...because it wasn't worth ripping out all those pleats to salvage the foundation!<br />
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So once again, I pinned the top edge to the foundation and began pleating the fashion fabric to the foundation...this time MEASURING VERY CAREFULLY! Each pleat was 1.5" wide.<br />
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Once the upper section was done, the lower section was begun.<br />
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I sewed the waist of the lower section to the waist of the upper section and continued with the pleating.<br />
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Once the midriff sections were finally pleated, I could sew them each to their respective bodice piece. <br />
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FINALLY, it was time to put in the zipper! My choices were limited...the best color match was not an invisible zip, but in the end I decided to use the invisible one.<br />
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I put in the zipper, stopping the top about 7" below the neckline. I wanted a slit in back but wanted it to be short enough that the dress would cover my bra band!<br />
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Once the zipper was in, I could finally sew all the bodice pieces together, front and back, and try this thing on! Yay!<br />
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Well, not yay. It was too 'blousey' under my bust! Ugh! <br />
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Even though I had sewn a trial muslin, it was NOT an Empire waisted one. And we all know that an Empire waist fits more snugly around the ribs than a top with a 'regular' waist. I was pissed.<br />
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Just like in that <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2010/07/pleated-dress-completed.html" target="_blank">Pleated Dress</a> I needed to make the waist dart wider at its upper end! I could pinch out 0.5" under each princess seam at the Empire seam.<br />
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I took it apart. I resewed the lower end of the princess seam (below bust point) to remove additional fabric (0.5"). <br />
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Plus, I had allowed a 1" SEAM ALLOWANCE at the bodice Empire seam (just in case) and had decided I needed to use it all. Well, once the midriff was sewn to the bodice, I DID NOT need that extra! It was too blousey in length under the bust as well! so, I also removed this excess length from the front bodice at this time.<br />
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Then I looked at that midriff section that I had painstakingly pleated (ad nauseum)...I didn't cry, but I should have! No, instead I began ripping. <br />
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I ripped the waist seam and the seams holding the pleats ABOVE the waist. I was finally able to remove the piece of fabric that was the upper front midriff.<br />
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I could easily sew the waist dart of the foundation piece larger...basically, it was correct at waist and below, but needed to be sewn straight up from waist to the Empire seam.<br />
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Well, think about this....if the dart is wider, that means the SHAPE of the pattern piece that represents the fashion fabric has now changed, too! So I could NOT reuse the fabric...I had to (yet again) cut another piece of fabric for this upper front midriff section! At this point, I am measuring to be sure there is enough left to cut a skirt! There was...<br />
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So, I folded out the corrected dart on the pattern and cut the new piece. Now, HOW am I gonna do this...since the midriff was initially formed by sewing the pleats from the top down? Basically, I had to sew a lot of it by hand. <br />
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Funny...after hand-sewing for a while, I was thinking to myself, 'this is so much more ZEN than shopping for a dress.' But I had to laugh at this thought, because only a few hours earlier I wanted to tear my hair out!<br />
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I resewed the front midriff to the front bodice. But remember? I had allowed that 1" seam allowance on the bodice that needed to be removed...ON THE BACK, TOO! <br />
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So, now I had to RIP OUT THE INVISIBLE ZIPPER and remove the excess 3/8" length on the back bodice....then resew the bodice and midriff sections and reinsert that zipper.<br />
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Eventually I got the front and back put back together with the zipper in...and it fit! Now it was time to draft the skirt...<br />
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To be continued.<br />
<br />Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-58540351982326879262013-04-15T21:01:00.000-05:002013-04-15T23:22:34.048-05:00Widening the Back NeckAs mentioned previously, I manually widened the back neck opening on my PMB pattern by 'sliding' the neckline laterally. I did not rotate the shoulder dart to the neck.<br />
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Basically, using the PATTERN EDITOR portion of PMB5, I drew a circle with a 0.25" radius at the CB/neck point. <br />
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<li>When drawing this circle, I clicked on the CB/NECK point, then moved the mouse laterally, typed in 0.25 and hit ENTER. </li>
<li>This created the circle but more importantly, it also put the X-construction point of the circle on the right side of the circle...at the 3 o'clock location...precisely 0.25" away from the CB line.</li>
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Next, I SELECTED the entire back neck (but NOT the new circle) as well as the medial shoulder segment and the medial dart leg.<br />
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I clicked on the CB/neck point, then clicked on the X-construction point of the circle. This moved the selected items laterally by 0.25".<br />
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At this point, there is a 0.25" gap in the neckline at CB.<br />
I drew a new line to fill that gap.<br />
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Also, the dart legs now cross...so I found the midpoint between the ends of the legs (Draw LINE between the tips, then, select line, Locate Midpoint) and drew new dart legs to connect the shoulder to the new dart tip (which is the MIDPOINT between the crossed legs).<br />
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Here you can see the difference between the original and the new patterns:<br />
You can see that the shoulder dart is smaller (red) and the neck is wider (red) than the original patttern (green).<br />
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Because I didn't ROTATE part of the shoulder dart to the neck, the NK/Shoulder Point did not go any higher than it was...it just moved laterally...just as it would have been drafted if the neck measurement was wider.Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-72789786071460861972013-04-08T18:06:00.002-05:002013-04-08T21:04:01.715-05:00Wedding Dress Post-Mortem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, the wedding is over! Now it is time to look at the game films and determine what can be improved for next time! :-)</div>
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First, let me say, this dress performed brilliantly! It made a great impression, was comfortable to wear, and allowed freedom of motion. Plus, it looked cool when I twirled!</div>
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But the fit wasn't perfect. I knew as soon as I put the sleeves in that I had made the shoulders too wide. Rats!<br />
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I didn't put sleeves into the trial muslin...and in the back of my mind, I could hear that little voice telling me to do so. But I was in a rush (as always) to get this done. So I confidently skipped that step. After all, these are tiny little cap sleeves. I knew that *if* they weren't 'right' they would still be 'good enough'...as in, they wouldn't restrict arm movement because they were so short...so I proceeded with abandon! <br />
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Well, not quite 'abandon'...I did have to rip out the first sleeve I set in, as I mentioned in my last post.<br />
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As soon as I got these sleeves in and tried the dress on, I could feel them. Not painful...just an awareness. I could feel the tightness of the sleeve's hem...it needed to be a wider sleeve. The armhole was VERY close to my body!<br />
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If you look at the BACK armhole and sleeve, you can kinda see a fold of excess fabric at the ah seam.<br />
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And if you look at the FRONT armhole, you can imagine that that ah seam is right up next to my arm in front...no room for moving the arm forward.<br />
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Don't get me wrong...I COULD move my arm forward (and did...I danced all night!)...but I could feel the armhole at first. After a while, I noticed nothing...it was comfortable. But it wasn't 'right'.<br />
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I know from these pictures it would appear that I carried a glass of wine the entire time, but, truely, that was NOT the case!<br />
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I put it down every now and then...<br />
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While it looks like I am scolding someone, in reality I was not. I was challenging my SIL to dance! ...silly...<br />
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But see how the back of the sleeve has that fold? If that armhole seam was just a little farther up on the body, the sleeve would have been wider (so, the hem wider = less constricting) and the fold would disappear (I think).<br />
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I used a Back Shoulder Width of 17"...my body actually measures 16.75" between the arm creases WHEN MY HANDS ARE CLASPED IN FRONT...see <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2009/08/helping-measurements.html" target="_blank">Helping Measurements</a> if you don't remember.<br />
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But if I measure across the TOP of the shoulders, it is not that wide. I have always struggled with getting the shoulder widths (and thus, the armholes) 'just right'.<br />
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I DID use the ARMHOLE SHAPE TOOL to lower the placement of the notch on the back armhole so that the segment ABOVE the notch matched my body's armhole measurement...that is, from my Shoulder Point to the top of the crease where arm meets body. My body measures 5"...so I lower the ah notch until that upper segment also measures 5". This way, the armhole begins to curve where it should for MY body. That was explained in the <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/03/zero-ease-torso-block.html" target="_blank">last post</a>.<br />
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As I said, I DID not lower the FRONT ah notch to force the upper segment of the front ah to match my body's measurements...I felt like that made the armhole much too scooped. I am now rethinking that choice. <br />
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Next time, I WILL lower the front armhole notch until the upper segment is 4.25"...just like my body. I think this matters!<br />
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As you can see here, there are lots of wrinkles intoduced when the arms are extended. The bodice is forced to move up off the arms and onto the body...so the arm can move.<br />
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Of course, no one but ME noticed these things...everyone kept telling me how good it looked and how perfectly it fit. I just kept my mouth shut and DID NOT point out every little flaw! <br />
(Can you believe that, Marilyn?) :-)<br />
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Guess what? Those dreaded diagonal wrinkles that I ALWAYS have in back are there again! Sigh! I must reduce that Back Shoulder Slope measurement AGAIN!!! <br />
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For next time, in addition to making the shoulders (front and back) more narrow, I will reduce the BSS by .25" *AND* I will also lower the armhole by an additional 0.25". Hopefully, that will pull those wrinkles up and out.<br />
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I know this is a dark picture...I take what I am given! <br />
I am just thankful to HAVE some images where I CAN do this post-mortem!<br />
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</a>I am dancing in this image, so my body is twisted...but you CAN see the wrinkles a little. You can also see how the armhole seam is right there ON the back arm crease...although the reason I wanted sleeves in my dress in the first place is to HIDE that back arm crease, which I find is one of my less-attractive body parts!<br />
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Ok, now that we have established that the shoulders, front and back, are too wide (and the back shoulder slope too long), there is one more thing to notice: the neck width. You might need to scroll back up to that first image to see this. <br />
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I used a NECK WIDTH setting of 0.5"...which means this neckline should be .5" away from my neck. Since I am wearing a necklace, you can see that the dress neckline is WAY farther away from my necklace chain than 0.5"! <br />
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That is a BIG DEAL.<br />
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And it explains alot.<br />
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The length of the shoulder seam on this dress is 'right' for me. <br />
The problem is, this shoulder starts too far from center!<br />
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PMB version 5 removed the Shoulder Length measurement, which, in earlier versions, could be used (in combination with the Front Shoulder Width measurement) to determine the width of the neck opening on the front pattern. <br />
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In earlier versions, the front neck opening could be a different width than the back neck opening (which was determined by the NECK CIRCUMFERENCE measurement). <br />
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But in V5, front and back neck openings draft equally...and the NECK CIRCUMFERENCE measurement controls this width.<br />
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I pulled out an old pattern...actually, it was the pattern for the wrap-top I wore to the rehearsal dinner!<br />
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This top was made back in 2008...using Version 3. The neck width used on this one was also 0.5"...but as you can see, it is much closer to MY neck!<br />
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Ok, yes, there is wine in this picture also...but REALLY, I don't have a problem! :-)<br />
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But back to the clothing...<br />
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This top isn't perfect...the bust darts are too low for one thing!...but like most of the things I make, it is wearable and looks pretty good. So, when I compared the pattern for this top with the one used to make the wedding dress, I kept that in mind.<br />
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Ok, here is the basic torso pattern I used to create the MOG dress...highlighted in <span style="color: red;">RED.</span> The <span style="color: #6aa84f;">yellow/greenish pattern</span> is the one used to create the <span style="color: black;">Teal Satin Wrap top</span> (in 2008).<br />
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If you look at the NECK WIDTHS, you will see they are pretty much the same.<br />
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But look at the difference in SHOULDER WIDTHS on these two patterns! <br />
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....and the TEAL one fits just fine across the back... <br />
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Just look!<br />
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While I am not 'posing' for the picture, you can see that I have plenty of mobility...there is no stress across the back. <br />
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This Teal Top was drafted with a Back Shoulder Width of 15.5"...not the 17" that I used on the MOG.<br />
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There was no back shoulder dart to sew...a tiny bit of ease only.<br />
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BUT...at that time, so that I would NOT have a big dart, I manually rotated this pattern's back armhole outward (pivot point = SHOULDER POINT)...to give more ease at the level of the lower armhole area. <br />
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OK, so now...look at the comparison of the FRONT patterns. <br />
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The <span style="color: red;">RED</span> is the block I used to create the MOG dress.<br />
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The <span style="color: #073763;">BLUE</span> is the 2008 Teal Wrap top pattern.<br />
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Compare the front neck widths.<br />
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With center fronts aligned, the MOG pattern has a wider neck opening than the Teal Wrap pattern....measure straight across from neck point to CF (if it were extended upward).<br />
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Now, this front neckline on the Teal top drafted narrower than the back neckline on the Teal top...because I could draft that way using V3.<br />
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I used a NECK CIRCUMFERENCE measurement of 14" for the Teal Top...in V3.<br />
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For the MOG dress, I used a NECK CIRCUMFERENCE measurement of 13.5"...in V5.<br />
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Even with the smaller NECK measurement, the FRONT neck in V5 drafts wider than the neck of the V3 one!<br />
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But remember, in my last post, I said I had to WIDEN the back neck so that it would be wider than the front neck? I can now see that the back neck was the one that was the right width! It was the FRONT NECK that was too wide...the back wasn't too narrow!<br />
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But since I was using that very wide BACK SHOULDER WIDTH measurement (17") and getting a large back shoulder dart, I saw widening the back neck as an opportunity to reduce that dart...it didn't even occur to me that the front neck width was actually the problem!<br />
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So, FOR NEXT TIME...I will reduce the NECK MEASUREMENT from 13.5 to 12".<br />
This will draft a neck that matches the FRONT of my old patterns.<br />
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I will use a FRONT SHOULDER WIDTH of 15 (instead of the 15.5" used this time).<br />
I will use a BACK SHOULDER WIDTH of 16 (instead of the 17" used this time).<br />
This is a 0.5" reduction in FRONT shoulder width, but a 1" reduction in BACK shoulder width. This will result in a smaller back shoulder dart.<br />
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At right, you can see the original MOG pattern in <span style="color: red;">RED</span>. The Blue/green patterns are the 'NEXT TIME' choices.<br />
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The front neck opening is narrower...but the length of the shoulder seam is the same as before...as if the shoulder was just 'shifted' medially. <br />
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The front armhole is moved inward .25" and allowed to scoop lower (this is the questionable part!). But the upper ah segment matches my body's 4.25" measurement!<br />
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I lowered the overall armhole DEPTH another 0.25"...for an ah depth setting of 0.5".<br />
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ON THE BACK, you see that the new back neck (green) is narrower than before. But, remember? I said it was the back neck width that was actually correct before I widened it! So, again, I will manually widen it to eliminate some of the back shoulder dart width...I will restore the back neck to the width it was before...on the original MOG! <br />
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So, basically, I am using a smaller-than-real neck circumference measurement to draft the desired width of the FRONT NECK, then I will widen the back neck using some of the shoulder dart.<br />
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The back shoulders will be narrower across the top of the pattern.<br />
The lower armhole will move inward 0.25", as well as downward 0.25".<br />
The back shoulder is more sloped on this new one...as if the back armhole was 'shifted' downward on the pattern by 0.25". I am hoping this is enough to eliminate those diagonal pulls!<br />
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Ok, so here is how the <span style="color: red;">NEW (next time) pattern...in RED</span>...compares with the pattern for the TEAL top. With center fronts aligned, the new neck width is <em>almost</em> the same as on the old one...close enough.<br />
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The Front armhole is very different...we'll see how this works out. Might be wonderful!<br />
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Note--The waist is higher on ALL these newer patterns (including the original MOG) than it was on the TEAL top.<br />
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On the BACK, <span style="color: red;">the NEW (next time) RED pattern <span style="color: black;">has a narrower neck width...but this is ok, because there is still a back shoulder dart to steal from! I will manually widen this neck.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The new pattern has a slightly more sloped back shoulder than the TEAL one...this is desireable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Since the TEAL one's back armhole was manually rotated outward, this <span style="color: red;">new back armhole</span> compares favorably, with no rotation needed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And on both front and back, you may notice the difference in width at sideseams...</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">...the TEAL top used a 41.5" bust measurement with 3" of ease. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">...the MOG (and this new version) used a 42" bust with ZERO ease!</span></span><br />
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Gosh, I was gonna show how I widen the neck, but perhaps that needs to be a separate post! <br />
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<br />Trishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770453004031593722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304223297100890808.post-9549075799227245792013-03-29T23:23:00.000-05:002013-03-30T11:16:09.049-05:00Zero-ease Torso BlockA friend asked about the measurements and settings I am using now to sew this dress. I couldn't really give a short answer. I had to do some research!<br />
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So...I guess I should back up a bit and start this story from the beginning.<br />
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After trying on a gazillion <span style="background-color: white;">RTW</span> dresses and <strike>being made to feel that my body is sub-optimal</strike> deciding I could do better, I decided to sew a dress. I pulled out <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-fitting-outcome.html" target="_blank">that red crinkle sheath</a> and tried it on for evaluation. I didn't trust the shoulder changes that I had made because that fabric was, after all, a crinkle rayon!...it has 'give'! But the n<span style="background-color: white;">eed</span> to raise the waist level and increase the bust cup were undeniable. So I set about creating a new chart and pulled out some fabric to test it.<br />
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I used a striped polished cotton and cut a ZERO- ease torso block from it. <br />
I put a zipper in the back seam. <br />
No sleeves yet.<br />
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Well, as you can see by the pattern, there are some suspicious areas!<br />
I used one waist dart in front and back.<br />
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I chose an F bust-cup. Remember?...in <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-fitting-outcome.html" target="_blank">the red crinkle sheath discussion</a>, I decided that I needed to go up, but wasn't sure whether to go to E or F. Since this was to be very fitted, I decided the F was the right choice.***Spoiler alert!!! This decision will come back to haunt me!<br />
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Look at how sloped that back shoulder is! Way too sloped. This was one of the changes that I made based on the red crinkle sheath that I was REALLY suspicious about...and it turned out to be way too much slope.<br />
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But at this point, I couldn't tell that, though, because I couldn't get this shell zipped over my hips! I had used my hip measurement, taken at hip level. But my body is larger at high-hip level!<br />
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Look at the hips on that pattern! Very narrow. But my hips ARE fairly narrow...<br />
I decided to add some hip ease, then move the SIDE/WAIST and SIDE/HIP points so that ALL the ease I was adding would be in the back. It seemed like that was were it was needed.<br />
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I took the shell apart and printed a new back pattern. I scabbed on some fabric to the sides of the back and re-cut it...then resewed it. Bad!<br />
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I won't go through every detail of every iteration, but I did learn some things as a result of this exercise.<br />
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<li>For one thing...I need for my waist darts to be very long. These were way too short in the above pattern. In front, my darts should be 8" long below the waist. In back, the dart should be 7" long below the waist. </li>
<li>My new hip depth is 9" since the waist was moved upward.</li>
<li>I should NEVER move the SIDE/WAIST and SIDE/HIP points on my torso garments! I need to have the same amount of dart uptake in front as in back...and that amount is 2" per pattern.*</li>
<li>*In order to get waist darts that are large enough (to give me that 2" per pattern), I have to reduce my real WAIST MEASUREMENT by 2"...then manually add .5" at each side/waist to blend that sharp waist indention that PMB creates.</li>
<li>I should NEVER draft with 2 waist darts and only sew one UNLESS I am doing that front and back (maybe). I have to keep the uptake equal, F and B.</li>
<li>My front WAIST DARTS look better when I make the BUST DART HORIZONTAL setting a smaller number...4"...and increase the UPPER FRONT DART LENGTH SETTING to cause the dart to end farther from the bust point. I chose 2"...This keeps the dart tip of the side bust dart in about the same place as before, but allows the waist darts to be closer to the center of the body for a more flattering look.</li>
<li>I use a ZERO setting for the UPPER BACK DART LENGTH SETTING. </li>
<li>I use 3.5" for my FIRST BACK DART POSITION setting....not sure this is set in stone yet.</li>
<li>To get under-bust contouring, I should sew the front waist darts straight up from waist for about 3.5"...then begin to curve in an "S" shape before coming to a point.</li>
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Now, here is a VERY important lesson learned...I CANNOT use ZERO hip ease if my largest circumference is at the HIGH HIP ...especially when I also use long torso/waist darts! I would either have to use the HIGH HIP MEASUREMENT as the hip measurement or add ease. I chose to keep the measurement as is and add ease (for now).<br />
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I had to increase the hip ease setting to 3.5" to have enough width in the pattern to cover the high hip and replace what I was removing in the torso/waist darts. So, to create a "ZERO-EASE" shell, I STILL have to add hip ease so I can dart it out with the long waist darts! My body needs the interior darting for shape...it needs a wider pattern with more interior darting.<br />
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Eventually, I decided to go with 4.5" hip ease...this ease setting left me with 1" of actual hip ease, I think. Once I went to the actual dress, I also added a tiny bit of ease to the waist as well.<br />
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Here is what my pattern looks like once I make all the right choices:<br />
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Notice the difference in the size of these waist darts as compared to the tiny ones in the original pattern (way up in this story). The back shoulder angle is less steep now,**more about that later.<br />
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BTW, I raised this hem up a bit above hip level for the dress style...that is why it looks shorter.<br />
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***And, I DID have to make manual changes to the back neck and shoulder dart!***</div>
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Because PMB5 will not draft a back neck opening that is wider than the front neck opening, </div>
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I'll show that in a future post.</div>
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Ok, here is a little about the fitting:<br />
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As you can see on the shoulder and armhole of this FRONT piece, I scabbed on some fabric at the very tip of the shoulder and have drawn marks where the armhole will be trimmed. This is so I can continue using the same fabric piece without starting over...the next pattern has a wider shoulder, but I scooped the armholes by using the ARMHOLE SHAPE TOOL.<br />
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Below, you can see where I scabbed on a chunk of fabric so I could recut the front and add to the width of the hips and waist, according to the next pattern to be tried.<br />
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On my dress form, I hung a weighted string from the neck area, making sure it crossed the shoulder at the SHOULDER POINT. This way, I could observe the side seam.</div>
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Notice...although it touches the string at the underarm and almost touches at the hip, the string is far behind the sideseam at the waist. </div>
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This tells me that my DART UPTAKE (and side seam position) is not right...the distribution of the <em>waist/torso dart</em> <em>uptake</em> is wrong. The front darts are taking out too much fabric and the back darts not enough...and/or, I have placed the sideseam incorrectly. </div>
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This was one of the iterations where I had tried moving the S/W and S/H points forward to allow the back to have more fabric over the bum. Bad idea, but now I know! Eventually, I realized that my darts much be equal front and back and my side/waist and side/hip must be at the zero position.</div>
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My pictures are awful...I know. Shaky cell phone camera in poor lighting reflected in a dirty mirror. But perhaps you'll get the idea--</div>
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The bust dart was too high and had an ugly ending.<br />
The front waist darts were too far 'out', creating a plateau on my belly!<br />
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Funky dart tip...plus, look at the diagonal wrinkles behind that arm!<br />
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To eliminate those diagonal folds in back, I reshaped the back armhole using the ARMHOLE SHAPE TOOL. First, I went back to my HELPING MEASUREMENTS as determined <a href="http://makeitfit-trish.blogspot.com/2009/08/helping-measurements.html" target="_blank">before</a>. I had measured my body from the shoulder point down the back armhole to the V where the arm meets the body...this measures 5". I decided that the upper section of my back pattern also needed to measure 5", so I used the DOWNWARD ARROW to move the back notch down until the upper section of that armhole measured 5". This caused the back armhole to become more scooped.</div>
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I also increased my bust measurement by 1"...that is why the RED pattern is .25" wider at underarm level. But the important note here is the lower notch on the RED one...the upper section of the back armhole seamline is now 5" long (between shoulder and notch), which matches <strong>my</strong> body. The arc of the armhole will start where <strong>my</strong> underarm actually is!</div>
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Here is an attempt at photographing that back armhole. There are 5/8" seam allowances still on the armholes...but the wrinkles were better. In hindsight, I also think I should have decreased the Back Shoulder Slope measurement by a little, as well as make the Back Shoulder Width a bit smaller, because, after all, this is a zero ease garment...I might have too much ease in the back shoulder. Hindsight.</div>
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I DID NOT make the same change to the front pattern. That is, I did not lower the front notch so that the upper part of the FRONT ARMHOLE would match the measurement on the front of my body. I tried, but in PMB, that causes the lower arc of the front armhole to become WAY too scooped. So I just lowered it as far as looked 'right'.</div>
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Remember, the bust dart was too high.</div>
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So I lowered it.</div>
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I stopped it farther from the bust point.</div>
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I moved that dart up and down, in and out...</div>
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...but still, the awful fold at the end of the dart was present!</div>
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So I sewed a pleat across the whole front to similate how it would be had I used an E cup...</div>
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I hadn't thought the front waist was too low, but once it was higher, it DID look better! </div>
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(Using an F-cup also adds 3/8" more front length.) </div>
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Moving the front waist up that 3/8" (by reducing the cup size) was actually an improvement!</div>
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I also considered that perhaps a single side bust dart would not ever sew smoothly. </div>
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I am hoping that will not be the case!</div>
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I KNOW the darts look awful in this...I would normally sew 4 front torso darts instead of only 2, as well as 4 back torso darts...but on this shell, I was going for speed not beauty.</div>
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At this point, I decided I was close enough and started designing the pattern for the actual dress.</div>
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NOTE...I decided to raise the front neckline just a little for the dress....this one still has a 5/8" seam allowance on it and seems like a good depth, so I raised it for the real thing.</div>
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I guess I should post some measurements and settings, although I am not entirely sure what I should post! I made more changes based on sewing the dress and would probably make the shoulders even more narrow! See, I go back and forth on the best way to handle that 'V' that forms at my shoulder when the front and back are sewn together at the shoulder:</div>
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If you zoom in close, perhaps you can see the inward-V that forms there. </div>
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It will pull the tip of the sleeve up into it, creating a point. I hate that!</div>
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So, I draft with the shoulders extra-wide, then use the ARMHOLE SHAPE TOOL to bump the notches INWARD on both front and back. I have also drawn an ARC to smooth the upper armhole, creating a nicer transition from front to back.<br />
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I have tried using a narrower shoulder measurement, but forgetting to manually extend the shoulder tip to prevent the V is a problelm for me! By doing it this way (drafting wide and trimming), if I cut out the garment BEFORE I remember to make a modification, I am still ok...I don't have to ADD anthing to fill in the little V...if I forget to scoop out around it, I will see it as soon as I set the sleeves...and can still fix it. </div>
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This is still not set in stone!</div>
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Ok, if you are still reading, this is what I ended up deciding was my "zero ease" block.</div>
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HTH!</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Sleeve Style: <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Set In<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Sleeve Hemline Shape: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Straight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Sleeve Underarm Length: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The new sleeve pattern was MUCH better! </div>
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I probably could have even lowered the sleeve cap a bit more for some additional mobility, but I think this sleeve is fine since it is so short.</div>
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I used a CAP HEIGHT of -1 on this SET IN SLEEVE.</div>
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Which means I could probably have used a CP HT of -1.5, I think.</div>
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On the PREVIOUS sleeve, I <strong>did</strong> use a CP HT of -1.5, but it was a different sleeve choice...</div>
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That was the CAP SLEEVE.</div>
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So, the correct cap height choice depends on WHICH sleeve style you make!</div>
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After printing my sleeve pattern, I was STILL a bit concerned about that dramatic upward swoop of the hem.</div>
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The shape just seemed so...severe.</div>
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So I added .5" to the overall cap length by redrawing (with pencil on the paper) as indicated by the blue line on this pattern. That blue line became my cutting line.</div>
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I used .375" seam allowance on the lower/hem edge...5/8" on the others, simply because that is what I had used on the dress.</div>
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I really prefer using smaller...3/8"...seam allowances, but when the outcome is uncertain, best to use larger!</div>
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I once again cut each sleeve from the lace and from the gold mesh.</div>
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I aligned the pieces RST and sewed the lower/hem edge.</div>
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Then I understitched that edge, pressing the seam allowances toward the gold mesh.</div>
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I folded the mesh to the inside and positioned the pieces WST, pinning carefully along the hem edge to align the layers without letting either side shift backwards or forward at that hem seam. </div>
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Then I pressed well.</div>
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After basting the cap edges together, these sleeves were inserted into the dress without major incidents!</div>
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Lastly, I serged the armhole seam, cutting off most of the seam allowance, as it would be pressed out toward the sleeve and I didn't want a big seam allowance showing through the lace. </div>
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1/4 inch was fine.</div>
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Yes, it would probably have been nice to bind that seam in lining fabric...I didn't.</div>
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Now it was time for a closure at the back neck edge.</div>
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I had already tried a small hook and eye on the inside, but it kept coming loose during try-ons...no way was it going to hold during dancing!</div>
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I needed a button.</div>
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Looking through my stash, hoping to find a set of buttons to cover with the dress fabric didn't produce any buttons small enough.</div>
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So I started looking for 'regular' buttons, holding little hope of finding any the right color but making the effort anyway. </div>
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But what do you know!? In my grandmother's button stash, there was a little plastic ziplock bag containing 6 small purple buttons!</div>
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These buttons were just right! </div>
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Not too big.</div>
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Not too small.</div>
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Not too shiny.</div>
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Just right!</div>
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So I sewed one of these buttons onto the left neck edge of my dress, then made a thread loop on the right side.</div>
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The dress closes nicely now!</div>
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I haven't tried dancing yet, but if it will hold tight long enough for me to put the dress on and get the hem marked, then I think I will trust it for the night!</div>
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Oh, and have you noticed the color of these images? </div>
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All different.</div>
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This purple shows up as blue much of the time.</div>
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No telling HOW this dress will show up in the official photos!</div>
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Sigh.</div>
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