New Look 6735

It is my intention to make each item (however unlike the illustrations on the pattern envelope - mine are unlikely to coordinate!)

 

1. Three quarter sleeve top

• Interlock print
• Serged seams
• Twin needle hems

 

2. Panelled skirt

• Serged seams and zigzag elastic casing
• Twin needle hem (size 90 4mm)

3. Cardigan jacket

• Serged seams
• Twin needle hem
• Stretch buttonhole

 



 

 



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Burda Start III 3197 variation

 

Another variation of the Burda Start 3197 pattern. This time with a warm skivvy type neck. The fabric has thin stripes of silver sparkle thread - hence the "dots" in the photo.

I used my overlocker to do all the seams and neck and the sewing machine and twin needle for the wrists and hem.

This fabric "suited" the twin needle and I had no need to put paper under the hemline. Adjusting the needle position two steps to the left, and having a stitch length of 2.6, tension 3.5 was enough to get perfect twin needle stitches all the way around.

Butterick Classics 6598

I have a collection of fabrics that I take out, look at and put away again - too chicken to cut and sew, not sure enough what to do with them. This top was made with one of those pieces - it was a big piece of fabric and I always thought I should make something "big" out of it to fully utilise it.

A year has probably gone by, and I chopped it. This Butterick 6598 top took about half of it.

I followed the pattern but made these modifications -

• slightly widened the torso from the waist down
• put slits in the side
• put slits in the arm seam

These would have been unnecessary if the pattern had been my size or if I had remembered to cut the arms and sides a bit bigger in the first place!

Mary is Back

It has been a long time between posts, Mary has missed her time in the spotlight. There have been many items of clothing sewn in 2014, but none have been posted! A treasure trove awaits, well, maybe just some photos of clothes.

Enid Gilchrist pattern books

 

 

Collected and admired, now on sale at Ebay for someone else to love. All are worn, frayed, yellowed, some have tears, some mending with tape and pen/pencil markings, however all are fully useable and readable.

Quilt fabric dress - Newlook 6024

The pattern - NewLook 6024 from SewingPatterns.com
downloaded and stuck together

The fabric - quilt fabric from my stash

I downloaded NewLook 6024 from SewingPatterns.com and recently printed it out. The dress interested me because of the neckline pleats.

The fabric is a quilting cotton - should be very comfortable on a humid summer day and being a quilting cotton it is not as see through as other 'fashion' fabrics.


I'm making view A but with the sleeves from view C. The fabric has been easy to sew and the pattern has come together well. However the back neck gaped excessively - and Mary the manequin was essential. I made two deep pleats, one on either side of the back zip and top stitched them, so no more gape.

I'm wearing the completed dress
 and my father is modelling the completed vest from the previous post

Waistcoat Mutation

The silver zebra Burda 7799 waistcoat is stalled.

However a waistcoat had to be made and the result is a mutation between Burda 7799 and Lincraft 1063.

I used the body of Lincraft 1063 and the collar and welt pockets of Burda 7799. The two front pieces are a lightweight woven fabric with iron on interfacing to give more body, the back and lining is Dancetime satin - the back is the matt side.

So a marvellous slinky feel and a completed waistcoat. Smiles all round.

Welt pocket outlined on waistcoat front

Completed waistcoat

Close-up of buttons and welt pockets

Shawl collar and satin interior