tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post8877013732263321089..comments2024-02-25T08:24:32.822+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Sewing Novice: My 2017 challenge rationalewestmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-10171330817408246822017-03-03T15:02:27.583+00:002017-03-03T15:02:27.583+00:00That is really interesting! I hope your experiment...That is really interesting! I hope your experiment and your daughter's dress turns out well! :Dwestmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-25450126293071737212017-03-02T22:07:15.504+00:002017-03-02T22:07:15.504+00:00Mad as it sounds, I am currently making a dress I ...Mad as it sounds, I am currently making a dress I know that I will only wear for blog photos! I am making it for experience and knowledge, in a colour I hate, but my daughter loves. The dress will be unpicked and the fabric turned in to something for her. It will not be a waste as I will learn from it. <br />It is great to challenge oneself... The whole point of my blog is to challenge myself. I am looking forward to seeing you victorious with your challenges ☺️SewSmarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689970444035795312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-20344587087537069082017-01-14T15:58:08.879+00:002017-01-14T15:58:08.879+00:00I am glad you enjoy my blog! :D I am also pleased ...I am glad you enjoy my blog! :D I am also pleased to hear that someone made that jacket successfully! I don't think I have major fit issues with Burda either but I haven't made much that I would describe as closely fitted either, so I guess I will have to wait and see! Thank you for the tip on the lining though. The one Burda coat I had told you to put in an ease pleat but not the armhole adjustment, so I will look into that in more detail before I make my next lined Burda garment.westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-27647712271676947302017-01-14T15:55:08.429+00:002017-01-14T15:55:08.429+00:00We're a mystery even to ourselves!We're a mystery even to ourselves! westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-37816509279203437632017-01-14T10:25:43.323+00:002017-01-14T10:25:43.323+00:00By the way long time lurker here, I enjoy your pos...By the way long time lurker here, I enjoy your posts and sewing. Thank you for continuing to inspire me and my sewing.Cathy Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371483338725334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-63434722291039228342017-01-14T10:21:54.667+00:002017-01-14T10:21:54.667+00:00I've made that jacket! I love it but i don'...I've made that jacket! I love it but i don't wear it heaps as it is quite distinctive and looks best done up and I have a sitting down job mostly. I don't think it is 4 star difficult, although I have no major fit issues with burda. There are no tricky collars like most jackets. The button holes are slow but doable. I modified the lining with an ease pleat and adjusted the lining sleeve armhole in line with some advice I found online as burda like normal has lining and outer the same.Cathy Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371483338725334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-39897926765128298412017-01-13T17:18:24.652+00:002017-01-13T17:18:24.652+00:00Isn't that the truth!
I made a jersey shirtd...Isn't that the truth! <br /><br />I made a jersey shirtdress in a (unnatural) animal print and wore the thing to death in a short time. I *had* to have a black one because "this will be ahhh-mazing!". I can probably count the number of times I've worn it. <br /><br />And yet the chambray shirt I hated and almost tossed...whenever I look through my photos I realize just how often I wear it! It can be so random :)<br /><br />It does look quite fitted but will be easy to add at the waistline to remove some of that major curvature.<br />KS_Sews (Dressmakingbacles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687503853838975877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-42223788943341548712017-01-09T18:17:08.167+00:002017-01-09T18:17:08.167+00:00I definitely think that jacket is a possible wishl...I definitely think that jacket is a possible wishlist entry this year. I love it SO MUCH, and it's really not WILDLY complicated when you look at the pattern. It does look pretty fitted though, so that's something I suppose.<br /><br />I am definitely with you on making stuff if you're nuts about it and can think of SOME use for it, even if it's only very occasional. I'm just not keen personally on making things that NEVER get worn. Even then, you can't always tell what you'll never/frequently wear. Sometimes I've been totally wrong about how much use I'll get out of something!westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-2677271292771566712017-01-09T01:29:04.861+00:002017-01-09T01:29:04.861+00:00I've always loved that jacket. And like you, I...I've always loved that jacket. And like you, I go back to things I've always fancied and think, "Hey! I can totally make that now!" I say go for it!!!<br /><br />I collect Burda because I realize Burda is amazing and awesome to fit and sew and that the designs grow on me. I'm working on a jacket right now from 2007. But then with easy access to Big4 it's so easy for me to break open a paper pattern, cut that tissue and go. :) <br /><br />I'm also with you on sometimes sewing a thing just because I'd like to sew a thing. When the new Vogue's were released the other day I was fawning over this Lia Lia dress but decided the back would make it a no-go. And later resolved to sew it anyway because why not?! <br /><br />Basics are necessary and we need functional things but why not add a little extra something?! <br />I think it'll help keep the sewing fun. KS_Sews (Dressmakingbacles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687503853838975877noreply@blogger.com