tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post9071531824714296127..comments2024-03-26T11:54:18.535+00:00Comments on anne's blog: Learning from my mistakes?Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-91972515198508358532014-09-24T22:31:31.644+01:002014-09-24T22:31:31.644+01:00Hello Anne,
I came across your blog via the patter...Hello Anne,<br />I came across your blog via the pattern review site. You may get a wider range of interfacing from englishcouture.co.uk. a school and online shop based in Leicester. With regard to your dress, if possible you could make it a feature, the suggestions posted by Sarah Liz are worth trying. Hope this helpsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975175321842223248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-9050168455871074352014-09-15T23:38:48.237+01:002014-09-15T23:38:48.237+01:00Thank you for your comments. One of the versions o...Thank you for your comments. One of the versions of this dress has what I originally thought was piped seams but I think is a trim stitched on top. I had wondered about that or about a machine stitch on both sides of the seam - but machine embroidered rather than by hand. Unfortunately, I think the pieces may be too alike to be considered different but different enough not to be considered the same! I still need to re-press and try on. <br /><br />I'm just back from my pattern fitting class (started tonight) and I'm exhausted. It's bedtime. I agree with you about easier garments; I'm going to try the simple and free Colette top - I already have the pattern traced out with my alterations on it and the fabric prepped. I was going to do a toile but I may just do the top. <br />I'm missing the next pattern fitting class and have a fair bit of homework to do which I hope David will help me with - usually the teacher follows the methods I did in my sewing vacation pattern drafting class in August, but this time she's decided to do draping as she says that will get us to the point of manipulating darts etc more quickly. I'm keen on this idea.<br />I haven't posted on MAGAM yet, I might not manage this month as DD2 back home again (hopefully just for 2 weeks but sewing room re-disrupted) after accommodation arrangements fell through and my other 2 daughters are coming home with partners and the older with my two grandchildren for the weekend; we're going to have a celebratory family meal as they couldn't be here when I had my 60th in July. I start back at my sewing class on Thursday so I must have something to do ...<br />Best wishes with your studies and sewing<br />AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-76388156502634874462014-09-15T07:43:42.328+01:002014-09-15T07:43:42.328+01:00P.S. I read your comment on my blog that your mojo...P.S. I read your comment on my blog that your mojo was a little low at the moment - you have had lots on your plate. I find that when I have a lot to do, I am better off sewing simple garments, just to keep my eye in, and then I go back to more complex sewing when I have the ability to do so. It works, and there are always simple garments needed.Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-41036444803332380072014-09-15T07:41:40.108+01:002014-09-15T07:41:40.108+01:00What an unenviable saga. After all that work, to ...What an unenviable saga. After all that work, to have this new problem.<br /><br />Can you do basic embroidery? A nice chunky running stitch just inside the seam lines of the new panel may may this slightly different panel look as though it is meant to be - sort of a texture block panel. And some at the neck edge as well. Hold the threads up first and see whether the idea works. It wouldn't take much more time! That's if the dress still fits...<br />Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.com