Thank you for joining us over the last week for our Aria SAL! Your finished products turned out beautifully 🙂 If you started but haven’t had a chance to finish, or if you are planning to tackle this project after life gets back to “normal” (do we know what that even is anymore????), the videos and blog posts will always…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 8 – Winners Announced!
Nora Hacks
Nora is such a sweet, simple pattern, with a tidy binding finish and fun keyhole back option (though there is a closed back option, too). Nora’s sleeve options include sleeveless, short, half, 3/4 (excluding Baby Nora), or long sleeves! I know I can’t be the only one dreaming about mashing with sleeves from our other patterns, too. For women’s, length…
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Aria Sew-a-Long: Day 7
Yay! We’re finishing up our Aria sewing today! In today’s video, I’m cleaning up any stray threads and basting stitches, finishing the seam allowances for each tier, and hemming. It’s important to not serge off your elastic when you finish your seam allowances! I just run the raw edges through the serger with my knife disengaged, to make sure no…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 6
We are so close to the finish line! Today’s steps are admittedly slow-going, but whew, the end result is so rewarding! If you’re just doing one of the simple skirt options, you will only have one skirt/tier to attach. If you’re doing one of the tiered options, you will have two-three tiers to attach. In the video, I attach the…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 5
We’ve arrived at Day 5! Today’s sewing isn’t glamorous, and truthfully can feel downright tedious, but putting in the time and effort today will pay off in the next several steps. There are lots of different methods for gathering; we have lots of tips and info in our 101 blog post. We’ve found the most professional and even looking gathers…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 4
It’s already Day 4 of our Aria sew-a-long! Be honest – how was the burrito roll?!?! Not that bad, right? I hope the video was helpful to those of you that were struggling with it! Today is easy peasy; we’ll just take a few minutes to finish up our bodice. Don’t forget: seam allowances vary! Be sure to follow the…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 3
We’ve made it to Day 3 of our sew-a-long! For some of you, this may be the day that’s been stressing you out. I promise the rolling gets much easier with practice! After your first successful burrito roll, I think it will come easier to you. We have a step-by-step blog post for lining a bodice, just in case you…
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Shelly Hacks
Shelly is finally here! We hope our newest Mermaid Shores collection brings a little sunshine your way, even if you’re only able to vacation to your backyard. 🙂 My daughter is OBSESSED with her Shelly, and is already requesting that I make her another. We hope you and the little ones in your life love it just as much! Choose…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of our Aria sew-a-long! We have two pretty straight forward steps today. First up is sewing our shoulder seams, and then we’ll stitch up the neckline. To keep your shoulder seams from being too bulky, you can press the seam allowances open, or press to opposite sides (nesting seams). You’ll definitely want to nest your seams…
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Aria Sew-a-long: Day 1
We are SO happy that you all love the Aria patterns as much as team Mermaid does! We’re especially thrilled to see so many brand new sewists, ready to tackle their first knit dress! Of course, since knit patterns are new territory for some of you, and the “burrito roll” method for lining a bodice can get a little tricky,…
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