Horay it's the last day!! Here is day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 4 if you are catching up. Today we are attaching our neck band. Neck bands can be tricky for a few reasons. One is ALL knit fabrics are different. If you are new to knits it can be tricky to decipher what knit to buy and how to gauge the ... Read More about Rose Ruffle sew-a-long Day 5!

Are you catching up today?? If so day 1, day 2 and day 3 can be found there. We are hemming our shirt today! The most important step in hemming if you don't want a wonky, stretched out hem is to stabilize it before stitching. You can use hem tape or knit interfacing for this. I prefer hem tape ... Read More about Rose Ruffle sew-a-long Day 4!

Today we are adding our sleeve ruffles and sewing up a side seam in preparation for tomorrows hemming. If you want to add MORE ruffles here is a quick tutorial. First decide how many ruffles you want. I decided I wanted 3....and then added one more layer of lace to the very top! I did not want to ... Read More about Rose Ruffle sew-a-long Day 3!

Day two of our sew-a-long and it's time to start sewing! First things first, make sure you change your needle to a stretch, jersey or ballpoint needle. I prefer to use my serger for most the construction, but if you don't have a serger, no problem, this can easily be done on a sewing machine. In ... Read More about Rose Ruffle sew-a-long Day 2!

Are you sewing a long with me and the rest of the M4M fb group?? I hope so :) Today we are assembling our pattern pieces, choosing our fabric, cutting out the pattern pieces and using the measurement chart to cut our neckband and sleeve ruffles. Here is a tutorial on how to assemble the 'no trim' ... Read More about Rose Ruffle sew-a-long Day 1!