Me Made May is always such a fun month in the sewing community; the challenge for the month can be as simple or as extravagant as you make it. The basic idea, though, is that each day during the month of May, you aim to wear one piece of clothing that *you* made. New to sewing or the sewing community…
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The new Heidi is such a quick and fun knit halter pattern! Heidi can be worn as a lounge brami piece, casually for every day, or dressed up! It has a classic halter neckline that is finished with a shelf bra and swim bra hook. It includes a crop top, a high hip length top, and a full hip length…
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Me Made May is always such a fun month in the sewing community; the challenge for the month can be as simple or as extravagant as you make it. The basic idea, though, is that each day during the month of May, you aim to wear one piece of clothing that *you* made. New to sewing or the sewing community…
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It’s the most fun part of each sew-a-long – drawing names for winners!! Thank you so much for joining us this week for the Shelly sew-a-long! If you couldn’t join us in real time, don’t worry; the videos and blogs will stay up indefinitely, so you can access them any time through the blog our or Facebook group. 🙂…
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Yay, we’ve made it! Today is our last sewing day for the Shelly sew-a-long! Our only task today is attaching our leg elastic. Late to join the party? No worries at all – we have a few days to play catch up. Day 6: Today we’re simply attaching our leg elastic. You’ll first create a loop with each piece…
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Can you believe we’re almost finished? Today is a fairly short day – we are sewing up our bodice casing and our ruching tie. Day 5: First up is creating our casing. NOTE: DO NOT use your serger to stitch the center bodice seam. I know it can be tempting because the serger is so quick, but you will not…
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We’re more than halfway through our Shelly sew-a-long! Day 4 brings us a few steps – we’ll tackle the enclosed crotch seam, straps, and adding the neckline elastic. The most challenging part of today will probably be turning your straps! I promise, though, it is all within your skill set 🙂 Day 4: We have a few steps to…
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Day 3 is live! Today we’re going to construct our front bottoms, and our back pieces. For reference, I am sewing up the solid back and will be doing the burrito roll method in the video. If you’re doing the cut out back, or the exposed seam option, your steps will look a bit different. Don’t be too intimidated by…
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Needles are one of those things that you don’t really pay much attention to when you start sewing, I mean, a needle is a needle, right? However, using the right needle can make all the difference between having a fulfilling or frustrating day at your sewing machine. Today we are going to go through a few of the types…
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Day 2 is up and ready! Today we’ll be knocking out the optional bodice ruffle, and our front bodice pieces. If you’re not doing the bodice ruffle, you can skip over that part. Day 2: First up today is sewing two rows of gathering stitches along the straight edge of each ruffle piece; you’ll put the rows of basting stitches…
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