by Emmely | Jul 28, 2014 | Pattern drafting, RTW fast, Sewing, Work in progress
Before I show you what muslin 3 looks like I first want to show how I adapted muslin 2 into muslin 2.1 to determine how to change the pattern. I started with a very simple alteration. Muslin 2 showed a lot of fabric being pulled into the crotch indicating the crotch...
by Emmely | Jul 27, 2014 | Pattern drafting, RTW fast, Sewing, Uncategorized, Work in progress
If you are now wondering whether you missed a post about muslin 1. You didn’t. I had originally planned to blog the whole fitting process but muslin 1 was unfortunately not suitable for public display due to indecent exposure of underwear. I am attempting to sew...
by Emmely | Jul 18, 2014 | Sewing
This post is completely sewing related yet doesn’t contain any actual sewing. I ventured into woodworking and made myself a clapper! Perhaps you now wonder what a clapper is? It is a wooden pressing tool. It is used to give seams or folds an additional press...
by Emmely | Jul 13, 2014 | Finished project, Sewing
My brain has been a little fried this week due to working too much and sleep deprivation caused by mosquitos in our bedroom (ok, and working at 2 am one night but that was for a good cause). I wanted to work on a simple project and decided to tackle something I’ve...
by Emmely | Jul 6, 2014 | Sewing, Sewing tip, Tutorial
A lot of people really dislike hand sewing and I think this is often due to needle threading issues. If you have to spend 10 minutes each time trying to poke a thread end through a tiny hole it can get really frustrating. It doesn’t have to be though. I thread most of...
