Julia's Sewing Blog

In which I make some clothes, expound on the virtues of the flat fell seam finish, and proclaim "you CAN sew your own clothes, and even wear them in public".

Friday, March 28, 2008

Raw silk suit almost finished

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Almost there! This is the point where I start thinking about the next project and if I didn't have my Rule , I'd end up with UFOs a...

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Piping between the facing and the lining

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Happy Easter all. It is nothing like Spring out there right now, at -11C or 13F. Brr! The sun is nice and bright, so at least there's...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Piping the silk jacket

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So cute, so far! When I sewed (basted) the piping to the jacket, I used a slightly contrasty pink thread in the bobbin so that I might be ab...

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Continuing with the Chanel suit

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Boy time flies when you're doing other things! I have been working on the suit but haven't been blogging. I am taking a course whi...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Pockets on the raw silk

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Pockets! I had forgotten about pockets until I was looking at the photo of the real Chanel jacket and saw them there. So I went and cut ou...

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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Sewing the raw silk

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Today's a snow day (check out my husband's new/old blog - that's me shovelling! Hey! Why isn't he?) so I don't have ...

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Saturday, March 08, 2008

Making bias tape

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I've been thinking ahead to making bias tape for the piping and it's a conceptual thing. You have to imagine how those pieces of fa...

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