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".

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Boiled wool jacket, finished!

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I'm done! And just in time too, what with the snow we had last night. Yikes. Those are baby pumpkins under the snow on the lower right...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Boiled wool jacket, almost done

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Almost done! I got some buttons on Thursday: I looked at all kinds of red buttons, plain, patterned, matte, glossy. I looked at black butt...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Red, boiled wool jacket

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It's funny how, even after 30 years of sewing and many of those years realizing that sleeves aren't so hard, I still put off making ...
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Monday, October 06, 2008

Red, boiled wool jacket

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Everything is cut out, the interfacing applied and I have started to assemble the jacket. Here's the lining. It's polyester (most l...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Red wool coat

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How did it get to be the last day of September? One thing I don't often mention is the prep work for starting a project. I have never u...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Finishing things up and a new jacket

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I am making progress! I have made a pot of blueberry tea to have while I blog. Then I have to study some for this test I am taking on Mond...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Silk tops and wool skirt

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Ten days since my last post. Hmm. I've been busy! But I haven't even finished those tops. So back to where I left off... That si...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Votes are in!

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I got 16 votes, including one on Flickr. I thank you all for spending the time to look at these things! My husband says that the pictures ...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Buttons

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Votes are split between the shiny brown plastic button and the larger shiny gold button. I myself am still leaning toward the smaller, dull...
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