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".

Monday, February 28, 2011

New project - wool suit

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I am being a good girl and only using up my stash. I bought all those pieces of fabric on speculation, so it is only fair that I finally se...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Wanting to start something new

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Still working on that shirt. I get so impatient when I want a project to be finished already. I prefer the phase where I wonder what fabri...
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Yet another blouse

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In using up my stash, I seem to be gravitating towards shirts. Someone made a comment here not long ago, and their Blogger link led to a bl...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

New blouse and no thread issues

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I sanded down the throat plate, held my breath and started sewing. It worked! I made a complete blouse without the thread breaking once. ...
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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Tunic shirt done!

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Whoosh. Well, it wasn't difficult. I usually flat fell my seams to finish them but I didn't want to do that on the light weight si...
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Friday, January 07, 2011

A shirt muslin

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Yes, I am still hanging in here. :) Last time I was here, I had made a shirt. I have now worn it and it fits and wears very well, so that...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

That shirt

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Well let's see, it's only been two months since I last blogged here. Good grief. But in the meantime, I ran an election (and lost)...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

The perfect shirt, template

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I pulled out sleeve pattern pieces, and front and back pieces from different patterns, and layered them to see how different they were from ...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

The Perfect Shirt

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I appreciate the comments on the gold silk. I really want to make some sort of shirt with it but not an entire "shirt dress". Th...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

New project with silk?

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I came down from sewing to blog about sewing and was sitting here (at the computer at 7pm) when suddenly, I thought I was going blind, it go...
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