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Some Serious “Girly Style”
2009 @ 7:08 am
My second (and third) successful project from the Japanese pattern book, Girly Style Wardrobe, is complete! I just joined the Japanese Sewing flickr group–awesome stuff. I am extremely pleased with the results–these tops came out almost exactly as I envisioned. One is for Maia and the other will be gifted to her bff.
(sorry for the camera phone shot)
I think my only regret is that I used green thread for the whole project instead of choosing a lighter color for use on the dove fabric. Pretty minor complaint. There were no major roadblocks, the instructions were very clear and my machine behaved superbly (which probably says more about my comfort level with sewing than the machine itself).
This was the first time I made my own bias tape. I spent 5x as much time wondering how it was going to go than actually making the stuff. Next time I will approach with NO FEAR–it was easy! I have one of those handy Clover bias tape makers. It makes 1″ bias tape or 1/2″ double fold bias tape. If you have one and lost the directions, like I inevitably will, You SEW Girl has a great demo. Or if you don’t want another thing to keep track of, Creative Little Daisy has a GREAT way of making your own tape using a single pin. So cool.
Oh, one more thing: sz 100 cm is decidedly 4T. So, these will fit better in 2010… oh well.
I love that shirt!! Good thing I have a daughter and some neices. I should so go sew!