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colormusing – myBratelier
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Sewing Adventures in Lingerie-land. Read My New Article: Color in Your Closet. August 13, 2016. This applies to your lingerie wardrobe too! Just published in Colette Patterns. My latest article on using color palettes in real life! It’s called Color in Your Closet: Discover (and Use) the Palette Within. How to coax a palette out of your existing wardrobe;. Identifying your primary colors;. Ideas for using your palette to create new outfits;. Tips for using accent colors in unexpected ways;. March 17, 2016.
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colormusing | Changing Your Clothes
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Awards (& other good stuff). Shopping, Sewing, Upcycling, Repairing: Make the most of your clothes! August 13, 2016. Read My New Article: Color in your Closet. Just published in Colette Patterns. 8216; sewing magazine. My latest article on using color palettes in real life! It’s called Color in Your Closet: Discover (and Use) the Palette Within. How to coax a palette out of your existing wardrobe;. Identifying your primary colors;. Ideas for using your palette to create new outfits;. October 19, 2015.
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Asymmetrical Skirt Sew-Along 3: Finishing! – sewcolormusing
https://sewcolormusing.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/asymmetrical-skirt-sew-along-3-finishing
General sewing with a focus on use of color. Middot; Sewing for Argentine Tango. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Middot; Tango Skirts. Asymmetrical Skirt Sew-Along 3: Finishing! March 7, 2016. Hard to believe, isn’t it? We’re already almost finished with this skirt! I’ve decided that, for my example skirt, I’m going to finish it with the waistband as the pattern shows, with a foldover waistband that forms a casing for elastic. However, this won’t be the last post in this sew-along series! Now let’s star...
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Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 3: Starting the Waistband/Ties – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Middot; Sewing for Argentine Tango. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Middot; Tango Skirts. Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 3: Starting the Waistband/Ties. March 5, 2016. March 5, 2016. Aaaaand… we’re back! Now that the pleats, sides seams, and hem of my wrap skirt are done (as of the previous post. So was I. All will be explained and illustrated.). I’m using McCall’s 5430 for this sew-along; you’ll find more information in the first post. What we’ll cover today:. If so, your w...
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About SewCM – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Okay I know I’m going a little blog-happy. But here’s the thing: my blogs tend to be pretty specific (as in myBratelier. With a focus on sewing lingerie), but now I want a place to bring more general sewing; SewColormusing is going to be primarily about garment-making, but I may occasionally touch on home decor, gifts to sew, things like that. What spurred me on to start this blog (yesterday! And for those of you who are also into Argentine tango (but, like me...
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Skirt Sew-Alongs: All Linked Up! – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Middot; Sewing for Argentine Tango. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Middot; Tango Skirts. Skirt Sew-Alongs: All Linked Up! March 8, 2016. March 23, 2016. To be filed under Better Late than Never: It’s just occurred to me that it would be helpful to gather the links to all the skirt sew-along posts in 1 convenient place. (Actually, what would have been helpful is if I’d done this in the first place! And the Asymmetrical Skirt. I’ll be doing a post on creating ...
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Sewing Techniques: Applied Elastic Waistband – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Fabrics, Notions, and Other Materials. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Sewing Techniques: Applied Elastic Waistband. March 22, 2016. March 22, 2016. In my last post,. Here’s my Asymmetrical Skirt. Finished with the elastic casing specified by the pattern. Click the photo to go to the post with these instructions.). Now we’ll try a different elastic-waist technique! First, finish the top (waist) edge of your skirt. Baste the layers together. Finish the raw edge.
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Techniques: Choosing & Measuring Elastic for Waistbands – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Fabrics, Notions, and Other Materials. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Techniques: Choosing and Measuring Elastic for Waistbands. March 22, 2016. March 22, 2016. Although my Asymmetrical Skirt Sew-Along. Is technically finished, I did promise to show you an alternative way to finish the elastic waist. The pattern’s instructions called for cutting a separate waistband, folding this over to form a casing, into which elastic is inserted (see this post. Can be used for...
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Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 4: Finishing the Waistband – sewcolormusing
https://sewcolormusing.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/wrap-skirt-sew-along-4-finishing-the-waistband
General sewing with a focus on use of color. Middot; Sewing for Argentine Tango. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Middot; Tango Skirts. Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 4: Finishing the Waistband. March 15, 2016. Now that we’ve got the main part of your waistband/tie ends constructed, we just need to add the facings to the waistband, do some hand-stitching to finish the waistband invisibly, then complete the skirt with buttons and buttonholes. We’re almost done! Let’s start by sewing our remaining pieces together. This is...
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Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 5: Buttons & Buttonholes – sewcolormusing
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General sewing with a focus on use of color. Middot; Sewing Techniques. Middot; Tango Skirts. Wrap Skirt Sew-Along 5: Buttons & Buttonholes. March 23, 2016. March 23, 2016. Your waistband is done, its facing neatly slip-stitched on the inside, so all that’s left to be done is the buttons and buttonholes that fasten the skirt at the waist! Now that the waistband is finished, I just need to make 2 buttonholes and sew on buttons! Start with the right side (RS) of the skirt facing you:. Mine does have an aut...
