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The Marcy Tilton Bubble Skirt | The Insouciant Stitcher
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The Marcy Tilton Bubble Skirt. In Marcy Tilton Patterns. Asymp; 10 Comments. I have long admired the Rundholz bubble shaped skirts and have been lusting after something similar, preferably without being obliged to pony up the vast amounts of cash needed to purchase this brand. No doubt their style is worth the money, and good luck to them, but I’m a sewist, right? I don’t pay vast amounts of cash for anything other than fabric. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. June 29, 2015 at 5:27 am. July 1, 2015 at 8...
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How to Print a Pattern from a Sketch | The Insouciant Stitcher
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How to Print a Pattern from a Sketch. Asymp; 9 Comments. But there are also other ways than drafting or buying to get your hands on a pattern. Online sketches, if they are in proportion and the garment is not too intricate, can be enlarged, and combined with elements from a TNT if necessary, to make a pattern. So I was rather delighted when some time ago I came across this page. So how do you do this? Save the picture of the sketch by right-clicking and selecting save from the menu. Measure the actual si...
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The Pointy Dress | The Insouciant Stitcher
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Asymp; 23 Comments. As it happened I had a striped interlock in my stash and so of course I traced out the pattern and made my own version. I reviewed the pattern here. And below is the shape of the garment. You tuck in the pointy bits on the skirt, which makes a sort of little pocket, although I don’t think it is very usable as such, and provided your fabric is reasonably drapey the skirt will collapse into soft folds. You can also let the points stick out, but I prefer them tucked in. Is something very...
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Leaf Print, Version 2 | The Insouciant Stitcher
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Leaf Print, Version 2. Asymp; 3 Comments. You may remember the first version of this block print, done a couple of months ago. And another version of this motif, different colour and style. I think large print surfaces are unsuitable for block prints, because the ink application is uneven. Motifs that balance printed and unprinted areas are better. Next comes the way the single motifs are arranged. Random, different orientations, in rows horizontally or vertically, offset? I used the Tessuti fave top.
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The East is Red | The Insouciant Stitcher
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The East is Red. Asymp; 9 Comments. Well, small exaggeration. I live on the east coast of Australia and I have made a red dress, but that is as far as it goes. I felt like trying a new pattern. This does not happen often, I have to say, I have a distinct leaning towards the TNTs. Just because a pattern has been made a dozen times does not mean that it can’t be made again. It’s just warming up nicely. But I had bought Vogue 9107. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. Thoughts on “The East is Red”. Oh, I hope ...
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The LBD – My Way | The Insouciant Stitcher
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The LBD – My Way. Asymp; 7 Comments. On my last trip to Germany I had picked up a sinfully expensive silk charmeuse print in one of their wonderful fabric markets, which seemed just the thing. But the charmeuse proved to be spectacularly uncooperative, and needed a pattern as simple as possible. Just straightening the cut edges was a bun fight, with the silk slithering all over the place and every touch distorting the grain. Grain? For a patterns I used the Tina Givens Phoebe pants. Link back to RUMS.
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The Willara Dress | The Insouciant Stitcher
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In Boho Banjo Patterns. Asymp; 12 Comments. And this is the Willara pattern. So, despite the lovely wide boat neck being a very attractive feature and a point of difference to other tunic patterns, all it means to me at present is a cold neck. This will change when the hot weather arrives, but for this winter version I had to do a cowl. I just couldn’t help myself. How good is that? The sizing is generous. I am around 72kg, with a bust of 101cm, not slim, but according to the size table I made the sm...
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The Michell Dress | The Insouciant Stitcher
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Asymp; 3 Comments. I had not made the Michell dress until now, mostly because I was unsure whether the dropped waist would look any good. When menopause gifted me with a tummy, I moved to empire line dresses. Having a lowered waist seemed a bit out of my comfort zone. But there is nothing like trying something out for yourself, so I had a go at the Michell and I am rather pleased. Once I have found something that fits me well, I tend to stick with it. Saves a lot of fitting hassles. Larr; Previous post.
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Rivergum | The Insouciant Stitcher
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One More Time…. Asymp; 11 Comments. 8230; because it was so much fun. After my last silk wrap did not quite work out as I planned, I thought carefully about what might have gone wrong and I think I came up with a reasonable explanation. Once you know what went wrong, it’s not too hard to put it right. I did notice that a lot of dye washed out of that previous, unsuccessful wrap when I rinsed it, lending weight to the idea that there was not enough soda ash available to fix the dye into the fabric. A case...
