Okay hey y’all hey I’m back…I keep telling myself over and over that I’ll stick to a blogging schedule but I just fall off every single time…Maybe if I don’t hold myself to a schedule that I’ll actually be consistent….Who knows?….Anyway I have a new dress to show off to you good people today and its fresh off my machine…
Last night I laid down super early so I woke up in the middle of the night….and I thought about reading a book, watching Anime, or sewing and of course sewing won unanimously….I bought a Love Sewing magazine a few weeks ago and it included two patterns….One of em was a turtleneck bodycon dress; McCall’s M7999….It has three views but I made View C with View A’s length….I didn’t want a long dress because I knew I wanted to show off my boots….I had a look in mind way before I started the dress which I usually always do when I’m making stuff….It turned out perfectly….I used a stretch knit per usual which I already had in my stash…I had about three yards so I had plenty and didn’t have to Tim Gunn any parts of it….I’m still a print lover and this dress displays that with lotus flowers and other blooms all over the navy Blue background….I promise you when I started this sewing thing I missed every single memo; especially the ones that scared everybody away from stretch knits (they’re my absolute favorite to sew with from the very beginning) and sewing with prints….Hopefully one of these days my makes will be online and in stores *fingers crossed*……I cut the size 12-14 *medium* because the size 16-18 *Large* measurements were just too big and wouldn’t have fit the way I wanted it to….Bodycon dresses are supposed to fit “tight” but comfortably….the larger size would have been baggy and sloppy looking and my purty boots wouldn’t have been able to save it…..
I also pinned the sleeves on in an attempt to sew them on with a technique I learned from one of my old school patterns but it didn’t work out….I ended up setting them in the “normal” way….they ended up being perfect though and so did the dress….I like when that happens….
I wanna share a tip with my beginner sewing folks about sewing with stretch knits….Always, always use a stretch stitch when sewing with stretchy fabrics…If you don’t know which stitch is the “stretch stitch” refer to your machine’s manual for guidance….By using that stitch you’ll have no more popped stitches that make embarrassing holes in your garments….If you have any questions about sewing with stretch knits just let me know!…Now I’ll stop my rambling for now and show some pictures of the pattern of the hour, the magazine it came with, and a pair of my favorite boots…Talk to you good people soon as I can 🙂
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