I'm at a loss as to what color to choose. My DSD's colors in the wedding are black and white with red roses as the accent color. The wedding is in August. I'm not so sure I want to wear another black dress. I made one for the other dsd wedding 1 1/2 years ago. Besides the bridesmaids are wearing black. I was hoping for a light blue chiffon dress with dark blue embroidered flowers. But, now I'm not so sure this will work. :confused: I do look good in red because of my black hair but, it is an august wedding and I was thinking light colors. Any suggestions?

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I just finished the Butterick Retro 1952 (re-issued) and I have a new respect for my mother. My mom wore this dress in the 1950's and 1960's to Bingo. She made hers on an old Kenmore that did not like silky fabric. I struggled with the shatung a bit on my new Kenmore....the pattern directions regularly.....and I thank the heavens for the good pictures in the directions. I love the dress even though I had to rip and resew to make it smaller. I did a review. When I wear it....I feel like my mother. She has been gone for over 25 years....but I gained a piece of her with my new retro dress. I feel like I am a better beginner now.

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Hi All,
As most of you know Hancock's and JoAnn's had a 99 cent pattern sale. Well of course I replenished my stash. As I look though all the fabric I have and all the material I have collected I vow to spend two hours 3X'S PER WEEK sewing, cutting or finishing patterns I have started. I REALLY need to reduce the pattern and fabric stash I have acquired.
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Costume Contest

Oct. 1 - Oct 31st

Hi to all, autumn is just started and we're here to welcome it with this new cool contest start the first of October!!! We'd love to see your Costumes! :winkgrin:
In this contest you can show us your wonderful creations in perfect Halloween style or not, but so different from everyday clothes! So, you can use all your imagination to have fun or to wear something that you love, but that you can't wear in everyday life!

There are some little rules for partecipants:

- Contest will begin Monday, Oct. 1 and run until Oct 31st. Items sewn prior to Oct. 1st cannot be entered into the contest
- Costumes do not have to be only Halloween costumes. Any costume can be entered.
- No actual sewing until the contest begins. Costume pieces may be cut out before the contest begins.
- You can enter as many items as you want in the contest.
- Pet costumes are also included.
- A review is required for each item which is entered in the contest. It could be an old review also. If the items are made from the same pattern you've reviewed once, you do not need to write a separate review for each item.

Winners will be determined by member votes.

There will be one prize. Winning entry will win a folding ironing board from Greenberg and Hammer, NYC

Voting begins Nov. 2nd and ends Nov. 10th.

Suggested voting (and sewing) considerations:

- Is it well done and well stitch?
- Is the choosen fabric the best one to make it?
- If it's an historical costume, is it similar to original?
- If it's a pet costume, is it comfortable for the pet?

CONTEST LINK

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I link you some pages, just for little help:

How the Contests Run

*Costumes Pattern*

Butterick's
Simplicity's
MacCall's

*Costumes Links to have some Ideas*
Marquise de
Medieval
MacCall's from Red Dawn
Simplicity from Red Dawn
Burda's

Or you can find something on Ebay! -> *click*

Good luck, and have fun!!! :hug:

Last post by Luckylibbet at Mon 13 Oct 2008 09:44:23 AM Total posts: 49

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Alterations pants pattern for heavy ( full) thighs front side only.

It is important for people with heavy thighs to measure first your thighs at 2 inches below the crotch, next measure the pants pattern front and back at the same height 2 inches below the crotch the total width of your pattern must be your thighs width + 2-3 inches.
For example, if your pattern width is 1 inch short in width you can add that amount at the front pattern.

Draw a line 1 inch below the crotch line from side seam to inner leg seam.
Measure this new line till knee height and divide this in 2.
Cut the front crease line till the knee and the 3 new horizontal lines.
Draw a new crease line from the knee up to the waist, add at both sides of the crease line ? inch, see the pictures, the side seams inner and outer leg are now spread for about 1/8 -1/4 inch. You should ease in those inches ( 1/8 till ? inch) In woollen fabric this is easy.


pants alteration picture

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I'm always wondering about what other Petites are working on for themselves, but there's hardly ever anything to read about petites because our Petite section is always so quiet. I saw Sherril's post under the plus thread and thought it would be the perfect topic for the petite section!

I'll bet a lot of petites would love to hear about what other petites are sewing for themselves. I know I would!

I'll share first. I love dresses and have several cut and ready to sew right now. I'm hoping to finish some of these this week:

I'm making the dress from S3874 out of a rayon challis with a colorful floral on a black background; the dress with the butterfly sleeves from M5579 out of a black and white polka dot rayon challis; the view A dress from S2886 out of a soft white solid woven; and the short dress from V8386 out of an aqua and green knit. Oh and a couple of simple sheath dresses. I'll probably finish the sheaths first since they're really easy to sew.

So, what are you sewing for yourself right now?

Your turn!

Em
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Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this post is in the right forum (sorry if it should've gone elsewhere)...anyhoo, I was looking up stuff online about free motion embroidery and I stumbled across this link of what has to be the most mind-boggling free motion embroidery work I have ever seen in my entire life.

At first I couldn't figure out how the heck he was changing the stitch length like that (I just assumed that he was magic ;) ), then I noticed that the needle was doing this crazy side-to-side movement (which made me assume that *it* was magic), due to the knee lever thing.

While I do realize that the man has like 25+ years of experience and is at the point where he could probably make breathtaking work even with those crappy little hand-held straight stitch sewing machines, that video's got me really curious as to if it's even possible to attain the type of satin stitches he does (especially on the flower petals) without that knee pedal thing? Before today, I had NEVER seen a sewing machine with a needle that moved like that (you really do learn something new every day!), and I can't visualize a way to replicate that based on the (admittedly very) little I know about the way free-motion embroidery works.

So, what do you think? Is it possible to develop ninja sewing skills to create something like this, or would one have to do some crazy sewing machine modding? Either way, it's a super cool video and it just about made my day :biggrin:
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These appear to be new.
Winter 2008

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Hi, I'm working with an old TNT pattern that's OOP, but I didn't have the heart to throw away. It stopped "fitting" about 5 years ago, but now that I've learned to do FBA's, it's a perfect fit, with the exception of the lower back. I'm trying my first swayback adjustment(just been putting up with the puddles up till now). I only need to take about 5/8 inch out of the center back. My pattern is cut on the fold. All the swayback adjustment advice, I've found, has been to use a center back seam. I went ahead and pinched up my dart from the fold line to nothing at the side seams. So far so good, except the lower bottom edge of the center back is now curving up...do I true this hem to match the up swing or cut off the upswing as I true?

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Does anyone that has an Activa or experience with them, find that no pressure foot pressure adjustment hinders you in anyway with any type of fabric (for example, with polar fleece)? I have always had this feature and have used it in the past and was wondering if it is a problem not having it with these machines. Thanks!
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i have recently seen some adverising about the Lutterloh system and i have some questions. is it as foolproof as it sounds as far as changing inividual measurements? Can it be used with the big 4 patterns measuments? Has anyone had experience with this system? Before forking out 140.00can. i would like to know if it worth that amount of money.

Last post by Sallygirl at Mon 13 Oct 2008 08:30:23 AM Total posts: 210

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But, gulp, it's branded under a local department store that closed after the riots. It's a piece of local history! It's teal!

But, I already have three sewing machines. Two vintage. I don't need another machine. I don't need another machine. I have got to stay off of Craigslist. I don't need another machine.
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Well I saw the 830 today live in person. WOW WOW WOW I must have this machine. My dealer is going to see what they can do with the financing and all. I may or may not have it by christmas or I may have it at the end of next summer. One way or another I will have the 830 sooner or later. :) By the way if you haven't had a chance to see it go look at it, its HUGE.



Joel

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Please help us list some good beginner sewing books! It's been noticed by more than one of us that many of the beginners are having trouble with pattern instructions. I think it might be helpful for us to list our favorite beginner sewing books. I did a search and came up with nothing specifically for beginners.
Simplicity's Simply the Best Sewing Book: reviews HERE. This book was simply the best for me. Easy to understand, and it's the only beginning sewing book I needed.

Last post by CathyWeeks at Mon 13 Oct 2008 08:11:09 AM Total posts: 62

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I just found out that Sew Excitingis going to have an interfacing sale. I don't know the dates, but I understand it will be fairly soon.

If you need high quality interfacing at reasonable prices and with reasonable shipping charges, you should check them out. My favorite types of fusible interfacing are their Pro-Weft and their Pro Tricot, both 60 inches wide. These are light years beyond Pellon, and when you buy them on sale, they're an excellent value.

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Can I safely fuse the pack number to dgs's uniform then machine stitch around? Or will this gum up my machine's needle?

Thank you!! - Mary

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Hello everyone,

When I was surfing the burda site, my eye fell on a pattern that turned out to be from 1975. They don't have the pattern anymore, and don't give a number, so I can't look for it on ebay or something. So, I was wondering if any of you maybe recognized it, I mean, you never know :)



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Hi all, i have been researching various sewing machines for my daughter and i, this machine sounds like the machine i would like to buy but would like to know the following things.

1. is it good for sewing basic dresses to more complex clothing
2. is it more aimed for quilt making
3. is it an all-round machine
4. is the machine noisy

My budget is $800, i am open to other suggestions on different machines as this is my first sewing machine. I want something that will last. ;)

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Hi All,

Instead of the yearly PR Weekend in NYC we're doing a one day fun shopping/museum day in NYC. Lets pick a date and we can start planning after that.

PR Day in NYC

Last post by Deepika at Mon 13 Oct 2008 07:53:11 AM Total posts: 113

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Dear all,

I have several RTW knit tops with v-necklines that have binding attached to the neckline, applied with the binder attachment of a coverlock machine.

I want to try that, but don't know how to manage the tip of the V? How do I deal with that acute angle using the binder attachment for the binding on my coverlock machine? Can somebody share this technique?

Thank you.

Claudia

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