Dresses Dress for a wedding and stabilizing a low back neckline. Sew Hopeful17 February, 20174 My poor neglected blog! I've been so busy and this blog isn't as important to me as it used to be. I am doing...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Buttons and Finishing and High Fives all round Sew Hopeful26 August, 20145 By now you have bagged your lining, given everything a good press, and just need to sew on your buttons. There are a...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bagging the lining! Sew Hopeful26 August, 20143 Bagging a lining is fun but freaky. Midway through it you get to a stage where it looks like origami gone wrong...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong: Buttonhole Facings Sew Hopeful10 August, 20146 We are not doing the openings in the facings for our buttonholes until AFTER the facings are attached but I thought I...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Darts and assembling your coat Sew Hopeful6 August, 20143 Whew. All the hard stuff is now behind you, you have your buttonholes and welt pockets done. (Unless you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bound Buttonholes Sew Hopeful3 August, 201418 Once you have cut out your fabric and fused your interfacing the first sewing step for Jackie is to do the bound...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Cutting out fabric and fusing interfacing. Sew Hopeful1 August, 20146 OK friends, today the good stuff starts - cutting into your lovely coating fabric. I am posting this today so you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong: Our prep is all done and muslin updates Sew Hopeful31 July, 20142 We have now uploaded all our "prep" posts with a heap of information to help to make some great choices for your...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Changing to a centre front opening and rounding the Collar Sew Hopeful24 July, 201411 For my rounded collar points, I just used my french curve to draw a curve that I like and trimmed it. Very...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Lengthening your coat. Sew Hopeful23 July, 20141 The Jackie Coat is a stylish hip length, which has been carefully designed to complement the glove length...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Lengthening the Sleeves Sew Hopeful20 July, 20140 One of the modifications to my second Jackie is to lengthen it - both the sleeves and overall length. I've been...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Patch Pockets Sew Hopeful20 July, 20140 The welt pockets on Jackie are a beautiful design element but can be tricky to execute well. If you would like an...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Interfacing Recommendations Sew Hopeful15 July, 20145 IMPORTANT UPDATE *Edited 27 June 2014*In the post below I recommend medium weight interfacing suitable for coats. In...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – PDF Pattern is on sale!! Sew Hopeful14 July, 20146 Just a quick public service announcement for those interested in the sewalong - Lena from Iconic Patterns has put the...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Choosing and prepping your fabrics Sew Hopeful12 July, 20146 Hi everyone. Just a few more days until Maria and I commence the sewalong "officially" on 15 July, and I am busy...
Skirts A 1/4 circle skirt made easy Sew Hopeful8 January, 201410 This post provides lots of information about drafting your own quarter circle skirt. You can use a calculator to work...
Tutorials and Tips Forward sloping shoulder adjustment for a cut on sleeve Sew Hopeful3 October, 201317 I have been sewing Cake Patterns since the very first pattern release. There are a few common features to these...
Tutorials and Tips Fitting a Knit Kimono Sleeve for a Small Bust and Narrow Forward Sloping Shoulders Sew Hopeful30 June, 201315 Since I have been sewing for myself for a couple of years now, and reading just about everything I can get my hands on...
Tutorials and Tips Helpful Links: Sewing with Chiffon Sew Hopeful9 December, 20121 When I start anything new that I don't know much about, I am a bit of an obsessive researcher. Before I started my...