Dress for a wedding and stabilizing a low back neckline.
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Category: Tutorials and Tips
Tips and Tutorials
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Buttons and Finishing and High Fives all round
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 – Bagging the lining!
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: Buttonhole Facings
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 – Darts and assembling your coat
Whew. All the hard stuff is now behind you, you have your buttonholes and welt pockets done. (Unless you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bound Buttonholes
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 – Cutting out fabric and fusing interfacing.
OK friends, today the good stuff starts - cutting into your lovely coating fabric. I am posting this today so you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong: Our prep is all done and muslin updates
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 – Changing to a centre front opening and rounding the Collar
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 – Lengthening your coat.
The Jackie Coat is a stylish hip length, which has been carefully designed to complement the glove length...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Lengthening the Sleeves
One of the modifications to my second Jackie is to lengthen it - both the sleeves and overall length. I've been...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Patch Pockets
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 – Interfacing Recommendations
IMPORTANT UPDATE *Edited 27 June 2014*In the post below I recommend medium weight interfacing suitable for coats. In...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – PDF Pattern is on sale!!
Just a quick public service announcement for those interested in the sewalong - Lena from Iconic Patterns has put the...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Choosing and prepping your fabrics
Hi everyone. Just a few more days until Maria and I commence the sewalong "officially" on 15 July, and I am busy...
A 1/4 circle skirt made easy
This post provides lots of information about drafting your own quarter circle skirt. You can use a calculator to work...
Forward sloping shoulder adjustment for a cut on sleeve
I have been sewing Cake Patterns since the very first pattern release. There are a few common features to these...
Fitting a Knit Kimono Sleeve for a Small Bust and Narrow Forward Sloping Shoulders
Since I have been sewing for myself for a couple of years now, and reading just about everything I can get my hands on...
Helpful Links: Sewing with Chiffon
When I start anything new that I don't know much about, I am a bit of an obsessive researcher. Before I started my...
