130 likes & Dislikes #pfMending
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Catch up:
Jenny:
Beverly:
Style Arc Teddy Designer top – #pfSewPrecious. Handwoven fabric from Loom and Stars that Jenny gave me over a year ago. I made the top without the collar and the facing stitched down and I love it. Also interfaced the hem facing and it is perfect!
Caramiya Dragonfruit dress as a top – lightweight cotton lawn
New patterns:
Nosara Shirt from Itch to Stitch
The Evergreen Top and Dress from Lesper Lines
Likes & Dislikes
Jenny:
Likes:
- changing needles
- cutting fabric out
- French seams
- Freshly laundered fabric
- Rotary cutters
- Bias tape
Dislikes:
- Changing rotary cutter blades
- Cutting fabric with scissors
- Taping patterns together
- Buttons & buttonholes
- Fitting
Do you know that I basically never fit patterns to my body specifically ? I’ll shorten a waist, or raise a waist, but don’t do FBAs or full biceps, or shoulders, and whatnot.
Beverly :
Likes:
- Sleeve and popover plackets
- Altering patterns using my fancy rulers – I enjoy FBAs, altered necklines with facings, moving darts around, moving shoulder seams forward/back, converting from sleeves to sleeveless, etc.
- Making slash and jeans pockets
- Making button-up shirts
- A clean work area
- Making pretty insides to garments
- When I can “mend” or alter a garment to make it something I want to wear.
- Buttonholes on my Babylock
- Wearing rayon/viscose/tencel garments
Dislikes
- Cutting out fabric
- Filling the bobbin mid project
- Cleaning my serger (except the big cleans when I take it all apart and change knives)
- Buttonholes on my Pfaff
- Sewing 100% rayon/viscose/tencel.
- Wearing button-up shirts
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