tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68196419521023398292024-03-19T00:29:49.206-07:00The Chipper SnipperA Sewing JournalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-79300236815733323522018-02-27T16:58:00.001-08:002018-02-27T16:58:22.547-08:00My Very Own Dress Form<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't even tell you how long I have wanted a dress form to help with my alterations work.</div>
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Some of the dresses require an assistant, if you will.</div>
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After many years of deliberation, I invested in a professional one. My main consideration was sturdiness and longevity. This one has a solid metal base, collapsable shoulders, and it is fully pinnable. It's so heavy, I couldn't carry the coffin-like box to the basement by myself.</div>
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Pretty much anyone who has ever heard that I have a bunch of kids and sew on the side says something to the effect of "HOW?!?"</div>
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Well, sometimes like this with a baby on my back...</div>
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But not often because, <i>shockingly</i>, my little people don't find my hobby to be nearly as fascinating as I do.</div>
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Meet Benny.<br />
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He's kind of older than this now. Born October 16th and weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Now weighing in over 14 pounds and wearing six month sleepers. Super sweet and cute and lovely. I have better pictures. Somewhere other than on my desktop, apparently. I tell ya. Ever since my laptop crashed out, blogging has been a much lamer (is that a word?) process.<br />
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ANYWHO, I hope to check in again soon. I have to recover my recliner because it's in the living room and getting way too much wear and tear for the current cover. Also, I have three wedding gowns I'm altering this spring. They are hilariously different. One is a tiny little sheath style dress; one is a cathedral length ball gown (seriously has biggest train I have ever seen) with a cathedral veil I'm making from scratch; and the last is a dress we're putting together from vintage edwardian cotton slips. I love it.<br />
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Gotta run, the natives are screaming and pounding on doors....<br />
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What you will find here is a ginormous photo dump :o).<br />
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To start, my last bride this summer had one of those craaaaazzzy dresses with the vertical ruffles that end in the hem. At least organza was more manageable than <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2013/09/bridal-alterations-photo-finish.html" target="_blank">the chiffon dress I worked on last time</a>. Here's a pic of the bustle. She asked to add the bow. What do you think?<br />
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My poor top-bunk-sleeping daughter has needed a shelf by her bed for a long while now. Finally owning up to the fact that we were never whipping one up for free with the spare wood in the garage, I found this at the thrift store for $2.<br />
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Hoping to add stuffed animal storage and make use of the pegs, I added a fabric sling of sorts.</div>
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<i>The girls opted to paint the shelf white.</i></div>
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<i>And the boy opted to make a paint contribution on the sly -- with the stir stick.</i></div>
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It was officially hung on her birthday in September.</div>
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<i>(The photos? Worse than my usual sub-par fare, but you get the idea! Imagine me nine months pregnant, climbing to the top bunk, at night.)</i></div>
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It had once again been relegated to the basement store room. Thinking it just about the right size to hold new baby clothes in my bedroom (because where else does one put the fifth child in a three bedroom house?), I decided to give it a makeover. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello belly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the pieces from scraps of canvas leftover from slipcovers.</td></tr>
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Realizing I would need more baby storage, I trash-picked my neighbor's basket and lined it with old Ikea fabric from my stash.</div>
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We're getting there with the baby prep, right? I'm less than two weeks out from having this little boy! With that in mind, I tried my hand at hacking one of my old shirts into a version of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Undercover-Mama-Nursing-Tank-Breastfeeding/dp/B006MJL6ZG" target="_blank">Undercover Mama Nursing Tank</a>.</div>
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Oh, and in the spirit of unnecessary nesting-like activities, I recovered some pillows.</div>
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Say a prayer for a peaceful, safe, and wonderful birth? Thanks a bunch!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-28391839473961328672017-08-19T14:44:00.000-07:002017-08-19T16:42:49.365-07:00The Slipcovers Need Slipcovers {Armrest Covers}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the summer of dirt my friends. There is dirt EVERYWHERE. I. can't. even. With kids and dogs and that revolving back door, it's nearly hopeless to stem the tide. But still, I try! My broom and vacuum have never seen such action.<br />
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Nor have my slipcovers spent such quality time in the washing machine. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog 2.0. Because who doesn't need more shedding in their life?</td></tr>
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As you can see, I've taken to putting the couch cushions into a serviceable twin duvet cover to catch the daily dust, but quite a bit of the couch is left exposed to "the elements" and has me on my toes. Last week, I washed that couch slipcover, and not 24 hours later, some punk kid let a muddy dog in the house and that punk dog put his mucky paws right on my freshly laundered arm rest!<br />
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FOR SHAME! On me, I suppose. For not making armrest covers sooner.<br />
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It was time for the babe and I to get them done. With some extra help, of course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">E. playing ponies.</td></tr>
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For the pattern, we traced the arm rest on the couch, leaving room for the cording. Nothing fancy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut from extra slipcover fabric -- 100% cotton canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serged and sewn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pressed</td></tr>
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I haven't come up with a solution for tacking them down. Is there a way to do it without (eventually) causing damage to the slipcover underneath?<br />
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Honestly, though, I don't really care if they're attached as long as it's easy to wash them and get on with the rest of the sweeping...and the vacuuming...and the mopping...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-37998462340166508312017-06-19T10:15:00.001-07:002017-06-19T10:15:28.096-07:00{Dyed} Drop Cloth Slip Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Remember that <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2015/07/another-chair-another-slipcover-drop.html" target="_blank">slip covered chair</a> from forever ago? </div>
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It was all fine and good until I discovered, much to my chagrin, that not all drop cloths are family friendly fabrics.<br />
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Great texture. Horrible stain resistance. Horrible. That thick cotton thread gathers dirt like crazy and tenaciously holds onto oil stains. Couple all of that with it's non-color and even after bleaching, the thing looked brown, splotchy, and gross.<br />
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Hence the new color.<br />
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Better, yes? You can still see the shadow of old oil stains (despite bleaching the thing one more time before dying), but I'm hoping a darker color will help maintain the <i>appearance</i> of cleanliness for a longer period of time between washings ;).<br />
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Right now my yellow/grey rug is put away so we have yet to see how it will jive. Might need to run it through with a brown dye to "greige" it a bit?<br />
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Meh, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-54335276338485674422017-06-19T06:23:00.000-07:002017-06-19T06:23:01.620-07:00Maternity DressesA friend handed-me-down a couple of maternity dresses. Cute ones! Same style, too different fabrics.<br />
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They were two letter sizes too big and skimmed the floor. (She knows I "fix things.")<br />
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A wise person would probably have saved them for the "big" stage, but I thought it a shame to let two perfectly good summer dresses hang unworn until the 3rd trimester. Might as well get an extra couple of months out of them!<br />
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I took in the armpits, left some extra room in the rib zone, and chopped a couple of inches off of the skirts.<br />
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Ever notice how maternity bodices of the tank variety tend to be narrow at the neck and cross-busted? As lovely as it is, this style can be rather high maintenance. It almost always requires: <br />
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1) A camisole/tank for frontal modesty (or at the very least, a hole-inducing safety pin).<br />
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2) A racer-back bra<br />
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Two things I just don't care to think about on a hot day in June!!! It was ninety humid degrees here in the midwest last week.<br />
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To fix, I put a good solid set of stitches right there in the center front to keep that v-neck in check. Blessed pattern didn't show a thing.<br />
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And to deal with the racer-back bra issue (since I don't have one in a pregnancy size), I re-purposed an old convertible bra strap. To do the same, just cut it off at about 7" and loop one end.</div>
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Hooked around the back straps of the bra, it makes a functional converter. Basically, the DIY version of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maidenform-Womens-Elastic-Strap-Holder/dp/B0083QLQ6U/ref=cts_ap_4_vtp?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2897711222&pf_rd_r=D3F4CVA4WEKRE4CS1HMN&pd_rd_wg=IZwjC&pf_rd_s=desktop-detail-softlines&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_i=B0083QLOW6&pd_rd_w=NwZ9O&pf_rd_i=desktop-detail-softlines&pd_rd_r=D3F4CVA4WEKRE4CS1HMN&_encoding=UTF8" target="_blank">this</a>. Only, made out of an old wrinkled elastic strap. Classy.</div>
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Oh, and by the way, it's a boy :o).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-63790408291949184122017-06-08T05:42:00.001-07:002017-06-18T13:03:43.371-07:00Summer Salvage of Worn Winter Clothes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If your family is like ours, come spring, you have a whole bunch of winter clothes that won't be serviceable for the next season. The old wardrobes are riddled with ruined sleeves and holey knees, along with the usual assortment of items that'll be outgrown by fall.<br />
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Most of the time I fill bags to donate, but this year it just so happens that about a dozen of the girl's things can be saved with the help of scissors and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Schmetz-1774-Stretch-Machine-Needle/dp/B003IX2ZMM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496881303&sr=8-2&keywords=schmetz+twin+sewing+needles" target="_blank">trusty twin needle.</a></div>
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These dresses, for example. The one with the cat motif used to have sleeves.</div>
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And so did the striped one :o).</div>
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It was a rough winter for leggings in my household. The girls burned through about six pairs of them. I'm slowly cutting them off above the holey knees to turn them into summer shorts to wear under dresses and such.</div>
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I've been using the regular presser foot for this process, but I think I might need to switch to the walking foot to see if it will minimize stretch in the stitch line.</div>
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The stretch doesn't matter for this type of thing but I have a three-quarter-length sleeve dress of my own that I want alter into a short sleeved dress and I'd prefer to have that one smooth.</div>
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If you haven't used a twin needle before, it's easy enough. Make up a second bobbin with your top stitching color so that you have two "spools" of thread to use with the twin needle.</div>
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And whatever you do, DO NOT SEW OVER ANY PINS!!!!! Is there anything more useless than a broken twin needle? There certainly isn't anything more frustrating. Except maybe trying to follow the vet's orders to keep a German shepherd puppy from running for a month. But that's another story altogether!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-39828959450562404002017-06-07T12:23:00.001-07:002017-06-07T12:23:29.006-07:00Maternity Jean Hack: Over-belly panel into under-belly waistbandI sew next to nothing for myself for years on end, and then that dang second trimester comes around and I'm all scissors and seam rippers!<br />
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The first victim of this pregnancy was a pair of stretchy over-the-belly panel maternity jeans. I picked them up at Goodwill in the off season (that's my pet term for when I'm NOT pregnant, lol) because I have a weakness for perusing the maternity clothing rack.<br />
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Here I am sporting them at about 16 weeks preggo:<br />
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Over-the-belly style maternity pants <i>are</i> the smoothest fit around, but they are particularly prone to gravitational pull, are they not? They need to be REAL SNUG to stay up there without significant maintenance on the part of the wearer and pant tugging is not a sport I enjoy. Especially when the underpants choose to descend as well, only at a completely different level.<br />
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So, I decided to find an adjustable under-belly solution. I bought a pair of drawstring knit shorts in a large size (for $1.99 at a thrift store) and chopped off the waistband. Ideally, they would have been navy to match, but whatever. Cheap.</div>
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I won't attempt a how-to since I stink at them, but here's the process I used if you are good at going off of "the gist" of directions.</div>
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To start, I pinned and sewed the waistband on to the front of the jeans. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front pinned on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See that triple line of stitches on the far bottom left? #9.<br />
That's the stretch stitch on my machine.</td></tr>
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You may have noticed, I didn't size down the grey waistband before I started. I could have, but that would have required thought and probably even a bit of math. I decided to forgo both and size the waistband "by eye" after sewing the front waist.</div>
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After attaching the waistband, I tried on the pants to check the fit before trimming off the over-belly panel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pic before trimming off the original over-belly waistband<br /></td></tr>
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The pants fit reasonably well after I sewed on the new waistband, but that bump you see in the denim on the sides (just below the waistband) proved to be an issue.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trimming off the over-belly band</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before re-positioning the waistband </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During re-positioning the sides and back of the waistband</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, lowering the waistline required sewing over/cutting through the coin pocket and back horizontal seam line. This caused some additional bulkiness in the seam allowance of the new waistline. Oh well!</div>
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They fit "good 'nuff"!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20 week picture.</td></tr>
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Moral of this blog post? You can certainly make over-belly maternity jeans into under-belly maternity jeans, if you so desire. It's not that hard. And thenceforward you can hike up your jeans and underpants in one motion instead of six. I count that as a pregnancy win.</div>
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Not that life isn't exciting. I mean, we're raising four kids over here. Their ages are 9, 7, 5, and 3 now. We homeschool. (Enough said?)</div>
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February brought a major life/family/schedule change. My husband got a job outside of the legal field. He's doing something related (one does not just throw all of that schooling and professional experience out the window!) but he is still "out" of law. I could not sing enough hallelujah's over that one. Especially at four o-clock in the afternoon when he is home for the day.</div>
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If it were bigger, you could see the fingers up by his/her face, and there on the side right is a leg. Stunning, isn't it, how early precious little babies develop?</div>
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My four-year-old son is in a dinosaur-loving phase and requested a triceratops costume for Halloween. Luckily for him, I had just seen a great triceratops costume in a Young Explorers catalog and was game to grant his request! </div>
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Last week I put together a set of quilted coasters as a housewarming/going away present for a friend. I've made these same coasters for myself and they always get compliments.</div>
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I used quilting cottons and two layers of cotton batting ("warm and natural"). The edging is 1/4" double fold bias tape.</div>
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I think you get a feeling about the size a coaster should be. An over-sized mug served as a template for mine.</div>
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I started the swirl quilting in the middle and worked my way out. The distance between the stitch lines is about a fourth of an inch.</div>
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These six coasters used up almost three yards of binding. I'm not sure how! Don't look too closely at my quilting and binding work, mmmmkay?</div>
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Here is the order of construction (left to right):</div>
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The set I made for myself had light gray stitching and light gray binding because that's what I had in my stash at the time. It was a good look. I also used twelve fabrics instead of six. Never a dull moment with twelve prints to choose from ;).</div>
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A fun way to wrap these up when you are giving them away is to make a little drawstring bag out of one of the prints. Cute presentation and practical storage for the recipient!</div>
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I sent off another bride with her newly-altered dress this week and now I'm not quite sure what to do with myself!</div>
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Truth be told, I had a chance to pick up another wedding dress alteration gig for November but the bride called me on a particularly trying day in my world of potty training, homeschooling, and housekeeping and I told her I was taking a month or two off. A decision I am slightly regretting now that I realize I <i>could</i> use a trip to the hairdresser for a highlight or two hundred and a little extra spending money would be nice.<br />
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After that other big wedding dress job in March, I received a delightfully simple wedding dress in May<span style="text-align: center;">, so I was good and ready for another biggie in August. That's the dress I just finished and it was a learning experience. Aren't all sewing projects? When friends asked what the bridal gown looked like, I explained that it was a tulle explosion. A very pretty tulle explosion of a wedding dress.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The bride arrived with a sweetheart strapless (lace-up) bridal gown and commissioned me to make long lace sleeves. (It also required taking in, hemming, and a six point bustle, but that was all pretty standard stuff. :o)</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The original gown had corded lace so it seemed only right to match it with more of the same. I enjoy working with Alencon lace which is probably an excellent thing since I've been spending such large quantities of time with it this year!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">This pretty lace pictured is the one my bride ordered online for her sleeves. The sleeves were off the shoulder and the plan was to use these two scalloped edges at the top and bottom of the sleeves and fill in the trunk of the sleeves with a full-floral lace. Unfortunately, when the laces came in (a mere <i>three weeks</i> before the wedding day, I might add), they didn't work together and were two different shades of off white. In fact, if I didn't know better, I would have assumed the floral lace was straight-up white.</span><br />
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The dangers of ordering online, right? We formulated a Plan B that involved using the net shawl that came with the bridal gown (yay for perfectly matching bridal net!) to create a lace fabric long enough for the sleeves she wanted.<br />
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I love that you can cut this kind of lace apart and piece it together and no one is the wiser, but gosh, I wish it were a faster process.<br />
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All said and done, with two yards of the original lace, I ended up with four yards of scalloped trim and fourteen appliques to work with. I arranged them, photographed them, and texted the bride a bunch of variations of this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a side note, before buying this lace, please take into account that the scallops are NOT symmetrical. Those half circles have a long side and a short side but they do not alternate at any point to create a perfectly symmetrical pattern. They march along in one direction. Thankfully, it is not noticeable to most people -- probably just to the person (me! me! me!) trying their darnedest to make the measurements all work ;).</td></tr>
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Sewing the lace to the net ended up being simple enough. Extremely, prohibitively, time consuming, but easy to do. With the first sleeve, I carefully pinned and sewed from the top. This gave fantastic results but I wondered if it might be even more time consuming than it needed to be. The second time around, I pinned the lace on the front...<br />
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...and flipped the whole shebang over and sewed entirely on the backside. While propped on the couch watching TV.<br />
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Did this speed up the lace sewing? I think so. Maybe it was only ten minutes faster, but it did seem more efficient to stay entirely "on top" of the fabric instead of having to work front to back. I didn't have to deal with as much thread knotting or unnecessary stitching. It was (very, very, slightly) more pucker-y in the net around the appliques, but not enough to worry about.<br />
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I bet you wish you could see the final product! I wish you could too. Honestly, I forgot to take a picture of the dress when it was finished. This is all I have:<br />
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Can you tell what's going on there? That's the sleeve on top of the dress. We also put a strip of the scalloped lace across the front of the dress behind the original beaded sweetheart neckline. Maybe this will help -- this is the Vogue sewing pattern I modified:<br />
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Imagine a {very pretty} tulle explosion of a dress with a beaded sweetheart and this general look of a lace bodice neckline and sleeves added on. You totally get that from this picture, right?<br />
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Ha! Well, you can't say I didn't try to show you ;o).<br />
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Alright kids, I have lemon bars to finish and a "good morning note" to write and a husband to wake up (he's out cold on the couch) and send to bed. The day is done over here.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">p.s. 9/21/16 -- My bride texted a wedding day photo of her dress and she looked positively lovely. In a world of mostly strapless dress (which I'm not knocking, btw -- I wore one!) a dress with sleeves really does make a statement. Especially as the weather begins to turn. So pretty!</span>
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My couch! I <em abp="684">finally</em> slipcovered it. It may or may not have taken four months from start to finish. ;)</div>
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This couch is the love child of two different couches. We bought the original the month before we got married and now we have four children and are about to celebrate our eleventh anniversary. Enough said.</div>
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Clearly the cover was a <em abp="5576">huge</em> improvement over said love-child-couch, but it was more than a challenge to keep all locked and loaded. It generally looked like it had been trampled by a small herd of elephants. This may have drove me nuts.</div>
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I chose cotton canvas because it's cheap and washable. There aren't that many options when it comes to cheap slipcover fabric. I had a moment of regret after I purchased it -- I wished I had sprung for bull denim like <a abp="797" href="http://www.bigduckcanvas.com/made-in-the-usa-fabrics/12oz-65-cotton-bull-denim-natural/" target="_blank">this</a>.</div>
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What you see here is 70" wide "natural" cotton canvas from the regular old fabric store. For my 85" long couch with five cushions, 19 yards proved to be plenty.</div>
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Serging appears to be essential to slipcover making. These fabrics really do shred in the wash. One of the reasons why I know this is because, in an epic parenthood moment, one of my children puked on the half-made cover.</div>
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Instead of draping the fabric on the couch and then cutting it, I measured all of the major pieces and cut them out with generous seam allowances (at least 2 inches). This enabled me to cut with the grain and work with straight edges and squared corners.</div>
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Because of the <em abp="5864">very</em> sorry state of my couch, I went ahead and cut the old cording right off of the couch arm rest. Better fit for the new cover.</div>
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As you can see, the mesh covering the couch springs shredded a long time ago. I used to cover the holes with thin foam and a folded flat sheet but stuff still fell into there. G.R.O.S.S. Thankfully that's not a problem anymore.</div>
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One of the reasons why I didn't do anything fancy with the lower portion of the front of the couch is that I felt like I didn't have the time or mental capacity to work out fancy pleats. Plus, I wasn't sure how it would impact washing -- would I have to press out the pleats in order for it to look okay?</div>
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Recovering the back cushions turned out to be a pleasurable experience. The seat cushions? <em>Not so much</em>. They were really hard! After the first one, it took about four months to set aside the time and energy to take on the second one. <em abp="5917">And it doesn't even match the first one in size and shape, but you didn't hear that from me.</em></div>
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The most satisfying part of the process was definitely ripping out the old batting and covering the foam with new batting and a nice clean inner cover (made out of cut-up mattress protectors). The cushions are finally looking and feeling more fresh.</div>
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The cover is a twin quilt I bought at Meijer that I chopped up and turned into a removable, fitted seat cover. I figured I'd end up throwing a blanket on the "nice" couch to protect it. Might as well factor that in and eliminate the irritation of straightening a blanket.</div>
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Last fall a sweet young bride brought me a "princess" strapless wedding gown that she bought online. Lace, tulle (three layers), beads, semi-cathedral train...you name it, this dress had it! What it didn't have, however, was the lace bodice she was looking for.</div>
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With yardage of white alencon lace (purchased on Etsy), scalloped trim, and English net (lining), we transformed it from this:</div>
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Pretty cool, huh? I used a bodice pattern (sleeveless) from a basic princess seamed dress to get the base and then created a neckline and sleeves from the scalloped lace trim. Here are the pictures from the fitting when I shaped the neckline and the cap sleeve:</div>
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Because of the lacing in the back, I cut the bodice back along the scallop of the main lace yardage to create a pretty opening. It buttoned at the top. </div>
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I knew I wouldn't be able to remove the beading so I painstakingly cut out and hand-sewed the lace down where it hit the beaded waistband.</div>
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Oh dear friends! My apologies for the looooooong absence. I've been sewing away since the last post but clearly none of my industry has made it to this space. Gosh it's hard to jump back into blogging, but a girl's gotta start somewhere?<br />
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My oldest received her First Holy Communion this spring. Who could resist making a dress for her special day?<br />
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Back in February, I bought some really lovely silk organza from <a href="https://www.thaisilks.com/" target="_blank">Thai Silks</a>. (I've ordered from them several times and have been pleased. Their prices are excellent.) My mom and I were going to collaborate on a vintage inspired "heirloom" dress with inset lace and mini-tucks and embroidery. Then around Easter life got a little overwhelming, as life is apt to do, and I lost interest. Where would I find the time? I had a bunch of alterations to do for pay and I didn't FEEL like making a dress.<br />
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I sold out and ordered a dress online. It looked sweet and simple in the stock photo but very blah in real life. See what I mean?</div>
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It was too big and the quality, or lack there of, of the the materials couldn't carry off the simplicity of the style. Perhaps a collar would help? Some bands of ribbon above the hem? Nothing seemed right. <br />
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With a week and a half to go, I gave up on the store-bought dress and jumped headlong into making one from scratch. <br />
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For the fabric, I knew the silk organza would work splendidly but without my mom's heirloom sewing expertise, I needed to find another way to add a personal, hand-it-down-to-the-next-generation touch.<br />
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I had left-over lace from my wedding dress. Gorgeous, high-end, beaded French Chantilly lace. Only it was ivory. Way too dark to pull off on a white dress. What to do? What to do?</div>
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Kids, I bleach it. Because who doesn't look at a piece of $100 lace and think -- <i>bleach it baby! </i>?</div>
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The lace lightened significantly. Thank the good Lord! And since the silk organza wasn't pure white, as a synthetic organza might have been, the color worked.</div>
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I underestimated the amount of time it would take to prep the lace for sewing. Trimming the beading out of the seam allowance, tying off all of the cut strings, and basting it to the organza backing for sewing took more than a few hours! There were seed beads by the millions.<br />
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Collar, yes. Sleeves yes. Pleats, yes. Zipper? No. You see, I wanted to make an entire dress out of the silk organza and then make a completely separate dress out of satin to wear under it. Old school style. Have you seen that? It would require buttons.<br />
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The thing about making an unlined dress out of organza is that each and every seam needs to be "perfect" and carefully encased. Despite their relative simplicity, French seams have never come easily to me. Instead of using them, I folded the seam allowance in on itself, sometimes trimming it down, and carefully hand-stitched the seams closed on the inside. (For the collar, I had to cut a piece of lining and bind the seam allowance completely.)<br />
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The silk organza was rather neat to work with because it wasn't slippery and had a pleasant stiffness to it and memory. Like tissue paper, only sturdier. You could open a seem and finger press it easily. It did fray and the delicate fabric didn't take too well to seam ripping of any kind, but overall, i found it a pleasure to work with.<br />
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As for the pattern, I was happy with the skirt and bodice (I added a faux sash in the front, did you notice?), but the sleeves left something to be desired. I'm not sure if I can explain it well, but the arch on the sleeve pattern was much too high which meant that the sleeve poofed straight up where it gathered and came off of the shoulder seam. Since my Roo has tiny arms, the sleeves were too roomy as well. Once I figured this out, I didn't have the heart to rip out the sleeves, rework the pattern, and do it all over again so I took a tuck at the openings and covered them up with little beaded bows.<br />
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You might have noticed, I also beaded the edge of the collar with the leftover seed beads from the lace. Honestly, this was to weight down the collar and cover up an uneven curve in the front. <br />
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Thankfully after the organza dress was finished, the satin under dress came together quickly. It was made out of the same pattern, sans sleeves and tie. <br />
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I actually stole the skirt lining (with the crinoline in it) from another hand-me-down dress and threw it in there so that I wouldn't have to spend time buying and gather yards of scratchy net!<br />
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This next picture shows her wearing the satin dress with a sweater. On the big day, we brought the organza dress and put it on her right before Mass and then took it off of her before eating at the reception.<br />
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How is my baby girl old enough to receive her First Holy Communion? Wasn't it just yesterday were were doing this?<br />
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p.s. Our parish has a beautiful Corpus Christi procession and Roo got to wear her dress again! Here she is with her little sister above an image of Our Lady of Guadeloupe:<br />
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I can't decide if I am ashamed or proud to confess that this is the first year my 8-year-old has hit the pavement sporting a home-made Halloween costume.<br />
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It's not that I have anything against costume making, it's just that the kids always seemed to be happy to pull something out of the dress-up bin and call it good. And, you have to admit, you run the risk of completely wasting your time. There's nothing quite as disheartening as making a costume only to end up sending your kid out in a snowsuit because of inclement weather! However, this year my blondie requested an Elsa and who was I to turn her down? We even had a hand-me-down dance costume thing that had the makings of a snow queen written all over it...<br />
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Those sequins and that subtle heart-shaped neckline? Totally Elsa! So I lopped off some stuff and attached some stuff and eventually it came together.</div>
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Here's a picture of my whole motley crew before they commenced their candy begging:</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-30612651294246061102015-10-05T20:52:00.002-07:002015-10-06T16:46:39.170-07:00Off In Alterations Land {And A Monarch Costume}I've missed this place! Oh my word, I have been so very busy.<br />
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Kids, I have put in roughly five million narrow hems in the last two months. I seriously don't know what I would have done if I hadn't learned how to hem sheers from a professional seamstress. If you haven't seen <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-to-hem-chiffon-easy-way-needle-and.html" target="_blank">How to Hem Chiffon the Easy Way</a> yet, do click on over and give this method a shot. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.<br />
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With all of this sewing, I feel like I have burned through packs of sewing machine needles and I am getting a little concerned about the number of times I have layered different colors on my bobbins *gasp*. It's time for a major notions restock over here! And I need a replacement light bulb for my machine. Do you have to special order Bernina light bulbs? I'm sort of afraid to find out.<br />
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Alterations aside, September is birthday month in my house because my two oldest children, both girls, have birthdays eight days apart. One of my daughters had a Minecraft birthday theme which didn't inspire any sewing, but my six year old chose a butterfly theme this year and requested a Monarch costume.<br />
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I ordered a pair of wings off of Amazon and then made a two piece costume to go with them -- a dress and an overskirt. Orange fabric was surprisingly hard to come by and I couldn't find a perfect match though I think the camera highlights the difference in shades.<br />
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The birthday girl generally evades photos, but she did wear the costume in one form or another all day long and I managed to snap a couple, sans overskirt.<br />
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The skirt was cut from a costume pattern I found with a handkerchief hem and the bodice was cut from the pattern in the <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-t-shirt-dress.html" target="_blank">T-Shirt Dress post.</a> (I've definitely learned a bit more about sewing on knits since that post, but gosh, when to write about it? Not today.)<br />
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For the butterfly birthday, I also made a few plain butterfly wings out of yard pieces of organza.<br />
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Well friends, it's midnight here and my brain is mush. mush. mush. If I don't post now without editing, I'll probably never get back to this thing! Hope you don't mind. I'll try write again soon! I have a peculiar hem I'm having a hard time finding a time-friendly solution for and a wedding dress hanging in my sewing area waiting for a lace over-bodice. Is "over-bodice" a thing? It is now :o).</div>
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If you find yourself working on a lot of clothing, especially doing hemming and the like, hanging a chain next to your sewing machine and/or ironing board is a great idea.<br />
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I first saw this done in a bridal store alterations area. They had chains to the left of each of the machines and next to the ironing board. Obviously, the idea is to use the chain to bear the weight of the garment so that you can work with more agility. It helps to minimize wrinkles and confusion and if you are hand sewing, hanging the garment at eye-height can save you from ruining your neck by looking down at your lap. Though it will not save your arms :).</div>
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It just so happens that the former owners of my house had a fabulous swag lamp in the living room which required two ceiling hooks. I confess to have thrown the thing away (later learning that I should have kept the fixture portion -- have you seen the price of swag lamps? Wowsers!), but anyway, those hooks do come in handy when I get the itch to hem chiffon upstairs. My chain is too short and I extend it with a ribbon. Works great.<br />
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I get excited when I find a really practical, simple, and inexpensive way to take some of the fuss out of sewing. If you have any game changers to share, please do. The combox is all yours!<br />
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In other news I foolishly took apart my sofa slipcover with the intention of reworking it to make it fit my sofa better. This is a picture of it before:<br />
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All things considered, it fit the couch fairly well but it doesn't look like it was intended to cover a "t-cushion" couch and it pulls in the corners in such a way that it gets disheveled quickly.</div>
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Maybe I bit off more than I can chew?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-66939479587009739492015-07-12T21:53:00.001-07:002017-06-19T10:17:10.105-07:00Another Chair, Another Slipcover? -- Drop Cloth Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can rest easy, friends. My living room seating crisis has been resolved by the addition of this little lady:<br />
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<i>Not the child, silly. The chair.</i></div>
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Apparently, it is a maple "rocker" though it doesn't rock in the least.<br />
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While scouting out the local furniture consignment store and bemoaning the number of ugly overpriced armchairs that populate the market, I came across this maple piece hanging out with a bunch of dining chairs and had an *aha!* moment: <i>What could be better in a crazy household like mine than a sturdy chair with nice clean-able wooden arms and only two cushion covers to throw into the washer?</i><br />
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Practicality incarnate.<br />
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It needed some updating though. The cushions were in perfect condition but the fabric would never do for my living room.<br />
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Enter the painter's drop cloth:<br />
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I'd heard about using drop cloths for all sorts of home decorating purposes and thought it would be fun to give the product a whirl on this very low risk project. I chose the "heavy duty" 10 ounce, 6x9 foot version <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_631589-962-K-CD4400-PRO_1z0yyf0__?productId=50286203&pl=1" target="_blank">from Lowes for $13.95</a>.<br />
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I honestly had no idea that painter's drop cloth is VERY soft and supple and loosely woven. I always figured it would be thick, scratchy canvas. <br />
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Nope. It's so nice on the skin, you could happily spend the afternoon jumping onto it wearing nothing but your diaper.</div>
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Do all drop cloths have a thick seam running right down the middle? Mine certainly did and it took a bit of effort to figure out how to cut everything without crossing the seam.<br />
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Those angled strips you see in the last picture are for the piping. I used 5/32" cotton piping cord from Hancock. I have heard polyester piping cord is better because it doesn't shrink but it wasn't available in the store so I pre-washed my cotton cord to be safe. <i>(Note -- notions coupons DO NOT work on the piping. I found that out the hard way.)</i><br />
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I am not a fan of sewing piping. It is far too labor intensive for impatient people like me! That being said, I recently discovered a sewing machine foot with a big groove in the bottom that fits nicely over the cording and makes the process a little less painful.</div>
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<i>The girls were playing with fabric while I sewed and before I knew it, I was sharing space with a bunch of animals.</i></div>
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Anyway, have you ever used the method of sewing a zipper where you baste a seam, sew the zipper, and then rip out the seam stitches?<br />
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It works pretty well for those of us who don't want to pull out the iron for stuff like this :).<br />
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Overall the sewing went smoothly; however, I did make one big seam-ripper worthy mistake when I forgot to attach the zipper portion to the back side of the cushion top where the seam in the cording was located.<br />
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Probably an inconsequential mishap but I fixed it because I knew I'd think about it every single time I looked at the cushion.<br />
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Here is the finished bottom cushion cover:<br />
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For this project I decided to size the covers to go right over the original upholstery instead of replacing it. That way I'd have double protection on the inner cushion and a usable chair when washing the new covers.</div>
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I am notorious for making things too snug and made a very conscious effort this time around to make the covers roomy enough to account for possible future shrinkage.</div>
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To create a better sense of proportion between this chair and my big gray armchair, I needed this chair to look bigger. I decided the best way to do that was to add height and made the top cushion cover large enough to fit a 3" block of craft foam.</div>
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May I spare you pictures of constructing the top cushion and skip right to the finished chair?<br />
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I had a get-together today that require me to drag the recliner into the living room and I grabbed the opportunity to snap a picture of all three of the slipcovered chairs together.<br />
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Find out more about the recliner <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2015/01/slipcovering-part-ii.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And the gray armchair in the last post, or <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-slipcovered-chair-grand-finale.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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You know, I had this crazy idea for the drop cloth covers. Wouldn't it look cool to dip them in dye to create an ombre effect with the deepest color in the back of the seat and the lightest portions in the front (by the knees) and the top (by the head)? I don't have the guts to try it. The drop cloth is unbleached so the look would be sort of earthy and organic and most likely amazing.<br />
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Somebody go try that and report back, 'kay?<br />
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P.s. I love to preach the good news of sewing AND saving money -- let me share with you the total cost of slipcovering those three chairs:<br />
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Gray armchair $60, recliner $85, wooden chair $30 = $175<br />
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Oh, and the original wooden chair was $59.99. = Final cost $90.<br />
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P.s.s. Check out the <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2017/06/dyed-drop-cloth-slip-cover.html" target="_blank">dye job on this slipcover</a> two years later.</div>
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<i>I hate that chair</i>, I'd say. <i>I don't even want to own it, much less sew a cover for it!</i></div>
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Well, I might have changed my mind you guys.</div>
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After months of procrastination, I sewed the last few seams of the slipcover and put it on the chair...and wow. Pretty awesome. So awesome, in fact, I'm not even going to post a picture of it right at the top of this post. You have to see the whole she-bang from the beginning! Come along...</div>
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Here we have the original hand-me-down chair:</div>
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<i>(a special blend of tan microfiber, faux leather, and old school floral)</i></div>
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<i>(hard to tell in the picture, but one of my delightful offspring attacked it with a ballpoint)</i></div>
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The chair slipcover in progress:</div>
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Truth be told, I got bored and disheartened trying to figure out the skirt for the chair. Then it finally occurred to me that I didn't have to do a skirt and I could piece the front and back, hem it all of the way around, and call it good!</div>
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Earlier this spring, my dear friend Meagan put in a special request for child-sized priestly vestments and altar linens for her three boys. I was happy, if not a little terrified, to oblige and ended up sewing a number of pieces to send her way in time for Easter.<br />
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While I'm sad to say I didn't do a good job of photographing each and every item, I thought I'd post a photo dump of what pictures I do have, chat a little about construction, and share where I got the materials. I know when I see something online that I want to replicate, being able to see as many pictures as possible is always helpful. (<i>Please don't hesitate to ask questions in the comments and I will do what I can to help.) </i>Fair warning, this is a long post! Hang on to the end to see pictures of the boys playing Mass at the gorgeous child-sized altar their parents put together for them.<br />
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To start, I made two chasubles. The first chasuble was double-sided, red and gold:<br />
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I mapped out the cross and sewed the ribbon to the fabric before cutting the shape of the vestment.<br />
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I made my own pattern and it took much more fussing than I anticipated and my first attempt was perhaps not as curvy as it could have been. (Something I realized much too late!). My second chasuble, with the white fabric, was more fiddle-ish. Or is it fiddle-esque?<br />
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This one was lined with polyester satin.<br />
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The white brocade and I quickly became enemies because the pattern was off kilter and no amount of cross-grain tugging (blocking, I believe it's called) would set it to rights! The circle motif also landed in the fabric in such a way that I couldn't (without being too wasteful) center a big circle in the middle of the cross.<br />
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It was probably fine as it was but I chose to get fancy and cut a piece out of the gold fabric and satin stitch it onto the white. A heavy fusible interfacing gave the gold the necessary stability for this.<br />
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Also, to attach the ribbon, I used two rows of straight stitching -- one row next to the inner edge (think 1/16"), and one next to the outer edge. If there is a way to avoid puckering, I don't know what it is because changing the thread tension didn't make a difference!<br />
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It seems I don't have a picture of the alb by itself, but I used the same pattern and method from <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2012/02/pattern-manipulation-and-thinking.html" target="_blank">this post</a> and added lace at the hems. Here's a pic of a similar alb:<br />
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I love doing raglan sleeves and highly suggest finding a pattern with them. They are much easier and less time consuming than setting in sleeves.<br />
<i><br /></i>That's the last of the chasuble pictures and it appears I don't have any of the stoles and maniples, (blast!) but here is the whole kit and caboodle before it was sent off:<br />
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Included: chasuble (x2), stole (x2), maniple (x2), chalice veil, burse, pall, purificator, corporal, altar cloth (and a St. Terese costume for their sister)</div>
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I really enjoyed sewing with the beautiful fabrics and trims. Last time I handled stuff like this, I was working in a community college theater department making costumes for The Three Musketeers. That said, if anyone is wondering if I'm throwing my hat in the ring to sew more vestments, the answer is yes...just not this year. Or next ;).<br />
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<li>Red brocade: <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0392274/clergy-metallic-brocade-red-gold" target="_blank">Clergy Metallic Brocade Red/Gold</a> from Fabric.com. (3/4 yard)</li>
<li>Gold brocade: <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0392252/clergy-brocade-gold?cm_vc=756b1813-cbc1-43b3-84bd-29889bf8fb7b" target="_blank">Clergy Brocade Gold</a> from Fabric.com (1 yard)</li>
<li>White brocade: <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0392256/clergy-brocade-white-gold" target="_blank">Clergy Brocade White/Gold</a> from Fabric.com (1 yard)</li>
<li>Cream polyester satin: (backing on white chasuble) from my mom's fabric stash. Medium weight. Probably purchased at Joann Fabrics.</li>
<li>White fabric for alb and linens: <a href="http://hancockfabrics.com/magnolia-broadcloth-solid-white-fabric-3617651.html" target="_blank">Magnolia broadcloth</a> from Hancock Fabrics</li>
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<i>I ordered a half yard of the red, but thankfully they sent me almost 3/4 yard because <b>a half yard would not have been enough</b>.</i><br />
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<li>Metallic gold ribbon: Hancock Fabrics. I do not see the product online. In store, it was in the ribbons "by the yard" section and cost $0.99 per yard before a coupon. Very thin stuff, not grosgrain. <i>I believe I purchased 8 yards and then went back for more, so it was important to find an inexpensive ribbon.</i></li>
<li>Metallic fringe: <a href="http://hancockfabrics.com/1-in.-metallic-fringe---3-ft.-2613552.html" target="_blank">1 in. Metallic Fringe</a> from Hancock Fabrics</li>
<li>All of the laces and the narrow gold trim (the crosses on the stoles) were from my stash (I'm still pulling from <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2010/08/ultimate-thrifty-snipper-find.html" target="_blank">this stuff</a>) and for the altar cloth (which you'll see in the pictures coming up next), I <i>un</i>ruffled some ruffled lace, like so:</li>
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<b>Important note: </b> I used all purpose thread for everything.<br />
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Oh, and one more thing (I promise!) -- before you sew on brocade, reinforce your corners and turn them VERY carefully because the weave is loose and it will bust open easily. Don't ask me how I know ;)<br />
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The altar:</div>
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The littlest one is wearing the green vestment from <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-dress-up-clothes-of-catholic.html" target="_blank">this post</a>.</div>
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And last but not least, meet my godson:</div>
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The other day we were grabbing some bargains at a thrift store when my five-year-old came upon this size 10 dress and wanted it. Well there weren't any worthwhile dresses in her size and her older sister had already found something so when I saw the $1.99 tag, I figured we could make it work.<br />
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Being that she is a very small five-year-old, there was enough fabric from taking in the sides at the bodice to make the front of the straps match the dress. </div>
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She insisted on wearing it to her ballet class. Clearly it hasn't slowed her down.<br />
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ZouZou always wants something "pretty to wear" and I'm glad to find more play dresses.<br />
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...teal corduroy jacket, purple stretch pants, and tennis shoes with no socks -- thank you very much. Oh, and striped socks found in the wagon on an unseasonably cold day.<br />
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The summer clothes wardrobe is out, dear friends, and it is <i>lacking</i>. My girlies who are seven and five positively live for their summer clothes -- so much so that I have to hide shorts and bathing suits lest they run around in them in the winter! Last week I pulled out the summer bin and it is clear that my oldest daughter's selection of summer play dresses is non-existant and that simply won't do.<br />
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It's been roughly a million years since I've worked with knits but gosh darn it they are so deliciously light and soft and play-worthy that I felt compelled to pick some up and give 'em a shot. At Target I grabbed a $5 tee (Cherokee brand, in case you care to know) and then the kiddos and I went to Hancock and picked out a matching knit for the skirt. Feeling lazy, I also purchased a $2 knit dress pattern to pirate for the skirt.<br />
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As luck would have it, the dress pattern was exactly the same size as the t-shirt I had purchased and I didn't have to alter the size of the skirt pattern pieces to match the tee! And since it was a perfect match, I went ahead and cut the bottom of my tee to match the front and back pattern pieces where the waist would meet the skirt.<br />
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Sadly the yard of 60" knit fabric I bought (knit is so expensive!!!), was not wide enough to accommodate the length of skirt we wanted, and I had to make the skirt pattern narrower.<br />
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One method to narrow a skirt is to slash the pattern up to the waistline and overlap it at the hem. This adjusts the waistline properly and keeps the "swing" of the skirt the same way the pattern intended it to be. You can take the extra off of the sides of the skirt but that can change the way the skirt hangs and I didn't want to take that chance.<br />
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Incidentally, the knit had a one-way print. <i>(<a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2012/11/working-with-border-prints.html" target="_blank">This post</a> explains a one-way print.)</i> I pretended not to notice, (aka, cut it like it was a two-way print) while mentally chiding the laziness and greediness of that darn design company! Seriously, they couldn't have taken thirty seconds to turn a few of those flower motif's upside down so that it could be cut both directions? Criminal.<br />
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Anyway, in the spirit of embracing the knit, I picked up a special stretch twin needle. Such novelty! I had taken a gander at <a href="http://www.prettyprudent.com/2011/09/by-craft/how-to-sew-knit-fabrics-sewing-with-jersey-101-2/" target="_blank">these pointers</a> on sewing with knits and found them super helpful. However, when I tried the twin needle with the walking presser foot, this sort of thing kept happening on the back:<br />
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Horrible dropped stitches no matter what tension I used. So I got rid of the walking presser foot and the problem went away.<br />
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*Updated to add -- Using the double needle on the waist seam was a mistake because the hanging fabric of the skirt pulled the "stretch" stitches until they showed. I'll be using the triple-stitch stretch stitch setting (<i>say that three times fast!</i>) on my machine with a single needle for waistlines from now on.*</div>
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Can you tell by the pics that I was sewing by candlelight? Just kidding. It was a real light -- at midnight ;o).<br />
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I turned the fabric up just once for the hem and pressed it after this last picture was taken.<br />
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I aspire to take Pinterest worthy pictures, CLEARLY.<br />
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I tried making some sort of waistband fanciness with the extra fabric from the t-shirt, but it didn't seem right and I ditched it for the simple look, as modeled here by it's new owner:<br />
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Um, no, those are not her glasses! But she would look cute in them, now wouldn't she?<br />
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Roo has declared this dress "SO SOFT" and has decided to wear it forever. Also, it appears to be stuffed animal approved.<br />
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Success.<br />
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Now, as to whether or not I'll be making more of these dresses? Yes, definitely! With tank tops too.<br />
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The total cost of this one with the shirt, fabric, and thread (we won't count the pattern and needle since those are general supplies) was about $15. That's a bit steep in my opinion, especially for something I then have to make! But I can see using thrifted tees and thrifted fabric (from XL women's shirts) to do the same thing for a fraction of that.<br />
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My girls would be over the moon.<br />
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And now that I'm all set up to make more knit stuff, I see summer nightgowns in our future.<br />
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On a side note, this was not a quick make for me. It seems sewing is not necessarily a faster enterprise the more you know. Or am I over-thinking things? Is this a universal problem or is it me?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819641952102339829.post-73475008802147190752015-04-09T06:52:00.000-07:002015-04-09T06:52:00.091-07:00For the Mini Book Lover? A "Quiet Time" Apron!<i>Brace yourselves, there's probably going to be a slew of posts as I catch up on all of the most recent makings. </i><br />
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Not long ago my friend Jacqueline commissioned me to make her sweet little girl an apron and when asked if she had any special requests, she gave me the best possible answer "no particular color in mind - let your creative juices flow." <br />
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Well you know that means I agonized for weeks over the millions of children's prints on the market right now. Princesses? Kittens? Hedgehogs? (Not even joking -- there are some shockingly adorable hedgehog fabrics out there.) And then I came upon "Quiet Time" by Michael Miller and knew it was just the thing.<br />
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Lil Miss Abigail, the apron recipient, is a book lover. A mini me of her mother, no doubt!<br />
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The sewing pattern is a tried and true one that you've seen before (think <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2010/09/birthday-extravaganza-let-games-begin.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://thechippersnipper.blogspot.com/2010/09/sewing-class-apron-creations.html" target="_blank">here</a>), but with a twist. Instead of square pockets, this one has "open book" pockets with fussy cut images from the main fabric for the spines.<br />
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Aprons are so fun to make! Why do I forget this? If you know the sewing basics and need a creative fix, make an apron. It will do you good.<br />
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Happily, the apron fit Abigail with a little room to grow.<br />
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(Embroidered on one pocket is "by ACK" -- for that day when she writes her own book.)</div>
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Cutie pie!</div>
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In this last pic you can just barely see her little sister wearing the first apron I made for Abigail for her birthday years ago. Hop over to <a href="http://journeynarrative.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jacqueline's blog</a> and there's a better photo of that one on spunky little Eleanor (<a href="http://journeynarrative.blogspot.com/2015/04/to-look-back-is-to-find-peace.html" target="_blank">here</a>). Same sewing pattern, different flare.<br />
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Now, go make an apron ;).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16662202854352313625noreply@blogger.com0