From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Lady Grey Week Three (Part Two)

November 25, 2010

I am on hold pending the new copy of the pattern and the additional supplies. I was able, though, to mark my roll lines (that’s not as bad as it sounds!) on the muslin.

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Additions to the Store November 25, 2010

November 25, 2010

Here are the newest listings. Any purchases off of this list will get an additional 10% off for one week from the date of posting so it pays to subscribe and keep track of what’s new. To get the discount, use coupon code 112510NEW. The pretties after the jump.

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Snuggie FAIL

November 23, 2010

How is that even possible. Well I cut out the pattern (just huge blocks basically) – got out my adorable Little Mermaid fleece, and…. IT IS TOO FRIGGIN’ SMALL. I needed 60 inch width fleece. I have 45 inch width fleece. FAIL. Money quote: Do the people in the commercial look like they’re in some [...]

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Lady Grey Week Three

November 22, 2010

Crap, crap, crap. The dreaded “learning experience” has hit this project. I screwed up. Several times. First, the whole armhole thing was a tempest in a teapot. I forgot that since the sleeves were not yet inserted, the seam allowances, which were increased to one inch for the muslin, were still there, narrowing the armhole, [...]

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Lady Grey Week Two (Part Four)

November 17, 2010

I made a decision. Yes, sometimes this can be agony. I chose the pattern size from my HB (high bust) measurement so that I didn’t get linebacker shoulders and back. I think though I need to see how the fit would be if I used two sizes up for my normal bust measurement. AND perhaps [...]

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Lady Grey Week Two (Part Three)

November 17, 2010

Wow, I am really baffled by the length discrepancies I ran into while constructing the front to the front side since I had no such issue with the back pieces. I am going to have to be really careful when doing this for realz. When I got the front and back sewed together as well [...]

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Additions to the store November 16, 2010

November 17, 2010

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Lady Grey Week Two (Part Two)

November 16, 2010

Princess seams are the words today. I used Gertie’s tips on how to accomplish these, which was very helpful. Something very wonked happened with the lengths between the two pieces, and I can’t for the live of me figure it out. By all comparisons, this shouldn’t have happened. But it did. A muslin for me [...]

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Lady Grey Week Two (Part One)

November 15, 2010

Moving along. With no “lessons learned” moments. Yay! I cut out out and thread-traced my “muslin.” Remember I put that in scare quotes since I am not using muslin material but some corduroy I picked up on the cheap. Lookee here. I found these HUGE sheets of carbon paper that is good to use for [...]

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