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may 2, 2004
a sew blue sew-along Yes, you knew it had to happen, a sew-along for that little Butterick pattern that everyone seems to have.
I know that some of you will be done in no time, so we'll make this a brief one. How about the month of May? That gives me a goal to shoot for too. To get warmed up, I'm trying out what looks like a pretty simple Burda pattern for a cozy, blousy top. Well, the pattern instructions look simple once I find the pattern pieces in this maze of lines.
Yikes! posted by alison at 2:08 pm | in
sew biggie
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sew blue sundays
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sew with me
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Whoa- insane lines! Please count me in for the sew-along! I was tempted to sew that little top as well, but I found a couple of cute look-alikes at TJ's this past week so I went the easy consumerist route. ;) I was going to bring them in for show and tell yesterday, but Liv has been suffering from a high fever since Saturday afternoon. Have you seen Mariko's skirt? I'm tempted to break out the machine for a few of those. Then again, sewing patterns scare the livin' daylights out of me. Look at those lines! *gulp* Posted by: Kerstin at May 3, 2004 7:49 AMOOH!OOH! Sign me up! It's just what I need to get me back to sewing, I have a couple of summer blouses in the "go" from last summer, so I can use the incentive to open the sewing machine table. Great-my plan for today was to catch up on my knitting for hire, and now I will be out shopping for fabric..... Posted by: Teresa C at May 3, 2004 9:04 AMI know, the lines can be very intimidating... The way I handle tracing off the patterns is this: I put down one of those cardboard cutting boards or some other piece of soft-ish material. Then the paper on which I'm going to trace, and then the Burda sheets. I run a tracing wheel over the pattern lines and the little indentations go through onto the paper below. Then I go over them with a pencil or whatever, add seam allowances, etc. If the lines are very confusing, I sometimes go over them with a colored pencil before the tracing wheel just so I know where I'm going. Carbon paper is the same principle but it's so smudgy and I can never find sheets big enough. can't wait to see your sewing projects! Posted by: khipu Carrie at May 3, 2004 10:55 AMoh wow, i haven't looked at a burda mag pattern since high school! ah, the memories. i'm surprised they still print them like that. but the designs were always different enough to make me struggle thru the maze. good luck! Posted by: jody at May 3, 2004 11:02 AMCount me in also! I was worried about getting the pattern, but it seems that it is still in print, so I'll pick it up. I consider sewing my primary hobby, with knitting secondary (although the lines are blurring!) so this will be fun. Posted by: cherylc at May 3, 2004 2:11 PMOh Yikes is right! Why do they have to go and do that? Just to save a little bit of paper? I'm forever worn out after all the stuff I made for our wedding 4.5 years ago. And my little Prince likes to pull stuff of tables - and ironing boards, so I'll stick to my knitting right now - even if only to avoid all those lines! ;) Posted by: Alysia at May 3, 2004 9:30 PMI love Burda patterns! I think they are my favorites because they don't have lots of extra steps:) Have fun! Posted by: Allison at May 4, 2004 11:13 AMIf you want to know how this Butterick pattern worked for others, try http://sewing.patternreview.com/ |
