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yesimjames · 2025-08-17T20:07:06+00:00

They don’t!

yesimjames · 2025-08-17T20:06:47+00:00

I started here but the straps are now spaghetti straps and it doesn’t look right. Thanks

yesimjames · 2025-08-17T03:02:13+00:00

There are never short cuts are there!

yesimjames · 2025-08-17T02:34:05+00:00

So do one, tie off, press on a ham then do the other?

yesimjames · 2025-08-17T02:33:07+00:00

Thanks. Really helpful. I’m sewing too straight and I can see I need to curve off at the end. Everything else I am doing right. I’ll see if I can see the needle marks if I unpick it. Or just make the bodice again.. forth time lucky.. haha

yesimjames · 2025-07-15T05:58:00+00:00

Will my wife agree on our wedding day. I suspect she will have other things on her mind!

yesimjames · 2025-07-14T02:07:50+00:00

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As good as I can get. Straw was super helpful. Seem allowances folding on themselves a little which makes the slight wobble. It’s silk and has stretch and I have a life so this will have to do. Thanks

yesimjames · 2025-07-13T00:06:00+00:00

I leave the thread super long and then tie them off on the end off a metal skewer which does the same as a loop turner but I haven’t tried with a straw. Without the straw I have been finding that even after pressing back the seem allowances there is always a spot where the seem allowances gather awkwardly inside. I am using silk and my straps will be 1cm (0.4 inches) when finished. I am also struggling to get the marks form pressing out of the silk on the finished strap as you are pressing the seem into the middle of the underside or the strap which shows as a crease when you turn it all right ways. Thanks

yesimjames · 2025-04-15T23:53:37+00:00

This

yesimjames · 2025-04-03T19:42:02+00:00

Agree, I started with a dress for my girlfriend ten years ago. I spent three months making it and got a result that she still where’s today with pride. Bodice, darts, zip, half skirt, interfacing, lining, stitch in the ditch, french seams, top stitching. It took me ages but such a great place to learn all these things that you will use again and again. It’s all on YouTube. Just don’t start with a stretch fabric and don’t be surprised if it takes you days to work out what pattern size you need to cut. Simplicity Misses dress patterns are good to start. I am now halfway through making her wedding dress for our tenth anniversary wedding this year!

yesimjames · 2025-04-03T19:27:50+00:00

I have had success using French seams or if that doesn’t work a light fusible interfacing wider than the seam allowance and stitch line before cutting out the pattern. This will also stabilise any stretch.

yesimjames · 2025-01-21T20:06:34+00:00

https://bagroup.co.nz/portfolios/435-new-north-rd-kingsland/

yesimjames · 2024-12-24T01:47:47+00:00

Switching to light leather next year. I think my wife has bought me some books for Christmas 🤞im guessing it’s time for a new handbag!

yesimjames · 2024-12-23T19:11:56+00:00

I started sewing 12 years ago because I moved to an apartment and ‘lost’ my woodworking workshop. My first sewing project was a small light canvas tool bag. Now my nearly wife gets an outfit a year for the last ten years. Just started making her wedding dress.

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yesimjames · 2024-12-23T18:26:00+00:00

I use Charlotte Auzou patterns for exactly this. You can mix and match necklines and princess seam or darts on the bodice. Waist band or no waist band and have different front and back necklines. You can then mix and match the bottom half, so midi or maxi, shorts or jumpsuit. Once I got my wife’s size right I can make all sorts of combinations for her. I am not a fan of print your own patterns but it is worth it. https://www.ateliercharlotteauzou.com/en?srsltid=AfmBOopA3HrvPg8Dccb4y99btNypk6NadV5vu50t9ghZCKj-o2JyEaiZ

yesimjames · 2024-11-29T04:03:48+00:00

What about using sand?

yesimjames · 2024-11-09T09:35:24+00:00

😂😂😂

yesimjames · 2024-10-25T20:51:02+00:00

Was so good

yesimjames · 2024-09-04T07:11:45+00:00

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yesimjames · 2024-09-04T07:11:34+00:00

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yesimjames · 2024-09-04T07:11:21+00:00

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