Yay! A new podcast! Finally!
In today’s podcast, I talk about how burnt out I was feeling, get on a soapbox or two, and talk about starting a new semester of classes.
I forgot to take photos of “my” students hard at work in the Fashion 1A class but I did remember to take my camera to the 1B class. These are my classmates making their patterns:
Larry is tracing the basic skirt block (the manila paper pattern) onto dot (aka pattern) paper
Natalia has traced the skirt back onto the dot paper (aka pattern paper) and is reaching for the basic skirt front
After tracing the basic skirt block, Natalia is adding the pattern markings for darts, notches, etc.
Cat has cut out the pattern and is trying to keep the paper from rolling up (she ironed it to make it stay flat)
Cat is "closing the darts" on one copy of the dot paper pattern in order to make the facing pattern. She taped the darts closed and then drew a line two inches from the top across the width of the skirt using her hip curve tool
Our homework is to attach the dot paper to brown paper (kraft paper), add seam allowances, cut out the muslin and sew most of the skirt by next Wednesday.
This is the Simplicity 2900 pattern I used for Alice’s dress:
Alice modeling the completed dress
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Oh my goodness, how cute is that baby in that perfect little outfit. How well made it appears. I would never have gone to the fabric store and considered that material for a baby but boy, did my eyes open.
Truthfully, I wouldn’t have either. But her mother is a professional belly dancer, specializing in Persian dance, and chose the fabric for the dress. I was truly amazed at how perfectly it went with the pattern. It showed me that I need to think outside of the “JoAnn’s Juvenile Fabric” selection!
Soooooo glad am I for another Grandma’s Sewing Cabinet podcast! I want to know about all your classes. I went to Amazon.com to order the Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing you mentioned, but I’m not sure which version to get. I think it might be the 1981 publication. Is that the one you have?
I actually have the 1995 version but only because I couldn’t find a 1976 version (we didn’t have Amazon back then!). My sister owns the 1976 version and I learned a lot from it. I understand that the latest version took out a lot of the good stuff, so avoid that one.
My recommendation: Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing, 1976
Thanks, Dr. J-A. I ordered a “very good” 1978 version, which has the same number of pages as the 1976 version (528). So I’m hoping it still has the “good stuff.” Now I have to wait for it though. Boy, am I ever spoiled by Amazon Prime!
………… Linda
I’m sure that they just fixed typos and such between the two versions because their publication dates are so close together. My understanding is that later editions started eliminating a lot of the tailoring information.