Welcome to my blog
A warm welcome to new readers and especially to those of you who come her by following me from my old blog!
Like the old blog (https://sigridsewingprojects.blogspot.com/) it’s all about sewing, sometimes a bit of knitting and very occassionally about something else that’s on my mind.
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Garment a month – January (4)
As you can see the jacket is getting a lot closer to finishing. There is some topstitching still to be done on the outside. The photo shows the sleeves when they were only basted. This is the sleeve after stitching, removing the basting and gathering threads and...
Garment a month – January (3)
The next steps in the jacket were making the welt pockets and the shoulder shield. The shoulder shield (or shoulder placket) is used to stabilise the area between shoulder and bust, where fabric is inclined to make a dip. It consists of a hair canvas part that is kept...
Garment a month – January (2)
I made quite a bit of progress on my jacket. A lot of the work in a jacket is in preparing and marking pattern pieces. I'm using linen as fabric (yes, it will be for a warmer season ) and as it's generally known this is very prone to wrinkling I chose to interface all...
Garment a month – January (1)
A new feature on my blog this year is a "garment a month". Each month I will sew a garment and give a bit more details on construction. I have no specific plans on which garments will be featured. I would be interested to hear what garments or construction you would...
Bag for sewing notions – finished
My bag for sewing notions is finished. I'm quite pleased with it and will start using it when sewing lessons are possible again. I say quite pleased but not perfectly happy. It's a complicated pattern and all parts are designed to match so perfectly that you can't do...
Using Burda magazine patterns – Tracing (2)
A second post about tracing Burda magazine patterns. In the video I show what information can be found in the small drawings that are in the instructions for the patterns and how they look on the pattern sheets. It's not a complete reference, but I hope it gives an...
A bag for sewing notions
Bag making is an area of sewing that I have limited experience with. I've made quite a few purses to try techniques, made a handbag or two and that's about it. I've been intrigued though by making a few things to help me get more organised. I've watched quite a lot...
Using Burda magazine patterns – Tracing (1)
If asked which patterns I use most frequently, Burda magazine patterns would be the answer. For those not used to using magazine patterns they might be a bit intimidating. I grew up using magazines and Burda magazine is very consistent in sizing. Once you know your...
First post on this blog
Welcome to my blog. Here I will share most of my sewing projects and some knitting too. This (personal) site is a continuation of my previous blog Sigrid's sewing projects. That blog I started in April 2007 and it has been a pleasure to publish most of my sewing...