Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Every Little Girl Wants A Twirly Dress
Monday, February 5, 2024
My First Western Blouse
Hello all,
Well, the Year of the Blouse is off to a good start. I received this pattern for Christmas and it was the first sewing project I plunged into after the holiday. I really like the results!! The pattern...plus a little bit of connecting loose ends...will produce a professional-level Western shirt. What do I mean by connecting loose ends? Well, there's a little guesswork in this pattern. Nowhere in the pattern does it instruct you to connect the back of the shirt to the front at the shoulders, though it clearly shows them connected in a later step. There's also no specifics for what size fastening snaps to use; so we ranked this pattern as "not the best quality." In addition, the sizes also seemed to run a bit small. However, I am still happy with my results!
(Side note: I don't usually sew with patterns, anyway. I'm used to connecting 110 more loose ends than this pattern gave me ;) )
Let's see what it made!
I used view C of the pattern - the simplest view.
to God be the glory,
Miss Humphrey
Monday, January 22, 2024
Crafty Projects
I've made some crafty projects in the past few months that I thought I'd show you; some of them sewing-related, and some not!
Monday, January 15, 2024
What Do I Do With My Scraps? Make This, Of Course!
Monday, January 8, 2024
It's A New Year!
Welcome 2024!
Here's a look back at the dressmaking I did in 2023, and some sewing ideas for 2024.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
How I Made My Christmas Dress
Every Little Girl Wants A Twirly Dress
Hello All, Recently I made my first little girl's dress. I made it free-hand style, using most of the same techniques I'd use to mak...
-
Welcome to the new blog, DIY You! I've started this blog to encourage young women (and women of all ages!) to sew their own modest, u...
-
In this series, I'll be jumping right into "free-hand" dressmaking with a simple dress. I plan to take you through all the...
-
You've designed your dress and picked out fabric to sew it with. Now what? If you're sewing with me, just grab: A pencil or fabric m...