Sew It Slow: Day 11

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  • Cielo: hem
  • Fireweed: hem
  • Floreat Sleeved: hem
  • Geranium: patch pockets (optional)
  • Hinterland: hem
  • Larkspur: hem
  • Matilda: buttons
  • Sedona: hem
  • Trevi: buttons
  • Washi: hem

Sew It Slow: Day 10

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  • Ashland: finish cuff or attach armhole facing
  • Betty: hem
  • Cabin: complete sleeve and hemline facings
  • Cielo: sleeve cuff
  • Fireweed: secure lining
  • Floreat Sleeved: sleeve (set-in)
  • Floreat Sleeveless: hem
  • Geranium: hem
  • Hinterland: attach skirt to bodice only placket, buttons
  • Larkspur: sleeve facing/hem
  • Matilda: button holes
  • Sedona: sleeve button tab (optional)
  • Trevi: button holes
  • Washi: sleeves + armhole bias facing

Techniques

  • stitch in the ditch
  • buttons
    • flat
    • shank
  • additional seam finishing option

Sew It Slow: Day 9

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  • Ashland: Inseam pockets (optional), side seam + optional patch pockets
  • Betty: facing and shoulder seams
  • Cabin: side seam
  • Cielo: side seam
  • Fireweed: zipper + back seam
  • Floreat Sleeved: facing
  • Floreat Sleeveless: back opening
  • Geranium: buttons
  • Hinterland: placket + button holes
  • Larkspur: side seams
  • Matilda: collar + hem
  • Sedona: sleeve placket + cuff
  • Trevi: hem
  • Washi: side seams

Techniques

  • hems
    • blind catch stitch
    • slip stitch
    • flat catch stitch
    • mitered
    • narrow
    • bias hem

Sew It Slow: Day 8

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  • Ashland: shoulder seams, sash, sleeves and optional cuff
  • Betty: back seam
  • Cabin: bias facing/binding at sleeve hems and bottom hem
  • Cielo: sleeve (flat)
  • Fireweed: bodice to skirt
  • Floreat Sleeved/Sleeveless: sides seams
  • Geranium: Button holes
  • Hinterland: gather skirt; attach skirt for full placket only
  • Larkspur: sleeve (flat)
  • Matilda: placket
  • River: hem
  • Sedona: side seams + sleeve (set-in)
  • Trevi: armholes
  • Washi: facing

Techniques

I’ve moved today’s techniques of button sewing to this weekend. Tomorrow I will also cover a bunch of different hemming techniques, including some that are not listed on the schedule.

Sew It Slow: Day 7

Sew It Slow Day 7

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  • Ashland: zipper, back seam + back neck facings
  • Betty: zipper
  • Cabin: shoulder seams + neckline bias facing/binding
  • Cielo: neckline (facing or bias)
  • Fireweed: skirt (attach skirt to waistband for gathered skirt)
  • Floreat Sleeved: shoulder seam
  • Floreat Sleeveless: facings
  • Geranium: attach bodice to skirt + secure lining
  • Hinterland: skirt inseam pockets + side seams
  • Larkspur: inseam pockets
  • Matilda: sleeve bands + waistband
  • River: neck binding
  • Sedona: collar
  • Trevi: neckline
  • Washi: shoulder seams

Techniques

On the schedule for today, I had listed securing lining/facing, but I’m sure you know how life goes…I couldn’t remember what exactly I had planned for this and failed to take notes on what I had in mind. If there’s something particular you are looking for, feel free to leave a comment on this post before the end of the sew along, or leave a comment in the sew along Facebook group.

Sew It Slow: Day 6

Sew It Slow Day 6

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  • Betty: attach bodice to skirt
  • Cabin: yoke
  • Cielo: shoulder seams
  • Fireweed: waistband (attach waistband to bodice for circle skirt)
  • Floreat Sleeved/Sleeveless: back seam
  • Geranium: skirt seams + gather/pleat skirt
  • Hinterland:
    • Sleeveless: armhole facing
    • Sleeves (set-in), hem/face sleeves
  • Larkspur: back seam
  • Matilda: yoke, bodice side seams
  • Sedona: back pleat (optional) + back yoke
  • Trevi: shoulder + side seams
  • Washi: shirring dress back

Techniques

  • shirring – The video on this is being postponed to this weekend. If you need something now, Made by Rae has a great tutorial on her website here.
  • gathering
  • sewing sleeves
    • flat
    • set-in