Good Morning to you! I'm on a roll now baby! Two posts in a row! I should start one of those blogs like Julie did in Julie and Julia. That might be a bit ambitious on my part.
So I went to Topeka, Kansas before Thanksgiving to take a class with fourty or so other women. We learned about a new initiative to generate interest in garment sewing again called "Project Sewing Workshop". At the moment, a good portion of Linda Lee's popular pattern line called "The Sewing Workshop Collection and the "Shapes" collection that she put together with Louise Cutting, are in the line. Linda and her team are packaging patterns and fabrics in kits to take some of the stress off of new sewers when choosing a project to work on. Patterns and fabrics are available separately and I can coordinate other fabrics available from Project Sewing Workshop as well. She has a chosen some really nice fabrics and I am told that she is adding to the line all of the time. Fabric is available separately in 3, 5 and 10 yard increments.
So I went to Topeka, Kansas before Thanksgiving to take a class with fourty or so other women. We learned about a new initiative to generate interest in garment sewing again called "Project Sewing Workshop". At the moment, a good portion of Linda Lee's popular pattern line called "The Sewing Workshop Collection and the "Shapes" collection that she put together with Louise Cutting, are in the line. Linda and her team are packaging patterns and fabrics in kits to take some of the stress off of new sewers when choosing a project to work on. Patterns and fabrics are available separately and I can coordinate other fabrics available from Project Sewing Workshop as well. She has a chosen some really nice fabrics and I am told that she is adding to the line all of the time. Fabric is available separately in 3, 5 and 10 yard increments.
So I chose the Trio Collection to work on when I was there. It is a top, a tee and cargo pants. I didn't really care for the pants.
I finished the tee in Kansas when I was there. They are really easy to construct. Its a cute pattern and something different. It is the first raglan sleeve I have ever made.
I cut the top when I was there and I finished it yesterday. I only had trouble with one step in the instructions. When sewing the collar to the top, they say to sew the back piece of the collar stand on first then fold over the shirt and sew it burrito style. I couldn't figure it out, so I sewed the same way I learned to install the collar in Peggy Sagers shirt pattern. I sewed the rest of the collar stand together. I folded under and pressed the top piece of the stand, pinned and top stitched. I learned this method in the Peggy Sager's Classic Blouse. From now on I would sew the whole collar in the same fashion. Way easier. If anyone know what burrito style might be, add a post, I may have to call the Sewing Workshop to find out what it means.
Overall the projects are relatively simple. I learned to flat pattern measure to adjust my tshirt and I did lengthen my shirt sleeves, the pattern is for 3/4 sleeve. On the advice of Linda, I only needed to lengthen the trio top. I might try the smaller size in muslin just to get a comparison. There is a lot of ease in this top. I will be making the two pieces again.
Well so long for now. Until my next project....
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