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A Dress for Me & A Washi Dress Pattern Review from Ellison Lane Quilts

I did it! I made a Washi dress for me.

This is the first garment I've made for myself and really only the second garment I've sewn.

I used the pdf pattern, taped it together on Sunday and got to work that night cutting out my fabric. So all in all, it took me three days to make the dress which is really quick I think.

The pattern:

OK, the pattern comes in pdf and in paper form. It's well organized with lots of information and clear steps. With that being said, I'm a really inexperienced ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under sewing clothing , washi dress

Sewing Clothing: A Washi Dress from Ellison Lane Quilts

How was your weekend? We finally had some snow on Saturday- the big, fat, powdery flake kind that makes everything beautiful.

And just like snow in the South, it was 50 degrees and all gone by the end of Sunday. Just the way I like it.

With a little extra time in the long weekend and spurred on by the success of my WIP top (New Look 6871,) I jumped into the Washi Dress pattern.

I discovered my sewing machine has tons of overlock stitches which is great since I don't have a serger.

I followed this tutorial (with ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under elastic thread , sewing clothing , shirring , washi dress

Sewing Clothing- Round 2 from Ellison Lane Quilts

So, after making a muslin for the Tova tunic, I decided that it just didn't fit me well. I found that I am in between two of their sizes and didn't want to make the larger one so I ditched it. It was a really good learning process for me (my first garment for me,) and it convinced me that I needed to take a garment sewing class from somebody that could show me the ropes in person. (Thanks for all of your great comments on that post too- very helpful and most appreciated!)

So, a friend found ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 3 months ago. under sewing clothing

Wiksten Tova from Ellison Lane Quilts

Today's the day.

I'm jumping in.

Cutting out the pattern right now.

I'm going to use some cheap muslin first before I cut up the good stuff.

Wish me luck!

xo,

Jennifer

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under sewing clothing , wiksten , wiksten tova

Sewing Set In Sleeves- How To! from Ellison Lane Quilts

I feel like master of the universe at the moment having just conquered sewing set in sleeves.

All due to this great video from the Sewing Arts Center.

Lots of clear instruction and great tips in this video. For instance, one notch means front and two means back. I didn't know that and the sleeve I put in last night was in the wrong side. Oopsie.

All has been corrected and so far so good. Now to try it on again. Finger's crossed!

Practive tova. Got the sleeves set correctly finally!

xo,

Jennifer

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under sewing clothing , sewing set in sleeves , wiksten tova

Hmmmm, Where's My Seam Ripper? from Ellison Lane Quilts

So I'm making the Wiksten Tova. Thank goodness for Kerry's Sew Along because this pattern is not for the super-newbie garment sewist. And that would be me.
It's not impossible mind you but there is a learning curve.

Kerry's sew-along tips have been really helpful but even still it's trial and error for me.

Good thing I started with a muslin version.

Sewing in the placket is a doozy. I reread those directions 20 times and the right corner still came out wrong and curved. I have high hopes that when I make the real ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under sewing clothing , tunic , wiksten tova

Sewing Clothing- Newbie Alert! from Ellison Lane Quilts

I want to jump into garment sewing but people, I am scared! Standing on a ledge looking down into the cavern of the unknown, afraid to jump, scared!

I need some hand holding - preferably in person! Any classes you guys recommend for sewing clothing? Basic tunics, dresses, skirts and then sewing with knits?

I've had this Wiksten Tova pattern for MONTHS and am determined to make one before Sew South. I have the pdf version.

Source: prosestitch.typepad.com via Jennifer Mathis on Pinterest

I know that Kerry did a sew-along for this last year which I need to ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under sewing clothing , sewing with knits , wiksten tunic

Sewing Clothing- I did it! from Ellison Lane Quilts

So I did it! I made a dress for my daughter.
So excited- this is going to be the first of many I think.

She loves dresses and prefers them over anything else so I am pretty psyched that this turned out so well for a first try.

I used the Simplicity pattern 2019 and it was really easy. She is a 4T and it fits well. She's really tall though so next time I might add a bit to the length so she has some growing room.

So, I am off in search of some knit fabric for ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 1 year ago. under dress pattern , sewing clothing , simplicity sewing

Twirly skirt- free pattern from Ellison Lane Quilts

I tried my hand at sewing clothing this weekend, and I LOVED it! I made my sweet girl two twirly skirts using the free Lazy Days Oliver + S pattern. We had a little photo shoot on Monday before school (foggy morning!)

They were pretty quick and easy to stitch up, and the only thing I didn't have on hand was the elastic.

I used some Loulouthi Totem for one with some Denyse Schmidt Aunt Edna trim for the bottom trim and on the other one I used some super soft cotton that I had left over from a dress ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 1 year, 1 month ago. under sewing clothing , skirt

Sew-Along Wiksten Tunic from Ellison Lane Quilts

I've been wanting to try my hand at garment sewing for a while now and at the top of my to-do list has been a dress for my daughter and a tunic for me.

Today, I discovered that the every popular Wiksten Tova Tunic is now available for a PDF download. Well, it took me about 5 minutes to decide to take the plunge and order it. The $10 price is easier on the wallet than the $30 snail mail pattern plus the PDF includes all sizes. Yay!

So then I was cruising through my blog reader and what ...

added by Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts 1 year, 2 months ago. under sew-along , sewing clothing , tunic

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