True or False....12 mins & 50 secs to make a pair of jeans?

Those who read my blog probably know that I love instructional videos :) and finding good sewing information sites.

There is allot of talk on blogs lately on making jeans. How appropriate, I came across this video on YouTube.

Now I know I've seen this years ago..... and many of you also may have seen it on the show "How it's Made".

I think it's so interesting.

This company makes 1500 pairs of jeans a day. ....and it's True.....a pair of jeans takes them.....

........12 minutes and 50 secs............

Update report!

When I'm short on time, and have to do stop and go type sewing, I really don't like that kind of sewing! It just feels like the project doesn't step forward ........ quick enough :)

I came across a cute saying and it kind of sums up how I feel about spending so much time working right now......

"Born to Sew...Forced to Work"

Having said that...... my V8259 jacket is actually coming along, which is somewhat encouraging. I'll try and have pictures up by tomorrow.

I do like working with Claire Shaeffer's pattern so far. The instructions are well written and easy to follow.

I've received my Jalie patterns and my jean Fabric from Fabric.com. I washed and dried the fabric 3 times before I liked the feel of it. (definitely do not wash this fabric with anything else....the dye runs..... but still very nice fabric.

Hope everyone else is getting some quality sewing time in :)

My newest Sewing Room Notion

My husband and daughter saw this shoe tape dispenser at our local Staples store- and they thought it would be just too perfect for my sewing room...... I love it!

I'm very"slowly" making progress on my Vogue 8259 jacket .

Pieces are all interfaced.......pad stitching done ....

and pockets ready to be hand sewn on.

I hope to get more done tomorrow. It will be nice to finish this jacket so I can start on summer clothes....like this one of many I want to make.....

from Patrones #278. There are so many beautiful patterns in this issue.

(Thank you so much Paco).

I'm happy to say that my Jalie patterns have been shipped. They were not supposed to be released till Mar 24th, but I got my shipping notice on the 19th :) For those not familiar with Jalie, when you order (from their site), 3 patterns you receive a fourth free. I ordered three new patterns and my fourth I chose the pants patterm # 2107 for my husband. I also ordered my stretch denim from Fabric.com for the jeans pattern #2908.

....and last but not least, a picture of my "boys" keeping me company in my sewing room! Bradley happy as can be sleeping very comfortably on Duncan.

New Jalie Patterns

Following pictures taken form Jalie site.

The New Jalie Collection is Available for Pre-Order.

I pre-ordered mine today. They are due out Mar 24th.

I just love the neckline and the little mandarin collar on the Faux Wrap Top-2910.

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** Sisterhood Award ** Pass it On

Thank you so very much Marjie and Lindsay for this Sisterhood Award. There are so many great blogs out there and I can spend way too much time browsing, but I do love reading blogs :) and seeing what everyone is making.

As I said for the Kreativ Blog Award, I would just like to pick everyone from my side bar, because they are all wonderful blogs!

The rules of this award are:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post .

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received your award.

1. Ana Carina - Os Meus Projectos de Moda

2. Ana's Closet

3. Ann- Gorgeous Fabrics Blog

4. Anne - Le Mani D'oro

5. Birgitte - Bubblegum 4 Breakfast

6. Summerset - Pins and Needles

7. Deepika - Curtains to Coats

8. Diana - Sew Passionista

9. Faye's Sewing Adventures

10. Tany - Couture et Tricot

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Vogue 8259 - Trims & Buttons -Blues

** Thank you so much Birgitte, Anne, Lindsay and Paco for your help and offers. I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness :)

After yesterday's post, I've been playing around - allot - with the white trim and also making trim from the bouclé fabric, however I didn't come up with anything I liked.

I had these buttons and trim for another project, and when I tried them with this blue/white bouclé fabric, well I kind-a like it :)

The trim is a variegated color that actually blends very nicely. When the light reflects on the buttons, the blue of the bouclé fabric comes out in the buttons!

The buttons look goldish in the picture (on my screen), however they are actually an antiqued looking silver.

Fabric,trim and buttons all seem to just fit together! I'm happy. Now I can carry on :)

Blue/ White Bouclé Jacket- Vogue 8259 - Trim & Buttons & Claire Shaeffer CD

I finally found some trim and buttons today.....but I must say I'm not totally thrilled with my find....but it was what I could find. I really only have the "one" place to go to, to choose trims and buttons, and although it is pretty good most times, it definitely is not like Lindsay's go to places in NYC's Garment District :)

I was truly hoping to find trim to match the blue in my fabric, but that was just not happening! So I'm a little disappointed - but white trim and buttons was just my only way to go! Hoping when all is done it will look beautiful!!

I'm leaning to the #1 choice, but will decide when the time comes to apply the trim.

#1

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I thought I'd share this information because I know there are some of you,just like me, who are patiently waiting for this CD:

Behind The Seams: The Shaeffer Collection Volume One: CHANEL -

I emailed David Coffin today asking when the CD would be available to purchase and from where, and this is what he wrote back:

I'm sorry this has been delayed, but it WILL soon be available. It's essentially done and just needs some details tweaked so that Claire and I are completely happy with it, which we're working on as we speak. Claire will be selling it, and I'm sending her a copy of this so you can get on her announce list. She's here:

sewfari@earthlink.net

(It's a CD-ROM, btw; not a DVD; amazingly, it all fits on a CD!)

Thanks for asking, we're hard at work!

Best,

David Coffin

I didn't realize there was an announce list, might be a good idea to get your name on this list :)

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Blue/ White Bouclé Jacket- Vogue 8259

I have been slowly getting thru my little fitting marathon with this jacket! Luckily they are not major adjustments, just time consuming, with allot of pinning/unpinning and trying the muslin on...... and off..............to get that perfect fit!The back was mainly the problem area.

The jacket back has 2 pieces, main back piece and a side back. This gave me lots of seams to adjust the fit, but I did end up making adjustments on pretty much every seam, front and back!

There was way to much fabric at the lower back and mid back. I made a double sway back adjustment, which were two dart-tucks tapering to nothing at side seams. This adjustment made the back hem pull up, so when I transferred all the adjustments to my paper pattern I added length to the back and straightened the grain line.

I also had to take in the center back, side seams and front seams (under the bust only).

1st muslin

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* I made a 2nd muslin, no sleeves, to confirm that the adjustments were alright.

I was happy with the fit.

There is still some minor tweaking that needs to be done, but I'll make those on the fabric.

Instructional Videos & More

A work in Progress: Last updated ~ Jan 11 2017

This is a post of some of the sites that have instructional videos or sewing information, for future reference and easy access. There are so many available, but these are just "some" that I like to check out. (I'll just keep adding them as I find more)

Andrea - Sew to Fit 

Angela Kane (YouTube) - Website

Claire Kennedy - Basic Fitting Video

Laura Volpintesta - Fashion Illustration Tribe website

Laura Volpintesta(YouTube)

Collar Clamp Tool - "Off the Cuff" how to tutorial

David Coffin - includes Marcy & Katherine Tilton, Kayla Kennington,Kathryn Brenne videos.
Fashion Schools - Canadian

Get Creative

HGTV

 Hot Patterns -YouTube

Husqvarna

Jennifer Stern - Jennifer Stern Tee shirt pattern
                     

Linda Macphee Workshops

Man Sewing (You tube) - Rob Appell

New Mexico State University

OTIS College - Tailored Jacket Construction Technique - YouTube

 

Other OTIS College videos : "OTIS Fashion Design Department" , Basic Hand Stitching, Invisible Zipper, Lap Zipper, Railroad Zipper.

Otis College - Mariano Fortuny

Pants- Tapering Widening Pants (Threads Mag Site)

Sandra Betzina (YouTube) -  Power Sewing - Web TV Show - Sandra Betzina

Power Sewing - The online Show About Sewing - Sandra Betzina

Sandra Betzina - Fly Front Threads article 

Sarah Veblen- Site

Sarah Veblen -Neckline Binding - knits

Sulky

Sure Fit Designs - YouTube - Website

Turtle Neck - knits- Sarah Veblen

TR Patterns

Sarah Veblen - Making and Using a muslin and Straightening the Grain

Sarah Veblen - Making and Using a muslin

Silhouette Patterns

Sew to Fit(youtube) - Sew to Fit (Blog)

Sewing.org 

Sewing with Nancy

Sewing with Nancy (Public TV)

 Susan Khalje

Threads Magazine

Threads - Tapering or Widening Pants

Toolfully - Diane Deziel(YouTube)
                - Dress form Arm
                - Knotting
                - Downloads

University of Fashion - Online Fashion Design Training

New Background

Not much sewing going on however I have been playing around with backgrounds to see which one I like best.

At this moment I'm thinking I'll stay with this one.

Thank You to Belinda at Sew4Fun for sharing "the cutest blog on the block" site.

Wordel - Fun

Try Wordle :) for some fun.

See what words you use most in your posts!

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Ann -Jalie 2794

Ann -Jalie 2794

Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

I must tell you that these Jalie tops are "so" comfortable!

This is the top that does not have the altered (raised) neckline.

I find it is low, but with a camisole it is just right!

Edited: I wanted to mention that I cut the neckline bands as per pattern pieces, but for this top, applied them using the Sarah Veblen technique.

Another one of her videos available is her turtle neck application. (I'm posting them here for future references.)

Vogue 1086

I have been patiently waiting for my local fabric store to bring the new Vogue patterns out. I was thrilled to see them in the cabinets today so -

I bought Vogue 1086 today.

When I first saw this pattern on the Vogue site, I knew I had to have it. It's a gorgeous dress and I'm very anxious to make it.

Now - I must ponder what fabric to use!

Hope you are all having a wonderful week end :)

For Mom - Serena

I Posted a picture of Duncan, my handsome DS ,(for Denise), now here is one of Serena, (my beautiful DD) - for you Momm :)

Serena

Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

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Sweetheart Top #2 *Jalie 2794

Jalie 2794 - Sweetheart Top, Jan 31 2009 Originally uploaded by Ann's Fashion Studio

Another Jalie 2794 Sweetheart Top.

I raised the neckline by 1-1/4", and this is a much better fit for me.

This is such a pretty top and fits very nicely.

I'm thrilled with the fit and I'm thinking of making another one already!

I will wear the #1 Sweetheart Top, with a camisole, however this one will be my TNT Pattern.

Deer - in Our Back Yard!

These friendly deer have been visiting our back yard lately.....but only to eat our hedges and the bird food!!

I was quick enough today to get a picture of them before they ran off :)

Click on image to in large

Sweetheart Top #1 * Jalie 2794

I have been wanting to make this top for as long as the pattern has been out (2007) and now that I have - I love it! It is such a pretty top.

There are so many wonderful reviews written up at Pattern Review on this top and I think I've had the same success as everyone else who has made it. For my first one I wanted to see how the fit would be without alterations to the pattern, so I didn't make any- (other than making full length sleeves). Many reviewed that the neckline was low. I figured that would be an issue for me too. I'm thrilled to say, that this is the "only" change I will make, is in the neckline, as I do find it somewhat low. I am very happy with the overall fit of this top, ( l will post a picture wearing it).

I plan on making another one as soon as I finish this post and I will raise the neckline.

The fabric I used is a knit I bought at Tissus Claudiany in Quebec. (Does it look familiar?)

I'm sure you have all seen the Sewing Article: "Best Patterns for 2008" by Diane Egelston at Pattern Review. It's a very interesting article.

Jalie 2794 was the # 1 Pattern!

Kreativ Blogger - Award

This Kreativ Blogger Award has been making it's way around and so many deserving people have received it. Alviana and Aminat nominated my blog! Thank you so very much Alviana and Aminat. I appreciate this very much! I visit so many wonderful blogs and I enjoy every single one that is on my side bar and then + some. These are the ones I'd like to nominate this Award to.

• 1. Paco - Paco Peralta
• 2. Tany - Couture et Tricot
• 3. Diana - Sew Passionista
• 4. Julia -Julia's Sewing Blog
• 5. Marjie - Modern Day Ozzie and Harriet
• 6. Lucia - Cafe Couture
• 7. Shannon - Hungry Zombie Couture

and I' d love to just keep on going..............

These are the Rules and Responsibilities--

1. Copy the award to your site.

2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.

3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.

4. Link to those on your blog.

5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominated.

MacPhee # 420

My first project of the year was this fleece jacket for my husband Bill.

I made it the first week of January, but just did not have the time to post till now.

The Pattern is MacPhee # 420 -No Sweat Shirt. I used red/white fleece, which I bought on line from MacPhee Workshop - Edmonton. I made the full zip front with side inseam pockets. Bill didn't want the maple leaf applique sewn on the front or back of his jacket.. It is unlined and to finish the seam allowances, I serged them......very easy and quick.

I've made this jacket many times before. I've made the pullover variation and the full zip front variation and every time it turns out perfect. The jacket is casual and very comfortable.

Overall it's really just a nice, simple pattern, no surprises and easy to follow instructions.

"Chanel"

Just a short post to say ***** Lindsay posted this "Chanel Alert! Thank You so much Lindsay. I am really looking forward to this CD. It sounds amazing!

Picture from David Page Coffin's "My Virtual Workshop" blog.

.......and for Christmas - I received this book "Chanel: A Woman of her Own". It is such an interesting story!