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This from @the.particulate @thevictoriaabbott yest

This from @the.particulate @thevictoriaabbott yesterday made my day/week/month/year - too good not to share on my grid.

I may just adopt ‘hardcore enthusiastic’ as my new byline!

Thank you Victoria 💕

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Last week I whipped up the @birgittahelmersson #zw

Last week I whipped up the @birgittahelmersson #zwcroppedshirt in this @mindthemaker #aboutadot fabric. I’m still a little on the fence about zero waste garments. I like the idea, and this was fun to make up. Not needing a pattern to cut out cuts out (pun intended) a whole step 😃. You’re instructed to mark out the pattern pieces on your fabric, but I just used my ruler to measure and then cut with my rotary cutter (I’m used to this being a quilter).

The construction was easy enough, although I spent a bit of time on my shirred sleeves pattern hack. Some of the instructions were a bit out of sync - eg: the neck band was attached and then you were instructed to turn under/iron the seam allowance and pin/stitch - it’s much easier to turn the SA before attaching (which is what I did). This is not a major of course, but when making a new to me pattern I always make it with teaching it to a class/Sewster in mind lol - it’s a hazard of the job 😅. I actually run through the steps as if I was teaching it, sometimes out loud too 🤣. Drives hubs crazy lol.

I’ve noticed some ZW garments can sit differently on the body vs a drafted pattern (and definitely on me being busty). This is an oversized pattern, and it fits that bill nicely. But because the back and front pieces are the same length, it causes the front to pull up (I don’t dislike the look BTW, just observing). Your body is naturally longer from your shoulder to back underarm than in the front. So when these are the same size, the fabric/top naturally wants to fall towards the back from your shoulders. There is also no shoulder sloping/shaping. You are after all just sewing squares/rectangles of fabric together that have no shaping. You could always add darts to get some shaping 🤔, or play around with the length of the pieces - I may or may not explore these ideas. The neckband doesn’t sit against the neck at the back as it’s not cut on the bias, and is just strips of fabric. Not a huge issue, just another observation.

Overall, a fun sew and I’ll quite possibly make another one for summer, but a little bit longer next time, with short sleeves.

WIP appreciation post 💕 #mindthemaker #aboutad

WIP appreciation post 💕

#mindthemaker #aboutadot #jackreadytosew

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An interruption to normal viewing 😃. I’ve st

An interruption to normal viewing 😃.

I’ve started an online crochet course. The course is 6 months, and at the end of it I will have a #wallflowersblanket #wallflowers2021 (just saying, it may take me longer than 6 months 😅). It’s being run by Sue @themercerie, who is insanely talented.

This little popcorn centre is the first we learn in the course. I need to crochet 1,547,287 of them - only kidding, I need 84 in three different colourways. I think I’m about 20 in.

I’ll post my progress in here & stories.

Wish me luck, I haven’t crocheted in about 15 years. But just like riding a bike, you don’t really forget.

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