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Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #105 on: September 16, 2020, 13:20:03 PM »
@Syrinx see below the rules and regs. Could you rearrange your entry to meet the requirements please? (Pop your matching face mask in too.  :loveit:). Thank you.

Details to include:

Your Name; Entry Number( if you have more than one )

What is it and for whom

Pattern used (commercial or self-drafted, anything goes)

What  fabrics you used (pictures welcome)

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc.

Pictures included in the text please
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Syrinx

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #106 on: September 16, 2020, 14:02:36 PM »
Of course, need to be on my laptop to pop images in the text. Also hoping to get my skirt done before end of the month too! So do both entries at once.

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #107 on: September 16, 2020, 14:13:12 PM »
Cheers m'dear! x
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BrendaP

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #108 on: September 21, 2020, 13:08:54 PM »

Brenda P's entry

A dress for myself

Pattern used
A Franken-hack.  The top half is the princess bodice from "Gertie's Ultimate Dress Book" and the skirt is Simplicity 2449, view D/E

What  fabrics you used
A stretch jersey printed with the plaid design, quite heavy, almost Ponte but much stretchier.  It came as the biggest piece in a 10kg lucky dip bag from Immanuel's

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc.
Pattern matching on stretch fabric is the work of the devil  :devil:
I managed the vertical seams including the back zip but the bodice had to be eased onto the skirt and it's a bit stretched out there.

Sewing on the overlocker was easy but the coverstitcher really didn't like the fabric and I ended up top stitching the neck with the regular machine.

In hindsight I think it might have been better to cut the neckline a little lower, omit the zip and facings and do a bound neck.
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It is a dark coloured fabric and definitely needs to be worn with a brightly coloured scarf!
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On the plus side there was enough fabric left to make a pair of winter leggings for Pilates.  I used KwikSew 3636 with my own adjustments including making the body longer to sit on the natural waistline which I find more comfortable.  Will normally be worn with a teeshirt outside.

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Brenda.  My machines are: Corona, a 1953 Singer 201K-3, Caroline, a 1940 Singer 201K-3, Thirza, 1949 Singer 221K, Azilia, 1957 Singer 201K-MK2 and Vera, a Husqvarna 350 SewEasy about 20 years old. Also Bernina 1150 overlocker and Elna 444 Coverstitcher.
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #109 on: September 21, 2020, 13:38:30 PM »
Fabulous @BrendaP. I love that dress and I have the leggings pattern but haven't attempted it yet.  :loveit:
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BrendaP

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #110 on: September 21, 2020, 18:02:16 PM »
@wrenkins if you have an overlocker leggings are a doddle.  That pattern doesn't even have an outside seam, so just two pieces of fabric. 0_0
Brenda.  My machines are: Corona, a 1953 Singer 201K-3, Caroline, a 1940 Singer 201K-3, Thirza, 1949 Singer 221K, Azilia, 1957 Singer 201K-MK2 and Vera, a Husqvarna 350 SewEasy about 20 years old. Also Bernina 1150 overlocker and Elna 444 Coverstitcher.
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #111 on: September 21, 2020, 18:06:18 PM »
Yes but who would they fit because it's unlikely that they would fit me? I looked up negative ease last week after our previous stretchy conversation and all I could find was blaaah blaaah blaaah. Sort of like fortran for sewing.  :S
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toileandtrouble

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #112 on: September 21, 2020, 21:02:36 PM »
@wrenkins  Ooh, you remember Fortran - haven't thought about that for years and years!
Yarn down:  1000g
Fabric down:  29m

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #113 on: September 23, 2020, 08:56:26 AM »
...and BASIC. Dear lord preserve us from little dots and squiggles on cards, a week to have the computer centre to run your stuff and then smile at you as they break your heart tell you you must have missed a comma...
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #114 on: September 23, 2020, 09:09:04 AM »
ONE WEEK'S SEWING TIME LEFT PEEPS!!!

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Bodgeitandscarper

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #115 on: September 23, 2020, 18:30:55 PM »
...and BASIC. Dear lord preserve us from little dots and squiggles on cards, a week to have the computer centre to run your stuff and then smile at you as they break your heart tell you you must have missed a comma...
I remember those days too!  I couldn't believe how these days there is software that writes your programmes for you  :o

toileandtrouble

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #116 on: September 23, 2020, 21:40:02 PM »
@wrenkins and @Bodgeitandscarper  The debugging was the part I enjoyed most.  Yes, I'm odd.  I like puzzles.
Yarn down:  1000g
Fabric down:  29m

Tamnymore

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #117 on: September 24, 2020, 22:48:36 PM »
Just back from hols and finding the tartans and plaids thread has been hijacked by programming reminiscences.  :facepalm: Anyone remember APL? ..hieroglyphics for computers.... And LISP? All those darn brackets.

Will have to get my tartan skates on. @BrendaP I have some of that tartan ponte from Immanuels - looks fab in your creations- but I'm using something else so we won't turn up at the party in the same dress as you!  :D
'One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.' Oscar Wilde

wrenkins

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #118 on: September 24, 2020, 22:53:45 PM »
I wondered where you'd gone @Tamnymore. I just assumed you were locked in your sewing room beavering away!  :laughing:
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toileandtrouble

Re: Plaids, Tartans and Checkered Fabrics contest - 01.09. - 30.09.2020
« Reply #119 on: September 24, 2020, 23:58:40 PM »
Just back from hols and finding the tartans and plaids thread has been hijacked by programming reminiscences.  :facepalm:
Sorry!  Would it make it better if I dug out a nice plaid type cotton and made a blouse?
Yarn down:  1000g
Fabric down:  29m