Showing posts with label Swedish tracing paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swedish tracing paper. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016

Blazer of 2016 -- Muslin #1

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After weeks of procrastinating I jumped into the muslin phase, and it didn't take long to figure out that I've got my hands full wi...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Revised Muslin (the male bust adjustment?)

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Readers, I've completed the adjustments to my muslin. It's not pretty, but at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that what I...
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Monday, November 7, 2011

Back to EST.....an extra hour to get caught up with "The Brit"

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Readers, yesterday we turned our clocks back to standard time so I took advantage of the extra hour and got started on the pea coat.  My Eng...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The frock coat -- back to tailoring

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Things are progressing on the frock coat front.  I altered most of the pattern pieces.  Here they are all spread out.  I shortened and narro...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Getting back to my roots

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Ok.  Getting back on track here.  I've decided to make the cover trench coat from the Japanese coat book.  It's been while, and I ...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Muslin #1

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I'm following my usual procedures and transferring my pattern pieces to Swedish tracing paper.  If you've never used it, I highly re...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Making the pattern pieces

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After months of just looking at the pretty pictures it was time to pull out the pattern.  Thanks to many web sites I was pretty well prepare...