I sewed all of my pieces into rows yesterday, and I’ve decided not to mess around with the layout that I initially decided upon. One step complete, next on to sewing the rows to each other. I am pleased with it so far, and glad that I decided to use this layer cake collection as… Continue reading Skirt 1 rows sewn
Author: Melissa
A tee in two weeks
I got a bee in my bonnet a couple of weeks ago (June 13 to be exact), when I decided to look up the other sweater class that I had bought after I bought the Affiknity one. I wanted to check and see if that sweater was also seamed. I hoped it wasn’t – that… Continue reading A tee in two weeks
Skirt 1 layout
This morning I went ahead and cut my pieces from the first layer cake and laid them out. Due to design wall limitations at this time, I had to put some of them on two rows or just know that I’m repeating what’s on the wall a certain number of times. I have the other… Continue reading Skirt 1 layout
I have skirt plans
A couple of friends took a quilting class with Annie Smith recently (she’s the quilter whose online Quilter’s Palette class I took in, I think it was, 2009). They mentioned that she was also teaching her Bespoke Skirt pattern to another set of students after their class. One of those friends bought that pattern and… Continue reading I have skirt plans
Sometimes things just don’t work out
I got to the point of washing and blocking the pieces of my Affiknity sweater. Then I sat down to start seaming. I was willing to deal with an oversized sweater. The sleeves were extra long, and I had to squish the pieces to get them to sort of fit the size from the schematic.… Continue reading Sometimes things just don’t work out