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Julia Cardigan
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Comments on Jenna Cardigan
Muse Patterns are indeed designed for a 5' 10" woman. There are quite a lot of tall women who sew - in fact, for tall women it's often their height that got them into sewing in the first place, due to frustration over RTW garments that are too short in the leg and arm, and don't fit across shoulders! And yet, very very few patterns cater to this demographic, so we all have to make changes to every single pattern we buy. I'm tall myself, so to me it made sense to design patterns for people who are in that demographic. :-)
With the adjustments - for people shorter than 5' 10", there are really only two areas that you may need to adjust with the Jenna pattern. The sleeves will almost certainly need to be shortened - they're designed to go down past the wrist on a tall women, and are very likely to be too long on others. This is a super easy adjustment to make - simply fold some of the length out of the sleeve around half-way down the pattern piece, smooth out the line of the side seams, and you're done! :-)
The other area of adjustment, which you noticed, is at the shoulders. Depending on your individual build, you may or may not need to adjust these. Since Jenna is a knit pattern, a good way to check is to measure the distance across your shoulder and compare to the pattern piece. If you need to take any width out, you can fold it out from the middle of the shoulder and smooth out the line.
Aside from those two alterations though, there shouldn't be any others needed as a result of height differences. For more fitted/woven garments with waist seams there may be due to different torso lengths, but for this style that should be all you need, and they're nice and fast to do.
Hope that helps!
Kat
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Monday, June 22, 2015
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
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Tuesday, June 09, 2015
NIght Sky Quilt
A group of us sew on the 4th Wednesday of the month. One Wednesday I grabbed my container and went to work on this beauty. It is about a twin size and I love how it turned out. Jay Bird Quilt's Sidekick ruler is amazing and makes for the most perfect quilt blocks.
I had planned to make this a queen size quilt but I ran out of steam and motivation. The lack of motivation was quickly followed by no more reddish-pink fabric. This was like a sign, the quilt is finished! I was thrilled with the look, the size and the fact it was done.
My local long arm quilter did a custom job on this quilt. A custom quilting job is more pricey but I felt this quilt deserved something special. I love how she quilted it and it is just perfect.
Monday, June 08, 2015
New Look 6282
Friday, June 05, 2015
Friday Fashion Inspiration - 26
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Butterick 6051 looks very close, love the waistband.
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Monday, June 01, 2015
McCall's 7125
Meredith wanted at top just like view B on McCall's7125 right when she saw the pattern in my sewing room. We headed to Joann's for some fabric and she selected this seafoam silky polka dot and a lace from the bridal section for the yoke.
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