Got another maternity dress and a maternity tunic done for my client (www.julesfordmaternity.com) just in time for her to swing by on her way home from the L.A. garment district. While I was busy packaging up the two garments, my Sewing Assistant got busy getting to know her 11 month old son. That was a riot - Neko had never seen a human that was his size before, crawling on the floor. They were both really curious about each other, and then they mutually decided that a (slow) game of tag was just the ticket to celebrate making new friends. His mother and I were laughing so much that I forgot to go get the camera. Ah, well....with my sadly incompetent photographic skills, the most you would have seen was a blur, similar to this:
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| The Sewing Assistant, racing to his next assignment. Apparently making a comment on my photo skills. Or lack of. |
The dress for today you've seen before. The tunic I sent her home with was this one:
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| This is called a Lulu tunic. Name seems fitting. |
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| What the.....HEY! Someone got my dressform pregnant! The Sewing Assistant has a lot of 'splaining to do! |
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| An Extreme Close-up of the shirring and the narrow hem on the sleeve. The shirring is done by sewing in single-fold bias tape, threading the elastic through (with a very small safety pin, the only thing that would fit), then whip-stitching the ends of the bias tape together where they meet. |
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| Narrow hem! Way better than the narrow hem foot on my machine does it - that often leaves part of the raw edge hanging out - this method is more time-consuming but leaves a much better finished edge. |
Here is a tutorial on using the narrow hem foot for your machine:
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3744/mastering-the-narrow-hemmer-part-one
Personally, I've been using them for years and STILL haven't mastered them.
Maybe next time....
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