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Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-5075972340051944242015-11-03T18:09:00.001-08:002015-11-03T18:09:52.880-08:00Sewing Machine MaintenanceSometimes our sewing machines get dusty, sometimes they start making a strange sound or have a strange smell. These are all signs that your machine might a need a cleaning.<br />
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*Every sewing machine is different, what I do on my machine may be different than what you are supposed to do on your machine, please refer to your machines manual for the proper care instructions.<br />
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Even though we take care of your machines it is important to have it serviced by a professional regularly. If you use your machine often, for large projects, once a year is a good idea. If you just use your machine for small projects every once in a while, it can wait longer.<br />
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Some sewing machine care quick tips:<br />
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-<u><b>Never</b></u> pull thread backwards through your machine, this ruins the tension disks causing the thread to be too loose.<br />
-<u><b>Never </b></u>turn the wheel of the sewing machine away from you, always towards you, turning it backwards will knock the timing off causing the machine to skip stitches.<br />
-<u><b>Never </b></u>try to sew with the presser foot up, it should always be down when sewing. Putting the presser foot down engages the tension disks. Without the tension disks engaged the thread will be too loose and will knot and tangle in the bottom of the machine. If you need to do free motion sewing there are specialized presser feet for it.<br />
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<br />Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-59331157790854265902015-10-18T09:51:00.001-07:002015-10-18T09:53:42.860-07:00Main Dress (Butterick 4827, View A)After many twists and turns I finished the main dress of my costume and thus finished my 2015 Renaissance festival dress.<br />
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Part 2</div>
Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-59320743234881283532015-09-14T18:11:00.001-07:002015-09-14T18:12:27.199-07:00The Underskirt (Butterick 4827, View B)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have finished the underskirt for my Renaissance dress. Here's a look at how it went.<br />
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I used the brocade for the underskirt. You have to be careful with brocades because they fray very easily, I serged every seam after it was finished sewing. I used satin pins, close together, to keep it from sliding. I also used a universal needle in size 90/14, and a 2.5 stitch length.<br />
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I was surprised because I had more fabric left over than the extra 1/8th that I bought. Also I didn't even use one spool of the thread I bought, (which was 100% cotton, sew all, thread).<br />
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Also I tried to use a disappearing ink fabric marker, and it worked, but it faded within 20 minutes. That was a lot quicker than the week it took on the cotton I tested before. Not a bad thing I didn't have to worry about the ink showing.<br />
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Now on to the more difficult project. The dress part.<br />
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Happy SewingKeildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-18994898982553660582015-09-04T04:11:00.001-07:002015-09-04T04:14:14.012-07:00Renaissance Festival Dress: A Closer Look at the Envelope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes when you start on a pattern it's hard to make sense of all the information on the back. Today I take a closer look at Butterick 4827 and weed through all the information to get to the stuff that applies to me.....And then I went shopping.<br />
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The orange fabric is a <a href="http://www.joann.com/crepe-back-satin-54in/prd32702.html">crepeback satin</a> in Autumn (it was a red tag fabric at Jo-Anns)<br />
The blue fabric is a <a href="http://www.joann.com/fabric/special-occasion/#prefn1=collection&prefv1=Brocades%20%26%20Saris">Brocade fabric</a>: turquoise paisley<br />
<a href="http://www.joann.com/sew-in-interfac-for-fthr-mid-wt-fabric-22in-wide-30-yards/413302.html">Pellon 910 Sew in Featherweight interfacing</a>.<br />
Gutterman Sew all Thread: <a href="http://www.joann.com/gutermann-sew-all-polyester-thread-110-yards-oranges-andamp-yellows/prd1551.html#q=gutterman+sew+all&start=13">Color 474 "Curry"</a><br />
Gutterman Cotton Thread: <a href="http://www.joann.com/gutermann-natural-cotton-thread-110-yards/prd34702.html#q=Gutterman%2BCotton&start=4">Color 7532</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joann.com/dritz-eyelet-kit-with-tool-5-32in-nickel-25-pkg/1045160.html">5/32 Eyelet kit with tool</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joann.com/dritz-black-hooks-and-eyes-14-pkg-size-3/1922996.html#q=black%2Bhook%2Band%2Beye&start=11">Black Hook and Eye</a><br />
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And now I'm excited to get started on this project.<br />
Happy Sewing <br />
<br />Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-64407661639756863752015-09-01T11:36:00.002-07:002015-09-01T11:37:33.924-07:00Space Pants (Simplicity Pattern 9871)Aside from a pillow case, pajama pants have to be one of the best beginner projects and the best introduction to pattern reading. Simplicity 9871 is a very easy pajama pants pattern. It's one I've used multiple times. My husband saw this cool, colorful space fabric and had to have a pair of pants.<br />
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If you're looking at this pattern and confused or terrified of the daunting task in front of you don't fear I'll walk you through it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2618-its-so-easy-miss-men-sleepwear.aspx">Simplicity Pattern 9871</a><br />
Size XL<br />
3yds of Fabric -<a href="http://www.joann.com/novelty-quilt-fabric-large-planets/8555450.html">Large Planets</a> (It only calls for 2 7/8 but I always get that extra save it for quilting and stuff)<br />
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1 inch elastic<br />
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Happy Sewing<br />
<br />Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-8520346995913818452015-08-22T12:00:00.001-07:002015-08-22T12:00:51.433-07:00Dress Form Unboxing and Assembly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A dress form, it's a lovely tool to help you get an idea about how your garment is going to look. How fabrics are going to drape and also a really good tool for hemming skirts.<br />
They were 50% off at Jo Ann's this weekend, so I decided to get me one.<br />
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I got the <a href="http://www.joann.com/small-dritz-simple-fit-dressform-in-orchid/13586185.html">Dritz simple fit</a>, it's a basic model. Easy to assemble and adjust, I have nothing to put on it yet but I'm ready to use it for my Renaissance dress.Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-2841455621579734392015-08-15T11:06:00.000-07:002015-08-15T11:06:03.644-07:00Major Pattern Haul and Crafting UpdateWith three pattern sales in a row of course I had to make a haul video.<br />
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The patterns I picked up<br />
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Butterick<br />
<a href="http://butterick.mccall.com/b4669-products-6871.php?page_id=916&search_control=display&list=search">4669</a><br />
<a href="http://butterick.mccall.com/b4486-products-5567.php?page_id=916&search_control=display&list=search">4486</a> <br />
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McCall's<br />
<a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7217-products-49904.php?page_id=5795&search_control=display&list=search">7217</a><br />
<a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7218-products-49905.php?page_id=5795&search_control=display&list=search">7218</a><br />
<a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7212-products-50382.php?page_id=4544&search_control=display&list=search">7212</a> <br />
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Simplicity<br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-11743-misses-knit-dancewear.aspx">1444</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12367-childs-and-girls-tulle-skirts.aspx">1122</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12422-girls-misses-knit-dancewear.aspx">1077</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2096-costumes.aspx">4080</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-11256-husky-boys-big-tall-mens-vests.aspx">1506</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2089-men-costumes.aspx">4059</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2185-boys-and-men-vests-and-ties.aspx">4762</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12432-18-doll-clothes.aspx">1087</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12440-misses-costumes.aspx">1095</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12436-misses-super-villainess-costumes.aspx">1091</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12437-misses-costumes-with-built-in-knit-bodysuit.aspx">1092</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12438-misses-cosplay-costumes.aspx">1093</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12439-disneys-frozen-fever-misses-costumes.aspx">1094</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12419-toddlers-and-childs-dress-in-two-lengths.aspx">1074 </a><br />
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So excited to get new patterns.Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-66358186410454618822015-07-31T11:10:00.001-07:002015-07-31T20:31:29.285-07:00Phases of CraftingWhether your just a beginner or so good you can do it with you eyes closed, every crafter goes through these phases when they craft something.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Design Phase</b></u></span><br />
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This is where you start with any craft. It can be a simple as looking as picking out a patter, or as complex as making a detailed drawing of what you want to make, with colors and materials listed.<br />
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-For Jewelry again you can look at instruction book, or make a drawing.<br />
-Picking out blueprints<br />
-Grabbing as many reference pictures as you can and putting them together is always a good place to start<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Planning Phase</b></u></span><br />
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This is how you figure out what you are going to do to actually make the design a reality. Again it can be simple or complex.<br />
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-Make a task list of things that need to get done.<br />
-Are you going to follow the instructions or pattern exactly or are you going to deviate.<br />
-Are you going to make a pattern from scratch or are you going to work off other patterns.<br />
-Gather the pattern you plan to use and then list which parts you are going to use from what<br />
-List how you are going to use the patterns<br />
-List the materials you plan to use, satin or crepe, rondelles or bicones, acrylic or wool.<br />
-Figure out how much of each material you are going to need<br />
-Choose your colors, even if this means buying swatches and taking them home for a week you need to pick exact colors before it's time to make the item.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Test Phase</b></u></span><br />
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This is the time to test to see if your plan works.<br />
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-If you drafted your own pattern, this is a good time to make a mock up<br />
-line up beads to see if you like the combinations<br />
-make a quilt block to see if the plan works, or the colors work, or whatever<br />
-if it doesn't work here go back to design of plan phase to see what needs to be changed. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Make Phase</b></u></span><br />
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This is easy, make your item. Sew the dress, build the table, make the necklace, knit the scarf. You know what I mean.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Show it Off</b></u></span><br />
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You know what I mean. Take picture, show people, wear it, be proud you made something.<br />
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Every crafter from beginner to expert goes through these phases and you will see yourself doing it. Want to start a complex project this is where you start, you have to design and plan before you make.<br />
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Happy craftingKeildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-61825443758067526222015-07-24T09:17:00.003-07:002015-07-24T09:19:32.174-07:00Renaissance Festival Dress: Picking a Pattern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since Hoshicon is over the next even on my list is the Carolina Renaissance Festival, and I want to make a dress for it. I decided that I don't want to do anything overly complicated, so instead of designing my own I'm going straight from a pattern. Let me take you on the journey while I narrow down my choices.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Honorable Mentions</u></b></span><br />
At this time the fall previews (2015) for both McCall's and Simplicity are available. Since I do not own any of the patterns from the fall preview yet, I did not include them in my selections. There are two that are worth mentioning though.<br />
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<a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12439-disneys-frozen-fever-misses-costumes.aspx">Simplicity 1094</a><br />
<a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7218-products-49905.php?page_id=5795">McCall's M7218</a><br />
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The frozen fever one (Simplicity 1094), I would consider but probably not make because of the sort sleeve issue.<br />
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The peacock dress is one I could see working if I were going for enchantress or sorceress.<br />
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All patterns that came close but didn't make it.<br />
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Simplicity<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-12380-misses-medieval-fantasy-costumes.aspx">1137</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1347(not currently available)</span><br />
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How I painted my Apple Bloom Boots.<br />
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I kind of wish I had mixed the paint with a textile medium before I started painting, or used the fabric spray paint. It might have worked better but you live and you learn. With this I am done with my Apple Bloom Cosplay.<br />
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Altering thrift store pants to make the shorts that Apple Bloom wears.<br />
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Here is how I made my big, red, Apple Bloom bow.<br />
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<a href="http://www.joann.com/sterling-silver-plated-copper-wire--silver--6yd--18-gauge/12376414.html#prefn1=prod_type&prefn2=sales_channel&q=18+gauge+wire&prefv2=Available+in+Store&prefv1=Product&start=1">18 gauge copper wire</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joann.com/3-inch-sure-grip-barrette--silver-metal/4825717.html#start=38">Barrette Clip</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joann.com/stretch-satin/xprd757824.html">Stretch Satin</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.joann.com/precision-pliers-set-for-jewelry-making--w-glittery-handles/9040510.html">Flat nose pliers, round nose pliers, and wire cutters</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.joann.com/singer-14cg754-serger/8694895.html">Serger</a><br />
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I've never really done cosplay before but I've been interested for a while. This is going to be my first cosplay I'm going to where to Hoshicon in July so I've got about 3 weeks to get it together. Here's how I started.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now that you’ve gotten your first pattern, you’ve figured out your size, and you’ve gotten your fabric you are ready to start sewing. Once you open your pattern and cut out your size you may look at the pieces and realize there are several symbols on the pieces. Each symbol has it’s own importance when it comes to making your garment. I’m going to introduce you to the basic and most common pattern symbols.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When laying your pattern pieces on your fabric to cut, you want your grain arrows to be parallel to your selvedges, this is done so that when you make your garment the pieces sit on your body and drape properly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Notches are used to match your pattern pieces up after you’ve cut your fabric. When you pin your pattern pieces together you want your notches to match up so that your seams will properly fit. Also they help if you are working with stripes or plaids so that your front and back will have matching stripes.</span></div>
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I'm so excited.<br />
Okay now the diamonds<br />
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Are made from this <a href="https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/springs-creative-hasbro-my-little-pony-ombre-toss-fabric-.htm?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google+-+PLA+-+Shopping&utm_term=pla&utm_content=iyXdgyxZdc|pcrid|57080269693|pkw|pla|pmt|e|&gclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-i9U2Vl2W03ZQ_VMbQUyiMCIq6Cp08VlmY2cBR0JOtoaAqX28P8HAQ">My Little Pony fabric</a>.<br />
I got mine from Jo Ann's but it doesn't show on their website. It took a yard and 2/3rds. It was fussy cut and I barely got the 15 squares I needed out of that.<br />
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Then the two center strips<br />
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It was made from <a href="http://www.joann.com/my-little-pony-name-cotton-fabric-/13836226.html">this fabric.</a><br />
This one only took a little more than half a yard. The strips were the whole width of the fabric but the width of fabric was not long enough so I had to add two inches to each strip.<br />
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And the background.<br />
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The only non "My Little Pony" fabric on here, it is a <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-essentials-swirl-pink/9448440.html#q=pink+keepsake&start=25">pink keepsake. </a><br />
As a plain fabric I thought the color worked well with the other colors and the design fit in with my theme.<br />
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I've only made the top and I have two more classes, one to place the batting and quilt it, and the other to do the binding.<br />
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My final fabric to show, even though it's not on my quilt yet, is my backing.<br />
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I bought 1 and 2/3rds yard of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/232730703/my-little-pony-cotton-fabric-comic-book?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_low-craft_supplies_and_tools-fabric&utm_custom1=d96cddc2-9405-4dd4-a40b-ec38364fefb0&kpid=232730703&gclid=Cj0KEQjwhuqrBRCFuPz4ipOx5JIBEiQAZJ7F-pzpNLwPCvP6X5g7RL3tZWj_tqzNdQk34gthYWjVUV4aAoOM8P8HAQ">this fabric</a>. It is the perfect print to finish this quilt.<br />
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I'm loving this design and these fabrics, I can't wait to try this quilt pattern with a different theme.<br />
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Happy SewingKeildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-4853120003910218822015-06-05T16:23:00.000-07:002015-06-28T11:54:10.186-07:00How to Read a McCall's Pattern<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9c55ead7-c602-30ef-7fd8-7e425170c692" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So we discussed how to read a Simplicity pattern now we’ll talk about a McCall’s pattern. There is not that much of a difference between McCall’s and Simplicity, only how everything is set up.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But introductions now.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s our MCcall’s Pattern again not something I would pick for a beginner but for example purposes it works.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First we will talk about what’s on the front of the envelope.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is the brand and pattern number, they tell you what pattern you have and it is how you find the pattern in the store.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next on the front</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is where you find the pattern sizes. This is the range of sizes this pattern will make, you want to pay attention to these sizes because like Simplicity….</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The patterns can come in two different size ranges. Like these two.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Also they come in one size</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6981-products-48460.php?page_id=4544&search_control=display&list=search">McCall's 6981</a></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like this one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And instead of size ranges some McCall’s patterns come in Kids and Adult sizes</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like these two which means the size chart will feature both child’s sizes and women’s sizes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally on the front is the views</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This one has two, and I looked but I have yet to find a McCall’s pattern that only has one view.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now the huge difference between Simplicity and McCall’s starts on the back, but before we go there I have to point out something McCall’s has on their envelope flap.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is where the size chart is going to be.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And the ones for children and adults will look a little different.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like the one on this one, it has the child sizes by number and the adult sizes by small, medium, and large.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The one size pattern doesn’t have a size chart.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now moving on to the back.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t freak out now, you don’t have to re learn how to read patterns. It has all the same things that a simplicity pattern has only in a different format.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Up top is a description of the items being made. It has a written description of the difference between the different views.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since the size chart is on the envelope flap this goes straight into the fabric information. Like the simplicity you find the size you need and then follow the column down to find the amount of fabric you need for the view you want to make.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This little note right here is just telling you that there’s more yardage information of the inside. Also the list of notions will be inside on the instructions sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is where the list of suggested fabrics is. At the top it tells you “designed for light to medium weight woven fabrics” and then gives you a short list of what kind of fabrics it’s talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is where the finished garment measurements are, it has few and then tells you that the rest of the measurements are on the tissue paper.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And finally</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The views this one gives you front and back for both views on this pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now to look at the back of a one size pattern</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Not much different but each fabric needed only has one set measurement.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now the one with both Kids and Adult sizes looks more like a simplicity pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It has the yardage for both the Childrens and Misses sizes but it lacks the views that the others have.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now that’s all that’s on a McCall’s envelope time to look inside.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inside you’ve got your instructions, in the newspaper type print, and pattern pieces, on the tissue paper.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First on the instructions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another look at views front and back</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next to that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The general sewing instructions, they aren’t that much different than simplicity, the symbols are relatively the same and the instructions generally the same.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Under that</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The list of pattern pieces, the numbers and their name, McCall’s likes to categorize their list by what each piece is for. Like top and bottom, or by each view.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="DSC00258.JPG" height="468px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0fe1vND0aNUGMPjvx44oWCGrTvi3cl2slMxQYJR00gzCiel_zr4B-Xfw6u71RvLk0uIZIRaNt43lnqzdjDCYaBSGYaWYpPSCZ0suo4zsiHgqTAx2wT6vUUaIGxMvGMIIBKDp0tg" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624px;" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the necessary items that were not listed on the envelope. The interfacing lining and notions. They are like the yardage chart on the back with the sizes listed and follow the columns to find out how much you need.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And next up </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="DSC00260.JPG" height="468px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o7tLVJuj6LTSluM9zwYyjuPBhtTlwIHtdhVOkKu-0z8muxvowa89TTprkjaL5EKXp_t4kbDW2ClHeXHuxJio0_XT6NvRJfpLub-ar7J1HdMTdq5ckBfH0g2mmICMyC84oGZk_VA" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The cutting layouts, not much different from simplicity just follow the pictures and cut out the pattern pieces accordingly and you will find you have plenty of fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And finally on the newspaper paper</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The sewing instructions. Once you cut your pattern pieces according to the cutting layout and put them together according to the instructions you will have a garment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s the brand and pattern number to help you keep track of what pattern you are working on and what pattern this piece goes with.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And then</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the pattern piece number to help you remember what piece you are working with. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s the pattern piece name to help you understand what this piece is for.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And under that</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another thing on some of the pattern pieces is the finished garment measurements.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It has a different measurement for each size, this is the measurement around the arm for the sleeve.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy Sewing</span>Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-44669208477868943432015-05-29T02:42:00.000-07:002015-06-28T11:54:10.182-07:00How to read a Simplicity Pattern<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-81a799b7-9ca3-ff94-d693-7a2898a808e5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I introduce to you a Simplicity pattern</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This pattern is more advanced than what I would choose for a beginner but for example purposes it works. I’m going to have other examples of simplicity patterns in this post, but we will keep coming back to this one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A pattern, in my own words anyway, is the instructions on how to make the item, or items, it pictures. It contains shaped templates that you cut out of fabric and the instruction on how to piece the shapes together to make the item or items pictured.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When you look at pattern you’ll notice right away that there is tons of information written on the envelope alone, not to mention all the information inside the envelope.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First thing’s first, on the front of the envelope.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These two bits of information are the pattern brand and number. It’s kind of like make and model on a car. It tells you what pattern you have and also how you find the pattern in a store.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The pattern size. This tells you what size or sizes the pattern, you grabbed, can make. Some patterns are “One Size” like this one</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A One Size Pattern, <a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-11815-steampunk-costume-for-18-doll.aspx">Simplicity 1392</a></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which means that whatever the pattern makes only comes in one size, like patterns for bags, curtains, accessories, dolls, etc., things that don’t normally need to have a different size.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most clothing patterns are multi-sized, meaning the envelope contains the templates to make more than one size, to fit a wide range of people. Each multi-sized pattern will have a range of sizes it was designed to make. You always want to pay attention to the range of sizes a specific pattern can make.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why you ask, look at these two patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They look identical don’t they. They are, except for one thing, if you look where the pattern size is one says “6, 8, 10, 12” while the other says “14, 16, 18, 20, 22”. These are the same pattern in two different size ranges. This pattern was designed in sizes 6 to 22 but instead of putting all of the available sizes in one envelope they split the range in half. Why? I don’t truly know. It could be so that you’re not having to buy a huge envelope, of 10 different sizes, to make one size. It also could make using the pattern pieces, and cutting out the right size easier, especially on smaller pieces. Anyway, you want to make sure pattern you are buying is the size you want to make, nothing like getting home with all the fabric and notions, only to realize your pattern is in the wrong size. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What size do you need? We will get to that when get to the back of the envelope but first there’s one last thing on the front.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The lovely pictures on the show what the pattern will make, different items made with the same pattern are called views. Views are indicated by letters (circled in blue). This pattern has two views. The outfit with the shorter skirt and jacket is View A, while the longer skirt and corset is View B.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And some patterns only have one view like this one</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One view, <a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2618-its-so-easy-miss-men-sleepwear.aspx">Simplicity 9871</a></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It only makes one item.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And then theres this type.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-6060-misses-steampunk-costume.aspx">Simplicity 2172</a> Don't freak out about the price I got it during a $1 sale</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is technically one view, both dresses are the same design and use the exact same pattern pieces the same way, the only difference is the fabric chosen. What makes this different than the pants pattern is that this dress is made up of three different parts, the skirt the, the bustier, and the jacket. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I like the call the pictures on the front inspirational views because they really are just a quick look at what the pattern could possibly make they don’t really go into detail as to what’s involved or even the differences between views. You will have to look on the back for that and that is exactly where we’re going now. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the back of the envelope. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It has lots of information, a lot more than the front. This is only half the back because the other half is the same information only in a different language. Don’t freak out we’re going to talk about each area of the back and what they are for.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This spot right here is a reiteration of the different views, mainly the back of each view. This is always a great way to figure out what is actually included in the pattern, some patterns will be shirts pictured with pants but the pants are not included in the pattern, so you will see the pants on the front but not the back. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This area is the suggested fabrics. It’s a list of fabric types that this pattern was designed to use. Note I said suggested fabrics, you can use other fabrics the biggest thing you want to pay attention to is that you </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">do not</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> use a stretch or knit fabric for a pattern that was designed for a woven fabric, and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">do not</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> use a woven fabric for a pattern that was designed for a stretch or knit fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The notions required. This is where you’ll find information on all the extra items you will need besides fabric. It will list thread, buttons, zippers, closures, and anything else you might need besides your fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And then the all important:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Size chart. This is how you figure out what size you need to make. You have to take your measurements to figure out what size of pattern you need to cut out. Always double check your measurements from pattern to pattern and especially when crossing from different pattern companies, and it’s a good idea to keep your measurements updated regularly (like every few months or so), you’d be surprised how much an inch can change your pattern size. Different sizes can drastically change the amount of fabric needed, also. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This area is where you will find out how much you would need of By-the-Yard items you would need. Anything that can be sold by the yard, like ribbon, elastic, boning, interfacing, aaaand…… FABRIC!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This part lists the views separated by a line, and then lists each fabric needed for that view. On the left side of this chart, underneath the words “A Jacket”, is the number 60 with an asterisk. This number is the fabric width that the pattern is referring to, some patterns will list it in both 45 inch and 60 inch, this one only lists the 60 inch because it was designed with a 60 inch in mind. This does not mean that you have to use a 60 inch you can use a 45 inch but will need more fabric and you will have to arrange pattern pieces differently.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now lets say you took your measurements and figured out you’re a size 14.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just follow that column down to the view you want and it will tell you how much fabric you need for your size. It’s as easy as that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the finished garment measurements. These are the maximum measurements a certain size will fit after it has been made. This is something you want to check in case you aren’t sure what size you need. If you look at the finished garment measurements it can tell you that maybe you can go down a size or maybe you need to go up a size. This is a fairly loose fitting garment so the finished garment measurements are fairly large.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This area also gives you length if you are working with skirts or pants patterns. A way to measure and tell that maybe you need to get extra fabric to lengthen the skirt, or maybe you need to shorten it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As you may have realized this is for a multi sized pattern and the back will look different on a “One Size” pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As you may have noticed on this one there is not size chart. Since this pattern only comes in one size, there is no change in the amount of fabric needed, so there is no need for a size chart. The many views are still separated by a line, and also notice that since there are so many different views on this one, the notions are listed with the particular view they go with.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This one has the lettered sizes instead of numbers so the measurements are in a size range instead of set numbers. Like extra small is 31-32. Since it only has one view it only lists the fabric needed once. It still has the finished garment measurements and still follows the column but there’s not other information to get in the way.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And the other one</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since this is one view it lists all the notions needed in one place. Even though it’s one view all the three items that make up the view are listed separately. It also has different yardage listed for 45 inch versus 60 inch. It still has the finished garment measurements at the end and included for the skirt is not only the length but the circumference of the bottom, which is 216 inches (that's 18 feet). It's good to know in case you want to add a structured garment underneath, like a hoop skirt, crinoline, or bustle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And that’s the back of the envelope now let’s go back to 1558 and delve inside the envelope.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inside the envelope you will find tissue paper and newspaper like paper. The tissue paper has the pattern pieces on it and the newspaper paper has the instructions on it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First a look at the instructions</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beside that </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the list of pattern pieces contained in this envelope. It gives you a picture of each pattern piece, a number for the piece, and the piece’s name. In the written instructions the pattern is referred to by name not really by its number. If you’re ever confused about what number goes with what name just refer to this list.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next up</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the general sewing instructions they are typically the same in all patterns. They give you basic instructions and definition of certain terms, like layering a seam and what seam allowance is and stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It also gives you a legend to what the pattern symbols mean. If you are confused you can refer to these directions to find out what to do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are cutting layouts. They show you the most economical way to cut your pattern pieces out of fabric. The cutting layouts are designed to use the amount of fabric called for on the back of the envelope. Unless you bought extra fabric it would be a good idea to follow these.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This pattern only uses 60 inch fabric, but if you were using a pattern that used both 45 inch and 60 inch it would have separate cutting layouts for the different widths. They not only show how to layout the pattern pieces on the fabric but also how to layout your fabric, such as standard fold or crosswise fold.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the actual instructions for this specific garment. There are written instructions and pictured instructions, and they tell you how to put your pattern pieces together to make the garment. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next up is the tissue paper.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is going to have all of your pattern pieces on it. It’s very fragile so be very careful with it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unfold it and find the piece you need.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the brand and pattern number gain, this is put on each piece so once you cut it out you’re not hunting for what pattern it goes with.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Before I even let Claire touch the sewing machine I had to set the machine up for her and establish rules that she must obey or she loses her sewing privileges for the day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She can’t use the sewing machine without Mommy there. I wanted her to be able to sew with Daddy or Grandma there but neither of them know how to use a sewing machine. I want to make sure everything works out so she cannot sew without me there just incase something goes wrong with the machine itself I can take care of it immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She has to ask before using the machine. Just in case she wants to disobey this rule, I keep the machine unplugged and the cord out of her reach.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I showed her the different parts of the machine and what the different dials do. She had fun learning how to turn the machine on and off and using the pedal. I gave her a piece of fabric to send through the machine. She has gotten good at lifting the presser foot, sliding the fabric under, and lowering the presser foot before she presses the pedal. She’s been good about not putting her fingers in the danger zone. I’ve tried to encourage her to start using the needle but she, herself, has told me she’s not ready for the needle. I don’t think she understands that the machine doesn’t actually sew without a needle, but she’s enjoying herself and getting familiar with the machine. She’ll be ready when she’s ready.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whether you’re just getting interested in sewing or have been doing it for 40 years, whether you’re a home hobbyist or a professional seamstress, there comes a time when you start looking at getting a machine or getting a new machine. Before you delve into the wonderful and confusing world of sewing machine shopping you should ask yourself a few questions:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yep, hitting this one the head first your answer to this question will be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> biggest deciding factor in how you proceed. I’m not going to sugar coat it, a good home sewing machine will cost anywhere from $100 to $15,000. Decide your budget first, because if you don’t want to spend more than $1000, you don’t even want to look a <a href="http://www.bernina.com/en-US/Products-US/BERNINA-products">Bernina</a>, they’re cheapest is $1,500 (awesome but expensive machines). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sewing machines are priced like everything else, the simple, basic machines are going to be cheaper and the more features the more expensive. So if you’re a beginner you can probably get away with a cheap $100 machine but if you’re a seasoned sewist looking for more out of your machine, expect to pay more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may also notice that different brands have different price ranges. Brother and Singer tend to be on the low side of the price spectrum and you can get them at any walmart or craft store. Janome tends to be middle of the road on price while Viking and Bernina are at the high end. You tend to have to go to a dealer to buy the latter three, which gas is another thing to think about but that’s something you worry about after you’ve answered the rest of the questions. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This question is just as important the “what is the budget question”. Do you just want it for simple mending projects, do you want to make clothes, do you want to quilt, or do you want to embroider? You have to answer this question because you don’t want to waste your time and money on a machine that’s not going to do what you want it to do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you want to do mending projects, or simple projects like curtains, a simple or basic starter machine will work wonderfully.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I know she’s only four and a sewing machine is a dangerous piece of equipment. She’s asked me to teach her how to use the sewing machine so many times, and I’ve said no so many times, that I feel if I keep saying no I’m going to destroy her interest. So I started scouring the internet for information on the best way to go about teaching her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve read quite a few blogs on teaching young children how to sew. Most focus around 6 or 7 but two that I’ve read specifically mention 4 year olds. There are different views on where to start and how to teach young children but there are two opinions that I saw repeated on all the blogs no matter how you start teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whether or not to begin with hand sewing. Some articles and blogs say to start simple with hand sewing while others say hit the ground running with the machine. I'm in the latter view. She has specifically asked to learn how to use the sewing machine and I personally feel that if I force her to hand sew first she may lose interest so to keep her interest alive we're going to hit the ground running. Learn to use the machine first and then learn hand sewing as the need arises. My plan anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First there is the hit the ground running with the whole machine as is. Teach her proper hand placement without a crutch so she can learn how to use the machine as a machine truly is. I don't personally like this idea because I feel it's going to be a lot of stress on me. Constantly reminding her of hand placement when she's focused on the pedal is also going to cause some frustration and fear about the needle. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I could have her practice hand placement while I controlled the pedal or have her control the pedal while I guided the fabric. So she can focus on one or the other for a little while. I personally don't like the idea of a disconnect between hands and feet I keep thinking on a delay between action and reaction time. This would probably mean a lot of yelling from her and me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally the method of introduction that I think is the best and the one I’m going with is the one from <a href="http://www.ajennuinelife.com/2014/01/tiny-sewists-teaching-kids-to-sew-setup.html"><u>A Jennuine Life’s</u> "Tiny Sewists"</a> series. She taught her four year old by letting her use the machine without a needle in it. I like this idea because she learns both pedal control and hand placement at the same time without the disconnect and without fear of getting a needle through the finger, hers or mine. </span></div>
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So I've begun quilting. I love making clothes and now I'm making quilts. I took a class at the end of February on beginners quilting, and now I'm halfway through my first lap quilt. My thinking has to switch now between garment mode and quilt mode. Especially when it comes to cutting and seam allowance. I've definitely gotten better at using my rotary cutter. All of these blocks were made in classes that I took.<br />
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This is the first quilt block I made, it's called an "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ohio+star+quilt+block&biw=1366&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=u_pDVdefCsTAtQW-hYAo&ved=0CB0QsAQ&dpr=1">Ohio Star</a>" I made it in my Quilting 101 class. I used 3 fabric quarters. A star print, a beige solid, and a lavender floral print.<br />
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This one is called an "Amish Cross" it was the April Quilt Block of the Month at my local Jo Anns. I made it with 3 fabrics, a <a href="http://www.joann.com/licensed-cotton-fabric-star-wars-ships/11220423.html#q=Star+wars+fabric&start=2">Star Wars print</a>, a Star print, and a royal blue solid.<br />
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This was May's Quilt Block of the Month at my local Jo Ann's. I forget what its official title is, I think it's row of daisies. Anyway it is made with 5 fabrics: <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-oil-slick-purple/2305522.html#q=oil+slick&start=2">oil slick purple</a>, <a href="http://www.joann.com/premium-quilt-fabric-oil-slick-rainbow/2305472.html#q=oil+slick&start=3">oil slick blue</a>, <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-olive-tonal/1560499.html#q=green+tonal&start=29">green tonal</a>, <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-turquoise-tonal/1560374.html#q=blue+tonal&start=10">blue tonal</a>, and a purple solid.<br />
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And finally this is my first quilt top, the design is called Pennant Love it's 12 hour class. The triangles or pennants are made from a red floral print. The background is made from Michi Kanji Black by Alexander Henry. The borders and what will be my binding is made from a <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-red-scallop/4052221.html">red scallop print</a>. Finally not pictured but my backing will be made from <a href="http://www.joann.com/premium-quilt-fabric-tatsu-black-and-red/8631327.html">Tatsu Black and Red</a>. I made the top and now I have to add the batting and backing, quilt it, and then add the binding.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your materials, your yarn, your beads, your fabric, thread, you know all the things that you need for your individual projects. Materials are one of those ongoing purchases when it comes to crafting. For every project, you have to find the right the color material, the right weight (for fabric or yarn), and the right shape and size (beads).</span></div>
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Happy Crafting</b><br />Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-43665185144116464292015-04-17T08:00:00.001-07:002015-06-28T12:01:02.902-07:00Crafting on a low Budget Pt 2 Patterns, Instruction Books, and Classes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ah patterns, those lovely little envelopes that cost anywhere from $3 to $35. I bring these up because I know all too well about trying to save money on these. Sewing patterns are difficult to buy used because of how they are used, if you buy one used you may not be able to use it yourself which is what makes buying patterns cheap fairly difficult. Most chain craft stores will have sales of patterns every once in a while. I don’t buy them from chain stores unless they are less than $3 a piece. One of my suggestions, when it comes to sewing patterns, is to buy as many as you intend to make when they are on sale. Even if you don’t have the skills yet to make them, go ahead and get them any way, because you never know when they will go out of print. When they go OOP the only way to get them is online and the websites don’t tend to have sales and the shipping cost can be pricey. Be mindful of limits the store puts on patterns, they usually don’t allow more than 10 per transaction, this is to prevent resellers, even though smart resellers will find a way around this but that’s a rant for another time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tools, they are the most important part of crafting. They are what you use to craft, your sewing machine, your needle nose pliers and wire cutters, your crochet hooks, your knitting needs, your hammer and nails, etc. Without the tools you may not be able to craft. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which brings up my second tip,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> buy used when you can</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Shop yard sales, search craigslist, scour ebay, and even facebook for used tools. Especially for some high dollar items like a sewing machine, desk, or many organization tools. Personal story: I managed to get a huge set of different knitting needles for $2 because a lady’s mother had passed away and no one else in the family knitted. Same thing happened to me with some sewing supplies, I got three huge boxes full of thread, notions, and other tools, that I didn’t have at the time, for $1.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now I am not a fan of buying craft supplies from Wal-mart, they are cheaper than cheap and it shows, but I also have other options in my area. If you have a Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Jo Anns, Ac Moore, or Hancocks in your area go ahead and join their coupon program. Jo anns is closest to me so I do most of my craft shopping there, I know Jo Anns will send you coupons by Mail, E-mail, and text, you can also download their app that will send coupons straight to your phone, and their website always has coupons. Other stores have their own coupon program so don’t be afraid to use them. I bought all my jewelry tools from Jo Anns, I made sure to buy them on sale, they were actually cheaper on sale at Jo Anns than at wal-mart and better quality. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://keildrakreates.blogspot.com/2015/04/crafting-on-low-budget-pt-2-patterns.html">Read Part 2 Here</a> </span>Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623101321279007700.post-3291667704612544352015-03-31T20:19:00.001-07:002015-06-28T11:54:10.178-07:00How to Trace a PatternIf you like to sew then you are familiar with patterns, especially if you like garment sewing. Even if you don't use patterns you know what they are and how useful they can be. Whether you use them to make the garments exactly as they are on the envelope or if you just use them as a starting point for a project, or even just for inspirations, patterns are useful.<br />
As much as I love patterns they tend to be a one use item, I know you can use them more than once but after you cut them there are limitations. To free yourself from those limitations I give you pattern tracing.<br />
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1. The pattern you want to trace is the first thing on the list because without it you can't really do anything. I've chosen a simple one project pattern that I got for about $2 at wal-mart. It may be a cheap pattern but imagine it being a $20 vogue pattern. <br />
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2. Tracing cloth, it is a sturdy see through material that you can use not only to trace patterns but to make patterns also. The one I use is <a href="http://www.joann.com/pellon-interfacing-tracing-material-pattern-white/1540640.html">Pellon 830 Easy Pattern Tracing Cloth</a>. (This one is blank they also have one with a <a href="http://www.joann.com/tru-grid-graph-material-45-in-wide-25-yards/2988335.html?mkwid=D4Yl9AxZ|dc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+Fabric&CS_003=10131488&CS_010=[ProductId]&gclid=Cj0KEQjwi-moBRDL4Omf9d_LndMBEiQAQtFf88rk2DOGIwSX-J4NL6VzUW90FcuKgbk-0s96r_AKkh4aAhn48P8HAQ">1 inch grid</a> and <a href="http://www.pellonprojects.com/products/815-red-dot-tracing-material/">one with red dots at 1 inch intervals</a>. If you do not have access to tracing cloth or pattern paper you could also use parchment paper or freezer paper. <br />
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3. A pen, or pencil, you need something to mark on the tracing cloth with.<br />
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4. <b>Optional </b>A piece of paper to keep track of the pieces that you have traced and which ones you still need to trace.<br />
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5. <b>Optional </b>A ruler, a yardstick, and a french curve(not pictured). These help you draw a straight line, they are very helpful when tracing patterns, and make tracing a lot easier, but are not exactly necessary, as long as you stick as close to the lines as possible the pattern will still be usable.<br />
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6. <b>Optional </b>A well lit location. Although not necessary adequate lighting will save you from a headache and backache. Nothing like trying to find black lines in the dark.<br />
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Now that you've gathered all your materials and found the best location it's time to get started.<br />
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<b>STEP 1: </b>Before you even get started you need to figure out what size you need. The back of the pattern envelope will have a measurements chart to help you figure out what size you will need.<br />
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<b>STEP 2: </b>Open your pattern envelope pull out the instructions and look at the first page to figure out which pattern pieces you need to trace out.<br />
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Now since this is a single project pattern I will actually need all the pattern pieces, I would go ahead and write all the pattern piece numbers down. I usually only write the numbers but if you feel more comfortable you can write the name down, also. If I were working with a pattern that had multiple views and I only wanted to make one view I would just write down the pattern pieces for that view.<br />
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<b>STEP 3:</b> Open the tissue paper and find the pieces you need.<br />
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You only have to find the pieces that you want to trace and the sizes that you need. If you have a pattern that has one set of sizes on one sheet and another set on the other you just have to use the sheet with the size you need.<br />
<b>note: </b>It is a good idea to iron your pattern pieces before you trace them to ensure you are tracing the piece in its entirety. I don't actually iron the entire sheet at once, instead I iron the area each piece is in as I get to it. That way I don't waste time ironing a piece I don't need.<br />
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<b>STEP 4: </b>Place a piece of tracing cloth over the area where the pattern piece is.<br />
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After tracing a few patterns you may realize how little tracing cloth you actually need to trace a pattern even though it doesn't take much tracing cloth you still need to make sure that you have enough to cover the entire pattern piece in the size you need. If you have to you can tape multiple pieces of pattern paper together to save as much as you can.<br />
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<b>note:</b> You may want to use weights keep your tracing cloth and pattern paper from sliding around. You can use <a href="http://www.joann.com/dritz-pattern-weights-green--pink-and-purple/9101676.html?mkwid=bmwt7bmh|dc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+Sewing&CS_003=10131488&CS_010=[ProductId]&gclid=Cj0KEQjwi-moBRDL4Omf9d_LndMBEiQAQtFf81svgNfrlm6p96jdNGKxZUFOW9OIPTemrshyHL7yLgkaAvXd8P8HAQ">pattern weights</a>, soup cans, or jars of baby food like I did.<br />
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<b>STEP 5: </b>Begin tracing.<br />
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This is the point that you take your pen to paper, or tracing cloth as the case may be. Simply follow the solid lines. You don't have to trace every single solid line just the size you need at this time. If you plan on using a ruler simply line it up to the straight edges and place you pen against it and follow the line. If you are using a french curve just place it against the curve and do the same thing follow with your pen.<br />
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After trace all the solid lines you have a pattern piece outline, which is good but you're only halfway there.<br />
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<b>STEP 6: </b>Fill in the information.<br />
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Now is the time to fill in all the information. You want to make sure to trace the grain line, and any other pattern markings, like dots, notches, center front and back markings, waistline, hip line, darts. Don't forget to include the information like the pattern brand, number, pattern piece number, pattern piece name, what to cut, basically everything that is on the original pattern piece should be written on the traced piece. The only thing you don't have to include is anything written in another language. Also you may want to include the size you traced somewhere on the pattern piece.<br />
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Now you have successfully traced a pattern piece, now repeat for all the other pieces you need.<br />
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<b>Tip: </b>If you do not have a french curve or any type of curved ruler you can get by with just a straight ruler, to do an armscye simply trace the straight line with the ruler as far as it can go.<br />
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It may be sketchy and not as smooth as it would be if I had a french curve but it is still a usable pattern piece.<br />
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Now if you come across a curved line that has no straightness to it you can sketch in the entire curve like this.<br />
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<b>TIP: </b>There may be pieces that don't actually have to be traced, on this pattern there are two elastic guides, one for the sleeves and one for the collar. Since these are just guides to show me how much elastic I need I don't actually have to trace these pattern pieces I can just measure how much I'm going to need for each piece and write the measurement down on my piece of paper next to the pattern piece number.<br />
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After you finish tracing all your pieces simply cut them out and use as you would your regular pattern.<br />
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Now you may be asking why should I trace patterns? Why take the time? Why not just buy multiple of the same pattern when they are on sale?<br />
There are several reasons and I'll give you a few.<br />
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- If you want to make multiple views of the pattern and view A and B use the same pattern pieces but at different lengths you can trace one or both views of the pattern without having to sacrifice the original pattern piece.<br />
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-I like to save money and I have children that I sew clothes for, if I bought a new pattern for every time I wanted to use it I would not only have to buy a pattern for each view I wanted to make but also every size. Multiply however many views I want to make (some patterns have up to 5 views) by all the sizes,(some patterns can go from size 1/2 to 14) that's a lot of patterns to buy even when they're on sale. So I can just trace the pattern pieces for the size and view I want at the time and still have the original with all the views and sizes available.<br />
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-What if I wasn't sure what size I needed or if I needed to make a muslin before I committed to a size, I don't really want to waste a pattern just to test what size would work best on me.<br />
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-What if I needed to do the infamous full bust adjustment or small bust adjustment, if I've never done one before I would not want to waste a pattern that I paid for on a practice run. This goes for any type of fit adjustments that I may need to do. <br />
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-What if I wanted to alter the pattern a bit, or create a frankenpattern, what if my alterations don't work out, I still want to have the original pattern or patterns just in case I need to start over.<br />
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-What if it's an out of print pattern (OOP) I may only have access to the one pattern finding it again may not be feasible or buying another one might be too expensive. Being able to save the pattern so that I can actually make all the views I want will definitely save me money.<br />
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-What if I run across an older pattern where all the pieces layered on top of each other, this would mean that I would have to trace out the pattern to be able to use it.<br />
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-Maybe I'm a collector who has OCD about their patterns and want to keep them always in an uncut, usable condition.<br />
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Whatever the reason knowing how to go about tracing a pattern is a skill that is worth looking into. <br />
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<br />Keildra Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579260810577467194noreply@blogger.com0