Jalie 2911 – Women’s pullover (hoodie)
- At March 05, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Sewing for Me
- 2
Today’s plan is to finally put this pattern to use. It is all over my cutting table. I was going to do it yesterday, but after spending too much time at the dentist getting a filling replaced, I lost my motivation.
Zoe saw the pattern out on my table – “Are you making that for me?” No, girly, this one is actually for me! Hopefully it will go well.
Anyone want to sew one up with me?
Kelly
First Sewing Projects
- At January 24, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Sewing for Me
- 2
My daughter is learning to sew. We’ll talk about that at another time.
Do you remember your first sewing project? When I was last at my mom’s house, I dug through her sewing drawer and found this pattern.
Ah, yes. I grew up in the 80s. Anyone remember the Units stores at the mall? Six pieces, endless options! Also more expensive than my babysitting budget could afford. But, with my mom’s sewing machine, I made myself a pair of blue pants and a blue shirt. Those pieces were paired with the one thing I could afford at the store – a red bandeau. I’m sure we are all just heartbroken that there is no pictorial evidence of that bit of fabulousness.
What was your first project?
Kelly
ps – Did you know that Sandra Garratt, the creator of Units, launched a line called Multiples in 1989? It looks like a rebrand of Units. I was in high school at that time, I don’t remember it being popular. We had moved on to other things by then. In 2011, the series was relaunched as ModBox.
Quick Sewing Project: Infinity Scarf Tutorial
Need to make a last minute gift? You can make an infinity scarf in less than half an hour!
Infinity scarves vary in length and width. Browsing through etsy, most give length measurements between 60″ and 72″, and widths vary from 8″ to 20″. This one is going to have a 72″ loop and be about 15″ wide on each side.
Materials:
- 2yds lightweight knit fabric
- lots of pins or lots of wondertape
- something to cut with – a scissors or rotary cutter will work well
Step 1.
Lay the fabric out, right side up, on your cutting mat.
Step 2.
Fold up the long side to the 15″ line. Right sides are together, which is good because we are going to sew this seam in a minute.
Step 3.
Pin, pin, pin!
These lovely little pins are fine dress pins that my sweet friend Michelle gave me. I usually use flat head pins for everything, but the flat head pins I have are a bit thicker and tend to slide out of this thin knit fabric. The finer pins are perfect! (Thanks, Michelle!)
Step 4.
Cut along the edge you’ve just lined up, cutting through both layers so you have two nice layers to sew together. The piece should be about 72″ long and 15″ folded, so if you were to unfold it it would be 30″ wide. Resist the urge to unfold it!
Step 5.
Serge (or sew on the sewing machine) the long side. I’m using 75/11 ballpoint needles in my serger for this thin knit.
Keep going…
Finally!
Look, all those pins paid off – the stripes are lined up!
Step 6.
This next part is a little confusing. Take one end of the fabric and pull it inside the tube you’ve just created.
When you do this, the right sides will be together inside the tube. See – my arm is in the tube here and the bottom layer is the one that’s been pulled through.
Step 7.
Match up the seams.
Step 8.
Pin the raw edges together and then sew, leaving an opening for turning it right side out. About two inches is plenty to pull the inside out.
Step 9.
Go ahead and turn it right side out. It’s almost finished!
Step 10.
Ladder stitch your opening closed. Use small stitches and it’ll hardly be noticeable!
All done!
Just ignore the crazy hair. At this point in the day, I was just happy my fourth grade photographer managed to get both the scarf and my head in the picture!