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From: blackie
Date: 11-25-2006, 01:22 AM (1 of 13)
Here is what I made my munchkins for our Thanksgiving dinner at our family cabin: First, Nels. Cavalier, yet commanding in this vintage-casual effort in an Alexandra Henry western pattern ("del rio") with moss green accent ( pattern review here ). A closeup:  I sewed the buttonholes at the cabin in between Thanksgiving dinner dishes and on my (or rather, Sophie's) Spartan machine. So vintage, so tiny, so heavy, so much fun!  Sophie was a doll in her, um, brown-on-brown plain cut Thanksgiving dress. She didn't like it at first but gradually warmed up to it. Pattern review here .  Closeup of the invisible zipper and, more importantly, you can also see here a little warm neck I get to kiss daily.  The rolled hems on skirt and underskirt. I am lazy, what can I say? see the mundane life of a housewife.
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From: DorothyL
Date: 11-25-2006, 10:52 AM (2 of 13)
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Beautiful, Kelly. Now, will she wear that dress again? I expect the shirt will get lots of wear. Dorothy |
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From: Patty22
Date: 11-25-2006, 11:03 AM (3 of 13)
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Kelly, as usual, your adorable kids are complimented with a rich and amusing verbal description! Love the little neck you get to kiss......  and Nels outfit is too cute.
Patty
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From: blackie
Date: 11-25-2006, 12:03 PM (4 of 13)
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Beautiful, Kelly. Now, will she wear that dress again? I expect the shirt will get lots of wear. Dorothy Thank you! I have made her many cotton dresses and she usually wears them to school w/pants underneath (tights aren't easy to find here). I want to find a dress pattern for Christmas parties. I have this lovely washable pea-grained wool fabric I'd like to make into a lined dress. Lined dress for little girl... Not so easy to find! see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
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From: Magot
Date: 11-25-2006, 12:08 PM (5 of 13)
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Nels has grown so fast! And it is not like Sophie to stand still so long in a dress durely- I always have the impression she is a tornado! Did you get to make yourself anything Kelly? love and kisses, Jan
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From: Sherri
Date: 11-25-2006, 02:01 PM (6 of 13)
I just bought McCalls M4746 for my eight year old and it has a lined bodice.  Sher My website
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From: lendube
Date: 11-25-2006, 03:51 PM (7 of 13)
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Very cute post, kids, and clothes! Lennie
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From: esrun3
Date: 11-25-2006, 10:06 PM (8 of 13)
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Kids are adorable and I love the outfits! I'm sure they'll wear them a lot!
Lyn
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From: DorothyL
Date: 11-26-2006, 10:06 AM (9 of 13)
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Kelly -- If you have a dress pattern you like, try underlining it. You sew the lining to the fashion fabric before you assemble it then put it together as if it is just one layer. The one thing you have to watch for is bulk in the seams. But if you trim the lining well it usually works out very nice and is a lot easier (to me anyway) than trying to figure out how to line a dress that wasn't designed with lining. Dorothy |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 11-26-2006, 10:58 AM (10 of 13)
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Very nice Kelly. Cute kids with cute outfits! Good job
TTFN from
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From: blackie
Date: 11-26-2006, 12:15 PM (11 of 13)
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Kelly -- If you have a dress pattern you like, try underlining it. You sew the lining to the fashion fabric before you assemble it then put it together as if it is just one layer. The one thing you have to watch for is bulk in the seams. But if you trim the lining well it usually works out very nice and is a lot easier (to me anyway) than trying to figure out how to line a dress that wasn't designed with lining. Dorothy Thank you so much. That is a great idea. How do you handle the facing on the neckline? Would it be silly to underline with a cotton print? Or is their a better choice? see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
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From: DorothyL
Date: 11-26-2006, 01:50 PM (12 of 13)
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Usually you can just put the facing on, under stitch and tack it at the shoulders.. or you could sew the lining on right sides together and do without facing. You might have a mess at the shoulders, though. Dorothy |
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From: blackie
Date: 11-26-2006, 06:23 PM (13 of 13)
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Usually you can just put the facing on, under stitch and tack it at the shoulders.. or you could sew the lining on right sides together and do without facing. You might have a mess at the shoulders, though. Dorothy Thank you, Dorothy. I will probably proceed this way. I have an Ottobre pattern I like for the dress. Kelly see the mundane life of a housewife.
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