I love summer, but it just goes by too quickly! I've worked on several projects and have many of them "still in progress." Sometimes I really hate that phrase, but sewing is both a "what I'm in the mood for" and "what needs to be done immediately" sort of thing around here. The curtains for one granddaughter's room are finished, and the ones for the twins' room are about half done. The girls have each gotten tops and shorts and Capris, or at least they will when they are sewn. Isn't cutting it out half the battle? I did finish dresses for the twins and worked on two different quilts.
I'm currently finishing a cute dress from Kwik Sew 3906 for Miss V for school. The matching shorts are done, and the dress only needs buttons, buttonholes and hemmed. It's been several years since I've made a little girl's dress with ties in the back--and finishing the ties so they were pointed was probably the biggest challenge! Remembering to clip across the point before folding twice to sew was something that wasn't in the directions, but I pulled out of the recesses of my mind from long, long ago.
I've been using a technique lately for marking fold lines on things like ties and straps and hems that has really made a difference. I change my stitch length to 6 and then baste the fold line markings. Using the built in walking foot on my Pfaff, the fabric doesn't gather at all, so I can then press right along the stitching, then remove the basting and when it comes time to do the folding it's all marked and looks great. This is so much easier than trying to measure it in the round! The shoulder straps and the ties were much easier using this technique. It's particularly useful for hems on shorts, Capris, and pants as well as waistband elastic. It works on doll clothing, too. I'm so glad I figured it out.
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