After my Woodstock Tee success I couldn’t wait to try the Happy Tank, also by Hey June Handmade. It did not make me happy. The strap attachments are difficult and don’t look great. I can’t imagine a way to make them straight or finished looking with the bulk of four braided straps being attached to […]
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Category Archives: knit fabricWith my sewing area finally coming together, I’ve been doing a lot more sewing! One of my ongoing goals has been to make friends with my coverstitch machine (a Janome Coverpro 900) and I realized practicing on garments for the KIDS is a lot less angsty that working on garments for ME. This Woodstock Swing […]  There are a lot of raglan top patterns out there, and the Lane Raglan by Hey June Handmade is one that gets a lot of rave reviews. Having made two Lindens, I was interested to see how the Lane pattern differed. While the Linden pattern is made to be a boxy sweatshirt, the Lane reglan […]  (Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links.) Last spring I took my first Craftsy class, Pattern Drafting From Ready to Wear. I was completely thrilled with the class. I’m not normally a video tutorial person–in fact, I’ve resisted Craftsy for years because I thought the format wouldn’t work for me. I like to move at my […]  Ellie fell in love with my fleece Linden and wanted one of her own. Since I had plenty of leftover fleece from my Linden, we now have matching Mommy and Me fleece sweatshirts! The Linden pattern doesn’t come in kid sizes, but I figured any raglan would do. I found the Simplicity 0298 for $2 […]  We’re turning the corner on winter now, which is good because I spend most of the winter being miserably cold. When I saw the “luxe fleece collection” at JoAnn’s one January day I fell in love and began trying to figure out ways I could wrap myself in it. I’ve been wanting a second Linden […] |
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