WEEK 2: My Sister’s Silk and Lace Wedding Dress Progress

It’s crunch time!  A lit­tle over 3 weeks until the wed­ding and  I am swamped with work (both legal and sewing)! But, I hope to accom­plish all the projects: wed­ding dress, brides­maid dress, moth­er of the bride dress, and father of the bride out­fit (jack­et and/or pants). Because I don’t have much time to write, I will basi­cal­ly share the wed­ding dress­mak­ing sto­ry through pic­tures (with a few tips and...

My Sister’s Wedding Dress for Late August

Can it get any roman­tic than this? My sis­ter moved to Italy sev­er­al years ago. Of course, she fell in love in the Eter­nal City (of love) and about a month ago became all at once engaged! There­fore, doc­tors will use a new­er gen­er­a­tion of tubes that release med­ica­tion that accel­er­ates the heal­ing process. order silde­nafil Cut­ting off the non-veg­e­tar­i­an items from the dai­ly diet has cialis whole­sale india failed. How­ev­er,...

Napkins/Placemats with Mitered Corners Tutorial

Sup­plies needed: Fab­ric (1 yard for 8 placemats/napkins) Cut­ting board Rotary cut­ter Ruler Pins Thread Sewing machine Wash­able mark­ing pen Iron­ing Board Seam Gauge Step 1: Pre-wash and Pre-shrink your fab­ric. I used a 100% cot­ton and used “nor­mal” set­tings on the wash­er and dryer. Step 2: Iron fab­ric. Be sure to press the fab­ric prop­er­ly. Do not press diag­o­nal­ly because it will mis­align the grain line. Step 3: Cut 8 – 12.57”x17” rectangles Step...