Posts Tagged ‘happy homemade sew-along’

happy homemade sew-along: round up and winner!

WooHoo! We made it to the end of the sew-along! Cherie and I were a little worried at first that no one would come to our party :) But you showed up and wow! you made some beautiful hoodies. I’m going to show you half and Cherie’s got the other half of the handmade hoodies on her blog.

happy homemade sew-along: round up

1. gray stripe 2. pink spiders 3. yellow stripe 4. floral 5. yellow

I think when something you sew works out, you want to let out a primal, “Yeeeeeaeaaah!” That little girl up there knows what I mean.  These buttery yellow and bubblegum pinks were some of my favorite hoodies.

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Posted June 25th, 2014 in sewing clothes. Tagged: .

happy homemade sew-along: day four

happy homemade sew-along: day four

It’s day four and today’s the day we tackle the tough part of this hoodie: the hood. Even though I’ve made this hoodie 4 times before, I always felt like I was attaching the hood incorrectly. The first thing I did when I got the English version of this book was to flip to the directions for the hood. Sadly, they were no clearer in English than in Japanese (which I don’t know). Well, after looking much more closely, I realized there was a typo: (more…)

Posted June 19th, 2014 in sewing clothes. Tagged: .

happy homemade sew-along: day two

happy homemade sew-along: day two

Welcome to day two of the Happy Homemade Sew-along! Yesterday, Cherie showed you how to trace the hoodie pattern and add seam allowances. Today we’re going to cut out the fabric and do a little prep before we sew. Ready?

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Posted June 17th, 2014 in sewing clothes. Tagged: , , , .

happy homemade sew-along: day one

DAYONEhappy homemade sew-along: day one

Yay! The first day of the Happy Homemade Sew-along is finally here! Hop on over to Cherie’s blog to get started. She’ll show you how to trace the pattern and add seam allowances.

 

 

Posted June 16th, 2014 in sewing clothes. Tagged: .