Ellen's Sewing Passion

I wanted to surprice out granddaughter with this lovely sweatshirt sweater💜 The fabric is rather cool with flowers in the middle and white on the sides. Therefore I used the whtie part for the long sleeves. I hope she will be happy with it :) Ottobre magazine 01/2024

  I made a jacket with hoodie for our grandson for Christmas 🎄💖 I chose to use plain black jersey together with the sweatshirt fabric. The pocket are stitched right on the fabric, and I decided to use ribbon to cover the seam. The sleeve has an inserted black panel as well. The sleeves are stitched in place, I used jersey as a lining for the hoodie. Then the zipper is stitched in place, and I made an underlap for the zipper. Ottobre Kids 1/2009

  This is a great dress to use at the office! I have used quilted sweatshirt fabric that are very warm. I had to cheer the dress up with a scarf since I love colors :)  I also made a  Casual Wool dress  of the same pattern. At first I wanted to make a round neck, but at the end  I decided to make a V-neck as in the instruction. I found a nice poly-satin in my stash that was perfect for the inner pockets. At first, I stitched very closely to the seam,  and then I top-stitched the pocket. Then the other layer of the pocket is made of the same fabric. I made the facing for the neck, and I iron vliseline on the back side.  I hand-stitched around the facing so it should stay in place. The shoulders and the side seams are stitched together. Since the seam made with the serger are a bit thick, I cut a notch where the folded line for the hem is. Then it's alo easier to stitch with the cover-lock or a twin-needle. The hem of the sleeves are stitched with a doub...