Grainline tiny pocket tank how to#

I finished the pink hoodie just in time for a holiday we spent on an actual desert island, the brown skirt turned into a Cambie instead, and the dress B5814 is made out of a different fabric. So it lives a quiet life as scraps instead.ДЇor the red shirtdress, I have cut out Deer and DoeвЂ™s Bleuet, I just need to stitch it together. The coral shirt fabric turned out to be some kind of polyblend with no give, so shaping princess seams was impossible, and the fit didnвЂ™t work out with that fabric. I tried to use the Grainline Tiny Pocket Tank twice, but it just isnвЂ™t a pattern made for me, so I had to trash that project. The items with a red cross just didnвЂ™t work out. The kimono? Well, I really should just make it already, but so many other fun projects distract my creativity all the timeвЂ¦ So those two projects were just not prioritized this summer. And from earlier years, you all know that I have enough summer dresses. Although this summer has been spectacular, weather-wise, I still almost never wear bikinis, I am more of a bathing suit kind of a gal. LetвЂ™s start with the things I havenвЂ™t started on: the bikini, the red dress and the kimono. All but three projects have been started in one way or another.

I realised too late that I forgot to understitch!ДЄnyway, while it doesnвЂ™t look as nice as the hound version and the top of the triangle doesnвЂ™t match, itВ will do for now.This picture shows my original plans, and what has become of them. The top right bit of the triangle in the front is so messed up and so is the entire neckline. I ended up swearing at the machine a couple of times which is no fun. I wonder if there is an easier way to do bias binding with crepe fabric вЂ“ that was one horrendous part. Time: 7 вЂ“ 8 hours! This was also my first time sewing with crepe, which more than tripled the amount of time required. I was lazy and couldnвЂ™t be bothered to come up with a newВ colour combination although I did think about it which should count for something 50 / metre from a вЂњmatching centreвЂќ in Ahmedabad. HereвЂ™s the result.ДЇabric: 1m reddish-pickВ and 1m white butter crepe fabric. I cut a triangle at the fold, added seam allowance to the tiny pocket tank pattern, and just like that, a new pattern was born. I was browsing around the webВ and came across aВ pretty tank top from hound, which looked to be a similar cut to the вЂњtiny pocket tankвЂќ by Grainline. Their patterns, tutorials, and their past clothing line вЂ“ hound, all of it. 250В / metre and bought a total of 2m as the width was a bit less. Probably my best french seams and hem (on delicate fabric) by farДЇabric: Beautiful chiffon ikatВ from Arbuda Matching Centre in Ahmedabad for Rs. Here are photos, some in my favourite buddha position! I think it will take me a while to try bias binding again.Дў.В I elongatedВ the sleeves using this tutorial and also cut a slight boat neck vs the round, although I think the front part became a bit too low but eh, whatever! I added two small pleats in the front and a string in the back to bring back some balance. Finished all seams (except sleeve) using french seams and hand rolled the neckline hem as I didnвЂ™t want to add bias binding after my last disaster. I cut it sandwiched between old newspapers and it cut great (almost). Anyway the key things вЂ“ДЎ.В I used this most gorgeous ikat chiffon found at my new favourite fabric shop вЂ“ Arbuda Matching Centre in Ahmedabad. I may or may not be crazy in love with her patterns. Time: 6 вЂ“ 7 hours, includes redoing the zipper and time spent swearingДЄnd once again, another grainline studio pattern. 215 which is $3.5 (although I should add the pattern which was for $9 I think, but it is nice to delude myself in to thinking I made it for $3.5) Pocket lining from scrap fabric from some other project. 200 / metre and bought a total of 2m as the width was a bit less. What can I say, IвЂ™m a quick learner.ДЇabric: Fabulous linen from Arbuda Matching Centre in Ahmedabad for Rs. I only re-did the buttonhole four times after this. The trick was to not put my machine name in when googling and viola, a video which said that you also have to move the length to the F вЂ“ 0 setting. I searched high and lo to find a solution but it worked out in the end.

Grainline tiny pocket tank how to#

The automatic one step buttonhole on my machine would only do one round and it took me a while to figure out how to get it down right, so my skirt was sitting around without a top button and I was very tempted to just put hook and eye closure. IвЂ™m not sure how to add that little mark where the fly shield, front etc all are to be sewn together at the bottom of the curve. It was actually going fantastically well till I realized IвЂ™d sewn in the zipper upside down! That was a aaaarrrghhh moment and I had to re-do it all over again.Дў. The fly front steps (and tutorial) for this skirt were great and even though this was my first time making one, I didnвЂ™t think it was too bad.

What can I say, they are nice and the instructions are fantastic.ДЎ.