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What an impressive finish to February’s challenge, Ruching & Shirring. The photos posted on flickr are fabulous! Take a second and click on over and see what these talented sewer’s came up with, such creativity! And don’t be surprised if you see one of your photo’s on my blog, I have added pictures from the wardrobe challenge flickr group to the right side of the page. The photos randomly change, so enjoy previewing the outfits as they arrive 🙂
And the pinterest side of the challenge … I periodically scan each of your “wardrobe challenge boards” and I must say, my mind is filled with new ideas to add to my apparel, what inspiration! Don’t forget you can follow each others wardrobe challenge boards, inspire each other to sew 🙂 February’s winners will be announced soon, the judges are busy at work. In the meantime, let’s talk jeans …
… March’s Challenge is to design, sew, and restyle jeans. Many of you have mentioned a fear of sewing jeans. The fit and the fly are the main concern, guess what – there are great patterns and so many resources to help you along, now it’s time to jump in!
Tutorials & Learning
My online class Sewing Designer Jeans on Craftsy launched last October and we are just shy of 5,000 students. Now that’s a lot of jean sewer’s :). This class walks you through the entire process of sewing jeans from cutting to the final hem. And just to promote my Wardrobe Challenge, here is a 50% off for the entire month of March. Worried about fit, join my Altering Pants class on Patternreview (which is also on sale) where you can post photo’s of your muslin for personal fitting advice. Looking for a few free tips, refer to the jean category on my blog. There are even video tutorials for sewing pockets. Now you have not excuse not to give it a try.
Patterns
There
are so many jean patterns available now. My Angel Bootcut Jean Pattern is my go-to pattern, I taper the legs for skinny jeans, raise and lower the rise, offers a contour waistband for fit and it’s easy to adapt denim with stretch or without. The sizing currently goes up to size 16 (but I promise I am working on the sizing 16W – 24W sometime in 2014). Use coupon code MARCHMADNESS for 20% off all jean supplies in my store (yes, that includes rivets, jean buttons, and the It’s Sew Easy jean dvd :)). My two other favorite jean patterns … Jalie and Jennifer Stern’s ( I adore Jennifer, she is my jean buddy). You can find reviews for both on PatternReview.com.
Well, that’s enough to get started! This month I will share major fitting solutions for jeans and much, much more. Check out March’s Wardrobe Challenge page (now located at the top right) for all the details on the pinterest challenge and flickr info. Are you new to the challenge and need an invite to pinterest, email me info@angelawolf.com. I would love you to join us!
Did I mention we have a new sponsor, Coats & Clark. Yeah, just in time for denim thread! Join me on Twitter to give a shout out of thanks to our sponsors:
WAWAK sewing, Threads Magazine, Brother Sews, It’s Sew Easy TV, Coats & Clark
Well are you ready to give it a go? Good luck!!!!!!
xoxo
There is only one reason I have not moved South in order to enjoy beautiful sunny weather all year round … jackets and boots! This is the time of year I rearrange my wardrobe, bringing out all the cute jackets I finished last March and never had a chance to wear (remember in the fashion industry we are always designing a season ahead). Of course while I am pulling out the fall wardrobe, out come the fabulous boots. I LOVE shoes! I sew all my own clothes, I have to find something to shop for besides fabric 🙂
Speaking of sewing all my own clothes, about 15 years ago I set a goal of only wearing clothes I had sewn myself. It was a great idea, but hardly possible. I spent all my time sewing custom garments for clients and I could never find time to sew for myself. You know, like the shoemaker that wears worn-out shoes. Those of you that are in the sewing business know exactly what I am talking about.
Once I started designing a ready-to-wear line and a pattern collection for the home sewer, I found a perfect reason to sew for myself. Someone has to test the fit, right 🙂 Over the last few years I have been adding my label to the closet with jeans, tops, jackets, dresses, skirts, slacks, … In fact last night after admiring my organized closet (now is the time to admire, it never seems to stay that way very long), I realized I finally accomplished my goal! Every garment carried the Angela Wolf label. I could hardly believe it! In fact, once you get going on sewing for yourself, the outfits flow in much faster than you think. Have you ever had the desire to sew all your own clothes? I challenge you to try. I am going to celebrate this accomplishment and try to focus on doing the same for the spring wardrobe swap. I feel a 2014 wardrobe sew along coming on … what do you think?
In the last post, I mentioned how thankful I am to all of you readers and a special thanks to those that voted my blog into the finals for the category sewing – best instructor blog for the 2013 Craftsy Blogging Awards. Voting in the final round is still going on, so make sure to vote for your favorites again (hint, hint). I couldn’t think of a better way to thank you than give away a few online classes, which I will do over the next few weeks.
Not everyone can win, so I asked my friend Deepika – founder of PatternReview.com – to place all my online classes on sale for the rest of the month. In case you haven’t visited the site, PatternReview.com is a great website for learning and connecting with other garment sewer’s. I offer quite a few classes there, including sewing jackets. No, my jacket patterns are not ready to launch yet, so this is the next best thing. The next few giveaways will be for my online classes. The first one is Create a Jacket Muslin on PatternReview. Creating a perfect fitting muslin is the most important part of sewing a jacket. If you would like a chance to join my class on sewing a muslin where I offer fitting tips, solutions, and you can even upload photos of your muslin for personal fitting advice, simply share a comment about your experience in fitting jackets. Never sewn a jacket, even better reason to start with the muslin class (a random winner will be chosen and announced next Friday). Speaking of jackets, have you been watching season 5 on It’s Sew Easy and following along as I sew a jacket? If your PBS doesn’t carry It’s Sew Easy, you can catch a new episode every week on their website.
Good Luck 😉
xoxo
