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Easy Tie Jacket with bathing suit and Coverup-Details Meetup 5

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  Materials from GSTREETFABRICS-St Matte Jersey for Jacket and Dress and Spandex for One Piece Bathing Suit The Tie Jacket in the other pattern will be the red. Both are Stretch matte jersey. Someone gave me some Jade and red stone jewelry, so I had to buy fabric so I could use the jewelry. This Tie Jacket from  McCalls M6559 The Jacket-view B is only Front and Back with sleeves Piece So we are working with 3 pieces Long Jacket B View is MY preferance-shrug is cut too. I will make B if I have enough Fabric. The dress will be the one I like to make best because the arms don't cut in. It will be the sleeveless dress from 2189 This will be the print... Make the Earrings to Motivate you to do the outfit Covered Buttons kit to buy from Gstreetfabrics Instructions on the back of the kit Make the scarves-Now you have a set - real motivation Total set of scarves and earrings to motivate you Jacket Pieces all cut out Sew your sleeves together so you can feel real progress Jacket laid o...

Meetup 3 Out of Order Review Sleeveless Dress and Tank

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  Sleeveless Dress and Tank Boatneck - and some easy Patterns This was my second sleeveless style dress QUICK and easy. Same as the dress to the ankles, but shortened to a tank length. 3/4 yard for tank, 1 3/4 for dress and enough for a scarf of same as dress.  1 1/4 yard for leggings or tubins or stretch pants....2.5 for the FreeFlowing Jacket of Chiffon This is for 56-60 inch wide fabric. This pattern comes with pattern pieces to put a fabric trim at the neck and sleeves.  Depending on the fabric print, I usually don't do this kind of trim, but it can be cute.  If you don't want the trim and your fabric is a drapey matte jersey or a type of knit like sport lycra, just turn under and top stitch. This one I only turned under the edges and top stitched. If you use a pattern for a boatneck dress, be sure to check where it comes on your chest.  It might hit you lower than is flattering. ****Note This Dress I did the fabric trim at sleeves and neckline and even carr...

Meetup 4 FreeFlowing Jackets for Satisfied Sewists at GStreetFabrics

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                              FreeFlowing Jackets   Quick and Easy Can be made from Chiffon for light and flowy or even make the long length and have a semi-asymmetrical CoatDress Jacket I shorten this jacket pattern by about 4-5 inches.  This places the jacket in the back to just below the hip line. These jackets can be used as bathing suit coverups or just as  accents to outfits. We have current Pattern Books for Vogue and McCalls at  GSTREETFABRICS.com We are following this pattern at the moment, but you can use this by straightening the front edge and the lower level to square and make cardigans out of sweater fabric etc.  Makes a great basis for making basic jackets without complication. This is a Vintage Pattern, but You can always buy vintage patterns or past season patterns by searching by company and pattern number or just putting in a style and you will get many choices on ...