Day 1: Swoon Eloise Wallet Sewalong Printing, Cutting, and Stabilizing

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Welcome to Swoon's second sewalong.  We will be stitching Eloise Wallet.

If you have not purchased the pattern yet, do so HERE.

Materials:

1 fat quarter quilting weight exterior fabric

1 yard (44" wide) quilting weight lining fabric

1/4" yard two sided fusible Pellon Peltex (72f)

  1/2 yard Pellon Craft-fuse 808  interfacing

18" #5 zipper for main compartment zip aroun

8" zipper for interior pocket pouch

One magnetic snap: 3/4" diameter

1.  Print out the pattern.  Make sure your printer is set at "actual size" and "auto rotate".  Do NOT check the "fit" box.

2.  Cut out the pattern pieces and cut out your fabric based on what the pieces state.

3.  In addition to cutting the pieces, also cut

• Trifold Pleated Panels: 1 lining 37.5" x 7.5"
• Trifold Pleated Backing:  1 lining and 1 interfacing 7.5" x 3.75"
• Main compartment Pleated Panels: 1 lining 12"x18
• Main Compartment Pleated Backing: 2 lining, 2 interfacing 4"x9"
• Pocket Panels: 4 lining, 2 interfacing 4"x8"

For the cut list items, I like to write those names and measurements on a piece of paper

so I can remember what they are.

Mouse House Creations' Womens Caroline Party Dress

My lovely friend Hayley over at Mouse House Creations gave me the extreme pleasure of 

allowing me to pattern next her newest PDF pattern-the Women's Caroline Party Dress.

If you remember a few months ago, I made the girl's version of this dress.

Scientific Seamstress: Katie's Fancy Pants

You all know how much I love Scientific Seamstress.

Recently I made myself the Women's Judy Pants and I am completely in love with them.

Now introducing Katie's Fancy Pants!

Features:

• pockets
• high rise and low rise options
• full elastic waist band or elastic back/drawstring front
• regular pants or with bottom ruffles
• Inseam lengths from 8" to 29"
• Sizes: 12 months to 12

Like with my pants, I rolled the facing out for a faux piping look.

Also as with my pants, I used the high rise back and low rise front for little Cookie Dough

If you use both, make sure to grade the front sides up to match the high rise back sides.

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My Little Plumcake Cordelia Dress

I recently found the Cordelia top by My Little Plumcake. I love the sweetheart design. 

(The top is actually on SALE the entire month of February!)

MLPC had a blog post on changing the top to a dress.

Ali likes dresses, so I opted for the single layer dress.

I used Sarah Jane cotton for the top and bottom pieces, and a satin for the middle piece.

I really like the fabric mix up; it brings a bit of pizazz!

Free Valentine Printable for your Science Lover

Valentine's Day is in 2 days!  Are you prepared? 

Me-not at all.  I need to put together baskets for the girls.

However, I DO have my husband's Valentine card finished.

Now, this is not my original idea. I saw something similar on the

Scientific Seamstress Lab Group and decided to take it and run.

You can find the FREE printable HERE.  

I recommend using card stock to print.  

Remember to print one page at a time and flip the paper over to print page 2.

This way it's on the same piece of paper.

I Love To Read-Knit Angie

One of my favorite PDF pattern designers is Scientific Seamstress.  Carla, the sexy brains

behind SS, was a molecular biologist turned designer.  She has written several pattern books and has an entire library of sewing patterns for sale.

She commonly joins forces with Sis Boom, a fabric designer, to create a different series of pattern as well. Check out all the Sis Boom patterns!

You can see my other SS/SB items:

Bebop

Judy's Fancy Pants

Jamie

Angie

For the month of February, Scientific Seamstress is having an I Love to Read Challenge.  Pick 

 one of your favorite books, use a Scientific Seamstress or Sis Boom pattern and create an outfit for yourself or child!

I thought and thought and thought.  Of course, I was going to make myself a dress.  

Thinking about all of their women's pattern and my favorite books, I had a hard time linking

the two together. So I migrated to Ali's book shelf. 

I grabbed I Wish That I Had Duck Feet.  The mom wears a dress I think is classic and a

perfect choice for an Angie flip.

Scientific Seamstress/Sis Boom: Judy's Fancy Pants

Scientific Seamstress and Sis Boom have released Judy's Fancy Pants for women!

It comes in size range XS to 3XL.

These pants curve with your body and have a nice flare at the bottom.

There are optional front pockets and optional back darts for a more
tailored pant.

There are two options for the waist band: full around elastic or elastic back and drawstring front.

Speaking of options, there are two rise cut lines:  low and high.
Low rise works well for shorter ladies or those with a flatter bum.
High rise is better for taller women or those with a larger boo-tay.

I'm an average height, however, my legs take up 2/3 of my body.

Therefore, I did high rise back and low rise front.

If you are going to mix the two rises, you will need raise the side seam lines on your front pieces

to line up with the back height.

I also did the elastic back/drawstring front option. 

I prefer this option; it makes the pants look a bit fancier.

They are Judy's FANCY pants after all!

The leg hems and waist band are faced.

You can use the same fabric to face, but an accent fabric is fun.

I left 1/4" of my facing on the right side of the fabric to give a faux piping effect.