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  • Fun Tee Pocket Hack

    Fun Tee Pocket Hack

    Pockets are all the rage on T-Shirts.  We are going to show you our Fun Tee Pocket Hack  It is a quick and easy way to add a bit of fun and add a splash of colour onto a garment.  I wanted to make up a garment using this feature and keep it youthful, so I started by doing a little research online.
     
    This is what my research came up with:
     
     
    Next, I did not want to spend the earth on fabric, so I headed to the nearest 2nd hand shop with a vision of stripes in my head.  Quite excited by my $4 au purchase, this is what I came home with and popped straight into the washing machine.
     
     
     
    When making children’s wear, it is amazing the number of pattern pieces you can fit onto the fabric of an Adults shirt.  The cardboard pattern piece shown below has been directly printed from my work computer.  It is a front pattern piece of a Size 10 Fun Tee.  Another point to make here is, when using ready-made clothing to create a new garment, there is NO hemming required, as you can utilise the existing hem, now that saves setting up the cover-stitch machine or finding that twin needle and two spools of matching thread.
     
     
    Cut out your preferred choice of the two pocket types. The Fun Tee Pocket Hack instructions are available for download.  Join our group for your FREE copy today.  
     
     
    Use a single fold hem on the top edge of the pocket, press, pin, and sew in place with the desired stitch.
     
     
    For a more professional finish, use the same stitch for the top edge and the circumference of the pocket.
     
     
     
    Press the seam allowance for the sides and bottom edges of the pocket toward the wrong side of the fabric.
     
     
    It is always easier to attach a pocket to a garment before assembling.  This will ensure the fabric is not distorted. Before attaching your pocket to the garment, work out its general placement, and stabilize the wrong side with iron-on interfacing or tear-away stabilizer.  Use a piece that is approximately 1” bigger in width and length than your pocket.
     
     
    Using the information provided in your FREE pattern, regarding the placement for the size you are making, measure, and pin the pocket in place.
     
     
     
     
    If you feel the pocket will still move whilst sewing with the pins in place, you could opt to use wonder tape to hold the pocket in place.
     
     
     
    To start begin near the lowermost point of the hem, on the upper right-hand side of the pocket.  Here you will form a triangle to reinforce the pocket on the garment.  Straight stitch towards the upper fold of the hem of the pocket, then pivot and sew two stitches towards the corner and then pivot once again, forming a complete triangle.  Continue down the right side, along the bottom and up the left edge of the pocket.  Complete attachment of the pocket with a second triangle, on the upper left side of the pocket,
    back-tack to secure.
     
     
    Trim threads and either trim away the excess interfacing or carefully remove the tear-away stabilizer on the back of the garment.  If you used wonder tape this will dissolve away when washed.
     
     
    Finally, continue sewing the remainder of the garment using the #21100 Fun Tee Pattern Instructions.  (Link for store below)
     
     
    Now you have an up to the minute fashionable shirt that your child will be happy to hang about in.
     
     
     
    Thank you for viewing.  We hope this has inspired you to put some pockets on your tees when you sew them.  Are you in need of a great fitting Fun Tee PDF Pattern for your little ones?
     

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  • Girls Skip Skirt PDF Pattern Tester Roundup

    Girls Skip Skirt PDF Pattern Tester Roundup

    Today I’m sharing our new Girls Skip Skirt PDF Pattern and Leggings PDF Pattern makes from the testing group with you. I will forever have so much appreciation for all that our Testers do! They provide so much valuable feedback on the instructions and fit of the patterns we are testing. It can be an anxious time to put a new pattern to the test and expose all its flaws but as we reach the end I’m so grateful for the whole process and the sewists that test for us.

    Alison Daines

    The original style option I came up with for the Skip Skirt was as shown above by Alison Daines that has been paired with the Fun Tee PDF Pattern. It is a cute 2 tier 1/2 circle skirt a style my girls adore wearing. As I started putting the pattern together I became inspired to offer other options that could also attach to the the yoke and offer more options, within the one pattern, that could look great being worn with our Fun Tee.

    Skip Skirt Style Sheet_1

    I am excited to tell you that through the design process these are the options that have been made part of the new Skip Skirt:

    Single Tier Skirt, View A.
    Gathered Single, Tier View B. 
    Plain Pocket Single Tier, View C.
    Gathered Pocket Single Tier, View D.
    Gathered Patch Pocket, View E.
    Plain Double Tier, View F.
    Gathered Double Tier, View G.
    Leggings, 3/4 Length and Boyleg

    Bunky Bell. View C, and G.
    Carmen West. View C.
    Carmen West. View G and Bike Pant.
    Cindy Parrett. View C.
    Cindy Parrett. View G.
    Dianne Firth. View C.
    Dianne Firth. View G.
    Emma Schmack. View A and Bike Pant.
    Linda Stilling. View A and Leggings.
    Linda Stilling. View C and Leggings.
    Linda Stilling. View G and Leggings.
    Lisa Neri. View G and Leggings.
    Lisa Neri. View E and Leggings.
    Meahd Farnaby. View C.
    Meg Moore. View F and Leggings.
    Megan Ray. View A and Leggings.
    Merav Ganz Ruthman. View C and Leggings.
    Michelle Peterson. View A.
    Sarah Benbrook. View B.
    Sneha Nirody Monga. View B
    Sneha Nirody Monga. View C.
    Laurie McDonnell. View D.

    I hope you have enjoyed looking through all the fabulous photos of the Girls Skip Skirt PDF Pattern that our wonderful testers have provided us of all the fun options the Skip Skirt offers. Which one will you be making up first? We hope you will give it a try.

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    Thank you for your time here and happy sewing!

  • Girls Fun Tee PDF Pattern Piping Hack

    Girls Fun Tee PDF Pattern Piping Hack

    I am really excited today to share with you the technique of adding piping to a sleeve.  This technique can be used for many projects.  I will be adding piping to the “Gathered Long Sleeve” of my Fun Tee, however, you can add piping to any project. 

    1.  Firstly, cut a long strip of fabric and piping, enough for your entire project.  We are using stretch fabric so you will need to make sure that the stretch goes along the length of your strip of fabric.  For this project, the piping will be going around the body.  You will need to determine the width of your fabric by wrapping it around the piping and making note of that length and adding twice your seam allowance.

    2.  Next, using your zipper foot and a long straight stitch sew a row of stay stitching along the edge of the piping.  If you wish you can sew this in a contrasting thread to make it easier to see if you wish to remove it at the end.

    3.  Stitch the strip of prepared piping to the lower edge of the sleeve using your zipper foot and straight stitch.  This stitching could also be in a contrast colour for removal later.

    4.  Prepare the gathered portion of the sleeve by sewing two rows of gathering along the top and lower edges.

    5.  Now attach the upper sleeve to the lower sleeve, again using the zipper foot and a straight stitch  Prior to sewing, reduce the length of the straight stitch and ensure that you sew in the colour of your main fabric, slightly stretching your work as you sew.

    6.  This is what your project will now look like from the right side.

    7.  Now you can remove the piping and any of the gathering or stay stitching threads that are exposed.

    8.  Now that the bulk of the piping has been removed you may wish to add a row of overlocking or edge stitching to neaten the raw edge.  However, as this is made from knit fabric it is not necessary as the fabric will not fray, it would purely be done for aesthetics and neaten the inside.

    The Gathered Long Sleeve can be completed by following the instructions that come with the Fun Tee pattern. 

     If you would like a matching skirt for your new Fun Tee the Skip Skirt and Leggings go really well and are a great wardrobe staple for summer or winter.

    You can also visit our sewing group to ask questions or to gather more sewing inspiration. 

    Shop for Pattern: HERE

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