MingMakes Newsletter

January 2022

Fitting Freya

Hello all you magnificent subscribers and welcome to my first newsletter of the year. 2022 started with a bang with my review of the Sagebrush Top on The Foldline website being featured in their newsletter, winning me a voucher to spend on their site. This totally made my day as I have a gazillion patterns I want to buy from them.

I’m all about the learning and so before I order that new pattern, I will continue my way through the Tilly and the Buttons book Stretch! as I learn to sew with knits. I have almost completed the Freya dress, a fitted knit dress with a mock neck, long sleeves and A-line skirt. As usual, I had plenty to write about for my fitting process.

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Freya Dress fitting posts

My Freya Dress is almost complete but before I put together my MingMakesMistakes post, I have detailed my entire fitting process. This was quite involved and as you'll see, it highlighted another adjustment I may try on the next garment. Lots of photos and my thought processes shared.

During this fitting process, I needed quite a substantial rounded back adjustment but didn't want a shoulder dart or centre back seam. See my step-by-step tutorial on how I got around this, although it comes with a warning that it seemed to make sense to me but I can't be entirely sure it works!

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