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MingMakes Newsletter

April 2021

Hello all you beautiful subscribers and welcome to my first newsletter! I finally finished my Mimi Blouse project which sprung up 5 blog posts. I learnt so much on this project which was my first button up garment, and it was during this project that I decided to start my website, blog and YouTube channel.
 
Here is a summary of all my posts relating to the Mimi Blouse, the most recent being posted today with a tutorial on using the rolled hemming foot.

MingMakesMistakes series

I recently published the first post from the MingMakesMistakes series. Here I pull together all blog posts and tutorials relating to one pattern / project, but all the content is still relevant to other garments. If you just so happen to be sewing the same pattern, then there is plenty of helpful information here to keep you on the right path i.e. prevent you making the same mistakes I did!
 
Have a look at the Mimi Blouse page to see what it's all about.

Mimi Blouse

New blog posts

The most recent was my rolled hem tutorial, both as a video and article with step-by-step photos. This was the first time I used a rolled hemming foot and I was so impressed with how quickly and neatly it achieved the result.

Rolled hem tutorial

My first boo boo was not anticipating how the wide facings would show through the slightly sheer fabric I was using. 
Here I show you how I remedied this.

Facings tutorial

 I fiddled with the sleeve pleats to make them sit better on me which changed the circumference of the sleeve and therefore the facing. I wrote a tutorial on how to make sure a facing or binding is exactly the right length for an opening.

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The Mimi Blouse is designed to have a small gap at the collar but my preference was to have the collar meeting together at the top. 
Here I describe how I altered the pattern to achieve this.

Collar tutorial

My next project is the Lilou Blouse, as I work my way through Tilly Walnes' book Love At First Stitch. 
I look forward to sharing more with you soon. 

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