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Permalink Reply by Jane Doe on August 20, 2009 at 9:53pm

I would love to review patterns...even the patterns found here on SWN. Right now I am creating Butterick 4964. a christening gown for a girlfriend's great grand baby. I am also making the long coat, slip, bonnet and a pair of bloomers. This is my first christening gown. I will keep you informed as to how it is going. I am making it out of Saxaphone Shuntang. The 'slip' is going to be made from a raised swiss dot with an embroidered hem. I have some ideas for the ruffle (instead of a wide lace trim as it shows on the pattern picture) and have a narrow lace to add to the seam of the ruffle and dress. But I like to create as I go so we will see how it turns out!

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Permalink Reply by Susan on August 21, 2009 at 5:34am

Hope you don't mind I include the image you attached so everyone can see it.

\i've always loved swiss dot, please post pictures when you are done!!!!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Jane Doe on August 21, 2009 at 11:55am

Thank you for posting the pictures.
Oh I see the camera above where I am typing.....LOL ok...
I will be sharing photos of the finished product. I want to get this done by the end of August - mid September because I have to mail (prioritypost) it away to my girlfriend in Oregon and she will be delivering it to the baby in Colorado for the Christening in October.
Jane

Permalink Reply by L Hutch on August 21, 2009 at 8:51pm

I especially like information about what's good about a particular pattern but also what problems someone has had. I have learned to double check whether the seams actually match up and whether the sleeve cap has ease appropriate to the size of the armscye. All too often they do not and I have to redraft parts of the pattern.

Permalink Reply by Jane Doe on August 21, 2009 at 10:31pm

Oh....I never thought of unmatched seams and sleeve ease as problems! I will try to pay attention to this more! I have always, in my 46 years of sewing ( I started when I was 7) if I have come across this, I just make it work for me and never really had any issues!
Never REALLY means only one issue with Vogue 1047
http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V1047.htm
(see attached photos). I was confused as to how the 'neck part' went together, but once I figured it out, it was logical! LOL. I did change the skirt, to make it less ballroom dancey and more formal. Also my dd felt that black was more formal than white with a slit up one side of the skirt to about half way up the thigh. My daughter had fun wearing it to her High School Prom. She has actually wore it to a formal dinner and ball, this past year, at the university and felt very comfortable in it.

Jane

Permalink Reply by Maida Peterson on August 28, 2009 at 5:20pm

I quilt and recently made Bloomin' MInds Half to Have christmas wall hanging. I think the "half" part is because only half of the instructions were written. This pattern was the most poorly written one I have ever used. A beginner would never have been able to make it. I was at a quilt retreat with 30 other quilters and I let all of them know about it. The ones that looked at the pattern agreed with me. Avoid Bloomin' Minds patterns!!