MAE SEW-ALONG #4 - SHOULDER SEAMS & BACK EDGE

Apologies for missing a post yesterday! Friday night we had some unexpected new additions to the family, 6 of them to be exact! Puppies! Our dog, Winnie went into labour Friday night and continued to give birth well into the  early morning of Saturday, the last pup was born 5.30am. So no sleep at all, for roughly 24 hours. Saturday i was absolutely  delirious and  completed exhausted. And without  any sleep we  had to make a trip to the vets to make sure everything was fine with Mum & pups, as well try and get one of the pups, a super tiny little guy to start feeding off Mum. He was having just a little bit of trouble getting the hang of it and was bottled fed for quite a few hours. So after all that excitement/delirium/stress  a sew-along blog post was the last thing on my mind. 

So without further ado, I'm going to share some photos of the  very proud new mum and her adorable new babies (4 girls and 2 boys).

 I will warn you, massive cuteness alert coming up!!

 

Everything has settled down today, everyone is happy and getting into a routine so  i am ready to get stuck back into it the sew-along.

Just to re-cap, the last sew-along  post we got all our prep work done,  got our facing pieces all fused up ready to go,  stay stitched our necklines  and also stitched up our darts on the front and back bodice pieces. So this post will be tackling the back bodice back edges as well as stitching up the shoulder seams.

Let's get started, shall we? 

 Back edge 

1.On both sides of the bodice back edge, fold under a 1/4'' edge, to the inside of the blouse. 2. Stitch and press.

Shoulder seams

1. With right sides of the blouse together, stitch the front (2) and back bodice (1) together at the shoulder seams.

2.Finish seams and press open.

A nice and easy sew-along post this time.

Happy weekend everyone, I'm off too check on the brood ;)

 

Abby

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BILLIE JEAN SEW-ALONG # 5 JOIN BODICE TO SKIRT - DRESS 1...

Calling all Dress 1-  wiggle dress sew-alongers! This blog post is dedicated to you! Dress 2 Peeps you can sit this one out! Unless you are making both Billie Jean dresses at the same time!

Today's post we will be joining the bodice to the skirt at the waistline for Dress 1 - the wiggle dress AND stitch up the shoulder seams. It is  very exciting because your dress will start to look like an actually dress! Woo!

Listed below are all the previous sew-along posts, in case you need to catch up or just a refresher:


#1 - Getting started
#2 -  Full Bust Adjustment
#3 - Assemble the bodice
#4 - Assemble the skirts


Oakey Dokey  lets get started:


Right sides together, pin the bodice front to the skirt front at the waist, make sure to match the notches, princess seams etc.
 Repeat this step with the back bodice and  back skirt pieces.

Start with the front bodice and front skirt and stitch them together at the waistline.
 Repeat for the back bodice and each of the back skirts.




Finish off the seams and press the seam up towards the bodice. I have finished the waistline seams with my over -locker, but you can finish them anyway you like, as along you don't add any extra bulk to the waistline seam.
 * Repeat these steps for the dress lining.

DRESS 1 - SHOULDER SEAMS


 Now you have your Wiggle dress bodice and skirts attached at the waistline, you  can now stitch the bodices together at the shoulder seams.

So right sides together, pin  the bodice front to the bodice back at the shoulder seams.

Now stitch together  the bodice front to the bodice back at the shoulder seams.
Finish seams and press open.
 * Repeat for the dress lining.

A short sew-along post today, coming up next  we will be attaching the  linings, and officially starting to head towards the finish line!

Happy sewing :)

Abby
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