The Coffee Date Dress Sew along starts June 19th and ends July 10th. We'll move at a very very beginner's pace. We're using the free coffee date dress pattern, provided by Elaine of the Selfish Seamstress. The pattern is also available via Burda Style. If you're participating in this sew along, PLEASE fill out this short survey so I have an idea of who my audience is :) I posted the survey on 6/5/11, so if you already filled it out, you don't have to do it again. If you have questions that would be best explained with a picture, post your picture to the flickr group and link to the picture in a comment to a blog post. You should also post your finished projects there!
Here's my finished product! Please fill out the exit survey when you're finished, even if you don't do this sew along on schedule.
Here's my finished product! Please fill out the exit survey when you're finished, even if you don't do this sew along on schedule.
So you don't have to constantly search for sew along posts, I'm consolidating them here!
Part 1--Pre-sew along: what you need to get, fabric selection:
- Sew along details (posted 5/18/11)
- My fabric choices (posted 5/22/11)
- Practice sew along--a reusable grocery bag (posted 6/16/11)
Part 2--Sew along week 1: getting the perfect fit, cutting out your pattern
- Days 1-2--prepping for the test run, features cutting out your practice fabric and marking it, with details about fabric grain and what it means (posted 6/19/11)
- Days 3-4--the test run--altering the pattern using your cheap fabric to "make a muslin" (though our seams are just pinned, not stitched) (posted 6/21/11)
- Day 5--catch up day--make sure your pattern is all ready to go from Days 1-4 (posted 6/23/11)
- Days 6-7--cut out fabric, lining, and interfacing (posted 6/24/11)
- Day 8--prep the fabric, features ironing on the interfacing, staystitching, marking the fabric with your fabric pen (posted 6/26/11)
Part 3--Sew along week 2: Sewing!
- Day 9--catch up day--make sure your fabric is cut out and marked
- Day 10--start sewing! Sew darts, sew bodice front and back together (this will be 10 straight lines if you're doing a side zipper, 12 if you're doing a back zipper) (posted 6/28/11)
- Day 11--sew and attach ruffle (posted 6/29/11)
- Day 12--catch up day--finish the bodice and bodice lining if you haven't already
- Day 13--connect bodice dress to lining, following the "how to sew an all in one facing tutorial" on Burda Style (posted 7/1/11)
- Day 14--catch up day--day 13 was pretty complicated, so if you messed something up, fix it now (posted 7/2/11)
- Day 15--Stitch skirt together (2 curved lines) (posted 7/3/11)
- Day 16--Stitch skirt to bodice (posted 7/4/11)
Part 4--Sew along week 3: Finishing--zipper, hem, hand sewing
- Day 17--BONUS catch up day! The people I've touched base with are all behind, so I'm giving one more day to catch up to this point! (posted 7/5/11)
- Day 18--insert the zipper (posted 7/6/11)
- Day 19--finish the skirt seam below the zipper (posted 7/7/11)
- Days 20-21--hand stitching--you'll have to do some hand sewing around the zipper, to tack down the ruffle, etc. (posted 7/8/11)
- Day 22--hem your finished product! (posted 7/10/11)
