Episode 93 Behind the Scenes Live with Angela Wolf … Let’s Drape a Wrap Skirt, studio move update, and our usual live Q&A
See you soon,
Angela
Episode 92 Behind the Scenes with Angela Wolf LIVE at the new studio!
Episode 91 Behind the Scenes LIVE with Angela Wolf – talking a recap of the Brother B2B convention, a look at the fabrics for It’s Sew Easy projects, and new building update!
Episode 90 behind the scenes Live in Orlando, Florida at the Brother Sews B2B convention showing off my gowns and embroidered dresses, the new Luminaire Innovis-XP1 and the travel sewing machine NS80PRW. And say hi to Joanne Banko and Cindy Hogan Cynthia’s Embroidery #brandambassador
Live with Sandy in Orlando at Brother B2B
Episode 89 Behind the Scenes LIVE with Angela Wolf talking with Joe Vecchiarelli Joe shares tips for padding a dress form and what to do when you lose weight He’s going to catch us up on behind the scenes with Dancing with the Stars and he has an unbelievable deal on custom dress forms – yes, custom to your size
Episode 88 Behind the Scenes LIVE with Angela Wolf today’s guest is Mathew Boudreaux AKA Mister Domestic talking about his new fabric collection, loved to pieces month long blog party, giveaways, and more!
See you soon!
Angela
I am very excited to team up with Mathew Boudreaux (Mister Domestic) as part of his blog party launching his new fabric collection Loved to Pieces! I had the choice of many of his beautiful fabrics and chose a beautiful 100% rayon fabric to sew the Kate Skirt Pattern. Of course I needed a top to go with the skirt, so I opted for a cotton / lycra knit Art Gallery Fabric with a color that coordinated with small circles in the rayon fabric.
When this fabric arrived it was even better than I expected. The drape of the rayon was so light and airy and the cotton knit had great recovery!
The first step is to pre-shrink the fabric. I washed and dried each piece individually, just in case there was any bleeding. Both pieces came out just fine, in face they hardly wrinkled at all! The rayon fabric frayed slightly and the cotton fabric tends to roll at the ends, but those are easy to work with.
Because of the print, I chose to cut the skirt with one layer of fabric (meaning I didn’t fold the fabric). The fabric is so lightweight and tends to shift which can cause issues matching up prints and grainlines. After laying out the fabric, I used a yard stick to check the fabric grainlines. They look pretty straight here, so I cut one side of the skirt and then folded the pattern over to cute the other side.
I altered the Kate Skirt pattern by cutting the waistband on the bias. This fabric is so lightweight, it reminds me of silk charmeuse. I prefer bias waistbands for silk skirt, so thought the same for this one. Not only is it comfortable, it works the print.
As I mentioned earlier, the rayon fabric tends to fray a little. After cutting out the skirt, I ran the edges through the serger to finish the edges (I used a 3-thread wide overlock stitch). But before serging the edges, press the fusible interfacing in the zipper location (see pattern instructions). The fusible interfacing is light enough to not show through the fabric right side and prevent the fabric from stretching out while sewing in the zipper.
The next step is to sew in the invisible zipper and sew the side seams.
Check the pattern lining up on the side seam. It looks pretty good here 🙂
The next step is to attach the waistband …
And lastly, the hem. Turn the bottom of the skirt up 1/2″ toward the wrong side of the fabric and press. Use a tailor’s clapper for a crisp crease. Turn the hem up another 1/2″ and press. Topstitch the folded hem in place.
Here are a couple of YouTube videos showing how to sew the skirt if you want to follow along:
Here is a list of all the talented bloggers sharing in Mathew’s big fabric launch for Art Gallery Fabrics. And be sure to visit Mathew’s Mister Domestic Instagram for weekly fabric giveaways!
MISTER DOMESTIC’S LOVED TO PIECES BLOG PARTY
I will talk about the cotton shirts on Episode 88 of my facebook live show Behind the Scenes Wednesday, July 18th at 11:00am , where I will also interview Mathew about his new fabric launch. Be sure to join us live or on the replay!
Cheers,
Episode 87 Behind the Scenes LIVE with Angela Wolf … What on the sewing table? Take a closer look at the maxi skirt and more …
An easy way to restyle or upcycle jeans is to add a touch of embroidery. Free motion embroidery, also referred to as thread painting, is so easy and you don’t even need an embroidery machine for this technique. Instead we are going to use free motion quilting / embroidery techniques.
Try on the jeans and determine where you want the embellishment to go. A few things to keep in mind:
Don’t place the embroidery:
Good places for the embroidery:
Choose a hoop size that can easily fit into the jean pant leg and large enough for the design you have in mind. Using tailors chalk, mark the placement for the design.
Draw a design with a fabric pen.
Slide the stabilizer into the jeans leg behind the design area. My design is close to the front pocket, so I will pull the pocket lining out of the hooping area.
Align the smaller inside hoop on the outside of the jean leg with the larger hoop and stabilizer inside the jeans leg.
Push the hoop closed, encasing the jean fabric and stabilizer, and tighten the screw on the hoop.
Set the sewing machine up for free motion quilting and slide the hoop under the presser foot, making sure to keep the back of the jean leg out of the way. We only want the fabric in the hoop under the needle on the machine.
Start in the middle of the design and fill in the design with thread.
Here I have outlined the design first. Then fill in the petals by moving the machine back and forth with thread. This is your design, so don’t worry about perfection, just have fun! Continue to change colors of thread and paint away J
When you are all finished designing, remove the hoop and tear-a-way the stabilizer.
You can see here how my design falls just under the front pocket, perfect! Brush off the chalk marks and your new embellished jeans are ready to go! Be sure to join me on the social side using #angelawolf ♥ I always love to see what you are working on.
Cheers,
