Regardless of the fabric you have chosen to use for the jacket, a certain level of pre-treating will be required....

This week we will be working on muslins,  fitting, and fabric prep .....   So, hopefully everyone has printed their...

This month is flying by, so I thought it was time to get some suggestions out there for sew along...

Finally!!!  and I did actually wear this today just like this...60 degrees was the perfect temp, but it turns out...

I am almost done with the jacket, the outside is finished apart from a major clean up and press (that will...

Ah, where to begin....that was such a fun week! I'll do all the fabric, construction details and a review of...

I spent all of last week, thinking we should have started the Little French Jacket sew along by making this...

Marfy 0757 guipure lace skirt I can't tell you how hard this was to photograph, I need a sold background...

These are the last two posts for the skirt sew along, I thought I would just cover some basic options...

DARTS TO PRINCESS SEAMS I've made a LFJ on the blog and now its time to make the Little French...

So this is it, the final post for the basic skirt..... and I do think, that this will become my...

My guipure skirt  is soooo close to being done,  I'll include lots of details and  pics on Friday about sewing...

So many possibilities, I don't know what to use next!!..... Anyway....hopefully at this point  you have a great fitting muslin...

I've made the mistake twice now of thinking these free patterns are not really my thing, and yet once made...

Well the snow makes for pretty pictures at least!   and I finally finished 3182....while I love the end result...

and finally! Lets start with options for finishing the armholes... I know lots of you were confused that there were...

Today,  lets talk a little about seams .... you have probably decided after reading Pt 4 which method will  work...

While perfecting your muslin is probably one of the most important stages of a great garment,  making a master pattern...

Yep 16 degrees and snowing....gritted teeth cold! When I first planned the blouse sew along,  one of my big considerations...

I think there is a fine line when altering a top with this style.....remove to much fabric and its a...

To reduce the length of these  looooong posts..sorry!... I am going to split the back slash into Pt 2A and...

I've split this post for ease,  Pt 2A is all about the back slash...posted earlier today...and this is Pt 2B....

So here we go, Part 1 of the blouse sew along.  Its been wonderful reading all your comments and emails,...

Its official,   this is the most complicated pattern I have ever made......twice!... and  it's still my favorite by far.......

So this is it, my final sew along post..... and while I am excited to get back to some creative...

This is it,  we have finally reached the sleeves! Hopefully you have read Inna's post on the fell stitch and your...

This week we finally wrestle the shaggy dog into something recognizable!   When you are happy with your fittings, machine...

Its finally looking jacket- ish!  This made me laugh......my shoulders extend to the hand, so I have had to pin...

I find quilting to be one of the nicest stages of a French jacket,  when you see those beautiful rows...

More pictures of Tracey's jacket towards the end.... scroll on down!   I started thinking  last week about my first...