Yesterday, you saw the blouse where I applied these lovelies. Today, I’m going to show you how to make your own hand worked buttonholes. This is a technique I’ve done on a few different garments and even though I haven’t yet perfected their art, I’ve still found them to be extraordinarily beautiful. I’ve picked up…
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I’ve done handmade buttonholes before, but not ever quite like I did on my Boysenberry Pastry Blouse. When I’ve done them before, its always been just one on a jacket or something, more as a decorative touch to finish the garment. Then I decided that I needed to at least given them a try on…
This is what has been finished of my wiggle dress so far. Remember, I told you about the vintage pattern I bought online. It’s that wiggle dress and jacket circa 1961 and I’m getting really excited to have a good wiggle in it. I read Casey’s excellent post on vintage pattern priming and she recommended…