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Posts Tagged: Gertie's

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I don’t quite fully understand this… but I think I will once I am forced to encounter it.

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3 ways to stabilize a neckline. Something I have not yet had to do, but am keeping hand for the future. 

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Gertie's: Adding Underlining

Part of Gertie’s Crepe Sew-a-long, she shows us how to add some underlining to a garment. 

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Princess Seams from Lovely Gertie :3 A tricky piece to do…

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This makes a lot more sense once you read the article.

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Gertie tells us about silk thread

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The second part of a three part tutorial for making a shirred-back dress. The first part is about modifying a pattern, and the third part is about attaching the shirring to the skirt part. 

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Gertie's Tailoring posts

Going through her blog, and trying to find information to absorb. This tag however, does have some very useful information, but I hardly understand it! Things about lining coats, and making peplums, and all sorts of other things I hardly even have beginners knowledge of. Maybe this might suit you more? 

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Gertie gives us a small tutorial on how to sew with Chantilly lace. (Her original post says part one, but I did not find any follow up rather than just pictures of her final dress)

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Gertie gives some examples on how some light weight cottons will drape. This is something that will confuse and trip me up for a while I think.

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