Unboxing the December subscription Lingerie sewing box from The Lingerie Society by Pitt Trading
Beginner Sewing – How to sew a Door Snake or Draft Excluder
Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to sew a Door Snake.
Door snakes are a wonderfull way to cut down on your bills, they keep warm air in a heated house and keep cool air from escaping in an air conditioned house. Plus they are a great way to use up the fabric scraps you end up accumulating during sewing.
We will be learning how to sew straight lines turn a corner, sew and end closed and a useful way to use up fabric scraps. It’s a nice way to start building up your skills and potentially cut down your bills all at once.
For experienced sewers they are a great way to use up leftover scraps of fabrics and they make great presents for young and old.
The pattern is available from the Measure Twice Cut Once website https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a…
2022 is my year of taking the Scary out of Sewing! I want as many people as possible to take up sewing so they can create, make, mend and more. To help take away the scary, every Friday there is going to be a new video with accompanying pattern for a project entirely aimed at beginners. Each week there will be different techniques to learn or go over and it’s going to be a super fun way to grow your sewing skills.
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What I’m wearing
Dress Pattern: self drafted dress in silk from Pitt Trading
Earrings: Harry and Herne
Nail Polish: Octopus’s Garden by Hanami bag.
How to change to a Zipper Foot
Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to change your sewing machine pressor foot to a zipper foot. This method should work for most domestic machines. If you get stuck consult your manual.
If you have any questions please add them down below.
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What I’m wearing
Nail Polish: Xanadu by Hanami
Beginner Sewing – How to sew a Tote Bag
Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to sew a Tote Bag.
A Tote Bag is a great way for beginner sewers to learn straight sewing and the joy of making something incredibly useful. We will be learning how to sew straight lines and finish the edges to prevent fraying, creating a dimensional corner and attaching straps.
It’s a nice way to start building up your skills and end up with a useful tote.
For experienced sewers they are a great way to use up leftover scraps of fabrics and they make great presents for young and old.
The pattern is available from the Measure Twice Cut Once website https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a…
2022 is my year of taking the Scary out of Sewing! I want as many people as possible to take up sewing so they can create, make, mend and more.
To help take away the scary, every Friday there is going to be a new video with accompanying pattern for a project entirely aimed at beginners.
Each week there will be different techniques to learn or go over and it’s going to be a super fun way to grow your sewing skills.
See more of my sewing and shop patterns at https://measuretwicecutonce.com.au
Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_measuretwi…
Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/_MeasureTwice
Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MeasureTwiceC…
What I’m wearing
Dress Pattern: Sarah Wrap Jacket (pattern available on my website) in cat fabric from The Selvedge Society
Earrings: Harry and Herne
Nail Polish: Octopus’s Garden by Hanami
Cutting Out The November Subscription Sewing Box from The Lingerie Society . Slow TV style sewing
Join me as I decide what to make and cut out from the NovemberSubscription Sewing Box from The Lingerie Society from Pitt Trading.
Done in a slow TV style it is without sound, but with captions to explain what I’m doing, hints and tips along the way.
I had a slight problem when filming this one and filmed it the wrong way round. I’ve done my best to adjust it and make it watchable but sometimes some of the cutting isn’t on the screen. Normally I’d re do the video but I can’t re cut out a box! So I’ve done my best with the editing and hopefully it gives you the right ideas if nothing else? I’ll be back soon with all the finished pieces from the box all sewn up.
I hope you enjoy it, if you do please leave me a comment so I can do more of them in the future. As always if you like the content please hit the subscribe button so I know to keep making more videos for you.
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What I’m wearing Nail Polish: Ophelia by Hanami
How to change a sewing machine needle
Beginner Sewing – Learn to sew Scrunchies
Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to make a scrunchies for your hair.
Not only are these a good starter project they make excellent gifts and for experienced sewers they are a great way to use up small scraps and pieces.
The pattern is available from the Measure Twice Cut Once website https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a…
2022 is my year of taking the Scary out of Sewing! I want as many people as possible to take up sewing so they can create, make, mend and more.
To help take away the scary, every Friday there is going to be a new video with accompanying pattern for a project entirely aimed at beginners. Each week there will be different techniques to learn or go over and it’s going to be a super fun way to grow your sewing skills.
See more of my sewing and shop patterns at https://measuretwicecutonce.com.au
Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_measuretwi…
Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/_MeasureTwice
Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MeasureTwiceC…
What I’m wearing
Dress Pattern: Self drafted in Liberty Lawn fabric
Earrings: Harry and Herne
Nail Polish: Xanadu by Hanami
2022 the year of Taking the Scary out of Sewing
2022 is my year of taking the Scary out of Sewing!
I want as many people as possible to take up sewing so they can create, make, mend and more.
To help take away the scary, every Friday there is going to be a new video on YouTube with accompanying pattern for a project entirely aimed at beginners. Each week there will be different techniques to learn or go over and it’s going to be a super fun way to grow your sewing skills.
As often as I can on Wednesdays there will be a hint or tip showing you how to do an aspect of sewing. These will go from absolute beginners to advanced so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out.
Then on Thursdays there will be the usual unboxing, sewalongs, livestreams and more. All of it aimed to make sewing as accessible as possible so you can start, continue or grow your sewing journey.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/c/MeasureTwiceCutOnce/
See more of my sewing and shop patterns at https://measuretwicecutonce.com.au
Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_measuretwi…
Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/_MeasureTwice
Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MeasureTwiceC…
What I’m wearing
Dress Pattern: Self drafted in Liberty Lawn fabric
Earrings: Harry and Herne
Nail Polish: Xanadu by Hanami
Sewing Adventures – Lilac Outback Wife Barkcloth Dress
ah my much neglected blog, with 2021 being the year of lockdowns and endless days of staying at home in our tiny apartment I wasn’t much in the mood for taking photos of what I was wearing. However New Year new way of trying things out and I’m going to be back documenting my makes as I was so surprised how often I referred to the blog to figure out what if any changes I needed to make to patterns and garments.
This dress is a modified version of my standard block. I added sleeves, raised the neck and adjusted the waist to be slightly boxier to account for weight and also comfort as this fabric is quite thick and hefty feeling so I knew if I made it too tight it would feel hot and uncomfortable.
The fabric is an Outback Wife printed barkcloth that I ordered when a load of fabric was dumped into the market at either $5 or $8 a metre. I basically rang the place in Melbourne that had them and said I’ll take meterage of whatever was left in pink or purples. You can see my other make from this fabric here.
I figured if a global pandemic wasn’t enough to convince me to make the good fabric up while you can, then I should just get on with the cutting. Apart from making sure I didn’t end up with flower boob by cutting a more central flower I basically just went for it with the cutting. The skirt is the width of the fabric x 2 just pleated to meet the bodice circumference.
A simple make but I’ve worn it so much and am so glad it’s made up and not just a fabric in the stash.
Fabric: Outback Wife barkcloth bought on sale from Melbourne and then stashed till now
Pattern: standard block with sleeves
Alterations: raised back squared sides to add more room at waist
Sewing Adventures – Tights
This year I’m taking on my stash, I’m using things up to make useful things. I have no interest in making things that are wasteful or making them with the aim to giving them to charity so it’s using with a purpose in order to get the stash down.
First up is a remnant of athletic Lycra from Pitt Trading, I think I had got it to make a swimsuit or maybe a rashie but then realised I could make a pair of 3/4 tights. I grabbed my self drafted tights pattern and got cutting.
I didn’t have enough fabric to cut the waistband with the greatest stretch going around (I use the waistband from the Jalie Clara tights as I love how high it is) so I did some calculations and cut it on the opposite stretch. It makes it feel very firm so you have to be careful with your calculations or you feel very sausagey. Due to a scar on my torso I wear my waistbands very high to avoid irritating the area with the scar.
Using the 4 thread on the over locker I threw it all together with some swim elastic in the top waistband join. At this point I had to stop working as I was off to go dog sit for some friends so I threw the tights in to finish while I was there.
Working with what I had with me I used black thread to top stitch the top of the waistband (where I inserted some swim elastic). I used a 3 step zig zag so it sat as flat as possible. Hems we’re done with a regular zig zag.
While the yellow colour feels very uh yellow! I know these are going to get a tonne of wear for doing workouts on the roof and this week they’ve been great for dog walking.
Pattern: self drafted tights with Jalie Clara waistband (modified as I adjusted the size based on stretch and I changed the construction).
Fabric: from the stash, originally from athletic Lycra from Pitt Trading
Alterations: cut shorter leg to make allowances for the fact it was a remnant, cut waistband on the cross grain due to fabric useage.
