I have been an absent blogger for a while, but here I am back with pics of my finished dressing gown, Butterick 5537. It is a hard colour to photograph, so these photos have been lightened slightly. I lengthened the gown by about 2 inches, and shortened the sleeves by lots! I am a smidge over 5 foot, so it is wonderful to get the sleeves the perfect length for me.
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| Back view with visiting celebrity model "Bootsie". |
I had a little trouble with the front facing as it was loose all the way down the front. I stiched it by hand in three places, so it does not flop out while I am wearing it. I also top stitched the collar and the front.
I found a kind of overlocking/serger stitch on my Janome so I used it to sew the whole dressing gown (except of course the top stitching). It worked quite well and used up quite a bit of thread. I like this dressing gown pattern and would use it again.
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| Overlocker/serger stitch on my Janome |
Happy sewing everyone!
2 comments:
Uh Oh, I left a comment (I thought) and it's not here!
Let's see, I said I have the opposite problem, I'm tall and have a hard time finding sleeves LONG enough, so that's one reason I like sewing.
I'm going to check my Janome and see if it has an overlock stitch. I might even have to read the directions but it would be worth it to sew on knits.
And as always, Bootsie is an asset to any picture.
Hi Audra, I got both your comments thanks but only this one appeared. Yes we sewers are lucky to be able to customize our sewing patterns.
I can send you a pic of what the stitch looks like on my Janome stitch guide. I am sure they have a standard set of stitches on their different models.
Bootsie is a keen model, I don't want to dampen his enthusiasim.
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