#charm patterns

[fynneyseas]

area femme makes art class teaching apron for gender and for profit (not ruining clothes)

the combined pockets on the charm patterns artist apron fit my tea thermos, a roll of paper towels, a full pencil case, a dry erase marker, my backpack parking passes, and still have room for things like my wrist splint and my most important classroom materials, earplugs.

[mythologicalmango]

Agnes helped me cut out fabric for a dress today.

I bought the fabric in January 2022 when a fabric store was closing. I think I had about 6 yards? Anyways. That second picture is the remaining bit of border print left!

I got very lucky!

[aikyudo]

Here's a dress I recently finished! It's the Milicent Skirt and Barbara Bodice by Charm Patterns. Charm patterns does vintage inspired sewing patterns and is SUPER size inclusive: size 2-34.

Now these sizes are not accurate to your conventional sizes. I've been losing weight, so right now I'm 160lbs at 5'4, and I'm solidly a size 10 in Charm Patterns, however I think I'm a size 14 in standard sizes.

One struggle I had found when I first started my vintage sewing journey over 2 years ago was the sewing patterns/clothes available. I had been around 180lbs at my heaviest, and nothing I found could fit me. I really really love Charm Patterns, and would encourage to give the website a look! With foundation garmets and heels, I find the 50s silhouette really flattering on me. With my weight loss, I'm finally getting my figure back! I gained a lot of weight due to alcohol use disorder right after I graduated high school, so I'm excited to explore my body as an adult. Loving my curves and hips!

[jenrenfieldhandmade]

Hello Tumblr!

Instead have a complete freaking disaster under the cut:

I made another mock-up for the picnic top and all my alterations turned out to be spot on:

I was very happy with the fit and went on to the real deal.

All went well until...

I magically went up an entire cup size? Or just size in general?! What the...?!

Also the skirt is STILL too big:

My mood rn: :/

[oururbancottage]

Sew With Me: Vintage 1940s Style Cobber Dress by Gertie | Slow Living | Silent Vlog | ASMR

Join me in the sewing room while I quietly create this super cute vintage 1940s style Cobbler Dress. The pattern is by Gertie from her Charm

Join me in the sewing room while I quietly create this super cute vintage 1940s style Cobbler Dress. The pattern is by Gertie from her Charm Patterns Patreon library and It was so much fun to put together! I definitely see more of these in my future.

| Slow Living | Silent Vlog | ASMR

[jenrenfieldhandmade]

It's just another w-i-p wednesday

and this week's episode is either called 'darts are difficult' or 'failsafe projects don't exist' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

*featuring Charm Patterns' Picnic Skirt and Top*:

The Picnic skirt does not require a pattern! A youtube tutorial and instructions are available for free! The top however is a patreon-only pattern from back in 2020

(long, picture-heavy, w-i-p)

Like most of my projects these days this project started with some fabric I got on clearance. Get this! 1,8m for 6,99€!

I started working on the skirt first, since it doesn't require a pattern and is generally quick and easy to make. Et voilà!

The skirt came together in a couple of hours! It's only lacking buttons and buttonholes. Unfortunately I'm still waiting for my buttons to arrive.

Overall I'm quite happy with the skirt so far, my only quarrel with it is that the ease you're supposed to add to the waistband made my waistband turn out much too wide for me.

SO MUCH FOR FAILSAFE HUH?!

I really couldn't bring myself to redo the entire gathering and the waistband, so I simply sewed a little wedge at the center back:

This isn't very professional but it does the job and it's barely noticable from farther away:

You may notice that my skirt has a seam at center back, whereas the original skirt is sewn as one continuous piece, my skirt is also much shorter. That's simply because of how little fabric I had.

After the skirt was done I had very little fabric left for the top:

Which means I'll have to do the cropped version (right hand side of first photo) as opposed to the waist length version. That's okay though, we deal.

Starting on the top however was slightly frightening for me, because it's shaped entirely through darts -my age-old nemesis- and I learned the hard way that Charm Patterns' bust darts NEVER work for me. So I definitely had to make a muslin and some alterations:

Right off the bat, I feel like the neckline scoops way lower than it does on the models?! -Do not like that! And of course the darts don't work for me but otherwise it fit really well!

The blue dot is where my bust apex is (please tumblr there is no female presenting nipple here!) I hope you can see that the side dart is way too low (all bust darts should point towards the bust apex) Also the front dart needs to be ever so slightly bigger and longer.

Here are the rough first alterations, fine tuning still to be done:

[jenrenfieldhandmade]

Here’s the Peter Pan bolero all done!

It fits perfectly and is surprisingly warm.

I made some mistakes with the fake fur. Apparently you’re supposed to cut through the backing only and not the pile....*fake fur everywhere* It’s also not perfectly sewn but I tried and I think the result looks okay!

I’m really happy with how the top stitching looks and I think the sleeve facings were also a good call.

Now I really want to make a quilted knit circle skirt, I think that would look soo cute together!

[jenrenfieldhandmade]

Another wednesday, another w-i-p:

(long, picture-heavy, w-i-p)

My bf -the absolute darling- gifted me one month of Gertie’s Patreon, with access to all her patreon exclusive patterns. I am overjoyed because I’ve been eyeing them for a while (but I’m not a fan of subscription-based websites).

I knew that this cute bolero would be the first pattern I wanted to try. I plan to make this one in black:

I just think the fake fur collar and pom poms are so cute!

And I just so happened to have leftover black fake fur! I also got a black quilted knit (sorry for dog hair... it’s everywhere):

I’ve never worked with quilted knits or fake fur before, so I’m not sure what to expect but the pattern itself is not too difficult.

Here are the collar and pom pom pieces cut out: the Peter Pan collar consists of two pieces, an upper and an under collar. Usually the upper collar would be interfaced but for the faux fur I skipped this step. The under collar is made of some -sturdy- satin -not the really thin slippery ones.

The pom poms are simple circles that I cut out using a small bowl as guide. They will be stuffed with fiber fill stuffing. I had a little too much fun stuffing these and kept OVER-stuffing them, which caused my thread to break, when trying to close them, whoops. For the pom pom cords I repurposed shoelaces because that’s what I had on hand.

I only made one alteration to the pattern- or rather an addition. They suggest hand hemming the sleeve. But I have to admit that my handstitches are neither as neat nor as sturdy as I like them to be. I also wanted this garment to be machine-washable, so I opted for adding facings to the sleeves:

I did so using a piece of paper that I laid on top of my finished sleeve and then folded it to match the sleeve opening. I left out one seam allowance as I’ll be cutting the facing on the fold.

I skipped interfacing the sleeve facing since this really doesn’t need to be that sturdy. As the facings of the bolero bodice will be top-stitched down, I decided to do the same with the sleeve facings to keep things consistent. I actually tried the top stitching on the sleeves first to see how it works and if I like it.

And here’s what it looks like:

And here’s what it looks like from the inside :

Nice and neat! Will survive the washing machine for sure!

*I unfortunately didn’t take more pictures during construction as the faux fur scared me a bit and I just wanted to get it over with...

finished project coming on friday though...