Josephine Sews

If you want quick and simple this pattern fits the bill.  I saw this pattern on the Lekala  site and loved it.  I loved the style and simplicity of it.  I really loved that it looked really easy to sew.  When I reviewed the instructions I was right.  So I immediately ordered this pattern. Lekala 4659 How I Did It Fabric came from my stash.  I have had this fabric a minimum of 10 years and I finally found something to make with it. I added interfacing to the back neck facing and stitched my darts.  I then serged the edges of the right/left fronts and turned them back 3/4". The Lekala instructions were perfect which is not the norm, but construction was different than what I was used to so I kept re-reading them thinking something was wrong.  Once I decided to follow the instructions it was easy sailing. I stitched the neckline to form the self front facing.  When I pressed this seam I rolled the right side o...

I stumbled onto this pattern looking for other patterns on the Lekala site.  I wanted something easy to sew and I figured this seemed pretty easy.  This is a Beta pattern and you get it for free right now.  With beta patterns they give them away for some predetermined amount of time then afterwards a price is added. Lekala S3087 I went to download the pattern and noticed there were no sewing instructions and initially I hesitated about getting it.  Then I reassured myself that it was simple enough and I had enough sewing experience to figure it out. How I Did It I downloaded and assembled the pattern using a quick method shown on the Itch to Stitch site.  This particular method has really sped up my pattern assembly. I used a piece of stretch twill/denim from my stash leftover from another project.  Since I knew this skirt was a "tight" fit I decided to cut the skirt on the crosswise grain because it had the most stretch - so I thou...