😊 thank you! Your data driven posts always get my attention!!!

Thank you so much for letting me know! I appreciate it!

Thanks Kim! It isn’t new I just had to move all my videos what were on another platform to KZbin! So I could still link them. Sorry if that is confusing. 😅

@@SewSewLive they're so many videos that I haven't gotten to it yet. 😅

@kimhandy1861 So many 😅

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Walter! I just had to move them over from a different platform. And I decided to make them public. They’re the how to video for the pattern!

Awesome! It’s a fun project. And I always learn a lot. Make sure your t shirts are just a plain jersey-classic T’s often aren’t very stretchy!

@@SewSewLive Ooo thanks for the tip!

My job is done 😌

You're welcome! Glad it helped!

Yes I have cut and sewn this shirt many times. It’s the Tropical Shirt by Wardrobe by Me. I’ve live streamed cutting and sewing it and both links can be found here: sewsew.live/products/tropical-shirt-by-wardrobe-by-me-patterns?_pos=1&_sid=e56a7c703&_ss=r

Clothes definitely get asymmetrical! And never assume they cut it on grain at the factory. It’s such a small piece and just as fiddly for them as it is for us!

Well that’s very nice of you to say! Thank you!!

I could! In this case it’s not the hump that was the problem and the foot has a built in leveler that acts like one. It’s more the transition of thicknesses it doesn’t like. It got better!

@@SewSewLive I'll keep watching. It's a long one and I haven't finished. Thanks for all the tips!

Sounds great!

If your jacket has a center seam you can try shaping it bit. I wouldn’t touch the sleeve if you’re trying to get more breadth across the back. A full bicep adjustment will only make the sleeve circumference larger. And if you do the one you see in the home sewing world, it’ll shorten the cap (I definitely don’t like that full bicep adjustment). You can try a broad back adjustment. But without seeing where it’s tight on you it’s hard to diagnose exactly what you need.

Thank you for the donation by the way! I appreciate it very much!

@@SewSewLive you are most welcome!

That’s awesome!

Glad you liked it!

Nice! Good luck!

Thanks for the inspiration!

My pleasure!

Anywhere you like!

Nice! I often just use two strands of thread in the needle. I like the way it looks.

Oh that’s good! How strange it didn’t show when I went live. Because I didn’t add it later (I can’t). Thanks for telling me!

Hey are you asking a question?

@@SewSewLive Is it possible to use French seams to sew pants and shorts without a pattern and bias cut?

Let’s see! There are a lot of things going on in that question: Of course you can sew anything without a pattern using French seams if that seam finish is appropriate for the seam you’re sewing. Usually flat felled is more often used on pants sewing (say the inseam or crotch seam of most jeans) and French seams are a little too bulky. That being said if your fabric is light weight then yes. Bias cut fabric doesn’t fray in most cases so no seam finish is necessary. Of course people still inside on finishing the edges but like I said, I’d check the fabric, if it doesn’t fray it’ll be nice and soft agains the skin without any seam finishing. Bias cut shorts or pants are going to be an interesting pattern- it could work but it might not be worth the fabric use for the trouble of fitting them. They will feel weird when you’re wearing them. You probably can’t cut pants or anything that long on the true bias unless the fabric is wide enough. But you can cut it on some amount of bias.

@SewSewLive, I appreciate your answer. However, I have heard and seen videos on how to make a pants waistband on the bias for added stretch. Also, from reading your reply, I have tutorials on how to make palazzo pants on the bias. And it works while looking very good.

@@johnpluta1768 You are right! But you didn’t tell me either of those things. 😂 you didn’t say waistband. Yes you can do a waistband on the bias. But this is a seam finish video and I thought we were talking about seam finishes. Personally I like a waistband that doesn’t stretch out. So I never use a bias cut one. Palazzo pants can be on the bias too. I just didn’t know that’s what you meant. And I also maintain that cutting them on the true bias is hard due to fabric width and length of the pattern. Good luck!

Absolutely. I know that they have men’s patterns too!

You might want to look in to the thicker throat plate. I hear it helps the needle breaking issue a lot.

I think if you’d kept watching you’d see I understood this but misunderstood the drawing for what they thought indicated ‘down’ for feed dogs. There’s many ways to interpret things.

My pleasure. 🙂

No problem!

Awesome!

It’s essential! I’ve made somethings where I didn’t and it makes the place it’s sewn so bad! It wrinkles the fabric it’s sewn too. The bias looks great but the fabric it’s against doesn’t.

My pleasure!

I’ve never gotten to try one! I think it could be really cool-but limited. It’s going to depend upon the fabric thickness, width and the seam you’re sewing. It could be a fun tool to have for some projects-but I wouldn’t bet it’d be great for all situations.

Thank you! Cheers!

I’m so glad you got it done in the end! Sometimes it just becomes a mess. For me too! And resetting can be hard depending upon the fabric but I sometimes take it all apart, remove all threads, iron the heck out of it to get it to be less stretched out, check my notches and forge ahead. It’s a tricky thing to sew! But they get easier when you find what works for you.

Thanks Kim! You got this! Cut a few to practice on!

@@SewSewLive that's a great idea! Thanks

You’re on a roll!

Awesome Kim!

Thank you!

Thank you for the super chat, Julie!! 💖

Glad to hear that!

It’s really fast!

Ooh that sounds nice! And a comfortable way to be fancy.

Such a great idea!

Neat!

It is! Quick too!