Pattern Review: The Tempo Sundress from Love Notions

Pattern Review: Tempo Sundress from Love Notions
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[@suzyqsmith7310]

Wonderful demonstration on the shirring!

[@cindycash1772]

Now I understand the plaid dress's fit... very pretty on the bias... excellent tips n notes on construction... thank you... blessings

[@purllletteknit9103]

You look so cute in that dress. I'm close to your measurements and age. I'm grateful for your videos and modelling your makes, they inspire me.

[@rayleenwallace8750]

Love your detailed thoughtful reviews 🙏🏼👌🏻 thank you for all that you do x appreciate you

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

Thank you, Rayleen

[@richardsimpson6773]

Such good information -really appreciate all your information. Very pretty dresses!

[@tamarakarlin2758]

Thanks Kim, lots of great tips for making this pretty dress. Love both of yours. Need to try shirring, you make it look easy, thanks!

[@krisl.4962]

For as much adjusting as you needed for the linen version, it turned out so well and looks terrific on you! Actually, both dresses look lovely!!

[@kerrys778]

I appreciate your review! Thank you for the fabric suggestions as well. Both dresses are so pretty. Great video. Thank you so much for the shirring tutorial. I think I can do it!

[@donnaschindlbeck7457]

Great tips for the new LN Tempo dress!

[@nancy9478]

Fabric stores often have shirred fabric, that may well be an option for those who want the shirring without the effort. By the way, I enjoy your videos!

[@kquilter6043]

You look stunning in your tempo sundress. Lovely make!

[@nicolewilson4055]

Great tips thank you. This pattern came into my email and part of the reason I bought it was because it looked so pretty on you.

[@pollymaxwell5585]

Thank you for the great tips, I am one of those people that are between sizes and I was questioning whether I should size up or down.

[@michellem3899]

Thanks for the fabric links. 😄 don’t tell my husband. I have similar dress to this one so I probably won’t buy the pattern, but love Love Notions and your videos. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

[@farmwife7944]

Thanks for this review. I have the pattern but decided to watch a couple reviews in case there are any issues. I did shirring in the past so this dress should go well. I have to ask a question that is just bursting out of me, but please do not take offense. Why are you looking up at the ceiling for the entire video? I notice that some other KZbinrs look off to the side for the videos and I just don’t understand the thinking behind not looking at the camera and us here on the other side. I mean no offense because I enjoy your videos and would watch them even if you were standing on your head!

[@joanneblair2087]

I love this dress but am too old to wear it. I might make one for my daughter

[@anessaharris9947]

😃

[@cherylp.3347]

That shirring is not as easy as some make it out to be! I tried a few times over the years with fails. I studied many KZbin videos and followed along and it just didn’t work. I had no gathering and big loops, in a snake pattern on the back. Tension issues for sure. A few weeks ago i tried again and I finally got it t work. I had to mess with turning the screw on my bobbin holder. I wrote down my settings both before and for the shirring. Next time I went and tried it did not work again. 😩 it makes a difference on the elastic thread you use. The first type must have been a little thicker I think, the second was a guetterman (?) thread and needed different settings. Then it wouldn’t work again and I discovered i needed to wind it , by hand, with just the right amount of tension or it wouldn’t work. It takes a bit of practice on scraps to get it right. I made the recent love notion blouse ( ballad? ) and was surprised to find it took a whole 2small spools of elastic thread. I’m not in America so it was a bit expensive, $ 8 just for the elastic thread I needed. Still, I’m keen to try this dress in the summer as I like the look of shirring.

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

Sounds a bit like the thread wasn’t catching in the hook of the bobbin. That’s exactly what happens. Thread does make a difference I had some old elastic thread that I had when I did this years ago, but it did not work well either. I had pretty good success with Dritz brand thread. You can do elastic channels with this pattern that has a similar look to shirring. There are instructions for that in the pattern.

[@sherinichols6404]

Thank you for the video. When you are shirring, do you use regular thread in the top of your machine?

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

Yes. Do make sure that it is polyester (most of it is), and not all cotton. Polyester has a little more give.

[@cjane51]

Thanks for the review. What brand and size of elastic thread do you use? I’d love to see how thick it is. I have a spool of elastic thread from when I was making bead necklaces. It is thicker than the 50 wt cotton I usually use. Is that what I want for the bobbin when shirring? I also read that Mettler is now making an elastic thread which is about 40 wt. Would that be best? Thanks Kim.

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

It’s not the same as for jewelry making. I like the Dritz brand.

[@donnarichey144]

You have to hand wind the bobbin? What kind of thread?

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

Elastic thread - I find Dritz brand best.

[@juliehale9491]

Please get your glasses fixed, you push them up so much that it distracts from what your saying. Dresses are great they look very pretty. Is it itchy I find that the elastic itches when I use this method.

[@dorothysdaughtersews]

Julie - it wasn’t my glasses. It was for some reason very hot in my room and I had sweat in my nose making my glasses slide down. I started and stopped a ton of times to wipe my nose off. I’m so sorry you felt distracted by it.

[@nancy9478]

Julie, if you have a latex allergy, or the start of one, elastic can cause itching. Sew Sassy sells latex free elastics.