Now the question is do I want to have complete sewing tutorials for patterns you don't have?
No, this time I will share how I organize my work into chunks to save time.
The pattern companies have you doing things one at a time, back and forth..it takes forever!
I like to prepare and as much as possible work on the whole garment at once.
Things do still need to go in an order specific to the pattern you're working with so read the instructions to see if anything is unusual.
At the Cutting area
I cut out, mark and align every thing for the first trip to the sewing machine.
At the machine
I sew every thing possible on both the outer and inner jacket fabrics.
The shoulder seams.
The collar
The skirt
Change to basting stitches and sew two rows of gathering stitches on all the sleeve caps.
Change back to regular stitch length.
At the cutting table
Clip and trim the jacket collar and skirt pieces.
Turn them right side out.
At the iron
Press the jacket shoulder seams open.
Press the collar and skirt pieces nice and flat, working out any kinks in the edge.
Hopefully this is making sense, if not let me know in the comments.
I think it's time for lunch. Part 2 will come along some time next week.
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