The Winners Are

The winners of the thread magazines giveaway are;

1. AliceMarie (I will be sending you set 5 as requested)
2. Iryna Boehland
3. The Hojnackes
4. Farhana
5. Joyce in NC

Thanks  everyone for participating, it was so much fun picking the winners. 

Please pm me your address at (asewfit at yahoo dot ca).

Thread Magazines Giveaway

I have 20 copies of past thread magazines to give away to 5 individuals i.e 4 magazines per person. The publication year is between 1983-2003.

If you are interested, all you need do is be a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post.
I will do a random draw on Friday Feb.8th and post the winners.

Unfortunately, I will only be able to mail these free of-charge within Canada and US. However, other countries can still leave comment but they will be responsible for the postage....sorrrry :)

Here are the magazines, I have divided them into 5 sets , and this is how they will be mailed out.

Enjoy!!!

 Set 1

 Set 2

 Set 3

Set 4



Set 5

Fast and easy top (B5355)

First one down. Here is a review of a fast and easy butterick 5355 top....

Fabric: Sheer polyester from my stash.. I think I got it from Fabricland reminant area, because I had just 1 m.

Pattern Description: Very loose-fitting pullover tops, have elbow or full length raglan sleeves......Views A, B, C , D
Pattern Sizing: Xsm-Sml-Med. I cut medium and view C

Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?: Pretty much but with few modifications

Were the instructions easy to follow:  Very easy and straight forward,

Pattern Alterations or any design changes you made: I made  few changes.
(a) I did not follow the instruction regarding the neck finishing, instead of encasing the neck with double fold bias tape , I finished the raw edges with single fold bias tape and pressed the edges down to enclose the raw edges, and slipstitched it in place. I like the neck this way.
(b )Also I used roll hem stitch to finish the sleeve and the hem
(c) I also used fench seam throughout.
(d) My fabric wasn't enough so instead of cutting the back on fold as the pattern suggested, I cut 2 back sections and joined them together with french seam.

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? I love the raglan sleeve,  nothing to dislike.  

Would you recommend it to others? Yes, to whoever likes this type of style

Conclusion: Fast and easy.......might make one more sometime

In another news
Based on my last post I received more email regarding the thread magazine giveway and I had just 7, so all have been sent to the 3 sistahs that asked first.

Greytone asked if I can make a copy of the "Inside Chanel Jacket," I have to check if this is legal, I can do this and send it to you for NO FEE. Please if anybody knows if this is legal I will appreciate your input... Greytone you can send me a mail and we go from there, I couldn't leave a comment or send you mail from your blog............................

 That's all for now friends..............Enjoy the rest of the week.

Aminat

I won KIVA gift Certificate

Recently Gwen had  a give-away price for her 300th post and I was fortunate enough to win the price;  a $50 KIVA gift certificate which  I have already put in good use, I am so happy  that I can help.
Gwen, thanks so much for this opportunity to help those in need.

In case you haven't heard of  KIVA , it's an organisation that lets individual lend  to small enterpreneur in any part of the world. You can read more about them at http://www.kiva.org/  .

So here are the pictures of my loan recipients ...
A 64yr old farmer from Togo and a 48yr old firewood retailer and mother of 8 children from Mali.

I hope to reloan  after the repayment of this first one. It's so exciting and uplifting to help others.

~Aminat