Chatelaine diy

Hey, I am back! Apologies once again for being MIA. Lots of reasons but none that warrant sharing. None the less, I have something beauti...

I'm going to a CQ workshop in July and had wanted to make a new chatelaine.. This old photo makes mine look pretty good but believe me, it is now old, well traveled, quite shabby, and the fact I spilled a cup of coffee on it didn't help. And since my new group of CQers want to make one I'll try to make a tutorial out of it... Phase one - Planning... Make a list of everything you absolutely need to stitch ...whether you're on a plane or on a cruise or on a mountain top.. You can't go look for…

When writing this post, I initially started writing about how a problem facing many historical costumers is carrying all of our bits and bobs when many dresses come without pockets, and how finding…

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The lining has two parts. Sew together with a long stitch---6-8 to an inch. This is because one the chatelaine is assembled this seam will be removed and become the pocket opening. Press open and top stitch on both sides of the seam. Last time I didn't take the time to embellish the lining but will do so on this one... I added a small lace just below where the opening will be...and then added this lovely venice lace rose... The roses were salvaged from a thrift store teddy....a passionate…

I made the pattern for the back side of the chatelaine. It has two sections which I had added to my current chatelaine and I love for non-sewing items... I keep my MP3 player in one and business cards in the other. I plan to add a small zippered pocket also on one side for my needle threaders. I also made patterns for the outside front pocket and the needle pad. And I did a template of the actual size of the front pocket to use as a guide for the motifs. I used the template as a guide to…

A chatelaine. Want one!