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Hooded pea jacket Burda 08-2009-142 (2) Interfacing

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Suite de mes aventures... le dernière fois j'ai parlé de la doublure. Sur la photo, ci-dessous la voici telle qu'elle se présente prêt à être posée. To start where I stopped last time, here's a picture of the finished lining. Now, though the jacket is not finished I am progressing slowly but steadily. I am not born organized, consequently my progression is daily interrupted by some amendments of my basic plans or by some book consulting or some googling concerning a sequence that I am not mastering and that Burda fails to explain clearly. For today, let's concentrate on  interfacing . Parlons de l'entoilage . I used a fusible tricot interfacing suitable for medium weight fabric with some stretch. To pre-shrink interfacing, I soaked it in hot (not boiling hot, but tab hot) clear water for about 20 minutes and let it dry. Méthode pour thermocoller l'entoilage : ( en anglais uniquement et je m'en excuse, mais je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps. Si vous

tuto "les ruches"

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Yesterday I read Kathleen's  post in Fashion Incubator discussing the difference between tucks and pleats. In the comments Marilyn  mentionned that some "fashionisti" snobs used the french term "ruche" instead of gather or gathering. To confirm her assertion here's a tutorial I found in my personnal library concerning "ruches". These are much more tan simple gathers. Hopefully, this will be of some help or interest to somebody. The french explanations may be somewhat confusing but the images speak for themselves.