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Lou Box Top Sewalong – Part 1 Supplies

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Lou Box Top Sewalong – Part 1 Supplies

The first step of any sewing project is to gather your fabric and supplies. Your project will go much more smoothly if you have everything you need right from the beginning. There's no bigger buzz kill than having to run out to the fabric store in the middle of stitching to pick up supplies. (Trust me! I've done it more times than I can count!) So, today I'm going to give you some tips on choosing fabric for the woven version of the Lou Box Top pattern and a list of essential supplies. Let's get started!

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DIY Blue Striped Scoopneck Top – Lou Box Top

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DIY Blue Striped Scoopneck Top – Lou Box Top

Hello happy sewists! I hope that you are having lovely weekends. The kind of weekends I love most are perfectly balanced between making things, drinking lots of coffee (who am I kidding, I do that every day!) and relaxing with friends and family. When I'm lounging around sewing, listening to the radio, topping off the water in the iron and the coffee in my cup, I wear my comfiest, stretchiest clothes. When sewing, I move around the house, from cutting on the floor, to the ironing board to the sewing machine, to a chair for pinning or unpicking, so comfort is a must.

Lou Box Top Sewalong Schedule

Hello wonderful sew-istas! I'm just popping in to announce the schedule for the Lou Box Top sewalong. The sewalong will be a supplement to the pdf instructions with photos of every step plus some tips and advice that would have been too long and cumbersome to include in the instructions.

The sewalong will be for the woven version of the top and is starting on Feb 16, 2015, to give everyone following along enough time to find the right fabric. The size chart and yardage requirements are on the pattern page, just click through the images to view. I recommend using a fabric that has a lot of drape such crepe de chine. If the fabric is too stiff it could end up looking too boxy.

Part 1 Fabric – Monday, Feb. 16

Part 2 Pattern Prep – Tuesday, Feb. 17

Part 3 Cutting – Wednesday, Feb. 18

Part 4 Back – Thursday, Feb. 19

Part 5 Shoulder/Side Seams – Monday, Feb. 23

Part 6 Neck Binding – Tuesday, Feb. 24

Part 7 Hem – Wednesday, Feb. 25

Part 8 Styling – Thursday, Feb. 26

Be sure to check out this roundup of tester photos and get inspired then go grab yourself a copy of the pattern. I hope that you join along in the fun!

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