Jalie 3350 Finally Came!


I waited ever so patiently for my Jalie 3350 pattern to arrive last week and when it didn't, I sent PatternReview.com an email to check its status. They replied on Tuesday and said USPS tracking marked it as delivered last Saturday. The problem is, it didn't arrive. What do you do when the post office marks something as delivered that wasn't? I was so excited to get my pattern and it was killing me to have it 'lost' in the mail.
I didn't have to stew over it long, I didn't even have the chance to go down to the post office and inquire about my package because it arrived in the mail today. Yay!!! Such a relief!


I paid good money for that pattern and it's great to see it in the flesh. Ta - da!!! I had no idea the pattern would be soooo big. The cover looks to be a 9x12" piece of paper.

No squinting required!

This is a closeup of a picture of the actual pattern - on medium weight paper - not that flimsy one-time-use tissue paper. Boo ya!

And here is a great illustration of the twist neckline. This will make it easier to figure out how to alter the bust when I come to it. What a great design!
This pattern is a multi-size pattern from girls' 2-13 to womens' 4-22 and ALL sizes are included in this one pattern. Too bad I don't have like six sisters all in need of swimsuits.
I will be ordering my swimsuit fabric from SpandexHouse.com. I don't have a good source for swimsuit fabric in Charleston. I'm a hard sell when it comes to nylon spandex prints and solid colors. I've learned from experience that I like it to be a good medium weight and of superior quality, and I can get all of it from this supplier.
Did you know that you can order up to 10 free samples and Spandex House will ship them for free? Let me reiterate that....FREE SAMPLES, at no cost, not even for shipping! If you're like me you need to see, touch, put fabric up to your face before you're ready to commit. These samples are not tiny 3x3" squares. They are at least 3x8". And now for my contenders...
I love these carefree dots:

This one reminds me of "Starry Night"

And this floral on black could be pretty chic:

I also got some solid red milliskin matte samples. Be careful...I feel like their solid colors are totally different in person. I thought the reds would be darker. Before you buy, check the samples. Then you will be sure you TOTALLY LOVE your fabric.
Also, speaking of knits...

Last week I ran out of the Design Plus I use to hem my knits. I finished my Ella Moss T-Shirt without it. It was really hard to keep my hem from moving around under the presser foot and the finished product was not as professional-looking. I'm so glad it's back in my sewing room again!
What projects do you have planned? I would love to read about them in the comments below. Thanks for reading :)
  • Love
  • Save
    1 love
    Add a blog to Bloglovin’
    Enter the full blog address (e.g. https://www.fashionsquad.com)
    We're working on your request. This will take just a minute...