{"id":923,"date":"2016-06-21T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/?p=923"},"modified":"2017-12-16T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:02:30","slug":"the-big-vintage-sew-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/","title":{"rendered":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-905 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BV-sewalong-badge_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BV sewalong - badge_thumb\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BV-sewalong-badge_thumb.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BV-sewalong-badge_thumb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0sewn\u00a0a vintage-style garment before, but when I saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagesewalong.co.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">BIG Vintage Sew-along<\/a> advertised online, I decided it was worth trying.<\/p>\n<p>I picked a vintage inspired shirt:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewdirect.com\/acatalog\/Butterick-6217-VINT6217.html\" target=\"_blank\">Butterick 6217<\/a>, which seems to fit me more\u00a0accurately than the other tops I&#8217;ve tried making so far!<\/p>\n<p>I made a version from a duvet cover to start with, but that was way too big across the chest, and also a bit too low &#8211;\u00a0verging on &#8220;indecent&#8221; to wear outside!<\/p>\n<p>So this is the sneak peek at my second attempt, made from some fabric I bought in a remnants pack. I took off an inch at the shoulders on the front, adding it back onto the base again, and that seems to have resolved the too-low V-neck\u00a0problem. I just need to get the buttons attached, then I can get some photos of it actually being worn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-924\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-front-sneak-peek.jpg\" alt=\"tie-front-sneak-peek\" width=\"500\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-front-sneak-peek.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-front-sneak-peek-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never\u00a0sewn\u00a0a vintage-style garment before, but when I saw the BIG Vintage Sew-along advertised online, I decided it was worth trying. I picked a vintage inspired shirt:\u00a0Butterick 6217, which seems to fit me more\u00a0accurately than the other tops I&#8217;ve tried making so far! I made a version from a duvet cover to start with, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,2],"tags":[139,140,3,138,141],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clothing","category-sewing","tag-butterick","tag-butterick-6217","tag-sewing-2","tag-sneak-peek","tag-vintage-inspired"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;ve never\u00a0sewn\u00a0a vintage-style garment before, but when I saw the BIG Vintage Sew-along advertised online, I decided it was worth trying. I picked a vintage inspired shirt:\u00a0Butterick 6217, which seems to fit me more\u00a0accurately than the other tops I&#8217;ve tried making so far! I made a version from a duvet cover to start with, but [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dragons Flame Designs\u2122\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sewist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dragonsews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dragonsews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sewist\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sewist\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c\"},\"headline\":\"The BIG Vintage Sew-along\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/tie-top-header.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Butterick\",\"Butterick 6217\",\"sewing\",\"Sneak-Peek\",\"Vintage inspired\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Clothing\",\"Sewing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/\",\"name\":\"The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/tie-top-header.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/tie-top-header.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/tie-top-header.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The BIG Vintage Sew-along\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dragons Flame Designs\u2122\",\"description\":\"My little crafty world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\\\/knit\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c\",\"name\":\"Sewist\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sewist\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122","og_description":"I&#8217;ve never\u00a0sewn\u00a0a vintage-style garment before, but when I saw the BIG Vintage Sew-along advertised online, I decided it was worth trying. I picked a vintage inspired shirt:\u00a0Butterick 6217, which seems to fit me more\u00a0accurately than the other tops I&#8217;ve tried making so far! I made a version from a duvet cover to start with, but [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/","og_site_name":"Dragons Flame Designs\u2122","article_published_time":"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":450,"height":440,"url":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sewist","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dragonsews","twitter_site":"@dragonsews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sewist","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/"},"author":{"name":"Sewist","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#\/schema\/person\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c"},"headline":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along","datePublished":"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#\/schema\/person\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg","keywords":["Butterick","Butterick 6217","sewing","Sneak-Peek","Vintage inspired"],"articleSection":["Clothing","Sewing"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/","url":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/","name":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along &#8226; Dragons Flame Designs\u2122","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-21T09:00:21+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-16T12:02:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tie-top-header.jpg","width":450,"height":440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/the-big-vintage-sew-along\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The BIG Vintage Sew-along"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/","name":"Dragons Flame Designs\u2122","description":"My little crafty world","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#\/schema\/person\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/#\/schema\/person\/c65e8d7e43f88dbda957ec1fe8e4f78c","name":"Sewist","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Sewist"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43fdc1da5107bb220d81f84fd2f3579b938c15c4f5df595cdbd52b51aaf24ca6?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}