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Written by Chris 🏳️‍🌈🧵🧝🏼 on 2025-01-20 at 19:50

The pockets on the brocade hoodie require work before I can finalize this pattern. The opening is too short, welt “wings” need widening, and pocket bag needs reshaping per this ugly hack I just made. This is why I test all of my newly drafted patterns with cheap fabric! #sewing #ElfkinCollection

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Written by Chris 🏳️‍🌈🧵🧝🏼 on 2025-01-20 at 19:56

Considering these pockets on the brocade hoodie more carefully, they’re going to need to be horizontal rather than slant. Because of the bias opening at the front of the hoodie, there’s just no room for a hand to get into a slant pocket on the narrow half of the front. Oh, well!

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Written by justmichelle on 2025-01-20 at 20:48

@elfkin If there was ever a case for "measure twice" it is in freaking welt pockets. (I intensely dislike having to sew welt pockets but love how one looks.🙄🤷)

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Written by Chris 🏳️‍🌈🧵🧝🏼 on 2025-01-20 at 20:54

@justmichelle I find them tedious but not onerous. And certainly when testing any newly developed pattern, I do the pockets up at least once to ensure they work as intended. This particular design with its irregular front was a good reminder of why I go to the trouble of testing.

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