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Feature Friday Pattern From Love Notions~ The Geneva Pullover & Jacket
The Geneva is the $6 Feature Friday pattern today~ its first feature ever since its release last year! Extra surprise~ if you order the Geneva Sewing Course for $25 you will get the digital Geneva pattern for FREE! If you use my code 10MACSEWS you can get 10% off the price of the course. That means the course and pattern would be just $22.50 instead of the regular price for both of $31! So today is really a great time to grab this pattern (and sewing course)!
The Geneva is an excellent pick for the transitional weather of early spring/spring. It’s a great lightweight layer with a beautiful fit. I’ve added this to my never ending of “things I want to sew” list!
The Details~
- 3 Body styles to choose from
- Classic pullover
- Sleek full-zip jacket
- Edgy asymmetrical zip jacket
- All views feature raglan sleeves and princess seams
- Choice of welt or zippered pockets
- Designed for knits
- FBA included
- Skill Level: Confident Beginner
What I’m Sewing This Week~
This week I was finally able to get all my Raspberry Creek Fabrics swim knit strike-offs sewn up, photographed and shared in the various Facebook Groups and Instagram. You can see my finished pieces below, as you can see I fell in love with the Ocean Collection! You can read all the details on these garments along with fabric information and sewing tips on this blog post:
Sewing Up Swim With Raspberry Creek Fabric~2026
RCF has also just announced a new fabric in the shop, Verona Active Stretch Poly~ a stretch woven designed for active wear! In between typing this week’s blog I have sewed up a new LN Constellation in this new fabric. Let me tell you~ I love it! It’s such a breeze to sew with. Below is a sneak peek. I’m in the process of sewing up a Band Camp shirt in the French blue solid for my husband. He’s excited for this one!
I am in the process of writing a blog post for Raspberry Creek Fabrics all about this fabric and how to sew with it. In the mean time, here is some basic information about this new fabric. I will keep you updated when that blog post gets published.
Verona Active Stretch Poly
- Fast Drying
- Lightweight
- 2 way mechanical stretch
- Available in dyed solids
- Available printed in any Club swim print
- Available for custom printing
The Verona Active Stretch woven will work great with any woven sewing pattern such as:
- Shorts
- Golf, fishing or hiking shirts
- Sun hats
- Windbreakers and jackets
- Hiking pants and shorts
- Boardshorts and swim trunks
- Fitted Princess seamed blouses
Basically Verona is great for any woven pattern where a little bit of stretch will make it more comfortable to wear.
SNEAK PREVIEW
This is the Love Notions Constellation Pullover. Although this particular pattern is designed for knits, I have sewn this up in RCF sweatshirt fleece (which has very limited stretch) and it works well.
I went ahead an added an additional 1″ of ease to the side seams and sleeves for comfort while leaving the shoulders and neck area as is.
I used cotton jersey for the pocket bands and cuffs.
I will have more detailed information of this sewing project and detailed photos in the weeks to come Be on the look-out!
This print is from the new 2026 Club Swim prints which can be ordered at regular retail pricing. You can find these prints HERE.
My Winter/Early Spring Sewing Plans~
I haven’t made any progress on my sewing plans this week due to a few different commitments as stated above. I’m still hoping to get to all of these things before the end of May.
- LN Clef Coat
- Gray Sweatshirt Fleece (stash)~ I ordered a pink Vislon separating zipper~DONE
- Navy Boucle (Style Maker Fabrics 2023?)~ I ordered 2 zippers, both a navy Everbright metal zipper, one silver the other gold and will decide when they arrive which one I will use. Edited~ this is cut out and I’ve chosen the gold zipper! Can’t wait to get this sewn up! 2/24~ this is still cut out and waiting it’s turn! 3/5~ in progress. 3/11~ set aside for a few days due to other commitments
- LN Coda Coat
- Draper James bed quilt
- LN Compose Robe “Cardigan”
- Lt. Blue Italian Boucle (Chic Fabrics, NYC Garment District)
- LN Metra Blazer
- Navy Ponte (stash)
- Bright Pink Linen look ponte (Surge Fabrics 2023?)
- LN Aria Button down
- Purple Linen~ long sleeved (Mood Fabrics, linen chambray)
- Navy Linen hacked “Jacket” (Mood Fabrics, midweight linen)
- White Textured Cotton ~long sleeved (Stash)
- I made a LN Melody in this fabric last summer and I reached for it so often so I’ll make another!
Thanks for reading “The Weekly Stitch”! I’m so happy you took the time to “visit” my sewing room!
Mary Anne 🙂
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Pattern Links~
NOTE: These are affiliate links. It costs you nothing to purchase from these links but they do give me credit for your purchase and provide me with a small commission. This helps fund my fabric addiction which allows me to continue to test and review more patterns
To receive an additional 10% off LN pattern prices, use my code 10MACSEWS. This coupon code can be used on any purchase as along as the order total is $8 or more. This means that you can no longer get my 10% off one $6 Feature Friday pattern by itself. Since this change has been made I would truly appreciate it if you used my affiliate links above to purchase the Feature Friday patterns so that I will get “credit” for the sale. (I do receive a small commission). To take more advantage of the $6 FF sale, I suggest adding another pattern or a children’s pattern to your order so you may use the 10% off code. This week is a great time to grab the Geneva Sewing Course to get the pattern for free~ plus the 10% off.
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