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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Woodstock Swing Tee Pattern Review

With my sewing area finally coming together, I’ve been doing a lot more sewing! One of my ongoing goals has been to make friends with my coverstitch machine (a Janome Coverpro 900) and I realized practicing on garments for the KIDS is a lot less angsty that working on garments for ME.

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This Woodstock Swing Tee from Hey June Handmade came together so quickly and painlessly with the serger and coverstitch machines. The only thing I did to stabilize the hems was serge the edge first and then use that as a guide for pressing. The hem stitches are beautiful! No tunneling or puckers, so I am a happy camper!

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Ellie is a huge fan of the swing-y cut of this tee and I can’t believe it’s a free pattern! Definitely worth printing a go for your kids/tweens!

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Fabric: old knit from my stash with a small amount of stretch Pattern: Woodstock Swing Tee Pattern notes/adjustments: None!