What Supplements are in my Lutterloh Book?

One thing I see a lot on the Lutterloh Facebook page is reference to a pattern number but not a supplement number.  A lot of people new to the system do not realize how the books are organized, and this is a little guide to help out.

Each "book" (today they are in binders) consists of 7 supplements.  If you buy a current kit the book will come with current patterns, or supplements.  Some people buy an old system, say from the 70's, and the supplements will be from that time period, yet the rules will still be the same.

The only time it gets a bit wonky is with really old books, which I can possibly review at a later date.

Okay, so what are the basic guidelines?

Take a look at your book.  You will see the patterns are numbered 1 - 280.

Each supplement is numbered with the following patterns:
1-40
41-80
81-120
121-160
161- 200
201-240
140-280

That will give you the 280 patterns per book.  But the books aren't the same.  The one you order today will be different than the one I ordered 3 years ago, the styles have changed a bit.  So when someone says they need help with pattern #145, I have no clue which pattern that might be unless I have a supplement number.

Let's now find the supplement number.

Get your book and some sticky notes.

On the first page with pattern number 1, there will be some printing on the side of the page, where the binding rings are .  That will tell the year of your pattern and the supplement number.  It also tells the season the supplement came out.

02 is for Spring
05 is for Summer
08 is for Fall
11 is for Winter

So let's analyze that right now.  Here's the first page of a book.  You see I have a sticky note that says it's Supplement 273.  The next photo shows the information between the binder rings enlarged.




You can see the year is Roman Numeral MMIX, which is 2009 (I often have to use an online converter).  The numbers 027305 are now broken up to mean Supplement 273 (0273) and the 05 means Summer.

Here are some more to figure out.  And remember, you will find these always on the first page of patterns # 1, 41, 81, 121, 161, 201, 241.



So this one is from 2005, Supplement #256, and published in the Spring.





This supplement is from 2008, Supplement #269, published in Summer.





This is Supplement #254, published in the Fall of 2009.





This last one is Supplement # 271, published in the Winter of 2008.

Dang, those roman numerals sure can be tricky.

Now take your sticky  notes and figure out which supplements are in your book.  It will surprise you to find that they may cover a couple year time frame, and the supplements do not seem to be in any specific order.  I'll be honest and say I have not figured it out so far, and I have a bunch of books.

Hopefully that helps, and next time some one asks you which supplement a pattern is from, you will be able to figure it out fairly easily.

Unless of course, you have gotten them all out of order.  Then you are doomed.

Enjoy.

Pattern Review Sewing Bee 2017

Hey all, just a heads up.  I'm going to be the manager for the Sewing Bee this year.  I volunteered immediately after the competition last year, figuring this way I wouldn't be able to join.  Seriously, I wanted a break from the competition, but I still want to be involved.

So wish me luck, I've never managed a contest before.

But I bet I'll enter again next year...lol....oh I'm such a glutton for punishment.

I hate buttons

I've been sewing blouses lately and they all need a gazillion buttons and buttonholes.  I also had the two jeans jackets that needed buttons.  Finally the other day I went and bought the buttons I needed and spent yesterday doing the buttonholes and sewed all the buttons on with the machine too.  I will admit that I usually sew buttons on by hand.

Ignore the crummy photos from my phone, the messy sewing room....you know how it is.

Here are a few of the garments, with my disclosure statements:


This jeans jacket is Silhouette Patterns 900, Carols Jacket.  It's the same as the Zebra one from before (and I did get the buttons on it finally too.)  I did lengthen this one by 2 inches and I like it better.




The Classic Blouse from Silhouette Patterns.  Trust me, the pattern DOES line up across the bust, it just got wonky trying to take a selfie.



Another Classic blouse, and I had a heck of a time with this rayon challis fabric.  As you can tell my matching got off.  I have more of the fabric, and I do like the print.  Perhaps with a solid blue front facing and band and inner collar it would look good.  I'm never too sure.


I did sew up one more blouse, the photo wasn't too good.  And I've now started back to knits for winter tops.  I hope to be able to post more soon.

Bra continuation

After sewing the Queen Elite bras last week I moved on to Beverly Johnson's Pinup Girls Classic Bra.  I have the Craftsy course (1 and 2...need to get 3 at the next sale) and got to work.

I measured out for a 38E (actually needing more than a 38 band).  I drew out the pattern for the 38 E and added 1/2" at the underseams, for a total of 2 more inches.

The fit was pretty darn good except for bagginess in the cups.  The band felt perfect.  I wore the bra for a few days to break it in.

In the Craftsy class, Beverly pretty much said to drop down a cup size if the cup was baggy, shes doesn't seem to go into anymore fit options, so my only choice then was to go to a 38D.

Ha ha...the 38D is on a whole separate pattern, which I didn't have, nor any of my local sewing pals.

I sucked up the dollars and ordered the pattern.  

Just looking at the pattern and comparing it to the 38E pieces, I could tell the fit model was totally different.  A smaller cup uses less support in the band and side seams.  But I sewed it up to test, and I was right, the cup was too small and the band not supportive enough at all for my body type.

At that point I went back to my original pattern and redrew out the pattern, but instead of tracing out the 38 E, I traced out all the pattern pieces right between the 38 E and 36 E.  The amounts are just a tiny bit smaller, but perhaps that was all I needed.  I also made sure the band was the full 38 width.

I decided to dye some fabric and use the butterfly technique in the Craftsy class.  I'm totally satisfied with the general fit of the new bra that's just a smidgen smaller than the 38E.

Where I had issues was with the fabric dying.  The main fabric didn't change but the slightest amount, from white to palest pink.  And then I had a hard time with top-stitching thread colors.  I was trying so hard, and then goofed, and then said what the hell....let it be.

It is missing a bow, I don't have any bows and I'm not much of a bow person, but it does look better when there is one.  I'll keep working on it.

Just whipped up a couple of bras

I haven't sewn a bra in many many years.  Last summer when we took a road trip down to Wichita, I stopped at Needle Nook fabrics and stocked up on a bunch of bra supplies to get started again.  All was just basic white, I figured I could dye anything else.

But it wasn't until yesterday I decided to give it a go again.  I've been having problems lately, I think it's hormonal, and my breasts have been tender and I have some tender lymph glands under my arms. I'll also admit that weight gain has settled under there, I probably have a lot of "sluggish lymph" as they say due to lack of exercise and all that stuff.

So my bras have been hurting, the underwires poking, and I've been uncomfortable.

I pulled out the very first bra pattern I ever did, the Queen Elite by Anne St. Claire of Needle Nook Fabrics.  My local sewing group took a weekend roadtrip down there for a private bra sewing class many many years ago.

I retook my measurements EXACTLY as described in her book as her measuring system is different than others, and made my bra.  Started it yesterday, finished this morning, sewed a second with a few alterations, and bam! I have 2 new bras.

Who gets so lucky?

I thought the changes to the second were minor, but the bra is noticeably a bit smaller.  It fits well, but I want the looser feel right now due to tenderness.

Next I'll have to make something a little prettier.

Out with the old

It's the first of August and with that brings us the season of fall, or not.  But it makes me think of fall and as I want to work on updating my wardrobe, I decided today was a good day to start junking out.

I get very emotional when it comes to junking out and I feel sad to see small sized clothes leave, the are just such a reminder of those "skinny" days.  Luckily I didn't have too many skinny clothes saved for a year and a half ago I did a Konmari junk out of my clothes.  I didn't get too far, but I tried.

Today's sort out was a bit different.  I kept current summer clothes out and anything for another season got hung up elsewhere, to worry about when I start on my fall wardrobe.

I'm not exactly sure how I will progress with the fall wardrobe, I have a lot of thinking and planning ahead.  I just enjoy sewing, have tons of fabric and patterns, so it all might just explode once again.

Obviously it didn't go as smoothly at that, much more was involved, but you get the idea.  Minus a few items in the wash and in the sewing room for repairs, this is where I am right now.

These first 2 photos are of my actual closet, it's teenie tiny and I do not have a dresser.  There is a shelf above and I have a couple pairs of shorts and some jeans up there for now.

These are tops, a few are obviously out of my color range but I'll worry about that next year.


A couple dresses for summer.  I don't really enjoy wearing dresses, but sometimes you have to.  I have the 5 or so jeans skirts up in the sewing room so I can sew on some sort of hanger loops.  I have a couple baskets for clothes to wear to yoga class or lounging around.  That is an area that I'll work on in the future.   As fall progresses I will be comfortable moving the tops and capris out of here.



This closet is in another room and it's full of all the other items I might be considering come fall/winter and next spring even.  We'll see how this progresses.


I only have 2 totes with items in it.  The clothes tote is a few items to keep or that are too small, and the tote underneath is shoes.  I'm not a shoe person, and never have the right shoe for anything.  I pretty much live in Birkenstocks these days.  I also have hanging up a bunch of items I've sewn and don't want to get rid of, though they maybe don't fit well or what have you.  There are also a few dressier dresses, hand knit shawls, and a few odd and ends.


Can't you see how tuckered out the pupsters got from helping me today.


And the best photo of them all, 5 bags to go out for donations.

A wedding, a jeans jacket and more...

You wouldn't think I could have so much to chat about, but all sorts of things have happened in my life this past week.

First of all, Bill and I got officially married - just yesterday.  We've been together almost 15 years, both of us were widowed and we met online.




The bride is wearing a linen/cotton blend from Joann's, bought many years ago. The pattern was a Lutterloh pattern I sewed up last summer. The groom is wearing who knows what.

I started sewing Carols' Jacket from Silhouette Patterns, #900, the other day, and after a quick muslin it went together quite well.  It's based on the blouse pattern, so I started with my standard size 4 with a D cup.  When I made the muslin, I could easily see where I would have to add for my belly.  The front "darting" is in the princess seam at the front, so I added my width there and also some at the side seams.

I still have to add some buttons or snaps for the first jacket, but it's kind of cute and will be fun to wear this fall.




Some of the detail shots I took while sewing the jacket are below.



I had a difficult time attaching the collar with the "industry" method that Peggy shows, but I will get better with practice.  I ended up removing the collar and putting it between the facing and front bodice, the same way one would with t convertible collar.  But I do plan on practicing on the next one.



As far as chatting about colors, here is this fabric next to my swatches.  Obviously it is not a perfect match, but my consultant said we don't have to have perfect matches.  It's kind of between 20 (purple) and 19 (fuchsia).   I'm calling it close enough.



I decided to start on a 2nd jacket and this one is also from the stash, a red cotton/spandex, and no doubt, it's a perfect match to #22.  I have a piece of black and white that would be a cute skirt and with a little black (or white) top, I think it will be a fun outfit.