Sunday, August 28, 2011
Babies, Birthdays, Family and Friends. And some sewing.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Butterick 5495 or The Perfect Knit Dress
Thursday, August 18, 2011
A $2.50 Striped Knit Maxi and a $10 Color!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Delicious Things
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Kwik Sew 3856 (the dress that should have been a maxi)
What do I love about this pattern? I love the ease of style, the ease of wearing, the fact that I made it in about an hour and a half. It could be dressed up, dressed down, worn as a bathing suit cover-up, worn to walk the dog. Or worn to run errands and go to an auction. It's a cool style and adaptable to modifications.
So that brings me to the part I didn't love so much about this pattern.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Let's go Thrifting...again.
To give it more shape, I added darts in the back and front, and sewed the new sleeves and side seams in place.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Sofia and her Thrifted Dress
A flannel shirt, cut off at the underarm, and adjusted for length. This shirt happens to be flannel. Sof will wear this as a jumper for fall. Perhaps with a black tee and some leggings...we'll see what she decides.
A pattern for the bodice, and a coordinating cotton fabric from the stash (you could certainly use any toddler bodice pattern you have laying around. I happened to sort of make one up from a pajama pattern).
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I've got the blues.
Well, I found out that I cannot wear denim to work. Not jeans, not denim skirts, not a denim ball gown, not a denim jacket. And I can't imagine not going the week without wearing a denim jacket. After all, I have a serious collection started....from the white one on the left, to the darkest denim on the right, I counted ten. Ten denim jackets. They just work with everything.
Then I was thinking about knit dresses, and what might be fast and easy and cute and blue:
Monday, August 1, 2011
Peachy Beachy Cover Up
When we were in Michigan, my poor white cotton beach cover-up had it's final showing. The side seams were frayed, and it had suntan lotion stains, and well, it had seen better days. Thing is, I loved the style very much, so it was without hesitation that when I saw the Peachy Beachy Pool-side Cover-up FREE pattern (thanks to the good people at Hotpatterns and fabric.com), I had to make it! It's an almost identical match to my sadly discarded former cover-up.
So here she is, all made up with the cotton crinkle eyelet knit that I bought at Field's Fabrics.
It took about an hour to make. I cut an 18 so that I had plenty of room for boobage, and it ended up being too big, so I had to cut it down in all sorts of places...the shoulder seams, the underarm, the sleeve length. But, I'm happy with it now. Very happy. One of the other things I did was make a solid back instead of drawstring all around...so my new version matches my old cover-up. In other words, it only gathers in the front.
And the last modification? I changed the neckline a bit, so that it was just a straight slant on each side, and no button....again, just like my old girl.
I think I'll make another one! But first I have my sights set on Kwik Sew 3856, which I have been lusting over since seeing Patty's many varieties on her website. I have a pretty cotton silk voile, but not enough for the maxi, which I really, REALLY wanted. So, I'm thinking of just doing a shorter version, which will end up being pretty much like the Peachy Beachy, which leaves me to conclude that I really didn't need to by the Kwik Sew pattern after all...