Ugh, this month I am so off the sewing bandwagon. Between all this house/townhouse stuff we've been going through, getting sick, blah, blah, I have not really turned on my machines much. And that's a really bad thing, because when I don't get any sewing time I get verrry, verry grumpy.
Another aspect of my life that's not helping is that my 2 year-old no longer naps AND he likes to go to bed late. So even if I wanted to take advantage of the evening, by the time I've put him down I am not exactly lucid enough to step out on the cold porch. Ugh, again.
Ah well, enough complaining.
Wait--one more:
I *did* manage to find enough time to sew an adorable, made-out-of-velvety-Michael-Miller-Flower-Crystals Kyoko dress for DD for a recent Disneyland trip. I told her that it was a "Mulan" dress and she was happy to wear it and pretend that she was theme-dressed. :) Since I took her to the park by myself and didn't want to lug around a camera, I just took pictures with my phone.
Here comes the slightly teary complaining part...
I....*crying*...recently left my cell phone overnight at a local movie theater. When I called the next morning, they had my phone. Relieved, I picked it up and thought all was fine. Until I went to go take a picture and the phone informed me that I needed to insert the memory stick. Which was NOT in my phone. The memory stick that contained this irreplaceable data that I had not uploaded to my laptop:
-Photos of DD in her Kyoko dress at Disneyland
-Videos of my mom and I at Disneyland at Christmas
-An adorable, make-me-cry-precious video of DD at Christmas enjoying her big-girl Starbucks mug (filled with hot chocolate). It totally looks like she's drinking coffee, but her denial of the content and the subsequent interview are priceless to me.
-Videos of my kids...in the bath. Like several of these. WHAT WAS I THINKING leaving these on my phone????
I have talked to several managers at the movie theater, and they are taking it seriously, thank God, but although they have a couple leads, it does not look like my memory stick will be recovered. I am just sick about this. UGH.
Oh geez...think of something happier and less disturbing! Ummm, okay, well the good news is that while some delinquent sicko might have my memory stick, I still have my kids. They are beautiful and healthy. I still have a Kyoko dress to photograph, a St. Patrick's Day skirt in Ginger Tile, and pretty book cover that makes me smile.
Now if I could just go sew up a storm today I will be *really* happy!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
S'more Schtuff
Okay, here's the long-awaited stash game post. Because I sewed *sooo* much (<----- imagine sarcasm). And then I ordered, uh, *cough* some fabric. 'N' stuff. Y'know. UTTER FAILURE. Big fat 'F' & whatnot. Whatever, next time, eh? Here's what I did accomplish:
An old pattern, some older fabric. This one is McCall's 5431 in one of Tina Givens' older lines. Love, love these pretty flowers, and I love working with quilting cotton because it behaves. I wish the skirt sat higher up on my waist and was shorter, but I already had the on-seam pockets sewed on before I realized this--oh well. It will have to stay this way.
A yoga waist skirt in some of my very carefully hoarded Heather Ross Far, Far Away fabric. It is double-gauze, which is interesting to work with, because well, it's doubled fabric. Not my fave, but the end result is opaque and comfortable. I think I will be very grateful for this skirt come Summer. Oh, and no pattern--remember this dress? I cut off the top and made it a skirt. To accommodate the bust darts, I stuck them in the back, around my bum. Hey, no way I was going to waste this fabric!!
Yoga pants out of a heavily modified Kwik Sew pattern. I have an ancient pair of Forever 21 yoga pants that are scandalously low-rise and pre-children, but they do still fit my legs and butt well. So, I just laid them on my Kwik Sew pattern and morphed the two together. Now, that sounds terribly slap-dash, but I assure that I am very anal when I do this type of thing, because if I'm sloppy about it I will come up with something very wonky and ill-fitting. I used some buttery soft cotton/poly/nylon blend french terry from Fabric.com for this, and they feel awesome. I seriously need to make 5 more pairs because I am wearing them to death. The polka dots you see under my tank top (from an old Ottobre Woman pattern) are the cotton lycra waistband. I am wearing the waistband up to cover my child-mangled belly pooch, thereby making a nice smooth line under my tank top. Thank God for Lycra! (No, SERIOUSLY. Thank Him.)
Leeeeegggginngsssss!! Heck yeah, I love me some leggings. Deal with it. ;) Right now I am enamored with the amazing Kwik Sew 3770. It is so well-drafted and easy to sew. Okay, to be honest the tuxedo stripe ones were a leetle tricky. I learned the hard way that I needed to pin, pin, pin my stripe seams before serging or much non-straight-striped-ness would ensue. Nevertheless, we're not talking poly chiffon here. Mostly these were super quick and easy to sew. The ruched ones are out of shiny nylon lycra swimwear fabric, and the tuxedo ones are rayon lycra jersey with poly/rayon/lycra velvet. Both pairs are super comfortable and silky on my legs--LOVE!
K, this one is one of the beautiful patterns that Cynthia Rowley is doing for Simplicity. I used a rather non-stretchy Plum Pudding jersey that I got in my huge co-op order from a couple months ago. I would have said it was cotton, but after sewing and pressing it, I believe it must have at least some polyester in it. Nevertheless it is light and comfortable, and this pattern was so simple. I like simple. I get interrupted too much in my sewing to sew lots of complicated jackets, blah, blah. So sue me, this is my favorite kind of project: an easy knit dress.
Lastly for this post, some Valentine's Day stuff for me and DD. Because I am a rank nerd and I like to theme dress for holidays. It's FUN and makes me happy. I made a simple cotton jersey t-shirt dress for DD, with an appliqued heart from Chez Ami jersey on the front. Since V-day she has probably already worn this, like, 15x. I originally copied this pattern idea from a rtw dress she had, and now I've made it up so many times in different fabrics/patterns that I think I could make it in my sleep. Not to mention no matter what fabric I use, I know she'll WEAR it. That's priceless to me!
For me I made up Kwik Sew 3740 in some sort of poly lycra blend jersey. Honestly, I'm not sure what's in it. But it is comfortable and warm, and this pattern was another no-brainer one. It's just a t-shirt with a two-piece cowl collar. The collar is just genius, because not only is it rounded instead of a huge rectangle like most collar patterns, it has a separate, larger outer collar and a smaller, inner collar. The upside of all that is that the cowl hangs perfectly all the time with no fiddling. And this is why Kwik Sew patterns are so awesome--never mind the off-putting 1980s illustrations, they come out great and fit well.
That's all for now!
An old pattern, some older fabric. This one is McCall's 5431 in one of Tina Givens' older lines. Love, love these pretty flowers, and I love working with quilting cotton because it behaves. I wish the skirt sat higher up on my waist and was shorter, but I already had the on-seam pockets sewed on before I realized this--oh well. It will have to stay this way.
A yoga waist skirt in some of my very carefully hoarded Heather Ross Far, Far Away fabric. It is double-gauze, which is interesting to work with, because well, it's doubled fabric. Not my fave, but the end result is opaque and comfortable. I think I will be very grateful for this skirt come Summer. Oh, and no pattern--remember this dress? I cut off the top and made it a skirt. To accommodate the bust darts, I stuck them in the back, around my bum. Hey, no way I was going to waste this fabric!!
Yoga pants out of a heavily modified Kwik Sew pattern. I have an ancient pair of Forever 21 yoga pants that are scandalously low-rise and pre-children, but they do still fit my legs and butt well. So, I just laid them on my Kwik Sew pattern and morphed the two together. Now, that sounds terribly slap-dash, but I assure that I am very anal when I do this type of thing, because if I'm sloppy about it I will come up with something very wonky and ill-fitting. I used some buttery soft cotton/poly/nylon blend french terry from Fabric.com for this, and they feel awesome. I seriously need to make 5 more pairs because I am wearing them to death. The polka dots you see under my tank top (from an old Ottobre Woman pattern) are the cotton lycra waistband. I am wearing the waistband up to cover my child-mangled belly pooch, thereby making a nice smooth line under my tank top. Thank God for Lycra! (No, SERIOUSLY. Thank Him.)
Leeeeegggginngsssss!! Heck yeah, I love me some leggings. Deal with it. ;) Right now I am enamored with the amazing Kwik Sew 3770. It is so well-drafted and easy to sew. Okay, to be honest the tuxedo stripe ones were a leetle tricky. I learned the hard way that I needed to pin, pin, pin my stripe seams before serging or much non-straight-striped-ness would ensue. Nevertheless, we're not talking poly chiffon here. Mostly these were super quick and easy to sew. The ruched ones are out of shiny nylon lycra swimwear fabric, and the tuxedo ones are rayon lycra jersey with poly/rayon/lycra velvet. Both pairs are super comfortable and silky on my legs--LOVE!
K, this one is one of the beautiful patterns that Cynthia Rowley is doing for Simplicity. I used a rather non-stretchy Plum Pudding jersey that I got in my huge co-op order from a couple months ago. I would have said it was cotton, but after sewing and pressing it, I believe it must have at least some polyester in it. Nevertheless it is light and comfortable, and this pattern was so simple. I like simple. I get interrupted too much in my sewing to sew lots of complicated jackets, blah, blah. So sue me, this is my favorite kind of project: an easy knit dress.
Lastly for this post, some Valentine's Day stuff for me and DD. Because I am a rank nerd and I like to theme dress for holidays. It's FUN and makes me happy. I made a simple cotton jersey t-shirt dress for DD, with an appliqued heart from Chez Ami jersey on the front. Since V-day she has probably already worn this, like, 15x. I originally copied this pattern idea from a rtw dress she had, and now I've made it up so many times in different fabrics/patterns that I think I could make it in my sleep. Not to mention no matter what fabric I use, I know she'll WEAR it. That's priceless to me!
For me I made up Kwik Sew 3740 in some sort of poly lycra blend jersey. Honestly, I'm not sure what's in it. But it is comfortable and warm, and this pattern was another no-brainer one. It's just a t-shirt with a two-piece cowl collar. The collar is just genius, because not only is it rounded instead of a huge rectangle like most collar patterns, it has a separate, larger outer collar and a smaller, inner collar. The upside of all that is that the cowl hangs perfectly all the time with no fiddling. And this is why Kwik Sew patterns are so awesome--never mind the off-putting 1980s illustrations, they come out great and fit well.
That's all for now!
Monday, March 8, 2010
"Natalie" Tester Pattern
I have long been a huge, huge fan of the amazing dresses that Dawn of Olabehe makes. Oh. My. Gosh. I *LOVE* her. Dawn makes me want to put on a floaty white muslin dress and sit down to afternoon tea in my English garden (not that I have one, but y'know...). Seriously, she makes the most gorgeous dresses for her daughter, I cannot even comprehend it.
Last month I was so pleased to be able to test one of Dawn's new patterns, the Natalie. This pattern is friggin' amazing. It so elegant and "wow", but the pattern is deceptively simple and easy to sew. It's just brilliant. I made two versions of the dress, one with a double layered skirt, and the second one with a poufy crinoline underneath.
This first one is out of some Debbie Mumm quilting cotton I got over a year ago from Joann's. I don't remember what I originally had in mind for it, but after imaginarally (yes, I know it's not a word--Blogger just told me) sewing it up in about 10 different patterns over time, I was convinced I could never un-homeschool it. Then along came the Natalie and it was perfect. YAY.
Check out DD's shoes! Every season I always look for the perfect white sandals for DD, and I always strike out. Either they are way too $$$ for me, or they are cheap and fray/break. Ugh. Not to mention I *hate* settling for man made leather. Ugh again. This Winter I found these lovelies from Aster on clearance at Piperlime for less than half their original price. Score! Off-season, baby, off-season.
The next one comes out of some more long-hoarded fabric I just couldn't find the right pattern for. It's some sort of brushed cotton sheeting from a boutique overrun I found at, where else, Yardage Town. Seriously, this stuff is gorgeous. That fullness underneath comes from sewing a pain-in-the-ass crinoline underneath. Okay, it was not that bad, but aggghhh, sewing a bunch of fluffy tulle to a humongously wide skirt is sort of like parenting a toddler: you don't feel in control. Love the look though.
The buttons are also from Yardage Town! Honestly, that place is like case in point of dealing with crabby salesladies for the sake of great deals on excellent materials. At least, the ones at my store are often crabby. I just ignore them since I already know the store like the back of my hand though, and I just rely on them to cut my fabric. Works for me!
That's all for now! I will try to get some other sewn projects up soon!
Last month I was so pleased to be able to test one of Dawn's new patterns, the Natalie. This pattern is friggin' amazing. It so elegant and "wow", but the pattern is deceptively simple and easy to sew. It's just brilliant. I made two versions of the dress, one with a double layered skirt, and the second one with a poufy crinoline underneath.
This first one is out of some Debbie Mumm quilting cotton I got over a year ago from Joann's. I don't remember what I originally had in mind for it, but after imaginarally (yes, I know it's not a word--Blogger just told me) sewing it up in about 10 different patterns over time, I was convinced I could never un-homeschool it. Then along came the Natalie and it was perfect. YAY.
Check out DD's shoes! Every season I always look for the perfect white sandals for DD, and I always strike out. Either they are way too $$$ for me, or they are cheap and fray/break. Ugh. Not to mention I *hate* settling for man made leather. Ugh again. This Winter I found these lovelies from Aster on clearance at Piperlime for less than half their original price. Score! Off-season, baby, off-season.
The next one comes out of some more long-hoarded fabric I just couldn't find the right pattern for. It's some sort of brushed cotton sheeting from a boutique overrun I found at, where else, Yardage Town. Seriously, this stuff is gorgeous. That fullness underneath comes from sewing a pain-in-the-ass crinoline underneath. Okay, it was not that bad, but aggghhh, sewing a bunch of fluffy tulle to a humongously wide skirt is sort of like parenting a toddler: you don't feel in control. Love the look though.
The buttons are also from Yardage Town! Honestly, that place is like case in point of dealing with crabby salesladies for the sake of great deals on excellent materials. At least, the ones at my store are often crabby. I just ignore them since I already know the store like the back of my hand though, and I just rely on them to cut my fabric. Works for me!
That's all for now! I will try to get some other sewn projects up soon!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
I made good aprons?
Sometimes I am so bad about checking my Flickr photostream. I will check it every day for a few weeks and get nada, then I'll forget to check it and when I come back I have a bunch of comments. It's sort of like waiting for a pot to boil, I guess.
Anyway, I happened to log on tonight, and I had two nice items waiting for me:
1. Some of the aprons that I made for gifts last year made it into a group called Aprons of the Year 2009. Check it out! I'm on the front page! Go me. What's funny about it is that I rarely make aprons. Maybe I should make more if I get this kind of positive feedback when I do? Here are the aprons (if you can't see very well, just click on the photos to see the larger image):
2. I had this awesome note from some nice lady from Holland named Marchien:
Hi,
I saw a lot of your flickr-photos today and I love your sewing. I'm on the Ottobre list and from the Netherlands. The clothes you made are so beautifully made. I read you are very enthousiastic about your coverstich machine? I'm considering buying one myself. Well, good luck with your sewing!
Greetings from Holland!
Marchien
How sweet is that?! And I LOVE Holland! I mean, I've never been there or anything, but if I could, I would totally go.
On a different note, I failed miserably at the stash game (big surprise), but I did sew a bunch of stuff. That I will post about soon. I promise.
Anyway, I happened to log on tonight, and I had two nice items waiting for me:
1. Some of the aprons that I made for gifts last year made it into a group called Aprons of the Year 2009. Check it out! I'm on the front page! Go me. What's funny about it is that I rarely make aprons. Maybe I should make more if I get this kind of positive feedback when I do? Here are the aprons (if you can't see very well, just click on the photos to see the larger image):
2. I had this awesome note from some nice lady from Holland named Marchien:
Hi,
I saw a lot of your flickr-photos today and I love your sewing. I'm on the Ottobre list and from the Netherlands. The clothes you made are so beautifully made. I read you are very enthousiastic about your coverstich machine? I'm considering buying one myself. Well, good luck with your sewing!
Greetings from Holland!
Marchien
How sweet is that?! And I LOVE Holland! I mean, I've never been there or anything, but if I could, I would totally go.
On a different note, I failed miserably at the stash game (big surprise), but I did sew a bunch of stuff. That I will post about soon. I promise.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Cardi Wrap and Stash Game
Okay, I promised pictures of the cardi wrap(s) that my sister and I have made, but so far I've only gotten pictures of my sister's wrap. If only I had a willing model to pose with all my items. Since DH is never home when it's light, I always have to wait until the weekend if I want him to take pictures, and I forgot this past weekend. Crap.
In the meantime, this is definitely the better of the two we've made so far. The pattern is Simplicity 2603, and it has been making huge waves over at Pattern Review, where they had a sew-along for it. I think, like, almost 50 people have reviewed it on the site so far.
When I heard about this whole cardi-wrap thing (see DKNY Cozy, V.S. Soft & Sexy Wrap, etc.) I wanted in. So sometime in the Fall I got my Simplicity pattern and ordered 2.5 yards of rayon-lycra jersey from Fabric.com. Except that when I got the fabric, I thought, ehhhhh, this is really not my color. So it sat on my shelf (of course). Enter my sister, who mentioned a couple of weeks ago that she really wanted a cardi-wrap. I pulled out my pattern & fabric, she cut it out, and we sewed it up last Saturday. We didn't hem it at all, so it only took a few hours, and that was with muchos interruptions from the chillens. It came out awesome and she loves it.
Let me tell you, this thing grows. Not to mention it is long in the first place. She said she wore it loosely tied most of the time at work. I think it looks cute and put together no matter how you wear it. Easy to sew and fabulous--it's the perfect sewing project!
I have some periwinkle bamboo lycra all ready to cut out mine, so that is on its way. The wrap I've made so far is Kwik Sew 3721 in a grayish-brown french terry (I think french terry might be my new favorite fabric?), but as I mentioned, no pics of that yet.
February is going to be a huge, huge sewing month for me. I am playing the Stash Game over at my favorite online sewing community, Sewing Mamas. It runs February 1-28. You get 8 points for each yard of stash that you sew, 1 point for each notion, 2 points for finishing an unfinished project, etc. If you buy any fabric it's -8 points, and you only get +4 points if you sew up that yard. :p~ So, I am *hoping* to get to 200 points. I have all my projects in a little notebook, the thread colors organized, and I am ready to go. Hopefully many blog posts to come this month!
In the meantime, this is definitely the better of the two we've made so far. The pattern is Simplicity 2603, and it has been making huge waves over at Pattern Review, where they had a sew-along for it. I think, like, almost 50 people have reviewed it on the site so far.
When I heard about this whole cardi-wrap thing (see DKNY Cozy, V.S. Soft & Sexy Wrap, etc.) I wanted in. So sometime in the Fall I got my Simplicity pattern and ordered 2.5 yards of rayon-lycra jersey from Fabric.com. Except that when I got the fabric, I thought, ehhhhh, this is really not my color. So it sat on my shelf (of course). Enter my sister, who mentioned a couple of weeks ago that she really wanted a cardi-wrap. I pulled out my pattern & fabric, she cut it out, and we sewed it up last Saturday. We didn't hem it at all, so it only took a few hours, and that was with muchos interruptions from the chillens. It came out awesome and she loves it.
Let me tell you, this thing grows. Not to mention it is long in the first place. She said she wore it loosely tied most of the time at work. I think it looks cute and put together no matter how you wear it. Easy to sew and fabulous--it's the perfect sewing project!
I have some periwinkle bamboo lycra all ready to cut out mine, so that is on its way. The wrap I've made so far is Kwik Sew 3721 in a grayish-brown french terry (I think french terry might be my new favorite fabric?), but as I mentioned, no pics of that yet.
February is going to be a huge, huge sewing month for me. I am playing the Stash Game over at my favorite online sewing community, Sewing Mamas. It runs February 1-28. You get 8 points for each yard of stash that you sew, 1 point for each notion, 2 points for finishing an unfinished project, etc. If you buy any fabric it's -8 points, and you only get +4 points if you sew up that yard. :p~ So, I am *hoping* to get to 200 points. I have all my projects in a little notebook, the thread colors organized, and I am ready to go. Hopefully many blog posts to come this month!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New Year sewing...so far Pt. 2
I said I've sewn a lot this year already, and I wasn't kidding. I've gotten so much done that I can't even blog it all. But that's a good thing, right?
Mostly I've been working on a lot of dresses & coordinates for Spring for my daughter. I'm trying to get a head start this year by sewing a season ahead (see my sewing goals). First up is--what else--a pink dress. The fabric is by Barn Dandy's, and I've had it for-ev-er. Like maybe 3 years. I just could never find the perfect pattern for it, and I was loathe to put it with a coordinate. Last week I decided it was perfect for McCalls 5613, a pattern I'd been wanting to try and finally picked up at the last Joann's sale. It's an easy sundress pattern with elastic in the back, so you don't need a zipper. I sewed up a quick t-shirt to go under using an old Burda pattern and also used some more of my stretch french terry to make another version of the cardigan that I made for my friend's daughter. Voila: mix-and-match/transitional clothing.
Forgive the many pictures, my model was very into the photo shoot, but not so cooperative. And she insisted on posing in front of her dollhouse.
I love the pleats in the front, and check out these awesome buttons! They were $1 each at Yardage Town, but I really think they make the dress. BTW, I have thought about it and decided that Yardage Town has, hands down, the very best button selection in town. I always, always find exactly what I need there.
The cardi uses bias tape on the inside fronts, and all I had for pink-ish bias tape was some old scraps I'd used on a coat way back when she was 18 months old. Yay for using up old stash stuff! It doesn't exactly match, but that's the way I like it. :)
While I had this pattern out, I went ahead and sewed up one of the other views with a puffed sleeve tee underneath. And...well, I hate it. It's so sweet it makes my teeth hurt. I think this dress is much better served with a plain white tee or tank under it. I haven't gotten back around to that yet, though, so in the meantime here it is, as is. See, even she looks sad about it:
No way I was scrapping this tee, which my daughter has dubbed her "favorite", so I came up with something else to put with it. She is really into ballet/skirts lately, so I sewed a tiered skirt with attached shorts underneath. She LOVES this outfit, and now asks to wear it every day. I shouldn't roll my eyes at that, but, sheesh, the child really does get stuck on certain outfits. Oh well, at least she's happy.
Here she is doing an "arabesque" in it. Where she gets these terms, I have no idea, because she is not currently in ballet or dance or anything! Not yet, at least. In the meantime she pretends. :)
Last, but not least, the one dress she won't wear. I knew the entire time I was sewing it that she wouldn't, but well...I was in denial. I love, LOVE all the upcycled dresses that Ashley over at Lil' Blue Boo makes, and I wanted to try my hand at one. I used her Sienna dress pattern, some rare and treasured Harajuku Lovers fabric, and scraps from an Old Navy shirt that doesn't fit me. It came out so cute and looks adorable on her, but alas, she is not funky. She's uber-princessy. Sigh.
These dresses are so great because they are easy to layer, which also ups the mis-matched factor. I love this bird print tee under the dress. So sad. Maybe she'll change her mind??
Okay, that's it for now. I'm off to go finish working on a drapey cardigan. Next post will hopefully be about all the crazy cardigans my sister and I have been working on! :)
Mostly I've been working on a lot of dresses & coordinates for Spring for my daughter. I'm trying to get a head start this year by sewing a season ahead (see my sewing goals). First up is--what else--a pink dress. The fabric is by Barn Dandy's, and I've had it for-ev-er. Like maybe 3 years. I just could never find the perfect pattern for it, and I was loathe to put it with a coordinate. Last week I decided it was perfect for McCalls 5613, a pattern I'd been wanting to try and finally picked up at the last Joann's sale. It's an easy sundress pattern with elastic in the back, so you don't need a zipper. I sewed up a quick t-shirt to go under using an old Burda pattern and also used some more of my stretch french terry to make another version of the cardigan that I made for my friend's daughter. Voila: mix-and-match/transitional clothing.
Forgive the many pictures, my model was very into the photo shoot, but not so cooperative. And she insisted on posing in front of her dollhouse.
I love the pleats in the front, and check out these awesome buttons! They were $1 each at Yardage Town, but I really think they make the dress. BTW, I have thought about it and decided that Yardage Town has, hands down, the very best button selection in town. I always, always find exactly what I need there.
The cardi uses bias tape on the inside fronts, and all I had for pink-ish bias tape was some old scraps I'd used on a coat way back when she was 18 months old. Yay for using up old stash stuff! It doesn't exactly match, but that's the way I like it. :)
While I had this pattern out, I went ahead and sewed up one of the other views with a puffed sleeve tee underneath. And...well, I hate it. It's so sweet it makes my teeth hurt. I think this dress is much better served with a plain white tee or tank under it. I haven't gotten back around to that yet, though, so in the meantime here it is, as is. See, even she looks sad about it:
No way I was scrapping this tee, which my daughter has dubbed her "favorite", so I came up with something else to put with it. She is really into ballet/skirts lately, so I sewed a tiered skirt with attached shorts underneath. She LOVES this outfit, and now asks to wear it every day. I shouldn't roll my eyes at that, but, sheesh, the child really does get stuck on certain outfits. Oh well, at least she's happy.
Here she is doing an "arabesque" in it. Where she gets these terms, I have no idea, because she is not currently in ballet or dance or anything! Not yet, at least. In the meantime she pretends. :)
Last, but not least, the one dress she won't wear. I knew the entire time I was sewing it that she wouldn't, but well...I was in denial. I love, LOVE all the upcycled dresses that Ashley over at Lil' Blue Boo makes, and I wanted to try my hand at one. I used her Sienna dress pattern, some rare and treasured Harajuku Lovers fabric, and scraps from an Old Navy shirt that doesn't fit me. It came out so cute and looks adorable on her, but alas, she is not funky. She's uber-princessy. Sigh.
These dresses are so great because they are easy to layer, which also ups the mis-matched factor. I love this bird print tee under the dress. So sad. Maybe she'll change her mind??
Okay, that's it for now. I'm off to go finish working on a drapey cardigan. Next post will hopefully be about all the crazy cardigans my sister and I have been working on! :)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Instant gratification tunic
Sometimes cold can be inspiring. Just give me a few hours on a lazy Sunday, some lovely stretch french terry, and a Burda back issue. Ahem:
Tools.
Tracings.
My "exact" science of altering a pattern.
The result.
Yay for warm!
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