Simplicity 2926

I'm sewing up a storm while I'm waiting for my next study materials to arrive! This dress was one of the things I've made in the past week or so:

The pattern only lines the bodice and sleeves, but since my fabric was so thin, I lined the skirt as well. I love how it turned out! Oh, and I didn't have to hem the skirt!!! Here's a close up of part of the hemline:

Unusual Incident

I got myself into an interesting position this afternoon while trying on the dress I'm making. I'd sewn over the zipper as I was putting it in, but I fixed it to where it slid just wonderfully. Unfortunately, when I put the dress on... the zipper wouldn't go above or below the spot where I'd sewn over it. That spot happens to be in a position where I couldn't get the dress off. So, I had to do something I've never done before: rip the zipper out while I was wearing, or sort of wearing, the dress.

Anyway, it was an odd and rather frustrating, though kind of funny, incident. I hope I never have to do that again...

Other than that though, the dress is coming together wonderfully! I'm looking forward to obtaining another zipper and finishing it, hopefully this week!

Fabric give-away!

I posted about this on my other blog as well, but I couldn't NOT post about it on my sewing blog! So here it is:

Marie-Madeline Studio is giving away 21 fat quarters of lovely fabric! I can envision so many things out of that fabric, including a quilt like they mention!

Sewn Recently

In between studying for two tests (worth 6 and 3 hours respectively), taking two tests, and just general life, I've found a bit of time to sew for our upcoming 3 week vacation (starting NEXT WEEK! AHHH!)! I've sewn 3 skirts: McCall's 5431 and Kwik Sew 3637. I made two of the last one. I love them! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of them yet, but if I can get some soon, I'll try to remember to post them.

The patterns themselves were fairly simple to work with and easy to put together. I ran into an issue or two with the yoke on the Kwik Sew pattern, but I think that was mainly my brain deciding not to work. All in all they were great patterns, and the finished products are wonderful!

Links

I've gone and sewn a swim suit! Modest, cute, and it fits right! I love it! :) I posted about it HERE.

I've also recently done some reviews about my personal collection of patterns HERE and HERE.

Toile Toddler Outfit

Here's another picture of a project that I made a while back. I used THIS pattern, only adding the navy ribbon. It was a difficult pattern, but I was using heavy fabric. If I make it again, I'll probably use a light weight fabric. It turned out really cute though! I'm very willing to sell it for $50. It's about a size 2, maybe 3, and cute, cute, cute! I wish I could find a darling little girl to model it, but I can't find one willing to be photographed. :)

Thrifty style!

This is probably my favorite kind of style: the kind I can create inexpensively and quickly!

Yeah... I don't have a good picture of this, but I thought a post with a picture of a creation was a lot better than no post at all! This jumper was SO easy! I found the denim vest at Goodwill for somewhere around $2. The skirt fabric I had on hand from a trip to my all-time favorite fabric store, Sir's! I just cut out a couple of rectangular panels, and gathered them onto the vest. I put the two seams in front and back, so I left about 4" unsewn on the front seam. That I hemmed and put 3 snaps down. It was probably unnecessary, but it does make getting it on and off easier.

Here's the step-by-step version:

• Buy a cheap vest. Make sure you love the fit!

• Buy some fabric. I probably used 2.5 yds on my jumper, but yardage will vary depending on the desired length.

• WASH/PRE-SHRINK YOUR FABRIC!!! Always an important step. Oh, and you may want to wash your vest too!

• Cut 2-4 rectangular panels out of your fabric. (If I had this jumper to do over again, I would do 4 panels and add in-seam, side pockets!)

• Sew up all your seams EXCEPT for 4-6" on your front seam. Iron the seams open.

• Narrow hem the 4-6" you left unsewn.

• Gather your skirt to the same width of where you want to place it on your vest, and pin the skirt to the vest. COOL TIP! Zig-Zag stitch over a long piece of embroidery thread, and pull the embroidery thread for easy gathering!

• Sew your gathered skirt onto your vest. You're almost done!!!

• Try it on for size, and hem up the bottom of the skirt.

• Enjoy your thrifty, stylish, new jumper!