Comfy Pants

 Style Arc Elle pant are my go to pant for a quick stretch pant. In fact I have a couple of sizes of this pattern. I have and 18 if I want a close fit and a 20 in case I don't want as close fitting or a stretch woven is used. I cant remember how many times I have made this pattern but probably at least 6 or 7 times, some more successful than others. As far as adjustments I just did a tummy adjustment which extended the rise about an inch and that worked well.

 

 

These are great pants to have in lockdown. They still look reasonable but are as comfortable as track suit pants. I have another pair cut out which show the adjustment. I also take a couple of inches off the length.

 

 

A versatile pattern that is a workhorse. My only thing is that I have wrinkles around my knee and i think this because I have narrowed the pattern too much.

 

Stay safe wherever you may be!

 

Clean space, clean mind

 My sewing mojo has disappeared. I feel there are several reasons, we're not going out much, I don't really need more clothes, although that's not entirely true and my fabric and sewing room was doing my head in. So when we went into lockdown over Christmas and January I decided to tidy my sewing room. So I refolded all my fabric. This took quite a bit of time because my back kept hurting, I organised a thread holder and sorted out my patterns. I bought some white boxes to put projects in to give a more unified look. I'm very happy now.

So now I feel so much better. The added bonus is I haven't purchased any new fabric for months. After going through all my fabric I realised how often I bought similar fabric and similar colours. My goal is to sew up as much fabric as I can.

The clean up has the desired effect , all I want to do is sew.

Hopefully finished items will appear soon.

                                            Happy Sewing

Fabric purchases

Here is my latest purchase. I had a lovely time ordering these fabrics. They are all from Tessuti's.

   The bottom black fabric is a ridged stretch, which I love. I am tempted to buy all the colours in this fabric. The next is a corduroy with stretch so will make a lovely pair of pull on pants. Then the spot which may become a shirt. A checked stripe another pair of pants and then 2 stretch fabrics for tops. They are all beautiful fabrics. I just need to sew them up now.

Pandemic sewing

I certainly lost enthusiasm for sewing as Covid 19 took hold. My sons wedding was off in April because everything was closed, plus we couldn't get to Victoria and you could only have 5 people at the wedding. They did get married at the end of March which was lovely for them. It was live so we saw it.

My sewing came back. I finished the flower girl dress but have left the hem to finish just before the reception that hopefully they are having in October.

It turned out well. she wouldn't try it on.

My wedding sewing involved several sews. I started with the Montrose Top

                                                  

I love these patterns . They fit straight out of the box. This fitted really well in the neckline. I used a size 20 C/D cup then used 22 waist and 24 hips. It fits well, a bit loose which is what I wanted.

My next part was to do the high front and low back. To do that I used Katie Dress. I drew the long curve at the back and then scooped the front. My practice turned out really well.

The fabric was from Tessuti fabrics and is a lovely crepe so it has beautiful drape. The front was still a bit short so I added a frill. I wore this quite a bit before the weather starting cooling down.

All in all I was pretty happy with how I worked out the pattern but I lost enthusiasm to sew for the wedding. I'm sure it will return before October.

I also made my daughter 3 white T shirts but didn't get pictures.

Now I need to sew some items for me for cooler weather.

                                                      Happy Sewing

Wedding Sewing

My middle son is getting married in April in Melbourne. I have been thinking about what to make for months but haven't started on anything yet and now time is creeping up so I think I should just jump in. These photos are my inspiration.

I love the idea of the Hi Low hem exaggerated and the pants underneath. I won't make it quite so long as the images as I think that would be annoying all night. I love Caroline Herrera"s outfit, so stylish and elegant. That's the idea I want to emulate. The 3/4 sleeves and the loose fitting top. I love the colours of the middle image, just gorgeous and I love those pants.

My fabric I bought from Tessuti's when their Chatswood store was closing.

The top fabric is a crepe de chine and the bottom is a knit for the pants. For the top I will use the Montrose Top . I love casmerette patterns because they fit and I don't need to make adjustments , I can make it straight out of the envelope, gotta love that. The pants will be Linda pants from Style Arc. They are an easy pull on knit pant. That i have made several times.

The ideas are there, I just need to get sewing.

                                  Happy Sewing !

Christmas sewing

I have been having so much trouble with my internet, it has been impossible to do anything, but at the moment it seems to be working.
I have been doing some sewing , however not too much. Yesterday I made my grandaughter a pseudo Frozen dress for Christmas. Shes only 21 months so I don't think she will care that is not identical to the real costume. I loved sewing this.

The white fabric I had in my stash. The pale blue knit I had in my stash . The starry net I bought from Spotlight and the Frozen fabric for the cape was from ebay. I just gathered the cape along the back bodice. The pattern I used was I Love the 90's dress by Ellie and Mac  It was super easy and such fun to make.

My future daughter-in -law asked me to make Ariana's flower girl dress . My son is getting married in April. The inspiration was this image

The only pattern I found that was close was on etsy, Frilled yoke dress, the top right image, ( I can't seem to upload the link). So to try the pattern I made a little cotton dress with fabric from my stash. Ariana is the bottom picture. It turned out well. I now have to change the yoke to square and add a frill at the neck. Luckily I have till April to perfect the dress.

  Happy Sewing!

Fun , fun fun Sewing

I sewed some dresses and leggings for my grandaughter. I had such fun. They are super easy and super quick. I used the Brindle and Twig  angled dress and their legging pattern.

It is difficult to take a photo of her standing still. The fabric was from Spotlight and I added some trim I had to the navy dress. I will use scraps mostly, but I saw this dog fabric and the flowers and I couldn't resist. She is 17months old and not particularly big. I made the 9-12 months which fits her really well now but I will make the next size up next time. A quick ,easy and fun sew.

                                                            She is the light of my life

            Happy Sewing !!!!