tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38013860224638455412024-02-20T19:52:29.727-08:00Making in ColorMy projects, be it sewing, knitting, or whatever I make!!! Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-5410676757647668922014-05-22T06:51:00.002-07:002014-05-22T06:59:49.249-07:00Black Shorts<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I have a finished object... or an FO as we call it in the knitting world. Here are my black shorts. These were made of a stretchy bottom weight fabric that is very satisfying to wear, nice and st</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">urdy. B</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ut the stretch made sewing a bit tricky at the waist and the body of the shorts p</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ucker a bit where they join the waistband. I never t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">uck my shirts, tho</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ugh, so no one will see it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I COULD have bought a pair of shorts if I really wanted to, and probably spent less money, too! Except, I LIKE to be my own sweatshop! And also, I was still working on fitting those shorts. I think they're as good as my current level of skill and resources will allow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here they are styled with my <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2014/05/green-silk-tank.html" target="_blank">Green Silk Sorbetto</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other news, I'm NOT participating in Me Made May 2014 (I don't have enough RTW clothes for May, much less clothes made by me! Plus... I don't have a way to take pics of my outfits except in a mirror) OR the new Outfit Along with <a href="http://lladybird.com/2014/05/16/annoucements-me-made-may-14-week-3-round-up/" target="_blank">Lladybird</a> and <a href="http://untangling-knots.com/" target="_blank">Untangling Knots</a> (unless I change my mind, which I might).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Time:</b> 4 hours</span></div>
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I wanted to post the blogs that have been partic</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">ularly helpf</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">ul in planning and working thro</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">ugh the process</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">. First is <a href="http://www.puttingmetogether.com/" target="_blank">P</a></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;"><a href="http://www.puttingmetogether.com/" target="_blank">utting Me Together</a> by A</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">udrey. She started her blog to learn to shop her closet and b</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">uy pieces that she co</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">uld mix and match to create a more flexible, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">usef</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">ul wardrobe. Her closet seems h</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">uge... she tries to post </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">unrepeated o</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">utfits for her blog, after all. 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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Sorbetto tank in green silk crepe de chine for your consideration. Boy was this fabric a challenge! It's light as air, and on the bias it flows like water. I lengthened the upper dart on this top, and it lies a little flatter, but I'm not sure I like the way it looks. Still it's a wearable tank! I bought the silk, sight unseen (in person, I saw it online) to make a Sorbetto to go with my orange Legacy skirt, but I do not think it will match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Pattern:</b> <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-sorbetto-top" target="_blank">Sorbetto Tank</a> by Colette</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cost: </b>$50 (silk ain't cheap, folks), plus I have some extra to make a scarf with. Maybe as a gift? Though how many people does this color green look good on???</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The alterations I made on this first wearable muslin... I simply took in the rear seam a bit to make the back side a little less round... my hips are narrow and my rear end could be classified as "flattish". For my second version of these shorts I'll make a small </span><a href="http://www.coletterie.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/the-colette-patterns-pants-fitting-cheatsheet" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Flat Butt Adjustment</a><span style="text-align: start;"> (yes, that's really what it's called).</span></div>
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<b>Note to Self: </b>On the next pair, add a little more fabric to the hem allowance, so the hem doesn't pucker.</div>
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<br />Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-71517413661420107552014-05-08T09:11:00.000-07:002014-05-08T09:11:00.281-07:00Black Tank<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a little too short for my torso, though just the right length for my model here. What do you think of it styled with this polka dot cardigan in coral red. The color works, but is it too much pattern? As you can tell, I really like this faceted bead necklace! I think I should try to make more in other colors... maybe using seam binding as the ribbon... it's hard to find just the right color of ribbon nowadays, but it's easy to find Hug Snug in lots and lots of colors!</span></div>
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Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-88495226805966374502014-05-05T09:05:00.000-07:002014-05-05T09:05:00.570-07:00Spring Wardrobe Planning Part III, Neutrals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the biggest change I'm making in my wardrobe... for untold years my neutral has been brown, but I'm so tired of that brown green or brown orange color combination come spring and summer. So I've decided to add in lots of grey and a bit of black. First I have some stumpers... a couple of fabrics that I just can't seem to do anything with. I bought this grey stretch "sateen" that ended up being "satin" (the perils of online fabric shopping) for pants. Well... as much as I love the movie Grease, I'm not gonna make myself (or wear, gasp!) a pair of tight satin pants for anything or anybody!</span></div>
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Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-69822046764354129522014-05-01T06:39:00.000-07:002014-05-01T06:39:44.603-07:00Little Birds<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tweet, tweet! This tank is a <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/sorbetto" target="_blank">Sorbetto tank</a>. You will see several of these in the coming few posts, since I need me some woven tanks in my wardrobe ASAP. So you might as well get used to it! This pattern is a good basic garment, though I've not perfected the fit yet... I made one already (will blog that later) and it was too short for my long torso, so I added two whole inches to its length. Now it doesn't bare my belly when I move around! Yay! The bust dart is too high... but I left it in place since I'm not sure how to move it exactly... I did add a second dart, though, because the armholes were doing this gaping thing (there's probably a better way to address this, but I don't know it! Maybe smaller size on top with a Large Bust Adjustment?) I made the tank from some organic quilting cotton I found at a local quilt shop. Since I bought it years ago and have forgotten how much I paid for it, I'm just gonna call it a bargain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a finished project! The second version of <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2014/04/sorbet.html" target="_blank">this</a> pretty dress, the Sorbet Dress, that turned out so beautifully and successfully! So... you'd think the second dress would have been just as successful, if not more so. But no, I'm afraid not, my dear reader. This dress has a fatal flaw. It's very pretty, especially on it's lovely recipient:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It fits nicely in the bust and at the waist and it a twirly, whirly dream of a dress for a 12 year old. She needs to wear shorts under it just for that reason... she sure does love her some dress twirling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the waist, at every seam is this pulled fabric. The organza is a poly and delicate, apparently, because at the slightest provocation it has pulled from it's place and made a mess. I had no idea how this had occurred, because it was there before the little lady had even worn the dress. But my friend Teena (an accomplished and experienced seamstress and costumer that I'm so glad to have as a friend) enlightened me. She said that the clipping of the curved seam had weakened the fabric enough to cause it to pull out at the least bit of stress (it must have happened during the hemming process). She suggested that the next time I have to clip delicate fabric I run two rows of stitching to reinforce the fabric or, alternately, that I serge the edge. I think I can go back and resew the seams at the waist, and correct the problem, but this is a terrible thing to happen after all that work! I guess I need to pull out the old serger and make friends with it again. I haven't used it in years and years (like 10 to 12 years). I only ever used it on one occasion and that was to make some contoured diapers for the baby out of flannel. I made probably 15 diapers and I think dulled the cutting blade, so it probably needs servicing before I can put it into action. I'm actually not even sure where it is! It's gone through four moves since I used it!</span></div>
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Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-58818613684543046632014-04-28T07:36:00.000-07:002014-04-28T07:36:00.145-07:00Spring Wardrobe Planning, Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is another color palette I'm working from which is kind of unrelated to the peach/pinks. I decided to work with what was already in my wardrobe, to expand what was there, rather than start from scratch. This seems a more economical idea, after all... I have an aqua cardigan I bought from Lands End (seen here). Another reason this is an idea that's easy on the wallet is that I'm shopping from my stash. This bird print I bought from a quilting shop in town a couple few years ago. It's a cute organic cotton... and I have a quarter of a yard of coordinating stripes, but what can I do with a quarter yard of anything, but maybe some facings for a pair of shorts or pants??? I plan to make Colette's <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/sorbetto" target="_blank">Sorbetto</a> tank (a freebie pattern) from the bird print... using self fabric for the bias bound edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second fabric is actually a twill curtain that I bought, though I forget when and where... but it has a hole in it, making it unusable as a curtain. Perhaps I can squeeze a pair of shorts out of it? It's a good medium weight twill, perfect for shorts. The third fabric is NOT an economical one. It's silk crepe de chine I bought from Mood Fabrics online, hoping to make a Sorbetto tank that would go with my rust colored linen <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2011/11/legacy-skirt-1.html" target="_blank">Legacy Skirt</a>. I didn't bother getting swatches (why oh why not??) and it doesn't coordinate with the skirt at all. It's a good foil for the blue, though, and I can see this tank under my leopard print shrug, looking quite nice with my black beads necklace. Pics after I make some garments from these fabrics, of course!</span></div>
Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-37353945449009482892014-04-24T07:17:00.000-07:002014-04-26T17:22:08.273-07:00Spring Wardrobe PlanningHi! I've been inspired by some of my favorite sewing bloggers (Colette and Grainline) to do some Spring Wardrobe Planning, as I needed some Spring togs to get me through this most fitful of seasons and into Summer (I am also lacking something fierce in Summer clothes). I've been wearing the autumn tees and jeans, which is a little depressing at this time of year. So, I decided to add some peach and grey pieces to the wardrobe... I have some peachy pink fabric that I bought two years ago, with the same goal in mind, but never used to make clothes. This corduroy and tshirt knit:<br>
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I've decided that the knit has enough to make two tops if I'm very careful, so I'll be making a 3/4 sleeve tshirt for Spring, and a tank for summer. The corduroy is intended for some pants that I may never wear... pants are notoriously hard to fit and I'm not really an experienced fitter, as of yet. But I plan to do some little things like grading sizes and then hope for the best. It can't be any worse than buying RTW pants and I can get a little practice with a peachy pink corduroy that would be pretty daring for me to actually wear in public anyway (what was I thinking??) maybe I can make some lighter pants for spring/summer if I like the fit.</div>
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I also bought this floral chiffon at the local Joanne which fits my color palette. I plan on a loose fitting tank that can be worn with a skirt or shorts, or maybe those pinky corduroy pants, if I ever gather the courage to wear them... I plan on altering the Sorbetto top pattern to get a looser, flowy-er feeling for the chiffon. I DO NOT plan on making self fabric binding with this stuff. That sounds like a nightmare... I'll use the binding I made for my failed pink Sorbetto (which maybe wasn't the rayon I was told it was, because I melted it just a little).</div>
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I also have this peachy and grey shirting fabric that I was planning on making a shirtdress with, but haven't gotten around to yet... this project may wait till next year, though. My sewing queue is filling up fast, and I don't have a ton of time to set aside for sewing. Unlike knitting which I can do anywhere in odd moments, sewing requires me to almost always be in my room.... sewing or cutting or piecing, etc. and I do have six children to educate and care for.<br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I finished it! Aidez was a really fun pattern to knit because of the easy cables and textured stitches knit in a bulky yarn. This bulky yarn meant lots of bang for your buck, so to speak! I heard that the yarn tended to grow, and my swatch did a little, after blocking, but I wasn't prepared for the 6-7 inch increase in length! I'm glad it did grow, though, because the easy fit is perfect for my figure. The sleeves are a little bit on the tight side for my taste, but they don't bind, so I'll take it! I ADORE the color... of course. Any one who knows me can attest to the fact that I can't get enough turquoise in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the finished dress, worn by the recipient, a lovely little lady that I just happened to make, too. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The linen is a nice heavy weight, soft and drapey, not a crisp linen. It does wrinkle, though. She loves it, and I think it's a perfect summer dress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Note to Self: </b>Maybe a preteen doesn't need a $60 dress??? I have one more to make anyway!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, some progress... these socks are quickly coming along. They're some plain vanilla socks to let the variegated yarn shine. Though plain vanilla socks CAN be boring, they're good for knitting while you're doing something else like listening to a lecture, or reading out loud, or driving (just kidding!). But seriously, I CAN read aloud and knit if I have something to hold the book open for me. Also, I think the little silver fibers are so fun! </span></div>
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Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-51170586111368498752014-04-07T11:45:00.001-07:002014-04-07T11:45:30.164-07:00Progress on Aidez<p dir="ltr">Blocking... can't wait to wear it. Maybe to Maryland Sheep and Wool? I sort of messed up the trellis on the back, but not many would notice, and I left it there. Feel free to look and see if you can spot the <u>mistake</u>... I dare ya!</p>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Look how pretty! These socks are so beautiful... I don't know if I can wear them. I may have to give them away. Look at the mirroring of the patterns, the way it moves diagonally, the way the ribbing flows into the pointelle lace pattern!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Yarn:</b> Claudia Handpaints Addiction <a href="http://www.claudiaco.com/p/lipstick-addiction/addiction-fingering_coral?pp=24" target="_blank">Lipstick</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, a pic of the hem of the dress, using Hug Snug, just like the <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-sorbet-dress.html" target="_blank">Sorbet Dress</a>.</span></div>
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Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-43541366229773667002013-11-14T05:20:00.001-08:002013-11-14T05:20:44.729-08:00Beach Glass Wool<p dir=ltr>Just a little teaser... I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now, and it is so fun! It's in chunky wool so it knits up really quickly, and I love the color. I hope it's very warm because it's turning cold and we keep the thermostat at a chilly 63 for thrift's sake. </p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though I began this <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2012/03/cloister-wrap.html">wrap</a> long ago... right before my trip to New York with my husband in March of 2012, I've finally finished it this month. I have knitted it on and off since that March, spending months NOT knitting it, because it was intricate and required constant consultation with a series of charts. It was not a knitting project for tv watching, or talking to friends or family... it was a project designed for long audio books and car rides; solitary labor. Lace is a luxury item, expensive in terms of cost of labor or hours spent knitting, and impractical for most occasions. Lace shawls aren't exactly made for working in the kitchen or taking hikes in the great outdoors. One doesn't wear them to the grocery store or the park with your kids, usually. So knitting lace is something I feel a little guilty about. It's not useful, not necessary for the family, it doesn't benefit anyone I love in any way... except me. It's the epitome of selfish knitting because when I knit it, I have to be focused completely on my knitting, and because it's making a garment I'll wear only a few times a year, at most. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, oh, it's such an accomplishment! It's a work of art; an example of something made just for the sake of beauty. Impractical, yes, but that's part of why it's such a treasure! Something this glorious has to bring joy to the heart of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Materials: </b>Knit Picks Shadow Yarn, 3 skeins, in Clementine (orange), overdyed in pink... blogged <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2012/03/cloister-wrap.html">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Note to Self:</b> Wear as much as possible, preferably in photographs! Also, never buy orange lace yarn again... seriously, Girl. </span></div>
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The hardest part was the waist shaping combined with the fair isle color work. A straight sided men's vest would have been much less difficult to execute. I DO have one of those in my queue, too. I also have another stranded vest on the needles, but it's a two color damask pattern and much more tedious to knit than this was. As I said, I knit it in the round, using steeks to dilineate the decreases, and then I cut them with some scissors, picked up the neck and button bands, and knit 10 rows in two by two ribbing to finish it off... I just washed and blocked it yesterday and it's gonna sit on my model for quite a while, I think, till I NEED her for marking a hem or fall comes and I'm wearing it, whichever comes first.</div>
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<b>Pattern</b>: Corrie Fair Isle Vest, from Knit Picks</div>
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<b>Cost</b>: I can't exactly remember, because I bought this kit years ago, but I think it was in the $30 range... Palette yarn is only about $3.50 per ball, SUPER reasonable.</div>
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<b>Time</b>: Hours and hours of time, probably into the mid 40's for hours... but really it was a joy, every row was slightly different and the color changes were fascinating, the patterns wasn't nearly as difficult as it looks.</div>
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<b>Note to self: </b>Fair isle is fun, not hard, so do it more often!</div>
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I love watermelon. I love the whole bright, sweet, juicy, messy lot... Here is a blouse, made in lovely watermelon chiffon. It's a simple blouse that I made as a practice garment for chiffon, before I started the pindot blouse, with sweet little aqua buttons on the placket.</div>
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And here is is styled with my <a href="http://makingcolor.blogspot.com/2012/05/dressform.html">White Market skirt</a> and a pretty pale aqua Land's End cardigan.</div>
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I'm wearing it tomorrow night to dinner with my sister and her NEW fiancee!!</div>
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<b>Pattern:</b> Simplicity 2211</div>
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<b>Note to Self:</b> You need to make more CASUAL clothes, that's what you usually wear!</div>
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<br />Lissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06467618694347245333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801386022463845541.post-37234108240600406312012-06-02T17:34:00.001-07:002012-06-02T17:34:37.564-07:00Black Pindot Chiffon Blouse Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So... four words: What Was I Thinking????</div>
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This chiffon is fiddly, hard to cut out, difficult to sew, and the pindots make it kind of op art ish... it's hard to focus my eyes when looking at it! Here are the two front pieces, and a difficult curved seam to fit over the ladies... this pattern is a difficult one, as well, I should have chosen a loose, flowy top to use with this fabric. BUT, I love the idea of this blouse in the chiffon with my plaid jumper, or my white market skirt, or my bright teal coco chanel inspired skirt, or my black and cream lace skirt, or my burnt orange skirt, or even a pair of jeans!! </div>
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Here it is with all but the hardest part pinned. How do I pin these two pieces together? Well... it's mostly just matching edges and tons of pins along the seam line. Then I baste the seam before I sew, just in case I have trouble with the curve.</div>
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Here is the result, the seam is a bit puckered, even after pressing, not sure what to do about that... I think it happened when I was zigzagging the seam to finish the edge.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I've already clocked 3 hours on this blouse and I've only got the two fronts sewn!</span></div>
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However, there is a bonus to this difficult fabric, I can only work on it in daylight, which means lots of picture opportunities... so get ready for a play by play on the pindot blouse!!</div>
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A cheetah print, teal and grey and cream, satin mumu? A slinky cocktail dress? It's for a vacation with my man in September, and I hope it looks good on me with heels!</div>
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It can also be worn up on the hips, maybe belted, as a mini dress... which is kinda risque, which means, only on Hub's arm, yes?<br />
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<b>Pattern:</b> Burda Style magazine June 2012, pattern<br />
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<b>Cost:</b> $6, this fabric was $3 a yard and I've got over half a yard left... what to do with it?</div>
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<b>Time:</b> 6 hours, 2 of which were patternmaking</div>
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<b>Note to Self:</b> Bargain fabric is fun to make unusual styles in, such a small outlay of money to experiment! I may never wear this dress, but it was fun to make!<br />
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