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Me Made May Days 18-24

Posted on May 25, 2015 | Leave a comment

Musings of a SeamstressDay 18 Monday

I wore my self drafted chiffon skirt.  I love this skirt and I need to make another one.  Maybe I will write a tutorial for it.
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Day 19 Tuesday

I wore my white cotton burnout paisley McCall’s 5436 top from forever ago over a turquoise tank top with a red and orange necklace and jeans.  I love the turquoise with the red and orange combination.

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Day 20 Wednesday

I wore my leopard challis Simplicity 1280 with a lilac studded belt and jeans.  This was the first top I made using challis and I don’t know why I waited so long.  I want to make all the things forever with challis!

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Day 21 Thursday

I wore my Simplicity 1317 top with jeans.  I really like this pattern as evidenced by the 3 versions I have made so far.  More will follow for fall.

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Day 22 Friday

I wore two me made pieces today.  The striped vest is Butterick 5759 that I made in March.  The other is the New Look 6875 top I made way back in 2013.  I have made 2 versions of this top and it is a great basic that I really need to make more of.  That way I do not keep buying RTW versions from Target.  I did make some fabric purchases on Friday as well. One of which was for another version of this vest. Only it has sleeves, so I guess it is a cardigan now. The other was for a dress. More on these later this week.

Musings of a SeamstressDay 23 Saturday

Ha! I didn’t realize it until posting these pictures but the t-shirt I am wearing here is the other version of New Look 6875 I made from 2012.  The sweater I am wearing is McCall’s 6844 made last year from Girl Charlee hacci sweater knit.  I have to say I am not pleased with how this sweater has worn.  The pattern is perfect and I will make several more.  The fabric, however, is a whole other story.  I love Girl Charlee, but this fabric piled as soon as I washed it and it only continues to get worse.  The blue piles onto the white and the white onto the blue.  Maybe I just need to get one of those sweater shaver things, but as it is I am hesitant to buy the hacci sweater knit from GC.  Anyone else have this problem or should I give this fabric another shot?

Day 24 Sunday

No picture for Sunday.  I kinda cheated and just wore my pajama pants.  I did make them so I guess maybe I didn’t cheat.

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February Round-up

Posted on March 10, 2014 | 3 comments

So very very late in posting, I know!  I didn’t do much of any sewing last month though.  The sewing that I did do didn’t even happen until the very last day of February.  But I did do some and it did stick with my sewing resolutions!  I made two versions of McCall’s 6844.  Everyone has been making such awesome versions of it since it came out last year that I thought I better jump on the tail end of this train.

McCall's 6844

I am not going to post a review on PR because there 48 other reviews and quite frankly it is such an easy pattern there is nothing really to say about it.

McCall's 6844

I did make two versions though.  For the first one I made view C with the peplum out of 2 yards of crepe knit from the stash.  I got it from Fabric Mart in 2012 so I am glad to have used it!

McCall's 6844

The second version is my favorite though!! It is view B.  I used 2 yards of a navy and white striped Hacci sweater knit that I got from Girl Charlee Fabrics back in December, so it is from the stash as well.  This is what I made for #BlueFebruary. I did a hell of a job matching the stripes.

On a side note, if you have not ordered sweater knits from Girl Charlee, you are missing out!  I love this fabric.  It is light weight and super soft.  I cannot wait to order more from them. Too bad I have given up buying fabric for Lent.

I also used 3 1/4 yards of muslin to make Eric a muslin sport coat.  It was a failed attempt! I am terrible at welt pockets.  So I am setting it aside. I cannot say if I will get back to it.  The thought of the amount of work that will go into the whole thing is a bit on the overwhelming side.  This coming from the girl who will hand sew over 4700 pearls on to my next ren faire costume.

With that muslin I used a total of only 7 1/4 yards of stash fabric.  On the plus side nothing new came into the sewing space, so I count last month as a win.

Up next is my March of the Shieldmaiden costume!

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