A Day of Sewing

Last minute sewing - my son had Cub camp this weekend and the 3rd year beavers got to go for Saturday night... but his blanket didn't have ANY of his badges on it. So I did some badge sewing... NOTE to self: keep up with badge sewing so you don't have to sew 3 years worth of badges at the same time :) Added a beaver appliqué above his beaver badges... Also made a small cushion.





I also altered a pair of knit yoga pants taking over 4" out of the width... removed the waistband and shortened the rise slightly. Now they are a little short...
I have slowly been working on my new jeans, and hope to finish them tonight

Fitting Pants Again...

So I took out the CB stitching, and took in the side seams, CB seam and added 4 small darts. Also drafted and applied a curved waistband. I think these look better... thoughts on improving this pair?

I think I need another small dart on the front, and to move the waistband slightly lower over the hips...

Fitting Help

Help.... how do I get rid of some of these folds/lines... Pattern KS3315 - it was my TNT pattern....

Sewing for me

Ottobre 5/07 #19

• Fabric: Black single sided fleece - I think its a Malden Mills fabric... turquoise knit for hood lining and pocket/neckline binding.

• Pattern Modifications: I made size 48 for most, tapering out to size 52 for hips and lengthening nearly 2". I shortened the sleeves and used the size 52 sleeve.

• Comments:This went together quickly. I love the fitted style, that is long enough for me. Usually store bought fleece end at my waist or just below and ride up - they never go to my hips!

Picture is coming - its in the wash again, the cat likes to sleep on it :)
Added the photo finally.... Slow recently as I'm on day 3 of a massive headache!


Ottobre 2/07 #17

• Fabric: Black Stretch Twill
  

• Pattern Modifications:Lots...

• Comments:Got the fly backwards, but didn't care to pull it out....

They aren't quite complete, still need inner waistband sewn on and hemming.

A new designer....

My daughter was going to a birthday party this week and she needed a present for her friend. She decided that we should sew a skirt. So we looked through the stash and found some pink poplin and some pink with heart cotton that she like. She decided that it was to have white lace trim around the heart shaped pockets and above the hem ruffle. Below is a picture of her modelling the skirt and then her posing with her design work.


Birthday sewing....


This week it was my son's 7th Birthday. Here is a picture of the fleece jacket I made for him modelled by his youngest sister, made in black fleece bonded to red mesh. It's from Ottobre 4/06 #39 but I didn't really follow the instructions - I didn't sew the front/back in separate pieces/colours, but just topstitched where the seam would be. I also eliminated the pockets and on the hood folded the seam allowance out to add the contrast. Cuffs and hem bands are done with the fleece turned inside out.


Not sewing, but a birthday cake...



Here is the "Tow Mater" cake made carved from a 3 layer cake.


Some dyeing

My daughter wanted yellow tights for her yellow exercise suit that I made last year... I searched all over and couldn't find any so ended up dyeing 100% nylon tights with vinegar and food colouring :) Here she is all dressed up. It was a good colour match.... unfortunately being thin nylons they haven't lasted long and have a huge run in them, and now she wants another pair :) (glad they came in a two pack)

My Jeans

Here is a slightly better photo of them.... They are really dark stretch denim so are very hard to photograph. The wrinkles are probably from the way I'm standing, with the 2yo on my hip - she had to be in the photo too...

Upcoming projects
Now to get on with sewing for my oldest daughter - her birthday is in a week and I have nothing traced. I'm going to do the dress on the cover of the latest Ottobre and the Ottobre bodysuit. She also needs a swimsuit....

First Items Completed in 2008! And its for me!

I finished my jeans (KS 3315) tonight, but no pictures as they are way too dark to see anything at this time of night. This is my 3rd pair from this pattern and they went together quickly...

Added photo: Not the best, but maybe I can get one of the kids to take one outside today as its very sunny!

First Sewing in 2008

I can't believe I haven't done any sewing since Dec 23!!! But tonight while doing laundry I managed to assemble a pair of jeans for ME! They are Kwiksew 3315 and I cut them out in November with some thought that maybe I'd get them done before Christmas - I don't know what I was thinking.... I got them to the stage to try them on, and I need to make a few slight changes and then serge & topstitch before adding the waistband and hemming. They are made in a nice weight stretch denim that I picked up and a local store.