Anyway, onward. My bruised and battered arm is all healed up from falling on the stairs a few weeks ago. My sinus infection/cold is also gone (yay!) so I have been pushing forward with the sewing.
I picked up another fitting book and have high hopes for my alma (will sew this up next week). I am confident it will be awesome. Oh, and school started again, boo.
I wanted to get some fabric moving out of my stash so I grabbed this thin cotton knit with tropical birds on it to make K some pjs. You can't go wrong with pjs. I had 2 yards, the fabric has minimal stretch, and very soft.
Top is Jalie 2805 in size O for the width and M for the height. Bottoms are Ottobre 06/2013 #38 in a 134.
The top fit nice, a tad snug. The bottoms were really snug - I should have gone up a bit in size to account for the lack of stretch. Live and learn. 2 yards out of the stash! Yay.
(omg is she getting my swayback already? lol)
the pants didn't survive the day - due to the tightness
Oh and I finally got a pic of K wearing the previous Ottobre 06/2013 #38 with a tons of stretch. They fit nice and will be great leggings. She thought wearing them around the house all day was fun.
I also removed/sewed up 1 yard of the only flannel in the stash.
Fun drama with this. It started as 1 yard and I wanted to try the Jalie 3243 pants pattern. Size O. Well, the fabric wasn't long enough so I thought "ok, I'll make capri's with elastic in the legs, cute." I cut out the pattern and went to start sewing and found this huge hole in the fabric! UGH.
So I proceeded to hack more off and make them shorts.
And when ironing, found ANOTHER dang hole!
Terrible fabric. I patched this small one quick and called it good.
I'm also working on this top with 1.5 yards of knit from the stash
and then moving back to the alma. Total I will have used up 6.5 yards of stash so far this month.
What are you currently working on?
~ Happy Sewing! ~ Kristin ~
Looove those leggings. And the shorts are cute, too! Too bad about the holes in that fabric, though, that must have been so frustrating for you! Good on your for going the shorts route and turning them into something super cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aleksandra! I made a top for me out of the same legging fabric. It is superb but doesn't like the dryer much. I hang dry mine now.
DeleteAnd yes, the holes sucked! lol I really wanted to scrap it all but shorts prevailed. :)
Love the leggings! You've been busy! I've been sewing almost everyday because school starts next week for me. :( Now I just need to get around to taking pictures so I can blog about them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Elizabeth! I'm so glad you had time to sew over break - it goes so fast!
DeleteDang flannel...you must have felt like it was cursed!lol Great job on sewing up some of your fabric stash. I've been trying to do the same as my husband is getting a little tired of all the totes of fabric stacked in our bedroom. (well, he hasn't said anything but if it was his crap, I'd be really annoyed!lol)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the next go-round of Alma fitting!
hahaha, yes Cindy, I couldn't believe it kept going downhill. Thanks, I am hoping to use up 3/4's my stash this year. Big goal, lol. Your poor husband LOL, but yes, I don't enjoy when mine leaves his crap everywhere either.
DeleteWow.. You really used up that stash today.. And some cute pj's and leggings to show for it Happy sewing. Proud your feeling better.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy! I'm glad I'm on the mend too - winter is so hard for me.
DeleteYou are good! I went to buy thread, bought zero spools of thread and 5 remnants! haha!
ReplyDeleteCute jammies for the little one!
hahahaha. Thanks Mrs. Smith. I usually end up with everything but what I went for ;-)
DeleteCute pjs! I need to make some more for my girls; they wear them so much that some holes have formed, but one is do to a little crafty person who doesn't watch her scissors! LOL Sinus infections are miserable; I use to get them all the time when I lived in Florida. Glad you are healing from your fall. We have 3 flights of stairs in our house, the slippery wood kind and I have to be so careful. Yay, on using some of your stash...now you can buy more ha ha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shirley! K is most certainly my crafty one too. I get the usual mix of paint, marker, glue, cut marks on most her clothes. lol.
DeleteSadly I get sinus infections too much in the winter here. Drives me insane. I know right when they are starting now. And I hope you are careful on those stairs! Scary! My MIL had a huge flight up to her place and I used to get so height-sick. lol. on stairs. It was weirdly funny.
Hahahaha! Love the first pic! I know that feeling . . .
ReplyDeleteYou are on a roll, girl!
Thanks Gail :D I made him my desktop background too.
DeleteI must keep my momentum going forward!
That humour photo is priceless. Good for you for getting fabric moving out! I'm curious, where do you buy Ottobre? I have heard good things about this magazine and while I don't have kids, I know they have a "woman" issue a couple of times a year, right?
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrea! I just renewed my subscription to Ottobre for the second year. You can do it right off their website. You can even browse the magazines and patterns in them, there. I love the mags and find them completely worth the price. I've ordered many back issues now too - I love them all! The styles are spot on and for "normal" people - where Burda is sometimes too much for where I live ;-)
DeleteI do hope you give them a shot. You can sometimes find the mags on ebay too if you want to try out just one issue. here is their website link
http://www.ottobredesign.com/
Thanks so much for the info!
DeleteI'm really glad you're getting better. You just can't rush these things! As for your daughter, she looks perfectly cute in her new togs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Philippa :) If the weather would just turn warm again.... ;-) in due time.
DeleteI remember my Home Ec teacher telling us to check for holes. I used to think it was a waste of time, its new fabric-right?
ReplyDeleteThen I cut out a silk (paid job) flower girl dress and there was a huge flaw in the bodice and I had to ask the customer to buy some more, not good.
Very cute sewing!
xx N
Feel better soon.
I wish I had heard her advice ;-) I would be sad if it was something like silk! Luckily this fabric was only $3/yard. lol. Thanks!
Delete"I only bought zippers!" Ha! So funny.
ReplyDeleteBummer about the holes in the jammies and in the fabric. That happened to me just yesterday, but luckily it was in the hem allowance anyway.
Looking forward to seeing how your Alma turns out.
:-)
DeleteHa, I can't believe you had holes in yours too! Luck was on your side though with it being in the hem. Thanks Joy, and the alma is getting started in the morning :D yay!