Now the tweed suit has been completed, I need to make some tops to go with.
First up will be a top using my TNT top pattern, Vogue 8752 (OOP) and the lovely silk crepe de chine left over from the lining of the jacket.
Hopefully I will have something to show soon.
The final stitches have been completed and I now have a tweed suit that will need to find some serious outgoings to go to!!
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| Looks like DH should have mowed the lawn! |
The benefit of both of these pieces is that they will work extremely well individually with plain tops, bottoms or jackets so I have a lot of ideas running around my head at the moment.
The skirt is my Self Drafted TNT skirt pattern, with the fabric being completely fused with Superfine interfacing to help stop it from bagging from sitting as well as lining the skirt in my normal fashion with Sun Silky lining.
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Unfortunately this skirt can’t be included in my SWAP plans, but that is okay as I have the perfect brown summer weight wool ready to be made into a skirt and the remainder of the silk crepe de chine that I used to quilt my jacket with for a top.
I would like to thank all of you for reading my posts this year and enjoying my journey with me and your wonderful comments that you have taken the time to share. I look forward to seeing your sewing adventures in 2014 and wish everyone a wonderful New Year and a sewfantastic 2014.
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Stash In: 24.80m
I have decided that December is going to be my month for finishing 2 garments – my Chanel style jacket and matching skirt as they have been progressing slowly but now I want them finished.
I have used Vogue 7975 for the jacket and my self drafted TNT skirt pattern.
Here is a picture of the fabric showing the skirt which I have fused with Superfine fusible interfacing purchased from Spotlight however I can’t seem to find any reference to it. This is a very fine interfacing just enough to give a bit more structure to the skirt to help stop it from bagging from sitting.
Now to get back to more hand sewing!
I did it, a bit late posting, however Vogue 8572 (OOP) has been made up using the damask fabric.
This fabric is a lot thicker than my previous versions and it shows a completely different type of fit which is interesting to me.
For this version:
Stash In: 24.3 m
All of a sudden I seem to have no blouses/tops for work so I have decided to make another version of my TNT top, which is OOP Vogue 8572 using an off white damask fabric that has been in the stash for years.
Even though this is the base pattern, my addition of fitting darts has changed the look of this pattern quite a bit as you can see here and here.
I hope to be back soon with the finished top and another completed piece from my October list.
I have finished Burda 02-2013-126 the short sleeve version of the gathered sleeve t-shirt using a latte mercury jersey that was in the stash and purchased from Lincraft a few years ago.
This was supposed to be my October garment for Make a Garment a Month as promised.
This is a quick t-shirt to sew, but this is where I let myself down. I tend to sew too far along before I try on anything and at this stage I had overlocked the sleeves in place before I tried it on.
Oh no, far too much fabric in the front and back necklines and the gathers on the sleeves weren’t even (I thought I had checked those). I’m not certain if the neckline stretched or the fact that I didn’t do my normal 1cm gaposis tuck to the front neckline.
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| Not sure why I put the beads on! |
I am not a fan of undoing 4 thread overlocking so I decided to put the neckband on and see what the result was.
You can see above that the front of the T-shirt has gathers where I don’t want them especially when there is not enough fabric across the bust!
The back neckline wasn’t quite as bad, but it still needs some work.
The sleeves also grab my arms when I move them forward, not comfortable.
I am calling it a fail, as this top doesn’t meet my expectations of a wearable garment e.g.outside the house.
I can see the possibilities with this top so I will give the pattern another try with more care with the gathers, some adjustments and trying it on much sooner.
On other news I managed to pick up Vogue 8904 from the Spotlight sale but now that the weather is warming up I have suddenly realised I am in dire need of summer tops so it looks like my garment for November will be a top!
Stash In: 22.3 m
You may have seen that I have in my side bar a badge for Make A Garment a Month challenge which SarahLizSewStyle is hosting to help keep us focused on sewing a little each day for ourselves. There are a lot of wonderful fellow sewers joining up.
My garment for October will be this raglan t-shirt from BurdaStyle Magazine as I have a RTW coral one that I wore constantly last year as I really liked the style.
However, I also want October to be the month to completely finish a number of garments that I have in various stages of completion:
I wonder how much I will achieve?
Now it is confession time, look what has followed me home from my last two ASG meetings at The Remnant Warehouse, the girls there are so obliging in pointing out fabric they think you will enjoy.
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| Silk mix (more silk than anything) with every colour in it for a jacket |
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| Very dark brown and cream stripe knit for Vogue 8904 |
Looks like I have got November’s garment already lined up, but first I need to purchase the pattern whilst it is on special at Spotlight!
Petite & Sewing 
