tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85377575879865482782024-02-20T19:52:11.190-08:00reloved.reuse. reduce. refashion. revive. recycle. relove.annanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525827756984022493noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537757587986548278.post-88514630907829981432017-12-28T16:10:00.001-08:002017-12-28T16:23:36.256-08:00work in progress (wip) - mandala embroidery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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sometimes i get the urge to embroider. i've never gotten terribly into it and it's so hard for me to actually finish an embroidery project i've started. usually i get to a certain point and decide that there's puckering and/or the stitches aren't even enough and/or i'm out of that color thread i need and/or it just doesn't look good enough to finish so it gets put into the time out corner, or the textile recycling. </div>
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nonetheless i keep coming back to it. there's something about it that's very soothing and meditative. i feel like it's the textile version of an adult coloring book. you use it to create pieces that aren't functional; you create them just because they're beautiful. there's something i like about that concept, although i usually err on the side of functional when it comes to how to spend my crafting time.</div>
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whether mandalas are on trend right now or i've been looking at a lot of related imagery, it seems like mandalas have been everywhere lately and they have really been catching my eye. so far i think it looks pretty good. i'm just going slowly, trying to enjoy making decisions and fixing mistakes, and most importantly taking it one stitch at a time.</div>
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in case it does end up a total failure i bought a mandala coloring book. if it goes well i have more mandalas to trace and embroider. if it turns out horribly and i never want to embroider again i'll throw out my embroider threads and buy some markers!</div>
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just kidding, i already own all the markers.</div>
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i love that feeling when i run across an old notebook and find a journal entry or list of things to be grateful for or some other snapshot of my life at that moment when those thoughts seemed important enough to write down. i love memories on facebook, too. reading through my old blog entries was like a combination of both: words and pictures. i love being reminded of where i was two or five or ten years ago so i can appreciate how much things change and how they stay the same...</div>
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i've always enjoyed writing and i started feeling nostalgic for my blogging days. i was writing and journaling a lot over summer but lately my inspiration has shifted. i was processing a lot of heavy thoughts and emotions at that point in time and now that the dust of life has settled a bit, i feel like i can shift my thoughts to lighter matters. i want to fill my mind and my life with whatever makes my heart sing.</div>
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i've noticed throughout life that my interestes ebb and flow; there's always some creative output but it varies. i'm not sure if it's this way for all creative people or just some, but i've definitely touched on the concept in brief conversations while browsing the aisles at a craft fair, at the fabric store cutting counter, and in the checkout line at the yarn store. it seems like it's part of the shared experience of creating.</div>
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there are so many things to learn and experience in this existence that it can be overwhelming. i want to try all the things and read all the books and go all the places and live all the experiences, but my time and capacity are limited. i've knitted, crocheted, played guitar and piano, drawn,written, journaled, painted, sewn, i've made toys, garments, even blankets. now as a single mom (oh i didn't mention, did i? i've split from my husband since my last post and relocated to a much smaller place) who works full time, runs marathons (or at least marathon int he singular: my other big piece of news is that i finally ran my first marathon!!!) i try to put more thought into how i spend my time.</div>
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i guess all that to say i know i haven't blogged in a long time and i'm not sure if this will be the start of getting back into it, but it felt right at the moment to share a snapshot of my life at the moment here, if only because i'll enjoy revisiting it in a few years. i thought about starting over, but somehow the name reloved seemed even more appropriate now than ever.</div>
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you make time for what's important to you.</div>
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it's still such a foreign concept to me that my kids can be so little with such strong wills. we start negotiating halloween costumes mid-summer and for the first time ever they both decided on costumes early on and stuck with the ideas. </div>
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both costumes are pretty simple. jack frost just needs brown high water pants, a blue hoodie, the right stick, and a crap ton of paint and he's good to go. ladybug girl just needed the dress, tutu, and a couple of accessories my friend donated to the cause. they were both so happy with their costumes it totally made the months of pestering worth it.</div>
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and hey, lots of people recognized him at halloween so i'll call that a win =D for those of you that don't know (and i wouldn't blame you) the character is from a movie called rise of the guardians. not terrible, but definitely no wreck it ralph.</div>
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There's nothing like the promise of lavish prizes to bring all the sewists out of the woodwork. Actually I'm just plagued with such perpetual technological difficulties that it makes blogging a bit of a chore. I need a new computer but refuse to invest in one while my kids are still such destructive little monsters (if you could see my laptop you'd understand). Also, boo computers. I'd rather be sewing. OR RUNNING! This post is about a little bit of both.</div>
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Even I, in my state of technological deprivation, know about Karen from Did You Make That's <a href="http://didyoumakethat.com/2014/05/18/sporty-summer-sewathon/" target="_blank">Sporty Summer Sewathon</a> and Melissa of Fehr Trade's <a href="http://www.fehrtrade.com/article/822/announcing-the-spring-race-challenge" target="_blank">Spring Race Challenge</a>. I've already posted the post-first-5K pictures for the Spring Race Challenge, but I wanted a little something extra for the Sporty Summer Sewathon. As I mentioned before, I purchased an entire yard of the contract fabric with the intention of... well, it was on clearance and that was reason enough. I thought I might make a matching top, and lo and behold I did!</div>
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I finally went out and bought the Sewaholic Renfrew pattern, although this particular version deviates quite a bit from the original pattern. First and most obviously, there's no bottom band or sleeves. I added a few inches to the bottom and did a regular twin needle hem (using the amazing sticky double sided hem tape that I will always and forever use when hemming knits from here on out). Also, I slashed and spread the front piece about an inch and gathered the front neck a little bit. I like running tops to be a little bit looser fitting (and long!) since the pants are so very, very tight.</div>
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This is an awful (and accidental) picture, but it turns out that its the only one where you can kind of see the gathering, just a little bit. I bound the neckline and armholes with bands of the same fabric. I scooped out the back a little bit with the intention of having it be a racer back, but it's really not quite scooped out enough. I like the way it looks, though, and I can wear it with a regular bra. Win! </div>
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Now for the bad: I really can't wear the top running. It's some kind of polyester which, while lovely and slinky and cool for normal daily wear, doesn't wick. Which means I turn into a slippery sweatball when I wear it running. Oh well, that just means I get to wear it when I'm not running.</div>
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Thursday May 1st: I wore my new poly paisley sleeveless button up shirt, grey Hollyburn skirt, and a hand knit sweater (though it was only for the morning commute; I wore my office sweater at the office and the afternoon was so nice no sweater was necessary).</div>
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Friday May 2nd: I wanted to prove that I'm still using my Duathlon capris for running. These are my new favorite running pants, especially as it gets warmer and I don't need a jacket for running. The pockets are just the right size to securely hold my iPhone in place. I ran 3+ miles with my phone in my pocket and it didn't once feel in danger of falling!</div>
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My real outfit for the day: I took a sick day to go to (soooo many) doctor's appointments. It was still kind of nice, so we hit up the playground too. I wore my Thurlow blue jeans (as yet unblogged), my me-made yellow cardi, and I'm even rocking some me-made So Zo undies (also unblogged). I made 4 pairs of these undies a little while back and I love them all! I definitely need to make some more.</div>
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Saturday May 3rd: I wore my blue jean Thurlows again (don't judge me please) and a tee I made ages ago. I love this shirt, even if the neckline is a little stretched out. I wonder if I could sew on some clear elastic around the shoulders to snap things back into place....</div>
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And there you have it; week one completed (albeit a short week). I'm trying to think more about what I <i>need</i> clothing wise, as opposed to what I <i>want </i>to sew. It turns out that most of the dresses I made last year don't really fit anymore (which means I've lost a little weight). This is especially exciting as it means I really <i>need</i> to sew some pretty new dresses. After all, a wardrobe with all cake and no frosting is almost as bad as one that's all frosting and no cake, right? Somehow neither of those scenarios really sounds bad, though...</div>
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I did it. I ran a 5K. And I have Melissa from Fehr Trade to thank for setting the totally brillz <a href="http://www.fehrtrade.com/article/822/announcing-the-spring-race-challenge" target="_blank">Spring Race Challenge</a>. I've been meaning to sign up for a 5K forever but fear of.. something (running in front of people? social interaction? middle school PE flashbacks? I don't really know) kept holding me back. With the gauntlet thrown down, though, I went for it. I just registered for a race on somewhat familiar turf near my house early in the morning.</div>
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The race: Top Pot Doughnuts Doughnut Dash. Yes, there were doughnuts at the finish line. Yes, that's a trailer with a doughnut on top I'm posing in front of. Yes, best 5k name ever.</div>
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Not knowing <i>anybody</i> who runs I was on my own on race day. I would like to profusely thank the nice stranger who snapped this pic for me shortly after I crossed the finish line. It's not the best picture, but it's proof. It's a shame you can't really see the pants, cuz obviously it's all about the pants. Part of the challenge was to actually <i>make</i> exercise gear, which I thought would be really scary. It's seriously hard to find exercise gear that fits and looks ok and that you actually like. I won't even mention pockets, because unless you're shelling out the big bucks for Lululemon it's not happening. And shelling out the big bucks for Lululemon isn't happening for me at this point. </div>
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I made the capri length and even with all the problems I ran into they probably took 2 or 3 hours from start to finish. Since I had to run to the fabric store before I could finish them, it's kind of hard to gauge, though. I used this double sided sticky tape (I think it's called Wonder Tape or Magic Tape) on the hem and let me tell you, the name doesn't lie. That shit is incredible. The hem looks good <i>even when I'm not wearing them! </i><b style="font-style: italic;">Even though I zigzagged everything instead of using a twin needle!!!!!</b> I have since bought twin needles to replace those that were either lost or broken and forgotten. The zigzag hem isn't bothering me any, though.</div>
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I've been really sick since Easter and am finally getting over this terrible cold. I almost decided not to run, but in the end I'm glad I did. I think that it was a lot scarier for me than it needed to be. I'm already signed up for another 5K for my son's school in June, and I'm seriously thinking about setting some new running goals. I feel like the next logical step is a 10k, and 6 miles isn't really that far.... right?</div>
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One day at Goodwill, Django reaches out and grabs this insanely blue corduroy printed with red, green, white, and yellow dogs. I would never have bought it, because even a pre-schooler would be embarassed to be seen in <i>that</i>, right? Apparently wrong. Very wrong. He insisted that we buy it, so home it came.</div>
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These are (surprise) the Little Heartbreaker Pants from Sewing for Boys. Again. IDGAF they're awesome. I would never dress my son in skinnies so this is really the only pants pattern I need for him. And, as always, such a great pattern. He's kind of between the 4/5 and 6/7 sizes right now. I can't remember if these are 6/7 or if they're lengthened 4/5s. He's got some of both in his wardrobe right now. </div>
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He can be such a little ham for the camera sometimes. When he's not running away trying to foil my evil plot to take pictures of him to post on the internet, of course. As you can see, these pants have seen a lot of wear: the zoo, the playground, school, you name it. No shame, this kid. I hope he stays that way.</div>
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This is just about the only close up I have of this fabric. It's even worse than you thought, isn't it? I had sooo much left after making him pants (and really, what boy needs more than one pair of brightly colored dog pants?) I made him a backpack. Oh. My. God. It's just too much isn't it? That's ok, I don't have any pictures of him wearing both at the same time. Because that <i>is</i> too much. At least for me. I don't think I could handle that much.</div>
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I used the <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2009/03/finally-here-toddler-backpack-pattern/" target="_blank">Toddler Backpack pattern</a> from Made by Rae. This was actually a Christmas present so it's been a long time since construction. I seem to recall that it came together with no problems, though. I really like the size of this backpack. All the kid backpacks I've seen in stores are huge for him! Although he's growing so fast, I definitely think he'll need a bigger one for kindergarten (yikes! I still can't believe that's coming up so soon). </div>
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I lined it with some more of the fish sheet. That thing just keeps going. It's become a Henry shirt, one or two pairs of boxers, a number of quilt squares in a few different quilts, and there's still more! Inserting the lining wasn't nearly as difficult as i expected; the instructions are very clear and the technique is a cinch. I think I even got it on the first try!</div>
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You can see it here filled with lots of Christmas schwag. I did add a pouch with elastic at the top for his water bottle, which was also a Christmas present. The straps were made with Kona cotton, the piping I bought pre-made because I'm lazy, and the straps are that stuff they use for bag straps. The pattern calls for it, but I forget what it's called. Ahh, there it is: nylon strap, often called "webbing." </div>
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The Boy is already growing out of this backpack, but hopefully his lil' sis won't be opposed to inheriting it. </div>
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I swear I've been thinking about this for ages. For those of you who don't know, you can read all about Me Made May <a href="http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/2014/04/me-made-may14-sign-up-here.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Basically, though, you make a pledge to wear items made by you however often you like (so once a week, every day, or all handmade all the time - it's your challenge!) and then you basically follow along with the rest of the online sewing community while keeping your pledge. Photographic evidence isn't mandatory, but it is more fun ;-)</div>
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I'm to a point now where I do wear a lot of handmade clothes, but still not necessarily every day. What I would <i>really</i> like to do this Me Made May is pull out some old hand made clothes that don't see as much wear as I'd like. I'm specifically thinking of a few hand knit sweaters (which it's just about the season for) and some dresses/skirts. Since I started making pants, there's been a lot of pants wearing around these parts. I hate to admit it, but I've been wearing pretty much the same things on the same days all the time. Me Made May should be a good time to shake it up, since I can look back at last week's photos and make sure I'm not wearing the same outfits all over again.</div>
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This Me Made May I want to make sure I get some of those beloved pieces out of storage and into rotation, shake up the portion of my wardrobe that I <i>actually </i>wear, and hopefully even catch up on blogging some of my me made clothes. So, without further ado:</div>
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Otherwise known as slippery shirt of fraytasticness. I know, I'm still workin' on the last part. This is the same pattern I've been working with, I'm going to start calling it "My Express Button Up Shirt pattern." It's kiiind of a mouthful, but it sounds like it's super speedy to sew (which it's not really, but there's always hope right?)</div>
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The fabric is some ridiculously slippery poly shit that I knew I was going to hate but it's paaaaisleeeey! So home with me it came. I must make a full disclosure right now, I don't usually buy fabrics from Joann's because there are some local fabric shops around that I'd <i>rather</i> give my money to. You know, the kind that let's their employees wear clothes them made instead of some generic uniform and where the staff actually KNOW HOW TO SEW???? Sorry, rant over. But beyond all the economic arguments, I'm really just usually disappointed in the comparative fabric quality. That's why it's cheaper, it's not the same stuff.</div>
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Unfortunately, when I was cutting out I came just short of having enough fabric. There wasn't enough left to cut the collar. <i style="font-weight: bold;">THE COLLAR!!!!</i> The single smallest piece of the pattern. No matter how I turned the scraps, though, I just couldn't fit the four collar pieces on any of them. And this is not the kind of fabric I'm super comfortable with piecing together (because, again, soooooo slippery). After a great amount of hemming and hawing I eventually cut the collar piece out of one of the sleeve pieces. Since this is polyester and warm weather is coming, it's really probably a blessing in disguise. Maybe.</div>
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I have made one very important discovery about button up shirts. They really need a lot of buttons. More than I've been using. Too few buttons = weird gaping. I actually had to sew a hook and eye at the full bust point on this shirt because I epically failed to get the button situated at the right spot. Why is that so hard? It seriously looks like magic though. What keeps it closed right there?? </div>
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The one major problem that arose with making this shirt sleeveless: I knew there was some excess fabric along the front armhole in my original version, and I tried to remove it, but I came nowhere near taking enough out. I ended up having to take huge (1.5 inch, so 3 inches removed in total) darts. And since the front is pieced the way it is, it just looks weird. There was just no way to make it look ok. Fortunately this busy-ass fabric totally camouflages pretty much everything. I think the armhole looks fine from most angles, but yeah, it's shaped kinda weird. Le sigh.</div>
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I'm wearing it here tucked into my grey Hollyburn skirt. I need like a million more of these ASAP, but I don't think I have any suitable fabric on hand. I'm trying to shop the stash this year, but I keep wanting to make things that I don't have fabric for (Duathlon Shorts, I'm looking at you!). I just need to sew faster, maybe. By the way, I know that's a weird derpy face, but I'm pretty sure I'm talking to the dog here. </div>
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Here it is untucked. (By the way, this fabric is so shiny it kind of amazes me that it's even fabric as opposed to some kind of metal?) I've worn it several times now to work and I always tuck it in. I don't think that the cut of the shirt works with leaving it untucked. The original shirt was not like this, so I've definitely done fudged it up somewhere. I need to take width out of the waist/hips and lessen the back curvature (that shit's like impossible to hem as is anyway. And I thought circle skirts were bad.)</div>
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The back cure is pretty low. I'm not sure if I need to bring it up or bring the front down a little. Maybe a bit of both. I do like the way it looks here, though, just not so much from the side. It looks super sloppy. It does stay tucked in pretty well when I bend down, though, and I assume that's the point. There's some excess back fabric, but I don't think I'd be able to put my arms in front of me if I took any out, so there it shall stay.</div>
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There's that awful side view! Ugh. And that's why it's a tuck in shirt. It's pretty loose through the waist and hips, but that makes it kind of poof out when it's tucked in (which I'm pretty sure is standard?) so I'm not sure how much I should/can take out. It just needs a little more experimenting. </div>
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I'm getting close with this pattern. I love that it's just the right style and the fit was already pretty close. Those are the perks of rubbing off your favorite clothes. I know that every time I buy a pattern it's the same struggle to get the fit just perfect, so I don't feel discouraged by the imperfect fit. As a matter of fact, I just want to make about ten more of these right now, all with little variances (sleeve style/length, ease, etc.). As a matter of fact, I've already got one more to show you and it's my absolute faaavorite button up shirt ever! Now I just need to get pictures.</div>
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And in case you wonder what I'd look like as a farmer, this is pretty much it.</div>
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So I'm pretty sure it's been about a million years since my last post. Life and stuff.. You know how it goes. Since Me Made May is coming, though, it's time to get back in the swing of things. Here I am posting Baby Girl's Easter dress <b>ON EASTER!!!</b><i> </i>I must be turning over a new leaf ;-)</div>
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I basically drafted this dress based off of an existing vintage shirt pattern (which is the one I've used to make her several shirts already, I just forget the number and am too lazy to look it up). Apparently that new leaf business was short lived. I lengthened the front bodice piece and adjusted the back to be made from two pieces instead of one like the original pattern. The skirt is, well, it's pretty much three gathered rectangles so there's not much to say about that. I also changed it from a button back to a zip. That's right! It's still the year of the zipper around here. I also widened the bodice pieces a little bit. The neck on the original pattern was kind of tight and narrow so this helped make the neck wider (and hopefully it will fit her this summer).</div>
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The pink fabric is from an old dress my mom gave me. I'm not really sure what her issue was with it, but it's so pink and I love it! The bodice had this lovely floral embroidery and buttons. Strangely, it was hard to cut out even these tiny little pieces because the neckline on the original dress was really low. I have the entire huge gathered skirt left and I love it and I can't decide what to make out of it. I could do a gathered skirt, but I've owned one in my entire life and I hate it. I've never even worn it. I don't think I like gathered skirts on me. What's more likely is another button up shirt. It's just the same weight as the inspiration shirt and i think it would be gorgeous.</div>
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As you can see, it's not quite short sleeve weather here yet... But I can feel it creeping up! I've got so many ideas of clothes I want to make for summer, but the cold weather is really putting a damper on that. I'm not one to make an item of clothing I won't be able to wear <i>right away</i>. I'm not that patient.</div>
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She was pretty much all business once she found that huge sucker. No, she didn't finish it. If she had I'm sure we'd all be in the ER right now instead of hanging out at home nursing terrible sugar hangovers. I feel kind of awful that the Boy didn't get a new outfit for Easter, but he didn't really seem to care. At all. Umm. Hello? Easter is about candy, not new clothes. I did manage to dress him in me made LHBs and his dino sweater, and he seemed pretty happy with that.</div>
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The full name has to be the "orange you glad it's not another pair of Thurlows" button up shirt. Not that you're really happy that it's not another pair of Thurlows because, honestly, how could you ever get tired of the genius that is the Thurlow pattern. Moving on, though.<br />
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I've been exceedingly jealous of all the lovely Archer shirts popping up all over the place... unfortunately the cut of the pattern is just not my style. I need a slightly more fitted (or perhaps shapely is the word) button up. Boxy clothes make me look, well, really boxy. No bueno.<br />
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The ratio of handmade bottoms to tops in my wardrobe is beginning to spiral out of control. The sad truth is that it isn't the result of an excess of serviceable RTW, but rather of finding and falling in love with the Thurlow and Hollyburn patterns. The problem with tops is that I just can't find a pattern that I like. I tried modifying the Darling Ranges dress to be a top, but honestly it's just so low cut and raising the neckline is tricky. Then I tried some godawful big 5 pattern and you never saw the result (for very good reason). I seem to recall a Seinfeld episode featuring that pattern... Can anybody guess which one? <br />
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I think the real crux of the matter is that I have an impossible time finding button up shirts that I like. In my entire life I have found two that I liked. One was a white button up with 3/4 sleeves from Van Heusen (come to think of it, where the hell did that shirt go anyway?) and the other is a black long sleeve button up from Express. Since, obviously, the Van Heusen top is long gone, I used the black Express top for inspiration. <br />
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I bought <u>P<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patternmaking-Perfect-Fit-Technique-Re-create/dp/0823026663" target="_blank">attern Making for a Perfect Fit</a></u> aaaages ago. Before I even knew much about sewing, to be perfectly honest. I thought it was a really cool idea, and it is... but there was just so much in the book that was beyond my realm of knowledge. Seam finishes? Interfacing? What da whaaa? Of course that was a long time ago and when I picked the book back up (specifically for this project) it all made a lot more sense. I've got a lot more techniques under my belt and have even tackled a placket or two.<br />
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I don't have the same set up (nor am I prepared either spatially or financially to set up) for pattern tracing. Instead I laid down my big roll poly tracing stuff (sorry to get all technical on ya there) on an overstuffed ottoman, laid the shirt on top of that, pinned, and sort of traced around the pieces one at a time. It worked out pretty well. Then, of course, I had to go in and add seam allowances.<br />
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The construction of this shirt is interesting. Each front is made of three pieces: a yoke, a center front piece, and a side front piece. The back also has a yoke, a center back piece cut on the fold, and side back pieces. It's like partial princess seams and I think it works really well to give the shirt shaping without the harsh look sometimes afforded by darts (not to mention awkward dart pointage, ewww). The original shirt had pockets covering up the point where the three front pieces meet, but I didn't bother with this version as it's a "wearable muslin" if you will.</div>
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I did have a few minor problems. I need to lower and wide the full bust about a half inch... other than that I had a little trouble with the hem. Mostly just the center back.</div>
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That just might <i>not</i> steam out. It actually borders on a high/low hem in real life. The shirt looks great tucked in, though, so I'm not too worried. I will raise the center hem just a smidge on my next version though. The original version has this same shape of hem, I just traced it off. All the curves made it surprisingly difficult to actually hem. I think that might be part of the back problem you see here. It's just too much fabric being sewn to too little.</div>
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The single biggest problem i had with the shirt is almost too embarrassing to share, but what the hell, here it goes. I flatfelled every single seam in the body... only to sew the sleeves on inside out. When I realized my mistake I just didn't have the heart to rip them off. Besides, the collar seems to sit better inside out so I just zigzagged the seam and left it that way. As a result, though this is what my seams look like.</div>
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Le sigh... So close. This is one of those strange little details, though, that I daresay no one is likely to notice. Design feature? I originally thought the inspiration shirt had flatfelled seams, only to find upon closer inspection that the seams were actually serged and then topstitched down to look like of like flatfelled seams. Which means, really, this is closer to what the original shirt looks like. Still... just no. I may have also had a little accident when i was opening up the buttonholes...</div>
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Still, with all it's foibles I'm ridiculously proud of this shirt. This is by far the most complicated thing I've ever made without a pattern (a real pattern, with instructions and stuff). I was really confused about where the collar interfacing went and I'm 100% sure that's <i>not</i> how it goes, but I don't care. It lays pretty well when i'm wearing it. Oh, and check out my cuffs...</div>
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Very sharp. The sleeve has two pieces, which I think is weird. I don't know if I'll stick with that on future versions or not. It does make that slit very easy, though. I'm still mulling over how to make it look more RTW with all the little details and seam finishes.</div>
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Fabric: Thrifted sheet</div>
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Pattern: My own</div>
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Final thoughts: I'm very happy with this pattern. It needs a little tweaking, but I'm ready to work on it. I definitely need more tops!</div>
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Ok, let's get real here for a second. Is there anybody out there who sews <i>or</i> knits who doesn't have some obscenely large collection of scraps shoved in some dark corner somewhere? That's my goal. To have them all fit in <i>one corner</i>. Ugh. So.many.scraps. And I'm really not feeling up to a whole quilt right now. So I'm trying to think of smaller projects that can utilize piecing/quilting that maybe I can even try out some new techniques on.</div>
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TRIANGLES!!! Do you see that?! Are you impressed? No? Well, don't be. My squares came out crazy wonky and I had to cut them down to a size. Le sigh...</div>
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However subpar my quilting might be, I'm still overly proud of the outside of this sewing kit. It's sooo hard to sew triangles together! They stretch. Boo. Even though there was some <<i>ahem</i>> evening of the squares I think they look really nice. I'd love to have a whole quilt done in this pattern in shades of pink, but I don't know that it'll ever happen. I do have more, slightly larger triangles cut out and I've started sewing them together. I'd like to either make some market bags or a quilt like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/91409067410895048/" target="_blank">this</a>. I can't seem to link to the site directly atm, but I've viewed the page and the quilt is sooo pretty. </div>
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The inside is pretty cute as well... continuing with the pink theme, obviously. I mostly followed <a href="http://lotsofpinkhere.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-gifts-of-christmas-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, but my pieces ended up much smaller and my scissors ended up slightly larger so I had to improvise. By the way, I thought that was wool felt but my iron disagreed. Be advised that your long piece of felt can easily become one small, square, thick one. You've been warned. </div>
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The only real problem I have with this kit is that things won't stay in the vertical pockets (the ones facing the open edge). So the scissors and my seam rippers are always falling out. I have a few simple ideas on how to fix this but obviously can't be arsed as I haven't done it yet. I'm also not quite convinced about the spools of thread on the ribbon.... I usually use whatever I have left on the bobbin for handstitching and that seems a lot more portable to me.<br />
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I definitely love the idea of this little sewing kit, now I just need to figure out how useful it really is (before I start thinking about making more, as I am so wont to do when I finish a project). At least it used up some scraps and was pretty quick. I used to use an empty (clean) glass peanut butter jar with the lid on as a sewing kit. I liked it because I could throw the buttons, thread, needle, pins and even a tiny pair of scissors in without worrying about anything falling out (or anyone stepping on a stray needle, yeowch!). I'm curious, what do you use as your sewing kit? </div>
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I really like this pattern. A lot. I feel like Sewaholic kind of specializes in basic, everyday wardrobe pieces (or "<a href="http://sewaholic.net/too-much-frosting-not-enough-cake/" target="_blank">cake</a>" if you will). Which is really just fine with me because, no matter how much I may love fancy dresses, they just don't really fit my lifestyle. I'm not planning on giving up on making dresses just yet (as a matter of fact I'm lurking on the <a href="http://www.christinehaynes.com/products/emery-dress-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">Emery dress </a>pretty hard right now), but I would like to have a handmade wardrobe that fits my lifestyle better than a closet full of dresses.</div>
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One of the tricky things about pants is that they can be rather expensive to muslin (or so I thought). I ended up finding the black mystery fabric I used for my first pair of Thurlows dirt cheap at Goodwill, thereby allowing me to save this denim bought at Joann's for a second, less unpredictable pair. </div>
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See? See the sagging? It's a dark denim which means it's kind of hard to get pictures, but take my word for it: every part of these pants stretch and sag something awful. </div>
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Now for the <i>other</i> thing I must mention. I fucked up. So bad. I've spent a lot of time sewing with unconventional fabrics; sheets, fabric from Goodwill in strange cuts without selvages. So I never really learned which way the grain runs. Whoops. Guess what? It runs the <i>opposite </i>direction. On the bright side, I'm pretty sure this is one of those lessons that will <b>stick with me</b>. Aaaand at least the denim was crazy cheap. </div>
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I think for future iterations of the Thurlow pattern I will make a few changes to the legs. I really like how the top part fits (and even if I didn't, awesomely clever last minute adjustment opportunity!). I may <gasp> need them to be a little bit <i>more</i> flared. Maybe not on future work pants, but I'd like to try another (better) denim pair with wider legs. I may or may not already have the denim, as a matter of fact...</gasp></div>
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This denim also unravels like... well, like cheap denim. I'm not feeling terribly clever just at this moment, obviously. I <i>did</i> line the waistband and pockets with this cute ivory and beige polka dot fabric. The polka dots are actually embroidered on. The fabric was reclaimed from a men's shirt turned maternity top and I just loved the fabric too much to throw it out but there wasn't really enough of it to do much with. Also: bright green zipper! =)</div>
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See that massive unravelling happening? WTF. I was so careful with my corners on those welt pockets, but apparently not careful enough! They looked so nice up until they were worn/washed a few times, too = (</div>
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Le sigh. Let's try and be positive, though, shall we? I feel like these pants were a learning experience and they are more than comfy enough to kick around the house in. And maybe I can restitch the corners on the welt pockets.... It's probably worth a shot!</div>
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Just in time for Valentine's day: exceedingly pink potholders. I needed to replace my old (missing, thanks baby girl) potholders. I've seen lots of cool scrappy potholders on tha interwebz and even have a few tutorials pinned. I pretty much ended up winging it with these, though...</div>
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I won't bore you with construction details as there are tons of tutorials out there and, let's be honest, you can probably figure it out just by looking at it. Instead let me just say Happy V-Day! I hope you got to celebrate with lots of chocolate and wine instead of Tylenol cold and tissues (as I did at home sick today).</div>
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I made pants! Real pants! They have a zip fly and pockets (fancy pockets at that) and they fit and THEY.ARE.PURE.AWESOME.</div>
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January and February have been unusually sunny this year, meaning I have no excuse for not getting pics of my recent makes other than shame at passers-by seeing me struggle with my digital camera settings on my lunch break (it may be sunny during the day, but it's still dark at 5:30). For above reason I stick to snapping pics on the weekends when it's just me and the kids... Which is why I'm not wearing makeup.... or a clean shirt. Sorry.</div>
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Pardon the lint and cat hair, but look how pretty my welt pockets are. They kind of gape open a little bit when I'm wearing them though :P For subsequent versions I'll definitely baste the lips together and see if that helps. (I won't pretend I came up with that on my own; that one came from Lladybird's incredibly helpful Thurlow Sew Along. I'm telling you, if you're making these pants just check it out. The welt pockets and fly were so well explained with lots of great pictures that I didn't even manage to sew anything backwards! That's kind of a big deal. In all seriousness, though, her sew along did make the construction of these pants seem relatively effortless (as opposed to trying to figure it out on my own with the rather sparse instructions that came with the pattern. Not that it would've been impossible, but it certainly would've taken longer). </div>
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I flatfelled the side seams and the inseams just cuz I think they look nice that way. Plus I don't have a serger so it's either that or zigzagging them... or bias tape but FTN I hate finishing seams with bias tape it takes FOR.EV.ER! If I take the shortcut I inevitably end up missing the fabric in one spot and then it totally defeats the purpose. You probably don't eve know what I mean by that because <i>who does that seriously???</i> I do. All the time. It kind of drives me crazy that both the sew along and pattern instructions pretty much assume you'll be serging everything. What about the rest of us? Ah, well, I'd rather have flatfelled seams than serged seams on my pants any day.</div>
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You may remember that I won this pattern in a giveaway from<a href="http://www.handmadejane.co.uk/2013/03/thurlow-pattern-giveaway.html" target="_blank"> Handmade Jane</a> (thanks again Jane!). I made up a quick muslin over summer out of some lightweight cotton. As it turns out, though, I misread the size chart and they were two sizes too big (epic fail!). I still wore them around the house quite a bit last summer, but I'll probably be cutting those up for quilt pieces sometime soon (trust me on this one, it's just so.bad). <br />
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Honestly I was a little intimidated after that and, even though I traced the correct size off right away, I didn't touch the pattern again after that for months. I've made a lot of quick, simple projects so far this year (skirts, baby clothes, things like that) and I was feeling the urge to tackle something bigger. I originally intended to make a new dress, but it's cold as F*CK outside and has been for ages. It seemed like a good time to tackle the Thurlows again. <br />
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I had bought this black bottomweight fabric at Goodwill ages ago with the intention of using it to muslin up some Thurlows. Of course it turns out I'm super happy with them, so they've made it into my regular work rotation. Hopefully the fabric holds up for awhile! It's a very drapey bottomweight fabric with (to be totally honest) a weave that's a bit loose for pants IMO. Surprisingly they hold up very well with little to no sagging/stretching between washes. This leads me to suspect they may be something <i>other</i> than cotton (surprise, surprise) but they're comfy as hell so who cares?</div>
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By the way, I've always been an avid stripe-avoider but this shirt was so soft and so new at the by the pound Goodwill I decided to try it out. Only looking at these pics do I see how pregnant it makes me look. Suffice it to say, I am not. But I will probably be taking the shirt in a bit. Maaaaaybe that'll help.</div>
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Oh God how excited am I about the zipper. The bright ass green zipper. It's my faaaave. It makes zipping up my pants strangely fun. That was waaaay TMI wasn't it? I also like how the striped fabric I used to line the waistband ended up making chevrons at the CB. Not even planned. Awesome! I just used whatev was lying around for waistband/pocket lining, since these were supposed to be a muslin. As it turns out, though, the inside of these pants are way more fun than the outside. Not that plain black pants aren't fun... I know they are for me =D</div>
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Now that I've made pants I"m pretty excited about making more. I've already made one more pair and my next fabric purchase (remember I'm trying to destash this year) will def be some nice pants quantity </div>
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Really I should have gotten around to blogging this shirt <i>before</i> the Super Bowl to show my 12th man spirit... but I literally just got pictures of it today (such as they are). And I really only got pictures today because I figured posting it <i>after</i> the Super Bowl would just be lame. So here we are, two hours after the Super Bowl and I suck for not busting this post out this afternoon.</div>
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I hate to admit that I'm not really much of a football fan... but when I was offered free tickets to a pre-season Seahawks game I, of course, said Hellz yeah! I didn't have any Seahawks gear, though, and that shits pretty pricey. I knew my dad had an old Seahawks tee he never wore anymore (never let my dad near your laundry unless you like bleach stains on ev.ery.thing) so I decided to go the cheap route and make my own.</div>
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I had seen some cool UW shirts done in this style with the multicolor raglan sleeve. I took my knit shirt block and raglanized it. I had scraps of the green laying around (by the way, I didn't realize this was an oooold shirt and the Hawks have totally changed from kelly green to lime green. boo). I can't remember where the grey came from... but i think it was part of the original shirt. I really just sewed stripes of knit together and then cut the sleeves out of the patchwork. All in all I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. And obviously... GO HAWKS!!!</div>
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I never participate in Jungle January, not being much for animal prints, but the making of this top just so happened to coincide with it so I figured I'd steal the catchy name. I bought a rather large woman's button up shirt from the by-the-pound Goodwill which is the main fabric for this little shirt. It's not just an animal print, it's some kind of crazy paisley, multi-species animal print. I saw it and <i>had</i> to have it. Then I used some of it to make a gal at work a Christmas stocking (which I wish I had a picture of because <i>yes it was awesome!!!</i>) As such, there wasn't really enough left to do a full garment for myself, so I opted to put it on Baby Girl.</div>
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She's such the little model, I know. If you can't guess, this is another iteration of McCall's 8473. This time with the matching pants. The pants pattern for this is weird... It's designed to have suspenders and snaps in the back and along the legs (obviously for diaper changes, I got that much). Honestly, though, I just don't have time for that so I simplified it a bit (a lot). I just use the main pattern piece with the extra snap overlap fabric cut off (yes I traced the pattern first, geez!) The pants pattern is a bit big, but she grows so fast I'm not too worried about it. This way she'll actually get to use them for more than a month or two (hopefully!)</div>
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The pants are black velour (I think that's what it is anyway). It's from a maxi length skirt I had in high school for band concerts. The skirt was definitely showing some wear (most notably from when I tried to hem it with purple thread WTF?) and had generally seen better days. There was actually just enough for the pants, collar, and cuffs. The fabric is stretch so it was rather a bitch to do the collar and cuffs, but the pants were easy peasy and oh so warm and soft.</div>
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Enter: Hollyburn the third. (No, you still haven't seen the first one.) I love this pattern! It's just the shape I like my skirts... although all the old people I know call them poodle skirts. Especially this one because, obviously, look how pink and voluminous! All I need is to applique a poodle on the bottom and I'm set for the sock hop ;-)</div>
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I do think it's weird how the grain lines run on this pattern and I don't really understand how things are supposed to hang. This skirt is cut accurately (I thiiiink) using the pattern grain lines, but there are some weird lines as the front and back seam stick out a little oddly. The odd thing being that they stick out <i>directly to the side</i> of the seam instead of along it. WTF? I don't even know. My grey Hollyburn doesn't suffer from this problem so much as the fabric is <i>very</i> fluid and drapey. The fabric used for this one, on the other hand, is a super stiff cotton (cotton twill perhaps?) so it has a lot of body. Incredibly it doesn't really wrinkle that much; these pictures were taken after I'd been wearing the skirt all day.</div>
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This is View B, the medium length. This one and also my grey one both have pretty sizeable hems (about 2 to 2.5 inches) and this one I still think is a bit long. I'll probably go back to the shorter version with a nice narrow hem (much easier to ease in!) for the next one.</div>
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This being my third rendition, it went pretty quickly with only one big problem.... I forgot to interface the waistband! If I don't tuck in my shirt you'd never notice it... but for some reason I felt the need to share, so here you go.</div>
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I seriously <i style="font-weight: bold;">love</i> the pockets on this skirt. They're big enough to hold so.much.stuff. Next time I make a full skirted dress I may well just use the hollyburn skirt and pocket pieces. The pockets look so oddly shaped, but they are certainly effective. You can even fit a small orange in there!</div>
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Speaking of the pockets... I actually didn't have enough fabric to cut the pockets out of my main fabric, so the pocket front is a contrast fabric. I found this fabric at the thrift store (so obviously the skirt was uber cheap, just like my last one). Much to my chagrin, that contrast fabric peeks out just a bit. Next time I'll do it the way the Thurlow pattern does it (that's right, next up: pants!).</div>
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Let's get real about zippers for a second. Look how awesome my zipper is. Since this <i>is</i> my third time making this pattern it should be perfect (which it isn't, obviously the waistband is maybe half a centimeter off at the center back GAAAAAAHHHHH!) but I only had to sew the zipper in <i>once</i> and it looks pretty friggin good if I do say so myself. It miiiiight not look as nice on the inside, but I'll never tell ;-) </div>
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The second iteration of McCall's 8473. Can I just tell you briefly how <i>completely in love</i> I am with this pattern? There are gathers, a peter pan collar... It's just so damn cute. Fortunately Baby Girl is a pretty good sport about being dressed up and photographed (so far).</div>
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And she's so cute! In pictures, especially, as she's much quieter in that form. I had just a little bit of this brown fabric left after I made myself <a href="http://relovedrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/09/darling-revisited.html" target="_blank">a button up shirt</a>. We have not had a chance to dress up in our matching shirts yet, but we will I'm sure. The piping is a pink and white plaid I used on Baby Girl's Christmas stocking (oh no! I just realized that one hasn't been blogged yet. I'm working on it, promise!)</div>
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The collar sort of sticks up oddly and I'm not sure why. It's done the exact same way as the first one and I didn't have any problems with it. Actually, now that I think of it that is a lie. I couldn't find any interfacing when I was sewing this, so I just doubled up on the fabric on one side. Maybe that's why we use interfacing... I think if I tack it down it will probably be ok. Now I just need to work up the motivation to do so.</div>
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But that's ok, it's still too cute from the front! Even with the wonky back and collar I still love how adorable she is in this. That's two projects completed for small people this year, so far (actually, three: one you haven't seen yet!)</div>
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My first knitted FO of 2014. This year is already off to a good start knitting-wise. This is the Steggie pattern from Knitty.com. I didn't like the super baggy fit and the Boy is rather on the thin side so I opted for the smallest size but lengthened the sleeves and the body by an inch. I do wish I'd lengthened the body by a couple more inches, though. </div>
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My goal with this sweater was just to use up some age old acrylic in my stash (bought for baby sweaters when the Boy actually <i>was</i> a baby!) I stumbled across this pattern searching Ravelry and knew it had to be. <a href="http://relovedrevolution.blogspot.com/2013/07/dino-daze.html" target="_blank">As you may recall</a>, the boy <b>loves</b> dinosaurs. I did manage to use up almost all of the dark blue and the turquoise, but had to buy the variegated for the spikes (doh!). Two steps forward, one step back.</div>
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He was pretty enamored with it the night I finished it (and the entire time I was knitting it) but since that night it's sat pretty much unloved. Of course, he hasn't wanted to keep his clothes on for most of that time, so apparently we're regressing to <i>that</i> phase. Oh good, just what we need in the middle of winter. A preschooler who lives in his socks and undies.</div>
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At least he kept it on long enough for me to snap some photos. The original motivation, now that I think of it, was to knit the boy a sweater upon which to sew these car buttons. He's been going through my big button collection to pull these out and play with and I decided it was probably time to actually use them. Big plastic car buttons are only cute up to a certain age, after all. </div>
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He really seemed to like it when I took these pictures, so hopefully I'll get him to wear it (and pants) again. I would like to see this sweater gets lots of love before it's retired to the hand-me-down pile. And of course, don't forget the <a href="http://strugglesewsastraightseam.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/the-sewing-for-small-people-sew-along/" target="_blank">Sewing for Small People Sewalong</a> hosted by Leah over at Struggle Sews a Straight Seam. I plan on doing a round up post about the time things wrap up in May to see what all I've managed for the small people over the course of four months. And if you don't follow Struggle Sews a Straight Seam check it out, Leah's hilarious!</div>
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I've got some personal goals, of course... but I'm sure you're most interested in the bloggy/crafty ones so I thought I'd share. First of all, I'm sure I didn't quite reach my goals last year. That's fine with me. Goals are just that: something to work toward. Even if you don't make it, it's the journey that counts. I think that's enough trite expressions for one post. On to the goals:<br />
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1. Knit more. Last year was not a good year for me in knitting. I had projects go terribly wrong, run short of yarn, and even get lost. I think it was hard for me to work knitting into my new full time working schedule. I feel like I've finally got the hang of it now: I knit smaller projects on the bus and at lunch with some time in the evening for larger projects (Anna Karenina, I'm looking at you!). Specifically, I would like to finish Anna Karenina sometime in 2015. That might not sound like much of a goal, but I've got a good couple of feet to get done this year if I have any hope of finishing it next year. Right now I'm probably half way done. Progress is slow.<br />
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2. Sort, use, and organize the stash. Oh my gawd I need to get organized. I'm tired of never being able to find anything and, to be quite frank, I've got too much stuff (fabric and possibly yarn included) lying around. A lot of it I'm really not in love with and some of it is small quantities (think baby stuff). I have an idea of how to make this work so that I can start 2015 with significantly less stuff than I have right now. I am going to bribe myself with new fabric (wait, that seems backwards right?). The plan:<br />
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I must finish five complete sewing projects <i>and</i> do any required fixing/mending before I can buy fabric. Fabric must have a purpose in mind and it must be used immediately. I don't know how I'll deal with thrift store finds in this framework, yet, but unless it's something I specifically know I'll need (like backing for a quilt or Christmas fabric) I'll try and let it go.<br />
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For every two pairs of completed socks I can buy one skein of sock yarn.<br />
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For every two (or three?) completed sweaters I can buy one sweater quantity of yarn. This one's tricky as sweaters do take a lot of yarn, but I know I've got enough yarn to do a fair few sweaters this year.<br />
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3. Make an advent calendar. I'm particularly fond of this one, but I've seen lots of cool ones through the sew-a-long late last year. I want to do a mix of activities and treats. I feel like this year there were so many things I wanted to do during the holiday season that we just never got around to. Having the advent calendar would help keep me accountable.<br />
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4. Sew better. I feel like I sewed a lot last year, but this year I really want to get better at fitting and finishing stuff including linings (<i>I'm looking at you Bemberg I will defeat you!!!</i>) and zippers (I think I've mentioned my ill success in this department recently. Also using apparel fabric more and quilting cotton/sheets less. Not that there's anything wrong with those, I just want to focus on making clothes that I will love and will last.<br />
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I feel like those are all pretty vague/attainable goals for the coming year. Now let's get on with it!annanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525827756984022493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537757587986548278.post-87052294692186697882014-01-08T13:31:00.000-08:002014-01-08T13:31:12.491-08:00More (exceedingly late) Christmas makings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">I think quilts are kind of like young children.... Everything is sweeter in retrospect. Let's be honest, a two year old can make you tear your hair out... but so can a quilt of this dimension on a regular (i.e. not a long-arm) machine. Honestly, the quilting on it is pretty half-assed. I started out doing two lines on each side of each seam.... but it's only one line towards the middle. It was reeeally hard to maneuver this behemoth. It's something like 7x9 feet... I can't remember the exact dimensions but it's pretty frickin' big.</span><br />
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I tried to focus on purple, blue, and grey for this quilt, as well as plaids... but it's a scrap quilt so I worked with what I had. The only things I had to buy were two sheets from Goodwill for the backing and, of course, the batting. All in all, maybe $30... pretty cheap for a blanket of this size. This was actually a special request from my mom. She really wanted a blanket to cover their bigger than king size bed. I told her no, and then I felt really bad about it so here's her blanket. </div>
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Some of the fabrics were from the Goodwill Outlet, some are old clothes that have outlived any usefulness as clothing, and some are scraps leftover from previous projects. I love that each fabric has a story, at least for me. Some of the fabrics are my parents old clothes, too. Whether or not they recognize them is a different story though.</div>
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Aside from the quilt (it's somehow hard for me to believe I made <i>more</i> than just the quilt, but continuing on) I made hubby a new undershirt with my precious pirate fabric (that is true love) and a new pair of PJ pants. The boy has matching PJs, but of course. The fabric is from a flannel sheet I originally bought to back above quilt, but I just loved it so much it had to become pants.</div>
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Hubby hasn't worn his PJ pants yet, but he's sitting on them in this pic... Not quite the reaction I had hoped for I guess but he loves the shirt. The Boy's pants are waaay too long, but I'll eventually cuff them til he grows into them (hopefully before he grows into them!).<br />
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Twas two days before Christmas when, emboldened by success,</div>
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Something white, green, and red with a round little collar</div>
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Something vintage, with ric-rac for my little crawler.</div>
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The pattern, the fabric; twas all in the stash</div>
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But the buttons Mom had, how they all did clash</div>
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So off to the store after work Christmas Eve</div>
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She found ric rac and buttons and fabric she couldn't leave</div>
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Christmas morning found her threading elastic</div>
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Surrounded by boxes, paper, and plastic</div>
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Just in time for the presents, candy and food</div>
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The outfit was finished and it sure did look good</div>
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Ugh. Sorry for the totally unnecessary thing that just happened. I'll try not to do it again... I will probably fail, but I will try. The holidays put holes in my brain, I swear. In case you need further proof, the Sunday before Christmas I became convinced that Baby Girl must have a new Christmas outfit. You know, because The Boy got new clothes for Christmas... and that's what kids <i>really</i> want for Christmas: homemade clothes. Yeah.... ok.</div>
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I happened to have this lovely little vintage pattern that is just exactly Baby Girl's size (it's size 2 years and she's pretty big for her 18 months). I got a big package of little people patterns together at Goodwill for $2 and this is only the second one I've used.... Unfortunately I better get crackin' on the rest of these if I want to use them, for as we all know, size 2 years is not a lengthy visitor. </div>
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I picked up the fabric for the top at the thrift store on the cheap; $4 for 4 yards. Once it was made up it just begged for matching pants. I'd been eyeing this hot chocolate print fabric since they got it in at the fabric store and just couldn't justify buying it with no project in mind... problem solved! I love the way the two fabrics look together. The print on the top is so tiny and the cups of hot chocolate are so big. Combined with the big red buttons and teeny little ric-rac.... well, it's starting to sound a little unbalanced but I think it comes together perfectly.</div>
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The fiddliest part of this pattern is piping and attaching the collar. The neck edge is bound in bias tape, which (being an adamant facing-hater, I dig) but gah, them's some thick rolls to try and bind with bias tape. I think the trick is to just clip the seam allowances close, stitch the tape down, then iron the shit out of the whole thing to keep the collar in place. That's really all I've got.</div>
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The pattern didn't call for the piping at the bottom of the front bodice piece, but it was easy enough to add and I think it looks really cute. It's a little weird how close it is to the huuuge collar, but I think it makes the gathering pop a little bit. And, you know, yay piping! </div>
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Oddly, I never seem to have red <i>anything</i> so I definitely didn't have any big red buttons. Fortunately when I went to buy big red buttons, I also found the hot chocolate fabric 30% off.. Meant to be? I think so. Anyway, I think that's about all there is to say about this set. I've already made up another one of these tops and there will be more (one is already cut out!).</div>
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This is my second Hollyburn skirt (the first remains unblogged, as of yet). Apparently I've gotten rusty when it comes to garment sewing because this thing just killed. I started cutting this skirt out right after Halloween. I cut one back piece with the grain running vertically instead of on the diagonal *<i>facepalm*</i> and was so disgusted with myself I had to shove it out of sight until after Christmas. Of course, I had other, more Christmassy things to be working on at that point, so that was just as well. It's easier to face the epic quilt of Christmas when you've just failed at a skirt. Cuz, duh, if you fail at a skirt then why are you sewing dumbass? Obviously because I can't take a hint. But what else is new?<br />
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I pulled it back out New Year's Day, determined to either make it or trash it. I went ahead and cut the other back piece the same way. It actually turned out to be just fine... I'm not sure that it's detrimental in any way. I think it actually looks <i>better</i> than my first Hollyburn. I won't go so far as to attribute that completely to my "design feature" though.<br />
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My theory is that consistency is key. Consistency is what turns a mistake into a design feature. I kept the original grain lines for the fronts since I didn't know how the grain change would make things flow. An ugly skirt front is much more bothersome than an ugly skirt back. Speaking of which...</div>
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Zipper! One of my sewing goals in the coming year is to figure out zippers. I never can seem to install one without tears (and possibly the occasional blood and/or sweat). As a matter of fact, the only reason this one looks passable is that my thread <i>really is</i> <i>that great of a match.</i> In truth I had to rip out about an inch on one side because the zipper <i>would.not.shut</i>. At all. Ahem, I have a problem of sewing too close to the zipper teeth and then, obviously, the zipper pull can't move :(</div>
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Ahh well, at least it's more or less working now. It may still stick just a wee bit in one spot, but I'll call it passable. I bought this fabric second hand quite some time ago. I It's very textural and rather thick, but stretch and a little bit sheer. It's really weird. On first sight I immediately thought "pants!" but once I brought it home and examined it I realized it's definitely not right for that. Of course the interfacing in the waistband negates the stretchiness that might otherwise allow an especially large lunch, but that's probably for the best. (Damn New Year's and it's silly resolutions. It always makes me want to be better all at once, and that's kind of exhausting).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesomely large pockets!</td></tr>
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I made view B, the medium length, and the hem is about two inches (or maybe a little more). It hits a little below the knee, so it's just perfect for work. I was afraid that the mystery fabric would be difficult to hem, but in fact the width eased in beautifully because of the vertical ridges running through the fabric. Would that it could always be that easy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My pretty handstitched hem... and not so pretty zigzagged SAs</td></tr>
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The side seams are French seamed, the pocket raw seams are bound with bias tape, and the front and back seams are zigzagged then pressed flat :P That's what the pattern recommended so that's what I tried. They're both such awkward seams to finish because you've got to press them flat (so definitely no flat-felled seams) and they're so visible. You don't want anything that will interrupt the fluidity and drape of the fabric (at least that seams to make sense to me). Next time, if the fabric is thick enough, I'll try bias tape. For reasons I can't quite explain, I just hate zig-zagged seams. I hate the way they look and I feel lazy using them.</div>
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As it turns out, I love this skirt. Having the center back on the straight of grain made it waaay easier to put in the zipper without weird ruffliness at the edges. A plight that, sadly, my first Hollyburn skirt suffers from. The whole zipper area on that one is kind of a clusterfuck as a matter of fact. Plus, I never got around to the hook and eye. Because, obviously, who has time for sewing on hooks and eyes? Oh wait! Apparently I do! (For this skirt anyway.) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I promise there's a reason for that big pile :(</td></tr>
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End result: I love it! It's my new favorite skirt. I'm already eyeing all the pieces of fabric in my stash that might be suitable for Hollyburn skirts. Muuust haaave moooore! By the way, with all the supplies this skirt couldn't have cost more than $5 to make. Which is pretty exciting. I know that this post is about the least exciting garment on the planet (dark grey A line skirt anyone?) and it probably doesn't warrant as many photos as it got... but what can I say? I'm kind of excited about it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't I look so excited?</td></tr>
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Now I just have to figure out my bloggy resolutions (and maybe some top 5s?) and get that post together. I like to think of January as a grace period.... It's a new year all month long right?</div>
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