MOB Pictures

I accidently published my last post before I added the pictures.

Mother of the Bride Suit

I made a suit with black/white/blue boucle from fabric.com. I was going for a retro look but felt I channeled my inner Aunt Bee. I used Vogue 8123 for the jacket but added a lining. The skirt was an old pattern for a straight skirt which I also added a lining to.

Vogue 8123 Muslin & Alice & Wonderland dress

I'm working on my mother of the bride outfit for Judy's wedding. I'm making a suit using black with blue flecks boucle from fabric.com. I used Vogue 8123 in a size 22 at shoulders and arms but sized out the sides to fit all my additional girth. I did a high round adjustment and shortened the sleeves 3" since I'm only 5' 3 3/4" inches and have short arms and of course did a full bust adjustment and added a dart. I'm pleased with the fit and it's a super easy pattern. I'm going to add a lining and I'll fuse knit interfacing to the boucle. I'm nervous it will be to warm since it's far from cold in Texas in November. But hopefully with the wedding in the evening it won't be to warm. It's 88 today so still warm down here. I really like this pattern and will make the other versions. And this is the dress I made for Emma who likes Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. It's

recycled t-shirt pattern

from you can make this.I bought a junior women's shirt and cut it up for top of dress, scraps from a top for myself for the sleeves and trim and used some random shiny hot blue fabric for skirt. The skirt material isn't wearing well so will probably have to replace skirt but it sure is fun.

Butterick 5215- T-shirt Trial

I traced and cut out a T-shirt for myself out of a dark raspberry cotton knit from fabric.com . I've never tried one of Connie Crawford's patterns but I think I've bought most of them. Being plus sized I'll buy most large size patterns. I've seen mixed reviews of her patterns but hope that it will work for me. I only made one change to the pattern and that was a high round back adjustment. I'm really just making a hopefully wearable muslin. I'm determined to start sewing for myself. I've spent most of my life making things for my kids and grandkids. Now I'm going to sew for myself and learn what adjustments to make as I go. I now already know to do a FBA, high round back and narrow the shoulders . I didn't narrow these because her patterns are suppose to be made for someone like me. With my very casual life I don't need any dress clothes so it use to be easier to just buy clothes. But as I've gotten older and obviously heavier I find it even harder to find clothes that fit.

Kwik Sew 3710 Comfy Knit Dress for Plus size

I made Kwik Sew 3710 for Megan's wedding. I had planned on a dressier dress but couldn't find the fabric I wanted. And since the wedding was casual and Pat the groom's mother wanted to be comfortable in the almost 100 degree heat, we decided to wear black and white knit dresses. I found this fabric at Hancock's. I used the smallest size 1x in the neck and did a FBA to the larger size in the bottom of the dress to accomadate the girls. It was pretty big in the neckline. It kept falling down and showing my bra. I'll probably cut it down a few sizes in the neckline and shoulders next time I make it. I had trouble when moving around with the dress sticking on top of my bust. Not sure what causes this but thinking it might be that the shoulders where to big? Anyone know what caused this to happen. The top two pictures show the dress stuck above my bust ( I know curlers but according to my granddaughter Lucy my hair looked beautiful in the curlers). I will try and check Sherril's site she has lots of tips for fit for plus size gals. I really like this pattern and I'm hoping to turn it into a TNT pattern. I love the idea's from Carolyn's blog on using a TNT pattern to achieve new looks. It was so easy to put together and while I thought it was big in the neckline and shoulders, I still liked the dress and will make it again with adjustments soon.