Tiana Dress for Hailey B-3351

This is a dress up dress for my granddaughter Hailey who loves the Princess and the Frog movie. She's been asking me for a Tiana dress so I used Butterick 3351. I made it a little big so she could play in it for a couple of years. Put a grow tuck in the hem to let down later as she gets taller. I changed up the top -gave it a sweatheart neckline and gathered the rest of the front. Not crazy about it but it's to play in so it's fine. My youngest daughter got engaged on Sunday so will be working on her wedding dress soon. The wedding is in November so have lots of time to get it finished. Picture of Cowin J Pussycat whom I thought looked cute that day while I was taking pictures for the blog.

Connie Crawford T-shirt not so great fit

I made the t-shirt with no changes except for a high round back adjustment to see how it would fit. It's better than most about being smaller in the shoulders but is still way to big for my narrow shoulders. I love the fit from the bust down. It's the perfect amount of ease for me. I just need to figure out the best way to make an adjustment for the narrow shoulders. I'm not sure when the difference is so extreme if it's easier to start with several sizes smaller in the shoulders and size up the bottom or the other way around. Will just have to try both ways and see. Most things I've read say to use small size and add for the rest so will try that method first.

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.