New Look 6977 Lace Skirt & Houndstooth Ponte

This was such a quick couple of skirts and they are both loved. I made Judy an off white ponte skirt with a stretch lace overlay- both fabrics from fabric.com. I used New Look 6977 pattern. I made Sharon the houndstooth ponte knit and she loved it. Here's a picture of Judy in her skirt after a long day as a kindergarten teacher

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Wedding dress muslin

So we got the pattern from the custom patternmaker yesterday. Here's the muslin from it. It's perfect in length and only a little snug in the bust- easy fix. A little loose under the bust in the ribcage- easy fix. I want to change up the curve of the sweetheart neckline which is super easy fix. Couldn't be more pleased with it. Will save me from having to do all the length adjustments that long tall Judy takes. And buying three patterns and making a frankenpattern to get the look she wanted. Yippie. Looking forward to getting started with the fashion fabric this weekend. Hoping to get at least partically cut out.

Judy's Wedding Dress & Halloween

I'm going to be making Judy's wedding dress for her November 20th wedding. A friend of Judy's is making a custom pattern thats a knock off of a RTW dress that doesn't fit a tall women. I'm getting nervous to get it so I can get started. I don't want to have to rush rush rush the dress. I've been working on somethings for her honeymoon. I've basted Kwik Sew 3760 tried it with all ivory fabric and then ivory/black print at waistband and upper neckband but she hated it. She wants black or navy at waistband and collarband but everything I've tried has bleed when I tested it. So on the look out for some black or navy that won't bleed onto the ivory double knit. Here's a pic- basted and not pressed version. Been in a Halloween mood so made a couple of wall hangings. Have to make a Joker costume for Dylan, does anyone know of a costume pattern with a large boy or small mans that is a knee length jacket? I don't want a detailed real suit, this will be a one time wear so don't want to put to much work into it.

Judy's Romper- McCalls 6083

This is McCalls 6083 Romper I made for Judy for the July 4th weekend. I added 3" to length of top for Long Tall Judy's length and to add additional blousing per Judy's request. I also added 3/4" to length between waist and hips. I did the top different I added contrast and turned to front and used that for casing. The material is cotton shirting from Joanns last year and the plaid is from who knows where and when. She likes it and so did my niece and she wants one now. I would recommend this fun and easy pattern.

Kwik Sew 3593 Teacher Clothes for Judy

This makes up pretty quick. Made the neckline an extra small and the rest a small. It runs pretty loose so took a little out of the waist to give it a little shape. She'll wear it with a belt. Used a poly knit from fabric.com I bought a long time ago. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures with that busy print but the back isn't gathered, only the front. I like that they didn't add extra fabric in the back like some shirts like this one. I have this cut out in the tunic in red with longer sleeves for the fall.




Kwik Sew Pattern 3593

Lots of finished dresses on Mothers Day

Got all the girls dresses finished for Mothers Day celebration. Judy is in a mixture of Kwik Sew 3758 and an old Gap T-shirt that was to short for Long Tall Judy. She had wanted one of these dresses since they came out last year but couldn't find one that wasn't to short. She loves it. I made the skirt per the pattern and took a pen and marked on the t-shirt where I wanted the skirt to be and just sewed the elastic to the shirt in lieu of making a t-shirt per the pattern instructions.Here's pictures of Sharon and Liz in thier finished dresses. Lucked out they loved them to. Now I need to make Megan a new dress she's feeling left out. Had a wonderful Mother's Day dinner that everyone brought something for. Yummy and I didn't have to do anything. Perfect Day.

Judy's Little Black Dress -Kwik Sew 3778 Number 2

This is the one shoulder version of Kwik Sew 3778. I used some black knit that I think is ottomen knit. It's very soft, medium weight with a ton of stretch and it's got a ribbed like look similar to corduroy. She'll wear it with a belt. It only took about an hour from start to finish to make this dress. The changes I made were to add length for long tall Judy and additional 1" to front to help cover her bust -a quick and easy FBA. A picture of Huckleberry with some new fabrics I got from fabric.com.

New Look 6936 Judy's Easter Dress

Judy told me she needed a new Easter dress last night at about 8PM which is to close to bedtime for me to start a dress. So got up and cut out and made this simple dress for her to wear to Easter Mass this morning. The fabric is a rayon knit from fabric.com. This was a very easy quick dress but she loves it and was well pleased. I'll make this and the other view for her again. It was so quick and will be great for our hot Texas summers.
Here's a picture of my finished top. It's not a perfect fit but I like and it and think I'll wear it.
Hope everyone is enjoying family and friends today.

Judy in her new Top, Megan in Hospital

Here's Judy in her new top. Need to add more length to next one (not hemmed in picture yet) and maybe go up a size. Little snug for a work shirt and to say the least she'll need to wear a cami with it.

My middle daughter is in the hospital again with pre-eclampsia. Blood pressure was 170/110 this morning even on bedrest. She's 35 weeks now so Sophie should be fine but they are hoping they can get her blood pressure down so she can wait to induce her. So looks like grandbaby number nine will be coming a little early.

Jalie 2804 -Happy Birthday Judy Shirt

This is Jalie 2804 in a black and white poly/lycra knit from http://www.fabricmartfabrics.com/ . Today is Judy's 23rd Birthday so thought I'd make her a new shirt she could use for student teaching (with cami of course). She's student teaching kindergarten and needs a more grown up wardrobe. Her t-shirts and jeans college wardrobe just won't cut it for a school teacher. This is a quick and easy pattern. I made her size R but added length in bodice, arms and from waist to hem. I cut the neckband a little smaller so it would hug to her chest and not show anything. Will get a photo on her as soon as she has a chance. She's still working as cheerleading and tumbling coach so comes in at 5:05 from student teaching and leaves at 5:15 for work. Good thing she's young.

I traced off Kwik Sew 3758. Added length to arms, bodice & skirt. Also did a small correction to neckline. All the girls in my family have narrow shoulders and this alteration helps with positioning shoulder correctly. I use to just make a small tuck but know (per Connie Crawford tip) use a curved line (use french curve) and slice to seam line and lap over. You have to true the seamline slightly. Picture showing alterations with red lines.

Kwik Sew 3720 Batwing Shirt for Judy

Hi, I know it's been awhile but my brother has been sick and I'm just not one to sew when I'm worried. He's doing much better so here's my newest creation. This was more or less a test. I tried to add length by slashing the pattern across the frong for length but that made it not line up on the curve across the front. So I just added length to the bottom waistband. Well she liked it but it didn't work because the band that was suppose to be on her hip was almost at her waist. She put on a belt with it to pull it in at the waist but it is just to short in the body. Hopefully it will fit one of my daughter in laws who are 4" and 5" shorter than Judy. Not a big deal these were both remenants so not out anything. I actually started cutting it out wrong (the brown was suppose to be at the bottom and the print at the top) but didn't have enough to recut it and just went ahead and cut it out in reverse. It's a cute top and will make it for again but figure out how to add length to it for her. I would recommend this pattern. It's quick and easy. Thanks Judy for letting me take your picture with no make-up. It matches much better in person than it looks in the picture.

Judy's Garden Party Test Tank

I found this fabric at one of the fabric outlets down off Harry Hines in Dallas. I go with my daughter about once a year to have fun spending money on lots of unusual fabric. There are many shops with designer left overs or over runs and lots of cheap fabric mixed in. This was a rectangle printed on white fabric that the man running the shop said was test to see if they wanted to print a whole fun. I wish they would have had more than one test of it but bought it because I thought it was so pretty. Took me awhile to find something to match it. But finally found this coral knit at fabric.com. This is an OOP pattern Simplicity 4192 . This tank runs really short and Judy runs really tall. The first time I made it for her I added 4" of length. This time I added 8" of length. We both love it. Been so busy with work and the grandkids visiting been a little naughty about blogging this past week. I made four skirts this weekend. Two for my daughter in law. One for my daughter Nicole and one for my newly pregnant daughter Megan. Looks like we've got a honeymoon baby. She couldn't believe she could be pregnant and she did 5 pregnancy test. But a trip to the doctor and a sonogram showed a seven week fetus. She's due March 10th and this will be grandbaby number nine. We've so excited for them.