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.

Kourt's Birthday Dress McCalls 6240

Made McCalls 6240 view C for my niece Kourtney. The fabric was from Joann's. It was quick and easy. We ended up adding a shoulder strap to cover her bra strap. Sorry the pics aren't very good they are from a phone camera.

Wedding was Perfect

Judy's wedding was just beautiful and everything went great. The dress looked so pretty and she looked perfect in it. It was such a bear to make but I couldn't have been more pleased with how she looked on her wedding day. I've never put so much work in anything I've ever made. Judy had a friend make a custom pattern but it came with no directions and no patterns for the front overlay. I had a hard time getting the poly chiffon to pleat but with tons of ironing and some steam-a-seam to keep the pleats from puffing out I managed to get the look Judy wanted. The front was the problem I had. I draped right breast and was able to make it look fitted and was happy with it. But the left side because of the direction of the pleats just wouldn't conform and fit to the bust. I took it apart 5 times trying differnt things. I even decided to start from scratch with a different pattern that had long ties that wrapped aroung the waist. I had made the new bodice and was attaching the long ties that wrapped over the bust and around the waist. When I got the bright idea of using the ties from the second bodice and attach to the waist of the original bodice so that I could get the fitted look on the left side of the bust and still use the bodice I had worked so hard on pleating. It worked like a charm and everything finally came together. All the aggrevation and hard work was worth it when I saw her in it. She loved it.

"The Joker" Halloween Jacket

I've almost finished "The Joker" Halloween Jacket for my grandson Dylan. I used Simplicity 2513 and added length since it's suppose to go to the knees. Still need to press it and hem it. Ordered the material for the vest and waiting to get it. Got my mother of the bride outfit cut out and found lining fabric to match so need to start on it.

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.

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.

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.