Saturday, July 29, 2006

Skort






























Here's a skort I made using the skirt pattern Simplicity pattern 5084,
which is for a woven. I sized it down 1 or 2 sizes since I was using a knit.
Then, I found a pattern from Ottobre 4/2004 that is for long underwear
or shorts and made them to go underneath. I used a size 8 width and
a size 12 length. I did not hem the skirt, just did a picot edge on my
serger. She wanted the shorts hemmed so I did but my machine almost
ate them before I was done. I needed a new needle as the fabric is very
thin and stretchy. You can see that the hem stretched out a bit but I
think this will go down in the wash. If not, no one will see them anyway.

Skirt fabric is an embroidered knit (jersey?) from Joann's.

BTW, dd had just come out of the pool so there are water spots on the
fabric from her long, wet hair.

One school skort down, many more things to go! I made sure to leave a little
growing room in case she grows in the next 6 weeks. LOL.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Ottobre Women's T-shirt


Today I sewed the Ottobre Women's basic t-shirt. I haven't hemmed or applied FOE at the neckline yet. I like the fit of this one better than the shirt I made from Jalie. I used funky striped old knit fabric to test this pattern. It doesn't have quite as much stretch as what I will use to make my non-test versions. I really like the fit aside from the fact that it's a slight bit snug. That should be ok with stretchier fabrics.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Jalie 2005



I just made the Jalie 2005 t-shirt. I haven't hemmed it yet but here are pics of it.