The Flowery Skirt

And the winner is...

Z once again kindly agreed to be my assistant, and was really disappointed to be drawing only one winner! Well, maybe next time there will be more than one, what do you say?

So...The winner of the 154th post giveaway is...drum roll...

Linda DeMars

Congratulations Linda!

Please, send me an email with your postal address so I can send you your prize.

Ladies, thank you all for your kind comments and for joining the game! It was fun!

Pants Burda 1/2006-108 - WR

The pattern:

 

The fabric:

 

I used the yellow side of this old duvet cover.

The intention was making a muslin. Wearable, if possible.

The pants in progress:

Front looks good.

Length ok. I added several cm to the pattern.

 

Took in the back some.

The pants finished:

Nice front.

The back obviously needs a flat bottom alteration. Now I know that should be made right away, directly on the pattern piece, whenever I plan to make trousers.

Should I add back pockets?

Details:

 

Wearable!

Gray ruffled scarves - WR

A quick and easy project. At least I succeeded doing this today. I ventured into making a pants muslin and managed to insert the zip the wrong way - twice. Ugh! Never mind...

Ok, I started with this:

 

A knit remnant from long time ago.

 

I cut the piece into four strips, then overlapped two and two.

 

Zigzagged two parallel seams and trimmed.

 

One was gathered in a zigzag fashion across the middle, and the other was gathered closer to the edges all around.

 

The finished scarves on Lilly:

 

 

The second is my favorite. Yours?

 

Lucky girl

Indeed I am a lucky girl! Look what I got from M this time!

Wonderful fitted jacked with crazy front details:

And a nice back, also:

 

The jacket needs good ironing and, maybe, a change of buttons. :-)

These pants are too short, but will make a fabulous skirt:

Oh, I'm so thrilled! How do you find the jacket?

Time for a giveaway! - COMMENTS NOW CLOSED!Thank you!

Tada! We reached the 150th post!

Actually, this is the 154th. Since I missed the 100th, I guess now is the right time for another  giveaway! Yes!

The lucky winner will get a big package containing:

Fabric and remnants:

55 cm gray-greeen linen woven

65 cm wool woven plaid, neutral colors

200 cm pink woven fabric

One poliester skirt, size M, to wear or refashion, woolen handmade handbag and a handmade scarf:

 

 

 

One number of Modellina sewing magazine with explanations in Italian, French and Spanish:

 

Some pics from Modellina:

 

 

You just have to leave a comment until Sunday to enter the drawing!Good luck!

FO - Mittens - WR

With the remnants of fabric from this shirt:

 

 

These are going to be donated to a local charity organitation. Along with a bunch of other stuff. Therefore I found it appropriate to review the content of my closet. More posts coming soon!

The UFO pile is getting smaller! I also started a shirt refashion and need some fitting help. I tryed but cannot pin the shirt properly while wearing it.

Did you notice? We passed the 150th post! Yay! Which means it's tome for a giveaway!!! Stay tuned!!!

Flowery brown linen skirt

M finally came to try it on, and I finally was able to finish it. This cutie has been waiting patiently on a shelf since June, I guess.

Made from light embroidered linen.

Winter jacket and... - WR

Some jail time...

This time I'm willing to go. BUT! I desperately needed a warm jacket. I almost gave up trying to find one I liked. This was the last I saw. And it was 80% off. And now my friend J is happy because she doesn't feel cold any more when she sees me. And my darling is happy because I will never again wear the old black one. :-) Ehm, he payed for it, but it's something new in my wardrobe so...well...jail.

 

I love it! And the little ruffles! And it's shiny!:-))

Don't you?

I don't think I would be brave enough to sew something like this. Yet...

Jeans muslin Burda 12/98-121

Finally a new muslin!

I liked the picture but the muslin looks very different on me. Ugh, that's exactly the thing I should avoid - narrow legs. I get accented saddlebags in these. There is a lot to do to fix the pattern.

The pants were too short so I added e few centimeters. I should have done it proportionally across the whole leg. The result is the wrong placement of the knee. That should be changed, and olso the lower leg width. Maybe I should start adding width a bit above the knee to get a nicer line?

The back should be taken in a lot. Then, I don't know if to lower the front or add 1,5 cm to the back to even them before I add the waistband. What do you think? Also, the back pockets should be placed lower.

 

And, of course, there is the need for a flat bottom alteration.
I also cut another lounge pants muslin and think I'm going to sew that first.

I baked sourdough bread

The beautiful thing about sourdough is that it can be shared. I got this beauty from E. The day I got the starter I forgot to put it in the fridge. I didn't know much about it really, and I got scared that I accidentally had killed it! But no, after a refresh it got nice and puffy and looked healthy.

The day after I attempted to make bread. Here it is before I put it in the oven after 12 hours of rising.

And here right out of the oven.

 

Nice, eh? I was quite satisfied with the result.