The Flowery Skirt

May wrap up

May just flew by. MMM is over. Any goals achieved? Studied a little, sewed a lot more. Unfortunately I wasn't able to MMM all month long as I wanted to and also the cold weather had me wearing some clothes I didn't plan to wear. At least the Blue-green wardrobe was completed. Plus some orange and red to go with it. Which doesn't, really, but got me thinking about adding a white and peach or orange skirt to the group.:-D

Wrapping it all up I made 2 dresses, 2 skirts, 1 pants, 5 tops and refashioned 1 top and 2 cardigans.  Not bad, eh? It's all here:

(minus the blue pants and tops, plus the stripey top I'm wearing right now)

In addition to that I made a dress muslin in Burda tall size 80 I'm getting ready to post about, two muslins for Z's pants, cut out 4 dress muslins, joined the Trench Coat Sewalong and the Summer essentials sewalong.

Oh, I forgot about the croqui! Have to print the photos. How about now? ...

The Blue-green mini wardrobe

Pants x2

Skirt x2

Dress x1

Top x2 long sleeves, x1 t-shirt

Add a couple of cardigans and stir. :-)

    

Blue-green dress Burda 2/2007-123 and MMM 30.05.

With this dress I've finished the Blue-green mini wardrobe!

I thought this pattern would be perfect for summer and paired it with a wonderfully soft cotton blend knit with a 80's print on it. (At least I thought it looked so.) I bought it in the middle of winter because it was so gorgeous I just couldn't leave it in the shop.

I altered the pattern pieces to get more length in the bodice. It all went together easily and nicely but the weight of the fabric pulled the whole thing downwards. I think this means that dresses made from knits don't need bodice lengthening alterations. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. You can see how it looked before the alterations:

Quite baggy.

I had to take it in at both sides, the shoulders and at the center back seam. A lot.

I was a bit worried about the results, though. To tell the truth, the white piece of the front had to be blue but I forgot to turn over the pattern piece so I cut it the wrong way. And there was no more blue left. If only I had taken a pic of the fabric...One part was white with blue stripes, the second blue with white and green stripes, and the rest blue with the girl print at regular intervals. It was really tricky placing and cutting this pattern out. And then I messed up with an important piece! Gosh. After that there was this bad bad fitting problem...

But in the end here is the dress finished and fitting! Looove it! :-)))

 

Stripey top

Based on Burda 2/2009-108 and part of the Blue-green mini wardrobe.

I used the remnants of the Blue-green dress project and embellished it just a tiny bit with the same fabric. 

Soft soft, light and fresh. You've already seen it twice in MMM but I thought the top needed a proper introduction. :-)

How to make a body croqui

Image courtesy http://www.designersnexus.com/design/free-fashion-croquis-templates/

How about planning a look or designing something new directly on YOUR body?

ELMO from "Adonising" posted a great tutorial on how to make your personalized fashion croqui!

Part one - Making your croqui

Part two - Dressing the croqui 

And while you're there, check the whole site! Very interesting and informative. I love it.

MMM 29.05.

 

Me made - top, pants

Me refashioned - cardigan

We went to the movies today. Afterwards, it was pouring. This is my runningaftertramandbusundertherain outfit. :-))

MMM 28.05. and Floraart

Me made - pants

Me refashioned - top

Z and I went to see the Floraart fair this afternoon. The day was beautiful and lots of people went to Bundek lake to buy all kinds of potted plants and flowers and have a stroll around. 

Unfortunately, we didn't bring the camera with us so we took a few photos with the phone to show you this ambiental (or is it ambiance?)arrangement, a true piece of art. Beautiful flower trees made mostly with orchids!

MMM 27.05.

Me made -skirt

Me refashioned - top

MMM 26.05.

Me made - skirt, top

Awwww!

Vogue 2900

Looove!!!