The Flowery Skirt

Yellow jacket La Mia Boutique 2/2010-3 finished

Yay! It's finished! I wore it yesterday evening and people liked it. :-)

To recap - the body and sleeves have been lengthened

               - the pattern has been adjusted for narrow and forward sloping shoulders

               - the fabric is a heavy knit, present from Grandma

               - I stretched the fabric with the iron but the soaking to get it back to shape didn't work. This fabric has nothing to do with natural fibers, obviously. To save the thing  I used crochet cotton and embroided spirals. (Now I'm scared to iron the hems..)

               - I made polymer clay buttons for embellishment.

 

 

Buttons detail: Cute and fun!

Embroidery details: Add another layer of interest and dynamic to an otherwize broad uniform yellow area.

 

Well, the jacket is warm, bright, cheerful and unusual. I love it!

 

A jacket, a T-shirt and a dress

UFO

Finally the yellow jacket! Done halfway. I redrafted the pattern with all the adjustments and it looks fine. Right now it's drying on the rack because I made a mess while ironing. Turns out this fabric doesn't like to be ironed. It's another heavy knit I got from Grandma. I had to soak the jacket to let the fabric shrink back into its original shape.

Muslin

Burda 8/2007-105. Nice pattern, bad fabric choice. Not wearable. No stretch in it. Old pajamas and boyfriend T-shirts should not to be reused for snug garments. Anyway, the pattern needs adjustments so it's not a big waste. Not to mention the plunging neckline...

Sunday market find

A nightgown that will be turned into a shorter dress. It's too big, the bias tape has to be replaced 'cause it's worn out, but the fabric, a light cotton, is perfect. And I love the flowers!

 

Have a nice and creative day!

Stripey jacket La Mia Boutique 2-2010/3 finished

Needs few more details. Neater sleeve hem finish and I'd love bigger buttons (and a gigantic flower corsage). But, hey! It's so nice! Thanks for all the encouragement to finish it!

 

 

I altered the pattern. The yellow jacket pieces are waiting to be sewn together. I'm happy. :-D

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?

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...

Lucky!

I went to the Sunday market and got e few nice things. Some brooches (about them some other time), a lot of yarn, a jacket and flowery skirt.

The jacket is unbelievable, beige-gold velvet, flawless, for 5 kn (that is about a dollar)!!!

 

The other lucky purchase is the yarn, cotton and wool remnants, but a full bag of them.

Looking around a stand the lady asked if I knitted. I said, well, when I find the time...so she happily gave all that she had, just to get rid of it, for 10 kn. And also ran after me for she found some more, hehe!