Month: June 2019

Libelle Sewing’s Round 5 Pre-Order

~ Michelle

Libelle Sewing’s Round 5 Pre-Order is now open!

Do you remember me telling you they had the most adorable material I planned to use to make an apron? Well, I can now order it, and so can you. This is Retro Kitchen.Isn’t this adorable? I love it! They have it in Olive, Black, and Mustard.

Even though I didn’t take part in the sample sewing for this round, I love the quality and variety Libelle offers. And it’s a Canadian company. I like supporting local companies.

This round is Libelle’s biggest round yet. They really have something for everyone. Florals. Retro. And so much more.

Happy creating!

New Displays

~ Michelle

This is just a short sweet little post.

I recently saw an ad for some displays on sale, and they were a great price. A consignment store was closing and these were going far below cost.After making a few pairs of pants and never having a decent way to display them, I thought these legs were perfect.

When I went to pick up the legs, the seller also had these lovely displays for sale and out for me to view.The hanging display went into my car right away. It’s lovely.

However, I did realize it wouldn’t work as well as I wanted for displaying something from the back.Here are my new capri pants on the display, and the back view is just not at all what I was wanting.  But the front and side views are nice. It’s a good thing the legs are free standing and can be turned around.

Right after I brought this home, a friend called asking to borrow my displays for an event she was having. It was nice to see my new display put to use right away.That’s Catherine there too. Both displays were on hand for my friend to showcase her knitting crafts.

Legs

It was time to try out my new legs display and see just how pants would work on it.

The first thing I noticed were the legs are freakishly long. They come up to my husband’s torso! And my husband is over six feet tall.Despite being so long, my capris look much better on this display than any display I’ve tried yet.

Here’s the side view. She’s awfully skinny, so I had to pin the pants on her.

And the back.Yes, this display is definitely much better than anything I’ve had to show pants before. I’m glad to add her to my small collection.

Just a note. Things have been difficult at home, so for the time being I’m going to aim for posting every other week.

Happy creating!

Color Blocked Agnes

~ Michelle

The halla agnes tops I made a few years ago have gotten so much wear, I thought it was time to make a few more.

I bought some adorable white polka dot, and black polka dot cotton Lycra, and knew they’d be adorable as a color blocked top. In fact, these were the left-over CLs I used for my May Challenge entry. I did have enough after cutting out my newest agnes.

Here’s my color blocked agnes.I adore this! Polka dots are a favorite of mine.

It’s pretty much the same view on the side and the back.I pulled out my Coverpro machine to finish the neckline, armholes, and hem.It really does such a nice job finishing.

Inspiration

   My color blocked agnes turned out so well, it gave me the inspiration to play with some other fabrics I have and make a few more agnes swing tops for this summer.

I have this awesome CL from Smoogie Fabric and Design. I’ve ordered a few prints from them and have loved them all. For this one, as an agnes, I was thinking something along these lines. I’d have the frost detail meet and graduate up and down on this one. I think it will look great.

I got busy. It doesn’t take long to sew up an agnes at all.I love how this turned out.

The one side meets perfectly and I’m so happy with that. The other side isn’t perfect how the patterns meet. However, it was all I could do with the material I had.The back is amazing as well.Yes. I love this!

While I was making tops, I pulled out another fabric I purchased from Smoogie Designs and cut it out too. This one won’t be color blocked though.

Isn’t this pretty?Here’s the view from the side.And the back view. Again it’s pretty much the same as the front view.All of these were finished with my Coverpro machine. I’m feeling very inspired with these new tops, and think I may look at what other fabrics and patterns I have to make for summer.

Happy creating!

May BMS Challenge – Spots and Stripes

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The May Bra-Makers Supply Challenge is Spots and Stripes.

Here’s a challenge that will have you seeing spots before your eyes. Actually, you’ll be seeing spots, dots, lines and stripes. Let’s challenge our thinking about these pattern basics and create garments with dots and stripes. That’s any kind of dot or any kind of stripes, in any kind of intimate apparel. The trick is to use them together in the same garment.

My Entry

For my entry this month, I had a hard time deciding between the two possible projects – panties or tankini.

However, looking ahead just a little in the BMS Challenges for the year helped me make my decision. The July Challenge is Swimwear. Hmm. I just made a swimsuit. If I make a swimsuit now, and again in July for the Challenge, well, I don’t need that many swimsuits. I decided to save my tankini make for July.

Panties it is.

Front Feature Panties

Here is my entry using my own drafted panty pattern.I think these are adorable! In fact, I like them so much, I went on to cut out five more variations! I’ll show you those after I show you the side and back view of this first pair.

Here’s the side view. Oh, I love polka dots. Polka dots and lace take the love to a whole new level.And the back view.

Variations on a Theme

I really did think these were adorable, so made a second pair but reversed the prints. I changed the lace trim I used too. This is my favorite lace trim, and sadly, I can’t find it anymore. The vendor I purchased this from is no longer selling it.I used up the last of the stripes, and that inspired me to make a pair in the last of the black with white polka dots. These are so cute.I have two more pair of white with black polka dot panties all cut out, but somehow with a whole rack of thread, I didn’t have any white thread.

Those last two will have to wait.

Happy creating!