I was looking at the blog posts I had coming up, and realized I missed one of my makes. I’m not sure how I missed them as they’re a favorite of mine, but I did miss them.

I made some lovely lavender Clover Boy Briefs to go with my new bright bra. And I have decided my favorite panty pattern is the Clover, so I naturally pulled out my favorite pattern. Oh, I think these are cute!

Here’s the side view. And of course the back view.     I had thought these would go really well with my bright bra, but it just so happens they also go well with my platinum bra! These coordinate very well, but just for fun look at these panties with the platinum bra. That little bit of purple in the lace makes this matching more fun, and a bit less matchy-matchy.

Happy creating!

For my knit top in the TomKat Stitchery fitting class, I now had a few new alterations to add to my Concord Tee.

If you haven’t seen the Concord Tee, here it is.

It’s a basic tee with a few options. What I love most about it is it goes up to a G cup in sizing – and I don’t have to do a FBA!

So, I learned I need a narrow shoulder adjustment from making the woven top. Then once I made my knit top, I learned I also need a gaping neckline adjustment, and a sway back adjustment.

Where was all this information when I was learning to sew in school? I don’t remember having to making any adjustments then. I also don’t remember wearing anything I made, so that might be why.

I didn’t want to break out new material to test these adjustments, so thankfully I had just enough fabric left over from my first tee shirt.

This sleeveless tee has all my adjustments. And it fits quite well. If I want to improve it even more I’ll add 1/4″ to the gaping neckline adjustment, and 1/2″ to the sway back one.

However, a big part of this course is to not overfit. This is wearable and fits quite well. I’m learning to be happy without everything having to be perfect. Along with the side view I captured some ghosting in the lighting. The pretty pink bra peeking out is my favorite Prima Donna Milady that I bought and is too small. Still it’s getting use on my display form and is inspiring me.

And the back.     I noticed putting it on the display form that my back and its back are different! The alterations I made caused it to fit just a little more awkwardly. Ah, it’s for me not the display.

Next in the course are knit pants and woven pants. It will be interesting!

Happy creating!

After I finished my Cashmerette Concord Tee, I sent a photo to Whitney, the instructor at TomKat Stitchery. I really wasn’t happy with all the bunching in front of my arms. What was this?

I did mention this alteration in my post about the Montrose woven top. I need a gaping neck alteration. It was actually this make that helped us figure out I needed this adjustment.

I would NEVER had figured this out by the name. What does this area have to do with the neckline? If you want to see how this alteration is done, you can see it here.

  So although there is gaping, this is still a perfectly wearable top. Or a wearable muslin as it’s called in the class.

Here’s the full top.

I do love this fabric. This was from B,Wear a few years ago. I had saved it for the perfect project and this was it.

Here’s the side view. The top has a nice scoop neckline, with 3/4 sleeves.

And the back.   So, although there is some gaping/bunching up of material, I’ve worn this a few times already.  I love it.

Happy creating!

I’m still loving the Freja pattern. I decided I had some pretty colors, it was time for a nice basic black bra. Well, not too basic.Isn’t this pretty? I really love the lace. It has a barely there look to it with delicate floral outlines and just a hint of color on the petals.

I also love how delicate the lace edge is.Oh, I like that. Who knew lace addiction was a real thing?

Here’s the side view.   And lastly, here’s the back view.  As I said, it is basic, but it’s a very pretty basic black.

I had cut out a second black bra from a kit I bought from Emerald Erin. The lace is the loveliest lace. I had everything cut and ready to sew on my cutting board when I saw an announcement from B,Wear.

They have brought in a new color of elastics. Pistachio. I ordered a couple of kits. It’s too pretty to resist. I think it will go perfectly with my second black bra, so it’s current waiting for the mail to arrive.

I’ll share it as soon as it’s finished.

Happy creating!

Hello all! Just a short sweet post to let you know Etsy is having a sale.

Today and tomorrow only. $10 off a purchase of $40.

I know I have a few things I’ve been looking at. Time to save a couple of pennies! 

Happy shopping.