long time no see

hello there :-)

remember  me?

It would seem like I took a sewing break in those last 6 months, well, that is almost true. I only made a handful of kids t-shirts and sweatshirts which are well loved by the missy but never seemed to make it in front of the camera.






































I started on this dress during the Xmas holidays and it has been hanging over the dress form for a week as I thought it looked a bit boring and I had no idea on what to do with it. Then I felt like flicking through my crochet magazines and it hit me: a crochet collar. It being a saturday evening in Austria with all handycraft stores closed, I had to work with what I had at home - thus making the collar a bit chunkier than it was supposed to be :o)

Pattern: Ottobre design woman 5/2013, Model 4 knit dress with raglan sleeves, size 34
Crochet collar: from a japanese craft book, ISBN978-4-8347-3542-0

Wrap dress

This is the new addition to my summer wardrobe:

Pattern: McCall´s M6959

quick and effective

The idea and the design of these tshirts are well established here ;-)

Embellishment: elastic lace

Zipfelshirt

I have used this pattern before - here - it´s the same size and I only made the ruffle part longer and used stretch instead of single jersey. I also accentuated the seams and the bottom hem with foe (fold-over-elastic).

This is Butterick B5913, sz 6 years

Jersey(beach)dress

It is time for the sun to come out again ;-)

Butterick B5885, Sz. 6, Stretchjersey

Linen dress

After an early summer break I am back in my sewing room!

This dress immediately caught my eye when I flicked through the Burda 05/2014 issue (model 133 in size 34). It seemed like a comfortable, easy-sewing, easy-living summer dress - and it is!

Stoff: Leinen-Viskose Mix

Frilly Beach Dress

This beach dress is as easy to wear as it is to make! Front and back pieces are exactly the same so you just need to slip it over your head and you are ready to go! I used strips of black stretchjersey to neaten the armholes and neckline.

Japanese-Sew-Along: week 4

Bouse paired with terra cotta shorts

Bouse paired with a salmon jeans skirt

I failed to deliver a finished garment this last monday - and I totally underestimated the time that I would need to finish this little cropped blouse with the puff sleeves - it was quite quick to sew up until I made the finishing touches: I did all top-stitching by hand with a thicker cotton thread that I once bought for an embroidery project and I usead really big and bold stitches. Sadly, this was meant to be a test-garment and so I used a quite small remnant I grabbed at the fabric store a few weeks back and there was not enough fabric to line up the pattern in all pieces.

Blouse top-stitching details

Simple instructions

The pattern is from a japanese book called "good looking" and I changed it a little bit by not adding the opening in the front! It is wide enough to comfortably put it one by just pulling it over my head. I even cut away the seam allowance on the vertical seams and now it sits really well in the front and the back without looking baggy - a little better on my body than on the doll ;-)