Vogue 1224 Tracy Reese for Megan & KS 3811 for Sophie

Like everyone else I liked the look of this pattern Vogue 1224 by Tracy Reese. I saw it on Erica B's blog and GiGi Sew's blog and just had to make it for one of the girls. I showed to Megan and she loved it. I happened to have a piece of fabric I had ordered for undies that she liked and wanted me to use. It was very bright yellow and purple print that I was a little leary of. I not only had enough for the dress but also enough scraps to cut a little matching onesie out for Megan's daughter Sophie with Kwik Sew 3811. She's not sure she's in love with it but she's going to wear it. Sophie's onesie was cut out with a 6-12 months width and 12-18 month length. It's a little snug in the sleeves so I'm going to remove them and either make it sleeveless or replace with larger sleeve. The Tracy Reese dress goes together so quickly. I like the way it isn't tight in the front but is more fitted in the back. My daughter Judy and my daughter in law Liz both want one in thier size. I'm glad it was simple.

And a picture of Judy wearing Vogue 8679.

Vogue 8724 Custom Fit Cups- for Megan

I made Vogue 8724 for my daughter Megan. Whom I usually have to do a FBA for. I used this pattern with the D cup and only a minor pattern adjustment to the neckline that I do to all of Megan's patterns. She always has gaps at the neckline. I use the french curve to mark the neckline then foldover a 1/4". I use to just fold in a little pleat in the pattern but this works much better and lies smoothly. This dress went together quickly and fit her perfectly. This will become a TNT for Megan. She loves this style and often buys this style dress. I had a bunch of fabric left so made this matching romper for Sophie June. I couldn't find a pattern that was what I wanted so I just took a vintage romper pattern and used the general shape and changed it at the top. The picture of Megan in the dress are before I hemmed it and finished the neckline. I used my coverstitch machine to hem it. I took two inches out of the length but it was still long. Mr. Finnegan wanted in on the photo shoot. He's six monthes old this coming week. He's a really playful fun kitten.

Mother of the Bride Suit

I made a suit with black/white/blue boucle from fabric.com. I was going for a retro look but felt I channeled my inner Aunt Bee. I used Vogue 8123 for the jacket but added a lining. The skirt was an old pattern for a straight skirt which I also added a lining to.

Vogue 8123 Muslin & Alice & Wonderland dress

I'm working on my mother of the bride outfit for Judy's wedding. I'm making a suit using black with blue flecks boucle from fabric.com. I used Vogue 8123 in a size 22 at shoulders and arms but sized out the sides to fit all my additional girth. I did a high round adjustment and shortened the sleeves 3" since I'm only 5' 3 3/4" inches and have short arms and of course did a full bust adjustment and added a dart. I'm pleased with the fit and it's a super easy pattern. I'm going to add a lining and I'll fuse knit interfacing to the boucle. I'm nervous it will be to warm since it's far from cold in Texas in November. But hopefully with the wedding in the evening it won't be to warm. It's 88 today so still warm down here. I really like this pattern and will make the other versions. And this is the dress I made for Emma who likes Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. It's

recycled t-shirt pattern

from you can make this.I bought a junior women's shirt and cut it up for top of dress, scraps from a top for myself for the sleeves and trim and used some random shiny hot blue fabric for skirt. The skirt material isn't wearing well so will probably have to replace skirt but it sure is fun.

Vogue 8580- Traced and ready for alterations

I traced off Vogue 8580 last night after dinner. I started to make alterations but got sleepy and quit before I started making mistakes. I'm a morning person and I've learned not to work on sewing projects when I'm tired. I just end up re-doing it over and over again. I realized as I was tracing it that it was very close to the last top I made Simplicity 2773. I could have used that pattern and changed it up to look like this but oh well already had it traced out. I really liked the Khaliah Ali pattern. It was easy to adjust for narrow shoulders and FBA. Hopefully this pattern will be easy to adjust too.

Megan's Wedding Dress

I'm busy making my daughter Megan's wedding dress. The wedding is on June 6th. We went and tried dresses on and she decided what she liked and then found patterns to use the components from two patterns to make the dress she wanted. I'm using bridal silk from Joann Fabrics with a cordinating silk w/ tiny sequins. The bottom of the dress is Vogue 2964 http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V2964.htm?tab=list/evening_bridal_includes_designer&page=all and the top and waist are Vogue 8182 http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V8182.htm?tab=list/dresses_includes_designer&page=all. I've put as much as I can together as I can without her to fit. She's not coming in until late June 3rd so will have lots to finish before the wedding. Here's a few pictures of dress in progress. It's pinned together on the dressform. Megan wanted to get a peek at what it would look like. I'll put more pictures up as I go.