Vogue 9060 - Love this Tilton Skirt

I have wanted to make this skirt for several weeks, but just had too much of "life" going on to give it any attention.  It's now finally complete!

I stopped in Hancocks on Wednesday of this week.  I wanted to pick up some polar fleece remnants (if they had any) for my charity sewing chemo caps.  They did have some cute prints, so I picked up a few of them.  Of course, I had to check out other fabric since I had a coupon for 25% of entire purchase.  I like to checkout their rayon/poly ponte fabric and hope to find something in a print that grabs my attention.

The fabric above is not RPL, but a poly knit.  While I choose not to use poly for tops (too hot for me), I will use it for skirts.  I found this and a nice royal blue on black.  Since I have a lot of blues in my closet, I chose the red.  I came right home and washed the fabric.  By the next evening it was the Tilton skirt!  I have several black tops that I think will work with it, and I'm hoping a red Tea Garden Tee (pattern shown below) that I made years ago will work with it.  I haven't taken the time to check the reds together.

After I completed this red one, I pulled out some black mystery knit fabric that I think came from Walmart a number of years ago.  I'm sure it's a poly, but it has a pretty nice feel and good drape.  I thought DGD would like this pattern, so I cut her one in a size small (I had used the size M for myself) and zipped it up on the machines.  I used both the serger and sewing machine.

I made two changes for mine.  I cut off about 1" from the hem and I made the waistband more narrow--a finished width of about 2.5".  DGD is taller so I didn't cut off the hemline, but I also used a more narrow waistband for hers.

A really fun pattern!  I like the finished result.

A Sweater is Done

One of my goals for this year was to complete some of my knitting UFOs.  One is now done!  

When I saw this cuff to cuff sweater last year or two years ago, I really wanted to make it.  It is knit side to side and sewn together at the side seams.  Looked pretty easy.  (I wanted to link to the free pattern, but I cannot find it on their site any longer.)  

I liked the colors used in the pattern photo so ordered the Red Heart Boutique Treasure yarn in the color of "Watercolors."  If I remember correctly, I got lucky and found it on sale.  When it arrived, I was all gung ho to get started, and I did get off to a good start.  But my knitting goes in fits and bits.  As warmer weather arrived, who wants to knit with wool/acrylic "fabric" sitting you your lap?  Not me, of course.  At least, I carefully placed all the yarn, instructions and partially completed sweater into a plastic bag and put it away for the summer and then some.  As I mentioned above, I really don't remember when I started this project.

As cooler weather began to arrive and the days began to get shorter, I remembered this sweater.  I actually got inspired to work on it again.  I realized I was more than half finished, and that gave me more inspiration to get it finished.  It's been finished and photographed for several weeks, but I couldn't get the mojo together to blog about it.  Finally, today was the day.

The colors are not reflected accurately in my photos.  The one above (a side-ways view of the sleeve) is closest to the true color.  It's not nearly as gray or green as the photos reflect.  Inside photos, room lighting, my camera--oh well.

I'm very happy with it!

I've also been spending some time with the sewing machine.  Hopefully, I'll get those posts done quickly!