September sewing

 

Made with soft cotton knit using Vogue V8685

1940's style dress in Rayon made using Simplicity 1777

Made in unknown - maybe taffeta fabric picked up for $4 at the thrift store and Simplicity  4595 pattern from 1962. 

Sewing in August 2021

Made with Simplicity 5632 from 1973

Made with Simplicity 8028

Made with McCalls M7081

Made with McCalls M7081

Made with Butterick 6683 and the sleeves of Simplicity

 

Made with all thrifted materials using Butterick 6601

More sewing from the 1960's & 1970's

Made with McCalls 9676 from 1969 - with cotton I picked up in PEI in 2019.

Made with McCalls 9676 from 1969

Made with Simplicity 7578 from 1968

Made with Simplicity 8259 from 1969

Made with Simplicity 9833 from 1971

Top made with Simplicity 5211 from 1972

 

Matching gardening aprons for daughter & granddaughter.

 Samantha asked me to make her a gardening apron sometime last fall. I found some thick cotton canvas at Fabricville and used a 1940's kitchen apron pattern to make Samantha's apron.  I basically made it as long as the pocket and used the extra length to double it to make it more solid so that garden shears, and other assorted items don't feel too heavy.

For Mado I used a normal apron pattern that I shortened and added a pocket.  I didn't make hers as sturdy as I figured she would mostly use it to carry garden pickings like cherry tomatoes...

 I like working with patterns because my sense of size varies. I'm not good at figuring out the base size for anything. At least with a pattern it's a starting point and I modify around it accordingly. You could argue I should use a measuring tape and measure. Sure. I can. BUT I mix numbers in my head so often that it's best if I don't do that. I can forget halfway that I meant to use a 1/2" seam but then realized I did a 5/8" seam. Never fails .So I don't trust my brain to size things properly.

Gardening Apron for Mado

Gardening apron for Sam

I modified B to make the Apron

Sporting the aprons

More things I sewed for Mado

Here are some things I made for Mado recently. Sadly the hats did not fit. 

Dino hat made with Butterick B5019

Simplicity 1453

Simplicity 1453

Simplicity 1571

Love making little dresses!

 Dresses I made for Mado so far in 2021. I just love the red/orange together 

Made with Simplicity 8522

Made with Simplicity 2943