Phew! Just in time for a Sunday post, in the US anyway! Busy week + busy weekend 🙂 This week was Adams’s birthday, my Mum’s birthday and we passed our ‘1 year in the USA’ date. We still can’t believe that we have lived here for a year!
Here’s my week in pictures:
1. I bought a few more books (again!!!)… can you guess my favourite reading genre?!
Continue reading ➞ Sunday Sevens #48
This may be one of those posts that I meant to write 2 weeks ago and then forgot about it completely! Â Whoops! Â This Butterick pattern was one of the ones I bought in a recent sale where all Butterick patterns were $3. Â I’ve never really worn a jumpsuit before so I was quite looking forward to making this one. Â I chose view B, the version with the shorts.
Continue reading ➞ Jumping In July!
Another Cynthia Rowley pattern! This collarless shirt dress can be plain but also has an option for fringing. I chose to go with the plain; view A.
This dress was constructed in the wrong order completely! I ran out of interfacing & didn’t have the zip I needed :-0 So I started with pleating the skirt & finishing the raw edges with an overlock stitch. I would have liked to use French seams but the side zip got in the way so I gave up! Â Once I had interfacing, I carried on with the rest of the construction.
Continue reading ➞ An Unsure 2215 with a few adjustments
Here we are again! I’ve tried to be organised this week and get my Sunday Sevens post out earlier in the day 🙂 It’s been funny old week for me this week…
1. After Maisy’s lump incident last week, she was then poorly on Sunday for a few days! I don’t think the two were related though. We think she must have picked something up on one of our walks that upset her tummy; she is so low to the floor & it’s very easy for her to snaffle whatever she finds before we can get it out of her mouth! She was very needy and spent a lot of time on my lap!
Continue reading ➞ Sunday Sevens #43 – A Weekly Blog Series
One of my favourite garments out of the Love At First Stitch book is the Megan dress. Â It’s easy to make and it fits me without having to alter anything!
I made two Megans a few months ago, both from thicker fabrics though so they aren’t really suitable for the Summer weather. Â The first one I made was far too short as a dress so I wear it with skinny jeans. Â The second one is lovely but has a pucker on the zip and the skirt and bodice didn’t match up so it has an extra pleat. 
I had put a cotton Megan on my to make list and finally got around to making it last week. Â This was my third dress of the week too! Â When cutting the fabric, I decided that I would like a sleeveless version. Â I wasn’t quite sure if this would work so I made sure I had just enough fabric for sleeves just incase!
Even though I had traced & cut the Megan pattern before…I had lost it so had to re-trace & cut. Â This prompted me to label all my traced patterns and put all of them in a place where I know they are. Â During the tracing process, I also realised that I had traced one of the darts too narrow last time – I had followed the wrong line! Â This would have been why the skirt and bodice didn’t match! Â It was an ‘ah-haaa!’ moment!
Continue reading ➞ A different type of Megan
A couple of weeks ago, I made this top – the Simplicity 1810.  I will be honest.  I have only worn it once since making it and I wasn’t that pleased with it.  I always feel that garments need to be worn out of the house (not just for photos either!) for me to get a good feel for them.  Is it comfy? Would I wear it again?  Do I need to make any changes? I went shopping in the black top and then nipped to the food market and I just found that it wasn’t right.  I think the main thing was that it was too hot for 30°C heat with it being quite a tight woven fabric.  The length was questioned again as I kept pulling at it all the time, and the neckline was too stiff due to the interfacing.  Hhhmmpphh!  I’m not throwing the towel in straight away though…I am going to shorten it and save it until the weather is cooler!
Anyway, less about the old…more about the new. Â I decided to make the longer sleeveless 1810 and chose a light fabric with a swirly border print. Â I do really like the construction of this pattern. Â There aren’t many steps and it comes together really quickly. Â I think it took me an afternoon to make but I had already cut it out the week before.
Continue reading ➞ Longer Than The Last One
threads + bobbins 