Already have a list!

Here it is the first day of the year and I already have a list of new items to make.

 I'm working on a set of skirts- 7, I think for a modern dance company in the area.  Hope to have all the details worked out this Sunday and then those will have to be finished at the end of the month for performances they are doing in February. 

While thumbing through some patterns I found another pattern that I know my daughter would love, for casual hip look.  Kwik Sew 3718- Its such a simple look and I know she would wear with boots like the model has on with the cream version.  In fact that version is what really draws my eye- in a simple solid knit or french terry.  I know this would be tops on her what to wear list.

Another pattern I have ready to work on for her is McCall's 5714.  I'm planning on making this as in a red french terry for her, modifying version D with the sleeve from version F, and using a zipper instead of buttons.  I have another idea in my mind to do to the skirt version of it but haven't quite firmed it up yet.  We saw an inspiration piece at Lucy's my favorite store for exercise wear.  I somehow just couldn't even imagine putting out a $108.00 plus tax for a glorified sweatshirt dress, that I literally picked the fabric up (on sale) for $12.00.  When all is said and done this little number will probably cost me $20 and 3 hours to fabricate for her.  This is why I originally started sewing back in the 70's, having limited funds and wanting more clothes than my parents would have ever considered purchasing.  Now I do it, because it brings me joy to create my own interpretation and designs.

I've been working on another a little baby blanket.  I was wandering the craft store and found this lovely variegated yarn that has been crocheting up into stripes of pink, yellow and white with variations of the pink and yellow.  My daughter described it as looking like candy.  I will probably have it finished in a few days and posted  for you to see.

Kwik Sew 3635

Christmas Eve found me sewing on a tunic top/dress that my daughter wanted to use for warm up at dance.  I have fabric for three of them, but wanted to only make one and be sure it met all the requirements she desired.  So here are pictures of the finished dress.  It looks EXACTLY like the pattern envelope.  I made it in a size small for her.  Being Kwik sew pattern it went together rather quickly, my hassles were with my serger- my tried and true serger I broke while working on costumes, and had to use my back up serger that I use almost entirely for its cover stitch function.  It was a sad sad day I broke my baby lock lower looper.  ARGH- I digress.  It has quite a bit coverage for being a cross over top. The fabric was a nice purple french terry with just the right amount of stretch.  Warm but not overly warm for studio wear, and purple seems to be one of her current favorite colors.  These photo's don't do it justice and would have loved to have one of her in it, but you know how it is, you  sew it, press and finish it, and then you never see dance wear again in a presentable state. The photo makes it look kind of boxy in the front, but when its on, it doesn't have that appearance. It sits at the hips with looseness above.  I made the sleeves the length in the pattern which for her a petite is a bit long, but being the current trend to have sleeves come down over your hands and they stick their thumbs through the seam to keep it there. She won't need to put the hole in the seam, its plenty long.  I would make one change and that was the type of interfacing I used for reinforcing the shoulders and front where the skirt attaches.  Something with a little more softness would be good like "Seams be Great", but i was able to trim away most of the stabilizer is used that i didn't want to over- enforce the area and make it stick out. Mostly it was a bad choice from scraps that were sitting on my table from a previous project.  She also picked out a beautiful teal green bamboo french terry for a second one, but i'm struggling with it, as it has damage from the knitting looms, and was not cut straight, and currently is a beast to work on to cut, but i will get it finished in the next few days!  The fabric cannot win.  And Yes it does have a label sewn into it.  I finally got the labels in for my etsy shop, Red and Curly Bebe by Treva which I will have up the fist week of January.  So of course one of these had to go into her garment!