I was thinking about what to bring with me for this weekend and I remembered that I am using a plastic bag to hold my toiletries when I go and stay with someone. So I found the bit of waterproof fabric I still have in my stash and made the most simple toiletries bag possible. Two lines of stitching to close the sides and a zipper. Done.
It should work though, I’ll find out tonight!
I’ve been finding that I want to start a lot of projects, but because of time constraints, unwillingness or some other reason (for instance: the sewing room is such a big mess that I could not open the door), I hadn’t. Now I’ve started one, and don’t know how to finish. I’m making a second version of the black pinstripe dress I made from Simplicity 2374 (link).
I now have a white bodice and skirt, but no midriff pieces. I’m doubting whether or not I should make the midriff from a black fabric with leopards on it (a little lighter than the fabric, they are fairly unobtrusive), since the white is almost finished and if I want to get the sleeves in white I need the fabric. I’m just thinking, I could also make two.. One white top and black skirt or the other way around. That would be nice, possibly with a grey midriff band. I’ll have a check to see if I have matching fabric.
*Feels a plan develop, maybe the mojo to start the finishing is coming back!
This weekend was very productive for me. I finished two UFPs and started a new project.
The first UFP to be transformed into a FP was my coat. I started it in summer last year I think. But I stopped it when I decided it was too crooked. The fabric has a sort of plaid-y look, but I didn’t line them up, which I assume will be difficult with princess seams.
But since I aim to empty my UFP box before the end of the year (I’ve assigned myself that goal a minute ago), I have to work on some projects in there. And I still liked the fabric of the coat so I figured I’d finish it. I made an asymmetrical front, put pockets on and a hood. I finished all the seams and edges with red bias tape (it’s the same colour as the red stripe in the fabric). Here are the pictures, first front and back, then details of pockets and the inside:
The next project I finished was a petticoat. It’s been laying in the stash basically since I started the frog dress, so two years I think. It was a disaster, since I absolutely hate making ruffles or whatever those things are called that a petticoat are. But I worked steadily, pinned until my fingers were dead and finally finished the thing.
Here it is, I also attached some ribbons on the side to hide the seams but they are not very clear:
So after two UFPs I wanted to start something new (decided I deserved it). So I’m now patching together a pant suit from a free culottes pattern, the vintage blouse pattern and a pattern for some pants (to use the waistband). I hope it’ll work. I’ll show you when (/if) it’s done.
So I haven’t been very active in the creative field. However the past Sunday was spent clearing up my sewing room. It was a complete mess to begin with so something really needed to be done. And it’s even Spring so I’m allowed to call this post Spring cleaning. It’s the first time I’ve ever done that I think!
I now have my fabrics neatly organised in boxes on their sides so they look little closets, I put all my notions in a cabinet and found out that I had way more than I though. I finally figured out that the box of buttons I thought I’d lost was just in the bottom of a bigger box in the corner. I even organised all my patterns in a big catalogue binder thing and now they are not all over the place and all the pieces are kept together. I found some (read; a lot) of projects that I did not remember I had in the works, like a jacket and a long dress, a frog dress that only needs to be hemmed and much more. I really should finish those projects someday.
I’m actually really proud of me because I’m not much of a neatfreak, I’m very bad at clearing up. I think I just like to have all my stuff surrounding me.
However the organising has helped me already because I needed some pins and could find them instantly and I figured I was going to make a friend a birthday present. I knew which fabric I wanted to use and I only had to search a little to find it! I’m making a sort of pouch with falling ‘fall’-leaves embroidered on in fall colours (red, orange, yellow, brown, some greens) and I’m really liking it. Too bad I accidentally spilled some lemonade on it and now it’s in the sink, where I’m hoping it will come out. So I’ll take some pictures once it is finished.
I hope this weekend will bring me closure for some projects. Enjoy yourselves!
I know it is only April and that we are officially still in Spring, but I think the weather in the Netherlands disagrees. This Easter was really really hot, so I spent Saturday in the garden reading books I got from the library. Because it was finally hot enough to wear something without sleeved I pulled my embellished top from the closet.
Last year I bought a tube top, I don’t like tube tops because they have no straps and I’m never sure if it’s going to stay up. But this one was red, and had a marvelous colour, and I figured, I can always attach straps. So I did, I made yoyo’s (basically circles of fabric, gather the edge and sew them together) and attached them to the top. They are not perfect bra strap hiders but they are ok enough for me to wear it.
Here’s the picture, what do you think?
And here the straps (which is what it is all about right?)
Hopefully more interesting crafty things next week. But my internship together with studying a course at the open university makes my life pretty busy. So I guess it is wait and see.
By the way.. Happy Easter!
So let us see if this time I will be any better at maintaining this blog.
I think I’m going to write about my projects: I like sewing, knitting, other creative things and recently I’ve started drawing, I’m not very good at it but I hope to get better.
I hope that this will help me keep my projects up to date. Since I’m very good at forgetting about projects, the unfinished project pile is quite large nowadays so I should start catching up with that.
Lucy
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