Chiffon Duster

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 I love sewing for my adult Daughter!

 Usually, I make garments from pictures that she sends me.

 But this time I decided to surprise her with a beautiful, self-drafted flowy duster for her Birthday!

She loves it!

I love how she styled it - nice casual look with this yummy chiffon!

This print was very unique!

This is the back view.

It is a repeating border print - stripes on the top and flowers on the bottom.  I turned the fabric so that the flowers ended up on one side and the stripes on the other side. If you look closely, you can see that the flowers are also intersecting with stripes. 

This is the front view.

  The unique print actually made it fun to work with!

I have more of this fabric and plan to make myself a duster - which will look different from this one. 😀

I used French seams on the side, shoulder and sleeve seams.  

It created a very nice, clean finish on this sheer fabric.

Look at that smile! 😃

I'm happy that she's happy!

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Let's Make a Mashup!

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Mash up! What is it?

Many of you know that I love hacking patterns...even my own!
But a "mashup" is the process of combining patterns to create one look.  

This is something I do quite often as well as hacking! 

And yes, yet again...I'm entering it into an Instagram challenge. This #sewcialmashup challenge is being hosted by @insidethehem and @girlsinthegarden.  

I have not joined as many challenges as I did last year.  I'm determined to make garments that I will actually wear and use fabrics that I love.  It's working, so far!  😍

For this look, I chose Butterick pattern 6455 (view A) and the sleeves from McCalls pattern 7542 (view B).

This print chiffon was gifted to me and the solid black chiffon was taken from my stash.  As soon as I saw the black and white print, I knew it would be a top!

After constructing the sleeves, I wasn't too sure about them, but I continued!

 I finished the sleeve by doing a serged roll hem.

I hemmed the bottom with a folded top-stitched hem.  Then tried it on.  The sleeves were a fail!  

They just kinda just hung there.

  I'd made the top before, but had never made this sleeve!

I was not happy!  

The very next day it dawned on me that adding horsehair braid would be the solution!  

But, I let it sit for a few more days while I thought about it. 

Should I use 1/2" or 1" braid?  

Hmmmm!  

I finally decided on using 1/2" horsehair braid.  I sewed it to the right side with a 1/8" seam allowance then turned it to the wrong side and stitched the sleeve hem! 

 I am sew, sew happy with the results!

Look at that curl!  Oh yes! It was no longer floppy!

Sew Much Drama!!!!

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Chiffon Duster Re-Fashion

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Chiffon Duster Re-Fashion

I purchased this chiffon print to make a duster.

Keep reading to see how and why I re-fashioned it!

Then I read about the @Sewcialists Mini Challenge.
Yes! I still love sewing challenges! 😍
  We had 4 days to complete the challenge.  The only requirement was that it contained one of the colors of their logo.

We went to their blog to spin the "color wheel".  The color you landed on was to be present in whatever you made. I happened to land on coral, but it happened to be the only exception.
We could use RED instead!
With that spin, I was all in!

So I pulled out my fabric (which happened to have all of the allowed colors) and made this self-drafted duster! I posted it on Instagram with the hashtag #sewcialists just in the nick of time!

I love the shirt-tail hemline.  

But...after it hung around a few days, I realized it needed more structure and that I probably wouldn't wear it as it was.  I was not 100% happy with it.

I really couldn't decide how I'd "fix" it...until this new #alteritaugust challenge hosted by @sewnorth surfaced!

And...the "fix" also fits the Sew Much Talent Facebook group August Re-fashion and Alteration Challenge!  

I love it when I can sew one garment that works for more than one challenge! 😉

I looked through my stash for this RED linen blend that I've had for much too long.

It was as perfect a match as I thought it would be! It was also the perfect weight for my re-fashion plan.

Ummm...I forgot to finish the edges before I washed it! But all was well!

I had to put some thought into how I wanted to add the RED front and sleeve bands to my duster.  Did I want to unpick the narrow hems (Which would take forever) or did I want to cut the hem off? 

My rotary cutter and I decided to cut it off very carefully.  

I chose not to interface the bands, because I was already happy with the weight of the fabric.  

I sewed the new front and sleeve bands on, then serged the seam allowance.

 Tada!

 I now have a new and improved duster that I am 1000% happy with and love to wear!

It is no longer flimsy and inexpensive looking!

The center back originally had gathers at the neckline.  When I refashioned it, I decided that those gathers should be changed to an inverted pleat. 

Sew Much Better!

I'm thinking my favorite black dress would look great with it!  

But my leggings and skinny jeans look great, too! 

I love what the weight of the linen did to this duster.  

It gave it structure - which allows it to hang well when I'm moving!

I love the air and flow this gets! 

I believe I can fly! 

😎

                                                   What you altering or refashioning?

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My Sheer Duster - Last Make of the Summer!

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Chiffon Border Print Duster

This was yet another fabric piece that was initially destined to be scarves, but once I got on the "duster and kimono route" I kept at it when I found this in my stash!  

It is a lovely chiffon border print.  If you didn't know already, I LOVE border prints.  

I have a pretty large stash of them! 

I really love this one - I think it's my favorite! It literally floats! Sew fun to wear!

I used the same self-drafted pattern that I used for the "Bright and Colorful Duster" that was posted a few weeks ago. Then I added side splits! Oh yes!

Check out those long side splits! Sew fun!

I've styled it several ways. Here it is with skinny jeans and heels.

The seams were done with French seams.

Of course I had to do some print matching - which I love doing! 💓

The edges were bound with 1/4" double folded bias binding.  It was the perfect binding weight - it allowed the duster to retain it's airiness!

Then I switched to cropped pants and heels!

Of course I couldn't leave out my yellow dress! LOL! 

I really love this bright yellow under this sheer fabric!

I also really like the look of it with my tent/swing/trapeze Pinterst Interest Winner dress!

It's not fall yet, right? 

We are expecting temperatures in the high 80s this weekend. 

So I'll wear it then -  and put it away until next spring! 

Have you started your Fall sewing?  I have one jacket started. I always seem to be sewing during each season vs. prior to each one. But there are no rules, right? LOL

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