One Pattern 2 Ways

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I AM IN LOVE!  

I've had this McCall's 7348  pattern for a few years, but recently pulled it out when I decided I wanted a quick make for Mother's Day.  

Yes! I made it the night before!  

Why do we do this to ourselves?  This time my excuse is that I was buried in Prom and Graduation makes!

But, I'm so glad I decided to make it at the last minute!

Why? 

Because I didn't have time to go through ALL of my stash to find a piece large enough in a color I wanted to wear.  I knew I had 6 yards of this coral ITY knit that I purchased years ago from the warehouse we affectionately call "2121".

I made view D with the sleeves from view C. 

It came together very quickly! 

I did not need to make any measurement adjustments at all!  

That is an anomaly - as I usually have to make fit adjustments on commercial patterns!

I did all of the construction on my serger.  I didn't have thread in this beautiful coral color, so I did what I normally would do...I blended a few colors to make it work!

Before I added the sleeves, I got out my heels and tried it on!  

I WAS IMMEDIATELY IN LOVE!

I walked around in it about 10 minutes!  

Yes! There is absolute joy in sewing for yourself!

  This was one of those moments!  I loved the fit, the flow, the drape and how it made me feel!

  

I added and hemmed the sleeves finished the neckline. 

But my serger decided it did not want to do a narrow hem, and I needed to get some sleep, I decided to leave the bottom raw.  

I cleaned up my slightly imperfect scissor cuts with my rotary cutter and I was done! This was my first time doing a raw hem.  I'm still not sure how I feel about it!  Time (and fabric type) will tell if I do it again.

This top/dress even looks good on the hanger! 😍 Look at that drape!

SEW!

I made it again! 

I bought this beautiful ITY from Vogue Fabrics earlier in the spring. When I saw it, I had no idea what I'd do with it, but after making the coral piece, I knew it would work for the pattern...and for another special occasion...my Grandheart's Graduation!

I laid it on my cutting table to take a look at the direction and area of the print, because I knew I'd have to "mirror" the pattern to insure the print matched.

I laid out and cut the back piece 1st.  When I attempted to lay out the front piece, I realized I did not have enough fabric to use in the same direction as the back.

Sew, I flipped the direction of the front pattern piece. After moving it around a few times, I decided that I wanted the smaller print at my neckline and the solid black at my waist.

Again, when I tried in on, I was in love with the outcome!

I really love how this print drapes on my body!

  Sexy!  I can say that, right? 

Again I used my serger (4 thread set up) to construct this one.

Of course, things don't always go as planned when making garments.  

But I'm happy that this time it only running out of thread on the spool of thread I was using to hem it.  I only needed about 3 more inches of stitches to finish it.  Sew out came a new spool and I finished it!

No raw edges on this one!

I narrow hemmed it with the lighting bolt/wobble stitch which stretches with the garment...no future popped stitches!

Finished the neckline and added my label!

I am happy and proud to say that my dress/top was featured by

 Judith Rosalind of the Instagram @sewover50 hashtag...which has over 12, 000 followers! 

This was quite the surprise and an honor!

I actually don't know which I like better, the back or the front!  I do know that I love the way I look and feel when I wear it!

And...I've taken a few orders for it!  Of course not in the same fabric!  LOL!

Sew!

I am definitely making another one! 

How often have you used the same pattern to create a new look by simply switching up the print and/or fabric?

Happy Endless Sewing!

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I am thrilled to say that my very 1st 

Online Sewing Class 

is under my belt!

Thanks to Lynee Urban of Story to Media and her sister!

I call them The Sister Team!   

Although we had some challenges and a few bloopers (some of them just may surface on social media later), we learned a lot while working through them and I'm very happy with the results! Of course we will take what we've learned - as well as all feedback to improve future classes!

We are having SEW much fun! 

Lynee worked diligently to create my logo for the classes, she established a website, does countless hours of  filming and editing, creates intro and outro videos, responds to technical questions - mine and the students! And that's just some of the work she does!

Her sister, Marcey flies in to work with her on the filming and editing!
These two ladies are truly a powerful team!
My sewing space has become a filming studio!  

And I love it!

This is the finished garment for Course #1

It's a fit and flare ponte knit dress, which could also be shortened to a top or tunic.

Sewing with knits was just one of the techniques that I taught in this class!

And now we have begun filming Course #2! 

The 2nd course is a woven top that features bust darts, set-in sleeves and a cute keyhole opening in the back!

 I offer several tips and tricks as I'm working through each segment.

And I add at least one bonus video during each course.

My classes are for all levels of experience!  Course # 2 began on November 5, 2018.  

Yes! It's up on the website!

 Click here to register for the Membership Program or a Stand-alone Course!  

Hope to see you there!

Happy Endless Sewing!

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