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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Last 2019 Post - Oh the Red Dress!

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This is my last post of the year!

Red is a great color to end the year on, right!!!

Who remembers my red floral print duster?
Yes!
The one I refashioned by adding the red linen blend bands?
Yep, that one!

Well, it just so happens that I had just enough of the band fabric left over to make a red dress! I love red dresses! Ok, Ok...I love red! 😍

I used view B of McCall's 7189 - which has now become one of my TNTs. I really love wearing princess seam cuts, but this one has a slight curved hem. And it looks wonderful with the duster and on it's on! I'm in love!

My alterations were my usual...I enlarged the waist by about 1 inch and made the sleeves my favorite elbow length!

I love the fit and "slightly" flare silhouette of this pattern as well as the slightly curved hem. Because of the curve, I did a narrow top-stitched hem.

My oldest daughter took the photos and thought my red shoes would look better, but I didn't agree and wore black pumps. Not sure I will wear red shoes with it...don't want too much red all at once!

I also love the fit and "kinda" flare silhouette of this pattern.

I'm glad I had enough of the linen blend that I purchased from Vogue Fabrics left...less wrinkles, right?

😏

I will definitely make it again...maybe in a ponte or a wool blend!

I'm looking forward to wearing it this spring. It's going to look and feel great with the duster.

Or maybe with my black and white jacket - click here to see that blog post!

Or maybe with my black and white jacket - click here to see that post!

Red is a neutral, right? 😍

I wish you and your families a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

I sincerely thank each of you for all of your support this year!

I'm looking forward to continuing to connect with you in 2020!

Happy Endless Sewing!

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

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.