Tag: fabric

  • DOLCE

    DOLCE

    I discovered this free pattern of dress Dolce from Maunamé by chance while surfing the internet. I was looking for a romantic model, with an elastic waistband to use a pink and black dot viscose that I had in stock. I don’t know about you, but I generally start from a model and then look for the right fabric, and not vice versa, except if I am falling in love at first sight for a particular fabric, which oh my! It happens quite frequently in reality! But I promised myself to be less impulsive now, to buy more carefully. Before starting sewing, I didn’t buy a dress every month! Other than slow fashion! Sometimes I have the impression of consuming more! Do you have ever had this feeling?

    But now, returning to the pattern, the substantial change I made was the lining which was not originally included, but the fabric seemed a little transparent to me.

    The sleeves seemed a bit too long but I just made a double hem of 2 cm instead of 1 cm + 2 cm and the length was perfect to create the balloon effect.

    A tutorial is available here.

    What do you think?

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  • MINDY

    MINDY

    My, how time flies! I realized that I hadn’t written anything for a few months… it will be summer, you will say, the desire to enjoy the good weather and go out as much as possible… but this year, Luxembourg has been living up to its reputation… bad weather is quite natural ⛈️!       

    But let’s be positive! The cold allowed me to discover a new passion! Do you guess? 🙂

    Don’t worry, I’ll tell you about it shortly!

    First I want to tell you about a couple of models that I sewed recently and that I LOVE! The first is the Mindy dress by Fibremood in a super burgundy flowery poplin, by Charlie Coud.  

    The model features a gorgeous square neckline. The realization of the straight cut gave me a little trouble.

    You have to raise the presser foot and snip into to the seam allowance of the sleeve + neck trim until just before the needle.

    Turn the garment, lower the presser foot down again and now stitch the slanted edge together, with the notches matching.

    The cut is essential to ensure a good square and I am always afraid to cut too much!!!!!

    At the level of sleeves I opted for the balloon version with elastic.

    In case the puffy sleeves were not of your taste, you can opt for a butterfly sleeve.

    The dress closes with an invisible side zipper of 20 cm. I chose a zipper that I had bought from Atelier Brunette that I had available 60 cm long and that I cut to adapt the length. As for the size I cut everything to my usual size but if I had to do it again I would add a couple of centimeters in length to be able to wear it at the office.

    What do you think?

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  • RECYCLING

    RECYCLING

    Do you ever had a garment in your closet that you never wear but you didn’t want giving away? Here, I had a pair of wool pants that I didn’t wear because they itched too much. Every year at the change of season, the usual dilemma. What do I do? The wool is of beautiful quality. The other day I finally decided, I cut them and sew a pair of pants for polpetta .. obviously lined!! With a nice poplin cotton veeeery soft! 😊.

    For the pattern I used the Sacha pajama pants as a base, but I opted for the belt of the Jim model, wider, both by Ikatee, which I had on hand having sewn these two models recently and which you can find described here and here (ok, I am addicted to Ikatee 😊)

    Here is the result!

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  • SACHA

    SACHA

    It is the third Ikatee model I have sewn in a month (see here and here… will I have become addicted? 🙂

    Actually polpetta grows fast and needed new pajamas. The Sacha model is a mixed model.

    Available from 3 to 12 years. Very simple to sew.

    I purchased a white jersey fabric with little gray stars, very soft, on the Atelier de la Création website.

    I assembled the pajamas with the sewing machine, straight stitches and stretch needle and then I finished it with the serger.

    I am very happy with the result.

    What do you think?

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  • CHARLIE

    CHARLIE

    For the first project of the year I thought about my polpetta. I was looking for a comfortable outfit for kindergarten. By subscribing to the Ikatee newsletter I received the Jim jogpants pattern as a gift, which I then combined with their sweat Charlie. A rather large model with a lined hood and raglan sleeves. I opted for the 4 year size for both the trousers and the sweatshirt (polpetta is 3 years old and measures 1 meter) but it is still a little big. I just finished sewing another Ikatee model (the Grand’Ourse cardigan – I will talk about shortly) and in retrospect I tell myself that I should have sewn the exact size since their models are quite large.

    For the fabric I chose a jeans-colored sweater (Maille Sweatshirt – extra quality – Uni – Jeans) that I had bought on Stragier and a patterned cotton that I had in stock for the hood lining and pockets.

    I am quite happy with the result.

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  • LUCIE

    LUCIE

    Lucie or Livy? What a difficult choice! Unfortunately, in the box there wasn’t enough fabric to sew both models! In addition, the fabric is really beautiful as Joli Lab had anticipated! Finally, for this December box I opted for the top Lucie. Easy to make, in a couple of hours the game is done! I cut the pattern in my usual size but I should have added a couple of centimeters in length as I made a double hem slightly wider than the 1cm expected.

    Now I want to look for a black jacquard for the Livy skirt ….

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  • PYTER

    PYTER

    My polpetta loves tractors and when I found this Christmas fabric with Santa Claus on the tractor on Supercut site I didn’t hesitate to buy it to sew him a pajama.

    For the pattern, I found it on Petit Citron website the Pyter pajamas, size 3 – 14 years at 2 EUR.

    The tutorial is available on the site. Unfortunately, it is not possible to print the complete document but only image by image, which is not ideal. I personally looked directly on the website in case of need. Furthermore, the explanations are rather concise and almost nonexistent for the finishes. Depending on the fabric chosen, in my case it is a rather thick cotton, I recommend finishing the edges with the sew and iron the seams as in the two photos below.

    But for the price of the pattern, I think you can’t ask for more. 😊

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  • MEADOW

    MEADOW

    Joli Lab’s November box offers a simple and fun model to sew over a weekend.

    Meadow is a dress (or blouse) with a wrap neckline, delicately structured by a clever set of pleats on the shoulders and sleeves. I like the color of the fabric, a green viscose with black and white little flowers

     The step by step tutorial on YouTube will let to create the dress with ease.

    Attending impatiently at December box … who knows, maybe something sparkling for Christmas holidays!

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