A Swing skirt for Riley

Okay, this wasn't my best work.  I drafted the pattern and then didn't have quite enough fabric to make a circle skirt.  Riley had just had surgery on her arm and the muslin ended up being to large between the time I made it and then cut the skirt.  Not quite a wadder, but close.  

Jalie 3243 Pull on Pants

Maria is in the middle of a growth spurt and needed some new pants.  I tried the Jalie 3243 Pull on Pants pattern and fell in love with it.  I tried a pair in flannel first and they fit amazing.  They also have good pockets!  So then I made 4 in stretch denim with some embroidery on the left lower leg.  This looks like it will become another TNT.

Love, Love, Love the Washington Dress

Here are 2 of my very favorite dress pattern.  I've made 4 more but don't have photos yet.  This is the Washington Dress by Cashmerette Patterns.  This is a super easy and fun pattern.  Wow on the fit!

Smocked 1st Communion Dress

This is a dress I made a few years ago and didn't post.  It is one from Australian Smocking and Embroidery, I don't remember the pattern.  Amalia with 3 of her siblings.

Shirt Making Month - November 2016

I've fallen in love with the Curvy Sewing Collective.  Tailored shirts with jeans and a vest are my absolute favorite outfit, very Pacific Northwest.  It was a cinch to participate in the Shirt Making Month.

I went with a new pattern from Cashmerette Patterns the Harrison Shirt.  I fell in love with her Washington Dress and made 6 of them.  The Harrison Shirt pattern is as awesome as the Washington Dress patter.  I'm already planning the next few shirts that I'm just going to have to make.  Here is my wearable muslin, that fits better than any other shirt I own.  A few tweaks and it will be perfect. I plan on making a forwards sleeve adjustment and tweaking the sleeve itself.  Forgive the missing buttons on the bottom I was so excited to get this up that I didn't want to run to the store to pick up another card.  

Another Jalie #970 Relaxed Jeans

Jalie #970 has become one of my favorite TNT patterns.  Here is a pair for Maria.

Sure Fit Pants for Riley

Here is a self draft of pants using the Sure Fit Designs pattern system.  Riley is almost 6 foot tall and wanted a trouser style pants.  They turned out okay, but I think they need a few tweaks for the next pair.  I think I made the legs to narrow and that made them fall funny.

Sewing Room Move

My mom is coming for surgery soon and Jay and I had to acknowledge that she might be at our place a bit longer this time.  In the past we have rotated the kids around to give her Riley's bed.  So we decided that she needed a room downstairs.  The only available space was my "office".  Jay being the awesome person that he is moved all of his stuff out of his office in our bedroom to the hallway landing.  I took over the space and moved my sewing office.  It was fun sorting through and organizing everything.

Oliver & S Badminton Top and Skort

A new summer set for Amalia.  It is the Oliver & S Badminton Top and Skort.  What an awesome pattern.  I messed up on the top neck binding.  It was totally my fault for not paying close attention to the directions.  It's made in some clearance tutti-fruity fabric from Hancock's and some black pique from my stash. The skort patterns is one that I'll be coming back to all summer.  

Hot Patterns - HP 1036 Weekender Jean Jeanius Trouser Jeans

Palmer Pletsch Pants Workshop

Last month I accomplished a dream that I've had for many years.  I went to a fitting workshop.  After years of looking at different workshops I decided on the Palmer Pletsch pants fit workshop.  I like the idea of using a printed pattern and draping it.  I've drafted my own patterns using Connie Crawfords' book and the Sure Fit Design kits.  These are both awesome ways to draft a pattern.  It is close, but still needs some work. I thought by learning how to fit using a tissue that I could use pre-printed patterns or ones that I had drafted using other techniques.  Plus the class was held in Portland, not to far from Seattle.

Patti Palmer was amazing!! I learned more that I could imagine.  Patti and her assistant Helen were the nicest folks.  So keep looking back for some really great fitting pants pictures.

Oliver & S After School Shirt

We are on vacation so I had the chance to make 4 after school shirts from Oliver & S.  They turned out super cute.  Amalia didn't have her hair brushed in the picture, but oh well.

Oliver & S Playtime Leggings

To continue on with the owl collection the girls needed some leggings.  I made 2 pairs of size 8 and 3 pairs of size 5 leggings for the little girls using Oliver & S Playtime Leggings.   Jay and I went to Portland for our anniversary last weekend and he so nicely humored me and went to Rose City Textiles.  I found this equestrian fabric.  It is thick, stretchy and very sturdy.  The perfect thing for winter outdoor leggings for the girls.  It sewed up like a dream!

Burda 9439 - Girls T-shirt

I was looking for a dressed up t-shirt to make for the little girls.  When we were at Fabric Depot last weekend I found Burda 9439, a super cute t-shirt with puffy sleeves.  I've never made a Burda pattern so I thought that I would break from my Jalie and Oliver & S patterns and give it a try.  This turned out cute to the max. The only difficulty I encountered with this pattern was copying it, I had to trace it a couple of times to get the correct size.  The fabric is Riley Blake's - Happy Flappers in knit.  I made 2 in size 5 for Alyssa and 2 in size 8 for Amalia.

More Oliver & S Yoga Pants

I know that I have a winning pattern when I make it over and over and then some more.  This is the case with Oliver & S's Nature Walk Yoga Pants.   I made 3 in size 5 for Alyssa and 2 in size 8 for Amalia.  The fabric was a chocolate ponte, I only purchased 4 yards and was quite happy that it made 5 pairs of pants.  The chocolate brown should coordinate with the Riley Blake - Happy Flappers.

Raglan T-Shirts in Happy Flappers

The little girls chose owls as their theme for this falls clothes.  I purchased quite a bit of Riley Blakes' Happy Flappers collection from Fabric.com.  This is an Oliver & S Field Trip Raglan T-Shirt in two of the knits.  The turned out really cute!  There should be lots of owl themed items coming up.

Jalie #970 Relaxed Fit Jeans

I finished 4 pairs of these jeans a few weeks ago.  This is by far the best jeans pattern I've used.  I made 2 pairs with owls and 2 plain pairs in a brown lightly stretchy denim.  They turned out amazing, the pictures don't do them justice and the fit on the little girls is perfect!

Front View with owls - Size 5

Back view size 8.

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Hats!!

I went on a knitting spree.  I found these cute hat kits up in a yarn shop in Everett WA and bought them on a whim.  The kit is DMC's Top This! The blue and grey on on the end was some yarn from my stash and an attempt at making my own pattern.

More Comicon

Riley as Eowyn I used a Jalie t-shirt pattern.  Maria was Petra from Ender's Game in a blue jump suit.  I made the jump suit by putting together patterns from KWIK Sew for children.  I put the button down shirt and pants pattern together and put a zipper down the front.  Matthew was Frodo from Lord of the Rings.  I used the cape pattern from the Oliver and S book Little Things to Sew.  They made a cute bunch!!

Eowyn dress for Emerald City Comicon

This is an Eowyn dress that I made for Riley to wear to the Emerald City Comicon.  I modified a Jalie t-shirt pattern by extending it to ankle length in an A line.  It turned out awesome for Tuesday can you make me a costume for Friday request.  I used the rest of the grey knit to make some raglan sleeping t-shirts for Alyssa.