Summer Pattern Haul 2021
The weather in the Midwest has been as usual, fifty’s one day, cloud and nasty wind the next, 80’s the next day and so on. I’m okay with that because I take that as a sign that the weather gods are waiting for me to get my sewing act together and get ready for the summer hot weather. I felt that urgency to get cracking on my summer sewing on that one 80’s degree day.
Sure enough this month of May has been the month were a lot of indie pattern makers have dropped their new patterns and McCalls along with Butterick released their summer patterns. Let me show you what I got…
M8217 - Cropped top in three lengths. I’ll be making view C without that scalloped edged. You can hack that pattern into a dress.
M8036 - Sasha McCalls, did you all noticed that all the names of the patterns on the website are gone and McCalls changed their logo too? It doesnt matter does it? We are still gonna get those patterns. M8036 is a wrap front dress View A has my name all over it with that flounce.
M8195 -Picnic flare dress with a sweetheart bodice. I already know I’ll have to make some modifications to this dress, mostly those sleeves and along the bodice but this dress has some real potential. It looks like it was made in linen on the website but I suspect seersucker or Gingham might be the way to go. Again summer, nobody likes being hot in summer.
M8193 - Gathered tiered pinafore dress, I must say I wore plenty of pinafore dresses in my middle school years, this dress looks like a winner in my book. It doesn’t look like a pinafore dress at all. You can play with those gathered tiered and perhaps with some ombre fabric. It comes in a short or midi length.
M8200 - Shirred Top! Enough said, this top has gathers in the front and a shirred back. I will most likely change the sleeves but it looks like a fun top. Perfect with my newly made Pietra Shorts from Close Core Patterns.
M8211 - Fit and flare dress. It has an elasticated neckline and ruffle sleeves. The picture on the website has this beautiful Swiss dot fabric, another perfect summer fabric because it breaths so well. This dress also has a few tiered panels if you want to make it into a tiered dress and off the shoulders sleeves if you want something different. Can’t wait to make this one.
M8219 - Surplice knit top. It has a cropped top version (not happening for me ) but the longer bodice versions are perfect.
M8215- This dress is a classic, absolutely beautiful and also an absolute fabric hot at 4 to 7 yards of fabric depending on the length. But with all that being said I want to make it. I just need to find one heck of a sale of knit fabric to make this one!
B6661- The is an older pattern from Butterick by Lisette. I love the crisscross back on this pattern I just have to find the right fabric for it.
S8925 - We all love a good wrap dress and this pattern not only has a wrap dress, a wrap top, but also a skirt and leggings pattern included.
S8928 -Swimsuit and craftan pattern by Cynthia Rowley. I don’t know if I’ll even be able to wear a swimsuit since there are restrictions in place by the local pool but here’s hoping that by end of June or July we can get out there.
That’s it for me and my summer picks. Happy Sewing!
