Memorial Day Weekend Makes

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend and got a chance to enjoy the great outdoors. I was able to do some gardening, lots of walking, and I was able to get some sewing done.

I got a gift card to Joann’s and lets just say anything is appreciated. I added a few extra dollars, took advantage of their online coupons and I was able to buy enough fabric to make two garments.

I made my M7967 dress with front gathers that I’m wearing on the video. Again, this double brushed knit floral fabric is from Joann’s.

I also made a knit t-shirt using S9273 pattern. I got just one yard of this fabric, I loved it but I knew it was just going to be a t-shirt for me on this one. The multi textural print fabric from Joann’s is super soft as its a double brushed knit. I must say I love their knits. I just wished they had a bigger color and prints variety. The quality is quite nice. I’m glad I went to go see it in person because this knit has a very pale lighter than baby blue areas in the print.

I also made a Bias Cut Skirt using M7931. If you are a beginner, Mimi G made a great sew along video for this Bias Cut Skirt. I recommend you practice with a fabric you are not crazy about as cutting fabric on the bias and sewing fabric on the bias can be tricky your first time. But once you get the hang of it, you will really love sewing patterns on the bias as they hug your body. I used this Satin Twill fabric from Measure Fabric. It is actually not a twill but a printed polyester satin made in Italy. It has such gorgeous drape and it was rather easy to sew with it.

I wanted a striped fabric because when you cut fabric on the bias its tricky to make sure that grainline stripe shown on the pattern is on the 45 degree angle (aka… the bias) and having lines helps… a lot!

If you are in Chicago you can also get this fabric from Vogue’s Fabrics.. but only at that price if you order it online. I went looking for it and the ladies mentioned that its not stocked on the floor. SO make sure you order it online and pick it up there. I took a close up picture of it so you see it closely. It is beautiful.

Lastly, I talked about me looking for shorts and I did mentioned I got the Lander Shorts pattern from True Bias. I’m almost done with my shorts. Yes, they needed adjustments and thankfully the side seams on this pattern has a 1” seam so I got to play with it a lot.

I’m almost done with them. I still have to add the waistband, back pockets (which I want to add a button to that too!), add the buttons on the front and hem them. I used a stretch twill from fabric.com and I had this 1-1/8 yard remnant from a past project. It was perfect for this. I had to do some pattern Tetris to make sure I had enough and I did.

Simplicity S9469 - Sew Along

You asked for it so it was fitting that I gave you a sew along video tutorial for Simplicity S9469. It is a great pattern to have in the stash. I didn’t even talk about all the ways you can hack this pattern and I should in a later video but it’s one of those must have patterns so you can make it over and over again in all the colors.

I used a rayon challis fabric from Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, IL before they moved to their new warehouse space. I tried finding a link for you online and I can’t find it. But any rayon, challis or even cotton lawn fabric would work for this pattern.

I wrote a pattern review for this pattern earlier as this is my second time making it in less than a month. Here is a link for it.