May Sewing Plans 2022

We are onto our second week of May and it seems the spring weather is finally making an appearance by me in the Midwest. Which only means I want to make sure that I have a few items that I can wear again and again and again for the warmer days. Here is what I have planned.

Mixing a little bit of Indie Patterns with the Big Four Patterns and as part of one of my goals, trying not to get ahead of myself as I’m also doing some pattern testing in between all of these.

DP Studio Le 4004 - This pattern has been staring at me for a good month or two. Perhaps the crappy weather was just stopping me in my tracks. I had mentioned I had gotten this download off their website, DP Studio is a French company and I love Bias Cut skirts. This just has a tad more of a fun play with the pattern pieces and half of an elasticated waist.. But I will be making a muslin of it to make sure the fabric doesn’t get completely distorted with time as they are all cut on the bias, and my fabric is linen, and we know this stretches with wear.. The Instructions are in English, but let’s just say they not the best, but I can understand them and know what I need to do.

Style Maker Fabrics - Striped Linen

I got this beautiful striped fabric from Style Maker Fabrics. It is a tad sheer so I will have to line it with voile. It’s such a funny story how I got it because I was just about to purchase it and as usual, it sold out (of course it did!). I sent an email asking if they would re-stock it and they said yes we will restock it (and honestly I don’t know if they have with all these supply chain issues) but they did say that they had 2 - 3/4 yards of it in the remnants they haven’t listed… and if I wanted them, they could invoice me. Hmmm yes! So needless to say I’m glad I was able to grab them. I believe you can also find this fabric at Fabric.com or something pretty darn close they have other color ways too but I loved the one from Style Maker Fabrics with the blues, light aquas, greens and pops of yellow. its perfect.

DP Studio - Le 4004 Bias Cut Skirt Line Drawings

Blooma Tanks and Max Tee - I talked about being in the hunt for tanks tops, its one of those things I don’t even THINK about making because they are so inexpensive… but not any more! At $30 a pop that’s not in the budget when I can make something for a lot less using patterns and 1 yard of fabric. Or hack the living daylights out of it…. that Max Tee can be hacked into a long dress, a v-neck top (heck out the picture below from Banana Republic). It’s a great pattern and a tried and true. The budget for a tank top is $18 with pattern and fabric included. I made a video last week, and I gave you lots of options for tank tops. So that $18 is a pretty darn good budget. You can splurge on your fabric if you use a Big Four pattern.

I will be using remnants and leftover fabric that I have around here… or reusing knit dresses that I know I will not use…. Remember that Tilly and the Buttons Dress that didn’t have quite the outcome I was expecting…. yeahhh! Back to the drawing board, that fabric is too good to go to waste.

Max tee from Chalk & Notch

Blooma Tank from Paradise Patterns

Vogue's V1859- It is a long dress with shorter sleeves (I may be extending those just a touch), but first I have to do a muslin on this one to make sure I like the fit and how it looks. I have been looking for fabric for this pattern for quite some time. Ever since it came out. Would love to find some of Rachel Comey’s dead stock fabric but alas it might not be meant to be (right now!) maybe later on I will find it.

Vogue V1859

I got this fabric from fabric.com, it is a Cambray Herringbone in a coral hue, would love for it to be darker but its lightweight enough for the summer and 100% cotton and right now I want to make sure it doesn’t get too hot for the summer.

And that’s it for this month. If I get to it I will make a pair of Lander Shorts by True Bias, but let’s not get ahead of myself. I already have a pair of Dani Shorts from True Bias and a pair of Pietra Pants from Closet Core Patterns. I have this navy blue stretch twill remnant that has been in my stash for a good 2 years. I downloaded the pattern and lets see if I get to it. There is no such things as too many shorts, especially when the weather is about to turn hot on you, like it always does. I suppose that’s why they call it summer after all.