As summer is here I have been busy making most of my own wardrobe to go on holiday, mainly because all the stuff in the shops is made out of man made fibres and not breathable, and going to Croatia in July and in my first trimester of pregnancy meant I needed some clothes that I felt comfortable in. This is what I made.
Wrap top.
Wrap top.
Sorry the photos are a little crap but due to the type of fabric it was quite hard see the layers. I have admired this top for quite a while but couldnt' find a pattern I liked, so I ended up looking at all of them and making up my own. I so far am yet to use an actual pattern. This was also my first time using this satin type material, and it did slip a lot on the machine, but I did manage not to get any puckers, and it was also my first time doing any facing with no instructions and only going on what my sister had previously said.
Colette free Sorbetto Top
I have made one of these before last year, but again due to the material I used I had to change the pattern around. I had had my eye on this pattern for a year and decided to get a metre of it. As this was my first proper time using a pattern it did come up large and my sister had to help me take it in, but it came out really well.
I did change one thing though, I added a box pleat!
The Staple Dress by April Rhodes
For 4 -5 years i have had these 2 dresses from Primark that I love and have looked for a pattern for a while. However it was down to my sister who found this pattern for me. Easy to use, but know me I did change a few things. the pattern asks for pockets, I don't like pockets on floaty dresses as it makes them bulky and it also asks for a french seam? really on a floaty dress, don't be daft. I ended up making 2.
The red one was my first and I did make the neck bigger as the pattern looked like it was too heigh, but I am still not sure on it. I also made he skirt fuller so was more floaty. I wore it on holiday In Dubrovnik and it was a great floaty breezy summer city dress that took me through to the evening.
The blue dress was more tricky with the heme, I tried making the skirt fuller but the sides just didn't hang properly so I did have to cut some material off and it hangs a lot better after ironing. Again I made the neck a little lower but not wider.
The sad thing is that since finishing these items I have not touched my machine and don't even want or think about sewing, which just shows that I sew stuff I want to, not clothes! So I am currently self teaching myself crochet.
