Moto Mauve

 One of the bargain fabric mill end precuts I got from Walmart precovid was a pale mauve with gray heather stripes french terry knit.  I'm not sure if it's 100% cotton, but it's close.  I recently decided it was time to figure out what to make from it.

Since mauve is leaning toward purple, I asked the kiddo if he'd like something made from it, but he said it wasn't purple enough (which was why I asked, instead of surprising him.)  So, then!  Something for me.  I initially leaned toward a simple sweatshirt, but figured I'd get more use from a(nother) light jacket.  For that, I Initially leaned toward a simple sweatshirt-style raglan sleeve jacket

but...you know me.  So!  Time to revisit Kwik Sew 3764.  Last time I made that, it was in a color shifty green woven synthetic, and size large. Definitely going down to a medium for this one, and with the longer length/plain bottom edge view, despite the fact that that view? has no?? pockets???  Easy enough to rectify, at least.

Quick Vest Revisited

 So.  That vest I posted about a week ago.  That floppy floppy vest.

I used the finished opening edge to cut the appropriate shapes from some heavy stabilizer (which has been used in...several of my recent projects, huh)

Then I picked open the lining side seams

maneuvered the stabilizer to the floppy appropriate areas

pinned everything in place

sewed on line of trim

sewed on another line of trim

sewed on another line of trim

re-sewed the lining side seams (including finishing with hand stitched matching thread instead of the "bleh I just want this project done" folded edge machine stitching in black thread I had done before)

and then I took pictures

Speedy Spider Scarf

 Continuing the hazy idea of making things that fit with Lagenlook or mori kei/dark mori or strega style, I decided I would make a Very Long Scarf.

I used the spiderweb lace yardage that I've used in small amounts before, in the layering shirt I made a bit over a year ago and in another shirt that I seem not to have blogged and no longer have.  Huh.

 I cut a lengthwise strip roughly 80" long by 24" wide (even more roughly 200cm x 60cm) and got into my lace stash where I rediscovered the thrifted 18 yard roll of black cluny lace, which, honestly, was the only length of black lace I had that was going to be long enough for this project.  I sewed the lace to the edge all around with a narrow seam allowance, flipped it outward, and then sewed through all layers of that narrow seam allowance.  Tedious, but easy.

And now I have a ridiculously dramatic spidery scarf

Shimmer Satin Bomber Jacket

 So.  New Look 6120.  I had forgotten how fast it could be to make it without getting excessive with the fabric.  I decided I would make it "straight," and I almost did, but couldn't help complicating it just a bit.

I had a few pieces of satin and coordinating ribbing and waffled over which color to make first.  Eventually decided on black, then immediately decided not to use black ribbing for the cuffs/waistband/collar, instead going for a bit of turquoise and purple mylar shot novelty knit, which made me decide to go with a dark blue zipper and lining

Pretty straightforward from the front...

Grayyyyyyyy, revisited

 So about a year ago, I made this

with the intent of wearing it as a layering piece.  However, I immediately realized that it was just too long, and I didn't wanna deal with shortening the skirt.

So.

Same/Hat

 Timber Lane Press Kaleidoscope Cap pattern again + nice plaid wool from the floppy vest = another newsboy cap, this time with a smattering of construction pictures, since this was not the subject of an attempted video documentation

Quick vest, quick write-up

 Basically

New Look 6514 from 2005

 

lied about not needing interfacing for view D 

The whole time, I was thinking "...shouldn't this have interfacing?  I feel like this should have interfacing.  But the pattern doesn't call for interfacing?  The other views, yes, but this view?  No.  I feel like this should ave interfacing.  But.  I'm going to trust the pattern."

I should not have trusted the pattern.

Or, rather, I should have trusted it more and included that tie and maybe even the potentially reinforcing trim.

But I didn't.

Hat!

 I wanted to try using two cameras to make a video--I have recorded everything, but I have come nowhere near editing, but I wanted to go ahead and make a record of the project I sewed for the video: a newsboy cap.

See, my ACNH player character wears the Dandy Hat so often that I was starting to notice its absence in my own wardrobe, so I decided to make one.  Some research showed that the hat in the game is technically a bakerboy cap instead of a newsboy cap (because it has a band), and also dark gray instead of black

I still made a black newsboy cap.

Distraction Projects

 About a month before Halloween, a friend shared a sewing project: a bomber jacket made from a patchwork of Halloween prints.  It turned out adorable (I'd add a link but I cannot find it on their blog), and I wanted to make one, too.

I did make a patchwork bomber jacket for a (different, but mutual) friend a few years ago, so I knew that the amount of fabric needed would be a lot less than expected.  I got out the gallon bag full of Halloween print scraps, figuring that would provide more than enough...and was faced with the reality that most of those scraps are better suited for doll-size projects than human-size.  So.  I'd have to cut out the patches.

I shuffled through my Halloween fabric, starting with the smaller pieces, and was drawn to a color scheme and...hmm...let's say...attitude? of some of the prints.  After I sorted out everything that fit the (vaguely-defined) theme, I figured I should look at the larger yardages, too, and ended up with one more Halloween print and three non-Halloween prints.

What size would the blocks be? I have a quilt block ruler that makes 4" squares, so I went with 4" squares.  How many?  I measured the front pattern piece and did some math and knew I'd need 15 blocks for that, so I extrapolated 15 blocks for the other side + 30 blocks for the back + let's say 30 for each sleeve = 120 blocks.  I ended up cutting 123 initially and three more later, but those last three were purely for design purposes; the sleeves ended up being 25 each + 3 halves across the very tops, so my math was sound, yay.

I cut out a lot of blocks and I sewed together a lot of blocks and I even ironed a lot of blocks.  Simple patchwork like that goes together easily enough, even if it's a bit tedious, and since I used New Look 6120 again you know the jacket cutting and assembly were easy.  I didn't rush things and managed to complete it in five days.

Which was good, considering I hadn't started cutting and assembling until, like, a week before Halloween.