3263: The Destination (for now)

So, when I made the button up shirt with the madras and doll print, I was hoping I'd have enough of the doll print left to eke out a hacked Burda 7831, but, no.  I almost set the last piece of the doll print aside for patchwork, but then, no.  I still really wanted a simple little shirt made from it, something I could wear under a cardigan.  (Why was the vision of a cardigan so strong?  Dunno.  But it was.)  And that's what prompted me to figure out fit adjustments for Simplicity 3263.

Although...there still technically wasn't enough of the doll print left, so I shortened it by 3½" 

 

 It works.

3263: Tweaking

 I made some of the changes mentioned in the previous post and ended up here

 

 The changes did help!

3263: The Hacking Begins

I re-acquired a vintage pattern I'd once had, in what is nominally my correct current size, and I was...not happy with how it fit out of the envelope.  I resolved to try tracing and altering the pattern, and then did not do that for a few months.

Here's the first try

 

I probably spent as much time trying to decide which fabric I'd be OK with not working out as I spent making the first round of pattern edits—which turned out surprisingly promising.  Still not sure about that print.

Madras and Roses in the Cards

The last shirt I made involved some madras, and this project used the rest of it (scraps aside.)

It started as a simple Fake Burda 6401/Mock McCall's 8197.

But.

I have recently been exposed to Magnolia Pearl, and while, honestly, I recoil from the shapeless post-apocalyptic whimsy of the brand, it did remind me that I can put appliqués on dresses (as opposed to the project idea I've had for an appliquéd jacket, fabrics for which I've been squirreling away already.)  It seems to have been six years since I last added appliqués to a dress.

So, I dug around for my largest chintz motifs, and anything else I might add, and, after taking way too long to sew the basic, simple dress itself, I ended up with this 

 

Were these the best decisions?  Doesn't matter! Those appliqués aren't going anywhere now!

Mad(ras) About Dolls

The last trip to the craft thrift store saw me bring home an obnoxious doll print and a madras that coordinates so incredibly well with that doll print that I strongly suspect they were donated from the same stash.  I put them together for another McCall's 6613 (with all my usual deviations from the pattern as given.)

 

 When I say a print is obnoxious, I mean it.  I am also cackling gleefully while saying it.

Leopard & Chintz

Eleven years ago, I made a shirt that mixed a floral and a leopard print.  It was very cute, but I changed size and shape enough that it no longer fit, and I gave it away.

And now I've made another version!

 

 It is less serious and more campy, and I am very happy with it. 

Lime Leopard Cardigan

The parcel of fabric so generously sent for potential doll use also included one yard of a very large lime green leopard print 60" wide knit.  I immediately knew I wanted to use it for Simplicity 8951—and, surprisingly quickly, I did