...which probably will be used as pajamas. Anyway. In the continuing effort to both use up remnants in the knits stash and to make clothes for the growing tween Child, I, for the first time, used the pants part of Kwik•Sew 1650 and the green knit left over from the last green hoodie I made for him...which was just a bit short of what was needed, so I called in a bit of that Halloween cat print interlock (turned 90° off grain) last seen in the horrible stew shirt and here we are
This project for the kiddo really was quick, in large part because I had cut out the pieces...um...a while ago (honestly? I probably intended it to be a shirt for me, so, yeah. a while.) So all I had to do was sew.
Yep, just sew. Not even a hint of using the iron.
Many years ago, I had a 1960s "party idea" book that my friends and I enjoyed because it was mostly, to late 1990s eyes, really terrible. The idea that I liked the most was called a stew--you'd get every holiday decoration you had and put them all out at once and combine the refreshment and activity ideas of all the holidays as well.
Not being a party kind of person, I never got anywhere near throwing such a party, but this shirt I just made for the kiddo...well...
you can maybe see why I was thinking of that party idea.
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.
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
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
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...
