Cats in Space

 I got this cloth from Joann probably 8 years ago, at a time when the kiddo would still wear button up shirts and I had not yet realized that making something that complicated, that would be outgrown so quickly, was not an enjoyable application of my time.  So, I had several single yards of fabric he'd picked out for possible shirts, languishing in the fabric stash.  I destashed most of them earlier this year, but held on to a space cat print.

I  just finished using it to make a button up shirt for me.

On the one hand, I'm surprised I could eke out most of the pieces in me-size from a single yard with a "directional enough for me to want to treat as one way" print--I cut only two pieces from a contrast gingham.  On the other hand, the way I eked out some of it was, in retrospect, not optimal.

Sewing Room Tour Video

 Someone asked me about sewing productively, and I deflected with the promise of a room tour video, which I finally got together this week

The Black Twill A-Line Skirt I've Meant to Make for Years

 When the quick'n'easy skirt in my previous post did not live up to my expectations for coordination, I decided to finally make the basic black skirt I've wanted in my wardrobe for years.

Of course, an all-black twill skirt doesn't photograph nearly as well as all the cat hair and lint stuck to it do.

Quick Skirt...uh...Checkerboard Lovecore?

 I thought the pink T-shirt in the previous post and the red/gray/black plaid jacket from the post before that coordinated nicely, so thought I'd make a skirt to go with them.  Turns out this is not a skirt that goes with them, but it is something I've been thinking of making for a while--well, thinking of combining these prints, at least

Two Pink Shirts

 So, last time I went to the craft thrift store, I grabbed a few yards of a bright pink knit, figuring I could make a few shirts from it.  Fabric there is sold per pound, so it wasn't measured, and I could tell there was a lot there so I didn't unfold it, either.  Cue the feeling of BETRAYAL when I got home and discovered it was not contiguous yardage, but, instead, five two-yard strips of roughly 10" wide each.

After accepting that what I had was what I had, I realized I could just...piece the fabric to make it wide enough for the front and back.  I considered getting fancy--exposed seams, adding extra seams, more and more piecing, to make it look Designed.  I realized, though, that there was still some resentment about the BETRAYAL, and that meant I didn't want to work with the fabric that much.  Simple center seams it would be.

I used New Look 6068 with Kwik Sew 303's sleeves again.  I finally traced 303's sleeve pattern, to keep with 6068, too.  The "rough" part of "roughly 10" wide" meant there were areas wide enough to cut sleeves as one piece, in both long and short lengths.  I also went with one scoop neck and one crew neck.

Varsity Plaid

 I suspect this is something Teenage Me would have adored.

Tweedy Sheath

 I've been wanting to make a basic black sheath skirt for a while (not as long as the last basic black skirt I made.)

This is not it.

But! It is one step closer to it, because I'm still trying to figure out what size skirt I really should make.  I want to be able to wear pattern size 16, but my current abdomen prevents that. (I mean, my hips wouldn't be too cooperative with it, either, but there's leeway, depending on the style.)  Could I wear pattern size 18?  Possibly!  But I overcorrected and went with size 20 for this.  I will say: it fits with great ease.

And it is cute.