I had a little bit of flocked swiss dot fabric left from this, bits'n'pieces left over from this shirt and tights, the remnant of floral knit from the free bin at the craft thrift store, and more of the fabric than I'd need for the intended project, so I could use a bit of it here, from the same visit to the craft thrift store, and I put them all together to make a silly dress.
I have made only T-shirts and sweatshirts for the kiddo over the last few years, to the point where I wasn't even sure if he would like the feeling of wearing a button-up woven shirt, but, oh, the tacky loud possibilities available in printed cotton broadcloth, right?
So I showed him this
and asked if he'd like a shirt made from it. Of course he would.
So I grabbed McCall's 6613 and finagled out just about everything needed to make a short sleeve small
He's wearing it now.
Years ago, I thrifted an amazing piece of yardage: silk, with a stylized pastel print, on a black ground, featuring flowers birds, castles, and bagpipers.
There were a few print flaws--which probably meant that whoever bought it initially, then donated it, had probably gotten it for a good price...probably a price that convinced them to buy it, even though they knew they'd probably never use it. (It's fun to make up stories about thrifted items.)
And it sat in my stash for a long time, treasured, but no clear idea for use. Until! I finally decided that view B of McCall's 5675, with the big bow option, would probably be just right.
And it was!
Years ago, I made a simple kick toy for my cats, and none of them had any interest in it. I eventually realized that Neighborcat Tyler--this guy
had a very "grab and kick" play style, so I gave the kick toy to him, and he did very much play with it.
Until it disappeared off the front porch. No clue what happened to it. Possibly raccoon activity.
I was planning to move on from modified Burda 7831 button up shirts, but I got into my fabric stash and realized this Halloween print cotton was a nice shirt weight, so: time for another hacked Burda
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.
Someone asked me about sewing productively, and I deflected with the promise of a room tour video, which I finally got together this week
