My little princess first dress made by mommy! S1701

Simplicity 1701

   I didn't quite make the deadline on making myself something for Mother's day; however, I was able to finish up my little girls first dress made by mommy *tear*, lol! It's those darn pregnancy hormones, I tell ya! Okay this dress was a dream to sew, minus how the instructions instruct you to sew the lining into the bodice; for me that equaled a hot mess, sorry no beuno! So, I had to ignore their instructions and just lined the dress as I line most of my bodices and so forth..

Fully lined Bemberg Rayon...And pay no mind to my ironing board cover, I just
can't be bothered right now to replace it, lol!

   The fabric is a cotton sateen, a left over remnant from a skirt I made two years ago S2451. So this dress was practically little to no cost, except for the purchase of lining and the ribbon, which cost little to nothing.. Did I say how much I enjoyed making this dress? Like seriously, I truly enjoyed making this dress. The pattern only calls for the bodice to be lined, but I wanted to line the skirt portion as well.. I also added an invisible zipper in place of the lapped zipper, just my personal preference. However, on the next dress, yes there will be plenty more, lol! I plan to add button placket in the back.



Invisible zipper! That zipper is truly amazing! Yes, I toot my own horn from time to time
lol!



 

   I hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's day! I know I sure did! Well, that's all for me ladies enjoy the rest of your day! Be blessed and nothin' less and continue to stay fearlessly fierce!


A little of this and that!

 Hey y'all it's seems as if this pregnancy is flying by, yay! I am so ready to meet my baby girl and get my body back, yes I am! It's soooo many things that I want to get to, but this bump, I tell ya! Is something serious lol! Seeing that I am having my baby girl in the midst of summer I've kinda skipped right over summer and started planning for fall. Yep, fall lol! I been really getting into this shift dress movement, like I've been seeing some serious dresses that has my heart beating fast. For example this one:


This fitted sheath dress is the business, seriously!



I purchased this off fabric.com last week. I was
leaning on it being a casual blouse, but now I thinking
a shift dress, we shall see!

   I have a few more pinned on my pintrest boards, but I've been seeing some great sheath dresses around blogs as well.  I picked up a few shift  dress patterns this weekend from Jo-Ann's during the Simplicity .99 sale.  Let's see what else have I been up to? Oh, yeah! I finally finished up my mama's maxi dress M6559 ,that should have only taken an hour took me a month to finish!  I know lol! I'm pregnant and moving slow, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol! I've also caught the baby sewing bug, and can I say that I am hooked! Like somebody stage an intervention hooked, lol! I've almost finished my princess first little dress; it is just darling, and I have several others planned...

I've actually been on pattern frenzy here lately, must slow down lol!

 

My little princess first dress, look at how little the pattern
pieces are, awwwww!





 I think after I finish up with my little princess dresses, than I will move on to blazers, yes, blazers in the summer time honey, but for fall! Because remember I am skipping over summer sewing, and moving right along, yes I am! I purchased this beautiful cobalt blue suiting while my mama was here visiting and I plan to make M6711; however, I will muslin it out to make sure I like it before cutting into my beautiful cobalt blue fabric. Well, that's all I have for now ladies! Be blessed and nothin' less and continue to stay fearlessly fierce!



Y'all my mama has gotten the sewing bug!

My mama holding up her first project!

    So, my mama, sissy, niecy pooh and two nephews came to visit last week for a week, and we had a blast! I had every intentions of teaching my little niece how to sew, but she just wasn't that interested. However, my mama, who just so happens to be my best friend, has always wanted to learn to sew took her opportunity and jumped in with both feet honey, lol!  On her first sewing lesson we decided to make my little niece a pair of pajama pants using M6458 ,and let's just say after completion of those pajamas that I had created a monster y'all LOL! No lie, my mama just called to tell me new Mc'call's patterns had been released, too funny!

My mama handling that hem y'all lol!

  After my mama completed her first garment, my mama then started looking for more patterns, fabrics; just wanting to sew something, lol! We all know how it is in the beginning to just be starting out and be so excited, right? My mom then found M6559 pattern and that she just had to have two dresses before she left, so of course we had to go to the fabric store where my mama scored an ITY print at Hancock's on sale. We were not able to finish before my family left, as we started on the dresses late and had a lot of family fun things to get too...But just as soon as I finish the dresses up,I will get them shipped, so that my mama can rock her dresses!

Here's a sneak peek of the ITY jersey we scored at Hancock's

  Now of course, I couldn't go into a fabric store and not get anything! I was able to find the right shade of cobalt blue fabric that I have been lusting over for a minute. You know how when you have a vision in your head and nothing in the world is right until you get that right fabric, or is just me lol!

Okay, so this isn't a pic of the fabric, but trust it is this shade and is gorgeous!

 

  Well the little person who is holding me hostage right now, lol is doing great and I'm feeling great, which is always fantastic! I'm not sure what's next on my agenda of things I want to get to, maybe a sundress IDK we shall see! Well I hope you ladies are having a fantastic week thus far! As always be blessed and nothin' less and continue to stay fearlessly fierce!

Me and my other bestie my sissy pooh!

Spring jacket fever V8721!

6 months preggo getting so close, yay!

     Lately I've been obsessing over a spring a jacket, not just any jacket, but a RED spring jacket! You see I have loved this pattern V8721 from day one, it's a pattern that kinda flies under the radar. However, when I saw the reviews on this jacket, I was sold! I'm not sure if red is considered "springy" but it's one of my favorite colors, so I say go with what you like, right? I decided to pair my jacket with M6559 that I made last summer, I love this top!

Inside jacket lining!

 

 

  I purchased this linen-rayon blend from fabric.com as well as the bemberg-rayon for the lining. And from previous experience with my muslin, you really need something light-weight that drapes and hangs nicely. I tried to muslin this jacket using a cotton twill and it was stiff as a board, no beuno, lol! I used the largest size in the pattern, as I needed to account for the bump and it worked out perfectly. I think the only alteration I would make on the next version would be to lengthen the sleeves on the next one, yes there will be a future version. Fabric has been ordered, please and thank you lol!

  

  Now this pattern is rated as "easy" per Vogue, now to be clear IMO this does not always mean beginner friendly. This isn't my first jacket, but I found there were parts dealing with this jacket that could possibly discourage a beginner. For instance, I found the ease in the sleeve cap to be insane, insane I say! Also, another tip with this jacket once you connect the front to the back of the jacket be sure to stay stitch the back neckline so that it won't stretch out. The instructions mention this step in the lining section of assembly of the jacket, but not for the main body of the jacket,so just a word of caution. I also bypassed hand sewing the lining to the jacket, and just bagged the lining. I used my favorite resource for this process "Jackets for Real People dvd. Also, there are plenty of other resources online if you don't want to purchase this dvd; however, I highly recommend it!

I love the detail of the jacket in the back.

 Overall this was a fun jacket to sew and I love the outcome, so you definitely will see a repeat of this one for sure..I hope you lovelies are having a wonderful and relaxing day.I'm off to see what's next on my list! Be blessed and nothin' less and continue to stay fearlessly fierce

 

 

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