S1046 Claudia Godet Style Knit Dress With Flutter Sleeves

Sometimes testing a pattern allows you to discover a pattern company that is reliable with it's sizing.  This is what I like about Sinclair Patterns.

The fabric for this make, I think is a lycra.  I say I think because I still consider my knowledge of stretch fabric to be new to me, up until about a year ago I avoided sewing with stretch fabric, where I could.  That was, until I purchased a coverstitch machine.

Having said that, you don't need a coverstitch for this dress, I just use it for the hems.  Other than that it's largely made on the overlocker.

This dress comes together so easily, I really enjoyed making it, as will you when you try it.  The fabric was purchased from Spotlight Stores, however, has been sitting in my stash for a bit.  This dress will be easy to wear on a hot summers day.  I am currently making a second dress in a black and white stripe (the fabric I used on the side panels in the photos below).

It's on sale until June 10.

Happy sewing everyone.

Sandra

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Ottobre Design Woman Spring/Summer 2/2018 4. Vera

Have you ever received something and thought it was designed with you in mind?

That's how I felt when I received the latest women's edition of Ottobre Design Woman Spring/Summer 2/2018.

The first dress I made from this recent edition is 4. Vera.  I decided that I already had fabric in my stash to complete this task.

What a quick and easy dress to make, and a fun dress to wear.

Extremely easy to make.  I liked a technique it included to add clear elastic to the waist to prevent the waistline from stretching.

A fun and easy dress to make and wear., will be making another.

Check out Fans de Ottobre.

Happy sewing everyone.

Sandra

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Ottobre Design Autumn/Winter 5/2010. 15. Sherri

I have made this coat before, but, I wasn't happy with the outer fabric I chose, it was a bit light weight.  I wanted to get rid of the coat, but loved my lining so much, and the style of this coat, that I decided that I had to just make it again.

It was with this pattern that I first learnt how to bag a lining of a coat.  It's a wonderfully warm and stylish coat.

Here's my lining:

Can you understand now why I just had to reuse it?

I like Ottobre Design patterns as the fit is good and I sometimes learn techniques I have not tried before.

Happy sewing everyone.

Sandra

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Hacked Skirt pattern - S1071 Sinclair Patterns Moon wide leg woven pull on pants, culottes and shorts

Do you every make up a pattern and think, I like this, but wouldn't it also look good as a .... Well, that happened to me.

After making up the Sinclair Patterns Moon Pants and liking the fit around the waistline, and while I was driving home from work, I had that light bulb moment where I thought, wouldn't this pattern make a great skirt?

However, I had two light bulb moments.  I had a dress that I had made from a lovely linen a friend had given me some time ago.  Initially I made it up into a halter neck dress, wore it once, loved the fabric thought that I'd better make it up into something else.  I took off the bodice and made it into a flared skirt, wore it a couple of times and, I still was not happy with it.

So, what if I could simply alter the Moon pants pattern to become a skirt from what I had left of the halter neck dress/now flared skirt?  So my quest began.

To tell you the truth, the alteration that needs to happen is initially in the pattern.  It's two simple things.

1  Measure the distance between the CF/CB seam to the straight grain:

     In my case the distance was 11.5 cm.  I marked this point at the beginning and end of the straight         grain.

2   I then connected the two points and drew a line:

3   I then folded over the pattern so that I had a new CF (Center Front) and CB (Center Back):

4   Then I placed the CF and CB onto the fold and cut the front and the back piece on the fold.

5   Follow the sewing instructions 1 - 5, as is in the instructions.

6   Skip instructions 6 - 8

7   Follow instructions 9 - 16

I also extended the length of the ties, and I didn't place any interfacing in the ties.

I really like the skirt, and the final version that that this fabric will be made in.

That's it and there you have it the S1071 Sinclair Patterns Moon Skirt (I guess), but I'm sure that Oxana Sinclair could improve on what I've done here.

Happy sewing everyone.

Sandra

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