Vinyl with scanncut

The last couple of days I've been decorating 'things' with adhesive vinyl using my scanncut.

A small 5x5" picture of Banksy's Flying Balloon Girl

Another 5x5" Banksy, this time Girl with Balloon

The 2 pictures together on my craft room wall.

I make pour decisions wine glass

Motivational drink bottle - the bottle is a Twinings cold tea infuser.

2 overalls

After making a long pair of Flint pants in rayon I wanted to make them again in 3/4 length.  The pattern comes with a free add-on for a bib to make them into overalls.  I decided to make them with a detachable bib.  The bib attaches with buttons that are hidden on the inside of the waistband.  This gives me the option to wear as overalls or just pants.

The first were made from a light weight denim.

The second are a heavy weight black denim

After making 3 pairs of Flints, I'm not sure the wide leg is the best style for my pear shape.  I suspect I'm not going to feel very confident in these so they won't get much wear.  I do however love the side buttons instead of zips - so easy to make.  We'll see, maybe I'll try again and narrow the legs.  Update:  I wore the light blue flints the other night.  I asked one friend what she thought and she said she loved them and they were flattering.  Another friend arrived and as soon as she saw me she said wow what a flattering shape -without being asked her opinion.  So I now feel a lot happier about wearing them.  I wore them to see Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the pop-up globe.  

The blue pair took 3 1/2 hours to make the pants and the black took 3 hours.  The bibs for both took around 2 hours.

Block 4 of the Mystery Garden Quilt and Scanncut thread tidy

I'm so far loving all the blocks in this mystery quilt.  Block 4 is a trowel and fork set.




I have so many sewing threads they won't all fit onto my thread rack.  As a result a drawer is dedicated to thread storage.  But it was a mess.

Using the Canvas Workspace for Scanncut I designed trays to fit in the drawer and keep my thread tidy.

Result - one tidy drawer.

Faux Jumpsuit

When is a jumpsuit not a jumpsuit.  When it's 2 separates of course.

Shirt tucked in for a jumpsuit look.

Shirt out with a belt

Shirt loose over pants

Everyone is wearing jumpsuits these days.  But, let's be honest, they aren't the most convenient for toilet breaks.  So I bought 4 metres of a striped rayon to make pants and top.

The pants are Megan Nielsen Flint pants.    The Flints had been on my wanted list for a while after seeing lots of lovely makes on the internet and very favourable reviews from sewers.  Each month she has a different pattern on sale for that month.  In January it was the Flint pants, so I had to grab them.The pattern for these has them as 3/4 pants or shorts. 

The fastening is unusual, with 2 buttons at the side or a tie.  It has tucks at the front and darts at the back.  I found these lovely black and white striped buttons that went perfectly with the fabric.

I wanted full length palazzo style pants, so I added 6 inches to the length at the mark where the shorts are cut.  I really only needed to add 4 inches as I ended up turning the hem under 1/2" then another 2 1/2 inches.

These were really quick to sew, just taking 3 1/2 hours.  I made a straight size 16, but took 1" off the waist as my waist measurement was 1" smaller than the pattern.  These fit perfectly, no adjustments needed.

I love them and need to make more, this time sticking to the 3/4 length which I am seeing being worn now.  I have some black denim, so would like to try making them in that with a detachable bib - there is a free pattern and tutorial for this on the Megan Nielsen website.  I'm also thinking maybe a lightweight denim or chambray.

For the top, I had been itching to try lengthening the bodice on the Itch to Stitch Anza dress to shirt length.  Also the cuffs were fiddly to add to the bodice to make sleeves, so I wanted to eliminate the cuffs and extend the bodice to make the bodice and sleeves in one.  To lengthen the bodice I took the Itch to Stitch Bonn shirt and copied the front and back.  I love the curved hem on the Bonn and wanted the same on the Anza.

I'm very happy with how my new shirt pattern turned out.  I wanted a bit of contrast with the stripes, so instead of  running lengthwise, as I did with the pants,  I made the stripes horizontal and very carefully matched them- it worked perfectly.  Again these were a quick sew, just taking 3 1/2 hours.

Fail

Well this didn't even get completed.

This is the Itch To Stitch Chai blouse/dress.

I got the bodice and skirt made up and started doubting if it was going to fit.  I made the buttonholes, attached the buttons, and no.  Too tight.  Sigh.

To be honest I had my doubts before starting it.  I've had the pattern for a while, but I wasn't sure I liked the gathering under the bust (I don't).  However in my search for the perfect shirtdress, I still remained hopeful that this was the one.

I don't know why it is too tight.  I made it in the same sizes (8C bust, 8 waist, grading to 12 hips) as I make all my Itch to Stitch patterns and all the others have fit perfectly.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.