Project Meringue Skirt – Voting Time!

Project Meringue Skirt – Voting Time!

Here is the skirt…

She is so pale and so pretty. Could I ever pull off that hair color? No.

Here are your choices curtesy of Spoonflower.com.

Close-up

Gentleman by Tweet

One yard

Ceci Nest Pas Une Plum by Francine

Just a Splash by SammyK

Des Oiseaux by SurlyBirdStudio

            Let me know in the comments or on Facebook which one you like best for this project!

The Colette Sewing Book Blog Series - Intro

The Colette Sewing Book Blog Series - Intro

            I have been thinking about moving into the wearable clothes arena for a while. I wanted to keep sewing but didn’t want to do costumes. I frequently see fun clothes or fabrics that I would love to wear and I want the power to make them myself and, most importantly, perfectly fitted to my body and personality! This means I need to brush-up on pattern making.

I decided to buy the Colette Sewing book. It’s made for the beginner to intermediate sewer. While I’m no beginner and some of the stuff was old hat some things like proper interfacing was great to read up on. One of my favorite things about the book is that it takes the time to talk about making things that are practical to the your personal wardrobe. I think that reality check is needed because without it I have a feeling I would be pumping out lots of cute dresses with little wearability.

Colette also takes it one step farther by providing several clothing projects from a cute skirt to a fitted dress, with accompanying patterns, which steadily build on the sewers techniques and difficulty skill. I think working through these projects will brush away the sewing cobwebs and keep me focused. I’m pretty excited!

            So I’m going to start a series of blogs, interspersed with everything else, called “The Colette Sewing Book Series” that chronicle each sewing project. I will post the project picture and the fabrics I’m considering for it and you can tell me which fabric you like best!

See you soon!

Upcoming Sewing Projects!

I’m very excited about the dresses I’ll be making in the new year. It would be more practical to do warmer stuff but for right now I just want to make pretty dresses!

Here are some projects I’m interested in. Feel free to give me suggestions etc.

BlackBerry

 

The blackberry dress is the one I most want to do. I LOVE the fabric! I’ve been thinking about lining it with orange for a surprise kick.

Lobster Sailor

I love nautical dresses and would like to play on the theme. I adore the sweet little lobster print. I’d like the front panel and skirt to be in the print and the side panels in plain navy. I’m thinking the top collar and belt bit would be red with gold buttons. I think the overall look would be stunning.

Brunch

I love this classic dress. It’s modest but sweet, so I think it can handle a bold print. I haven’t thought through how to use the print. I think I would just use it for the skirt, but I’m not sure what other fabric I could use for the top to match with it.

 

I know I will use this basic dress pattern for several more dresses.

Sweet Tooth

This dress is definitely more ambitious. I have wanted to use this print before because I think it’s so sweet (pun intended). I love beautiful candy but actually like looking at them more than eating them. So this print is perfect!

I plan on making the top, skirt, and bow in the print but the middle section and possibly the collar in a complementary color. I would buy the print first then see what colors I think would go well with it.

English Rose

I’d like to try an all over bold, fresh print in a bright color. I love the cut of this dress, it’s somewhat princess without being too obvious and the bodice line is nice. I think the combination of print and dress would be very sweet, if I can pull it off!

Summer Garden

I adore adore ADORE this dress. This is the dress I want to wear on the first day of summer. It is so beautiful! I love the original print of the dress but I haven’t been able to track it down so I’ve been looking at other floral prints. I’m not sold on any of these but I do think they are really nice.