Completed..

I am still here,, and have been sewing,, I really like this top,, it was a pain,, I have always felt that God gave me a gift for sewing,, BUT,, I didn't realize he was going to give me such a busty daughter to sew for... and it is a challenge..I managed to incorporate most of the excess fabric into the dart at the waist.. and I took in another inch in the side seems,, there is actually another 2 inches that could  be taken up, but I didn't want the top to be too tight,, so I left it... the material is a little see through,, so she will wear it with an undershirt..all in all, I think it will work...the only other problem,, this is 100% cotton which means lots of ironing,, why do I do this to myself???

First up.

I have had this pattern and material in my stash for a while, so it is time to make it..New Look 6563,,, I am making view E, the sheer one on the left,, my material is a light weight cotton not sheer,, with a ribbon look like thing running through it,,(will take  a pic later,,,)

I had to do a 2 in FBA to start off with,,

Ha, this is bad,, I got the Cd from Palmer/Pletsch Full busted,,, but I feel like this is going to bust me,, and i am just starting out,,,, its kinda hard to see, but after the 2 in alterations,, look at the bustline compared to the neckline,, there is a good 1/2 in difference,, now I know that the pattern is lower than this, but this is how high we want it. well maybe a little lower, but not much,,,.. sooooo...

I realize one thing about sewing for Holly, darts are my friend,, i need to use them everywhere,,,, so I took out a 1/2 in dart in the neck,,,

 Plus I took up 1 inch in the back, I actually went all the way down with the tuck, but after looking at it,,, I realized that below the neck,, it got tight at the mid back,, but I still needed a little tuck in there, now the CB is supposed to be cut on the fold,,, not anymore,,,,,

I hope you can see, it, forget that, i hope you can understand it,,,,lol..first,, I had to take out the dart in the neck,, see that black slit just below where the neckline line is,,, that is the dart that I made,, BUT then i rotated it to the waist,, now wait for it,,, I had such a big side dart,, that I rotated some of it to the waist to,, see the tape in the middle of the side dart,, well there you go,,

  Now if it goes together in the material like it is supposed to,, Hallelujah..

Some light sewing......

My daughter needs tops... so I have my work cut out for me,,,this is what I have so far,, I really wante to make knit shirts, but after looking through my stash, I reallized just how few knit pieces of material,, especially for descent tops I have,, so most of what I am making are woven tops.. well at least I will get plenty of practice with alterations...

The red above and the green below are the same type of material,,,,

 This is a slightly sheer material, not as sheer as the pic,(the one on the left),, so it will have a muscel shirt under it...

This is pretty, with gold threads through it,, though its hard to see them...

My only knit,,,

Disaster struck..

Oh Sun May 22, an F5 tornado hit the town of Joplin Mo,, pop 50,000... it cut a 3/4 mile wide, 6 mile long path,, taking out a major hospital,,, St Johns, and all the surrounding businesses, drs offices,, and other buildings that make up the St Johns area..., one of the Wal-Marts.. Joann's, Pizza Hut, CiCi's pizza,, Home Depot, 3 Schools.. including the High School... and lots more....all together 7000 building were destroyed,, 122 confirmed dead,,, and approx, 1500 missing..

This link is a good before and after post.. but it doesn't even begin to give an idea of what it is like,,,,


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390530/Joplin-MO-tornado-Before-photos-complete-devastation.html

Catching up..

Here are pix of the jackets..

This is the one the bride wore over her dress,, it is made out of satin, it doesn't look shiny because her dress wasn't very shiny like satin, so I turned the shiny side to the inside, then i lined it with voile..

   These are all the jackets,, the white on the bottom is the miniature bride...there are 4 silver/gray,, and 3 purple...

                                                           Wedding party....

Marathon sewing,,

Pictures, pictures, who has the pictures,, not me, not yet anyway,, I am still here, still going. Actually I am very busy making jackets for a wedding,, I have to have a total of 9 made by May 7th,,, I already have 3 done and am working on 2 more,, so I figured if I get an average of 2 done a day I will be pretty good,, you might be pulling you'r hair out thinking 6 in 3 days,, is she crazy,, well yes maybe.. The jackets are pretty basic Bolero style,, 3 pieces per jacket,, so not too much hair pulling going on here,,, not too much anyway,, will post pix later.. gotta get back to sewing........

Making lace, and a wadder!

This is kind of a two part post,, its about something that will be used now (lace) and something that will be used later, maybe, (wadder)..huh?  I shall explain, in a bit...First,, this was supposed to be my 2nd JAM, it is a twin set,, made out of maroon knit.. with lace,,, McCalls 4923 which is out of print,,

one problem with the material, it is heavy,, not just drapy, but heavy,, it would make a good winter top,, but too hot for summer,,,and since I am making a matching shell to go under it,, well,, enough said on that,, the other thing,, I forgot the stretch of the material goes against the grain, so the stretch is going down, instead of around,, I remembered this after I had it cut out,, it does have some stretch the way I cut it out,, but this material is so thick, after I put the front facing on, I graded the SA.,. I was going to understitch the seam,, well the seam is so thick and stretchy,, is that a word,, that I had to hand sew the whole thing,,  this is what I got done on the jacket... It isn't actually a wadder,, I will finish it, just not now..

Now for the lace,, this was fun, kinda,,, I have always been the "kind of person", that when I see a lady wearing a piece of clothing that has matching lace,, whether it be a knit top, or a nice dress,, i say, I can make that,, well I am learning a valuable lesson,,I don't need to be making everything I see,,  if I was persistent about getting something done, it might be ok to be "that kind of person" BUT,, being a procrastinator,, wrong,, I have been working on this top and lace for a month,, after a while it stars getting old,, now if I had kept at it,, and set a goal each day,, it might have worked,, right now I have, 2 1/2 yards made,, yes, that is made on the embroidery machine,,,

BTW, if you are wondering where to get this design, or to see more,, it is http://www.myembroideryhaven.com/shop/lace-edging-13-inthehoop-p-1052.html

                   This is a close-up of how I matched the designs,, so it would be endless...

                        This is how I secured the WSS so it wouldn't move.

The design I used fit in a 4x4 area, so I put it in my 5x7 hoop and put 3 designs per hoop,,,

This is where I am at now, I may have more to make,, but it is getting easier,,,