One Thimble Issue 10 is out! Go check it here!
In this issue you can find 11 PDF patterns (clothes and non-clothing) plus 26 articles, tutorials and interviews! It's packed with great sewing content!
Today I am showcasing two patterns available on this issue: the Playproof Dungarees and a modified version of the Willow Dress. I am in love with both patterns!
I joined weeks one, two and three of Project Sewn but I was not planning to join this week's challenge.
I sew so little to myself (a lot more for my kids of course...) that I honestly can't say what my "Signature Style" is because I think I don't have one yet...
As always - when I don't know something... - my brain kept thinking about it and gave me no rest until I was able to find my style... or at least a style I own or like...
First I went to my closet. After all, the colors and prints and styles of the clothing I wear should say something about it, right? The first findings were: I wear mainly blues and reds (followed by black and pink), and I wear flower prints (what?... that many? I didn't see that coming...), polka dots and plain color blouses and tops (and these outnumber jeans + trousers + skirts all together).
Then I looked at my garment fabric stash. It seems that I have been hoarding fabric for blouses and tops... (Once I make something out of them all I will have a different top or blouse for every single day for several months...) And most of them is in (can you guess?) a flower print , followed by... bird prints! (Really?... Did I really have to buy so many flower prints?... And birds? What was I thinking?...)
After considering these findings I would say my style is: blue and red, flowers and birds, blouses and tops. (Can't say I am totally happy with that, but it is what it is... and I don't want to think much now about what does it say about me... Shhh... Don't say it!...)
So, it was almost lunch time this Thursday when I decided to join this week's challenge... Meaning I had just a few hours left to make something... It had to be simple...
The pattern is really easy to sew and quick to make (which seems also to be one of my signatures...).
It is self-drafted (after models I have seen here and there) using my body measurements and has only 4 seams (two on the shoulders and two on the center sides). It has a drape look on the sides and I like that.
I have made one before (here) and I am really happy about the way this pattern looks and fits. And I get a lot of compliments on this...
I used a silky fabric in navy blue with flowers and a bird (it is hard to see it in this pictures though...). I have finished all the hems (all around) by hand (don't tell me about it...) with a blind stitch because I don't like the look of topstitching on silky fabrics...
So, this is it. I am pleased with the result! And I have to admit I love this print...
(scroll down for english)
Parece que ter muita confusão à minha volta me torna mais produtiva... Às vezes parece que consigo fazer mais num dia em que tenha a casa cheia com os filhos ou também com os primos, do que em dias em que esteja sozinha ou apenas com um deles... Pareço ter a capacidade de criar uma "bolha" à minha volta (a bem da minha sanidade mental...) e acabar por concentrar-me. Estranho, não é?...
Hoje fiz isto. Modelei (tirei modelo da net e fiz o molde por mim, com as minhas medidas), cortei e cosi. Demorei horas, claro está. Ter 4 crianças em casa é ter interrupções de 5 em 5 minutos (não, não estou a exagerar...). Mas na verdade, tudo espremidinho, este top faz-se numa hora e meia - talvez até menos, depende do nível de costura que a pessoa tenha e do tecido que use.
É fácil. É giro. E ainda por cima é rápido de fazer!
Já estou mesmo a ver que o meu guarda-fatos vai ser... humm... redundante!...
Sometimes I can be more productive when I have a mess around me, like lots of kids running and screaming, than when I am home alone or with just one of them. It seems that I have the hability to create a "bubble" around me (it prevents me from going insane) and that way I can get focus in what I am doing. (Does it make any sense?...)
So, today I made this blouse. I drafted from a picture I saw sometime ago in the internet, taking into account my own measurements. I have cut the fabric and sewn it. It took me hours to get it done, of course. Having 4 kids at home means that I am interrupted every 5 minutes (for real... you know what I mean, right?...). Truth is, this top can be made in about one hour and a half. Maybe less - it depends on your sewing skills and on the fabric you're using.
It is easy. It looks great. And it is so quick to sew!
It seems to me that my wardrobe is going to be... humm... redundant!...
