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the shirt to work so i went with the darker color way instead and last but obviously not least the wiksten kimono i m a bit embarrassed to admit how many of these i ve sewn but i really do love this pattern and more importantly i love the finished project i ve made 2 short ones 2 medium length ones and now i want to make at least one long one i figure once i make the long one it will officially be out of my system and then i can move on to some other obsession as for length preference so far the medium length ones are my favorite i obviously love the extra length but i also love the larger pocket i wear them for work a lot and you d be impressed with how much stuff i can fit into the pockets for this version i went with a basic black twill for the outer layer and a cotton and steel cotton lawn for the lining i wanted something neutral and very wearable but with a bit of added whimsy for the lining and since i obviously love to wear fabrics with animals all over them i figured that the butterfly lining would be a good choice as for the sizing i went with my recommended size based on my measurement a size small i know that many folks had to size down when making the version in makingzine but jenny sized down the pattern when she decided to sell it independently and i found the recommended size to fit well which was a relief because i was really worried that it would come out looking huge posted by carolyn at 10 14 2018 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest garment sewing sewing share this post persephone pants wiksten kimono love 9 04 2018 1 comment well this summer has turned out to be much more eventful than expected and not in all the best ways so it s been a while since i ve posted anything this summer has also reminded me however that creative pursuits are often the best therapeutic outlet in rough times when my dad was hospitalized for two weeks several years ago i knit constantly on a pair of socks and i m 99 sure that those socks were solely responsible for the maintenance of my sanity in any case back to somethings that i ve made recently another pair of persephone pants and a wiksten kimono now this is not my first pair of persephone pants truth be told this is actually my fourth my first were made out of some bull denim from joanns the fit was great but the fabric sags a bit after even a small amount of wear and because they re made from black denim they re fading up a storm the second pair was this striped pair which i still looooove for the third pair i went down a size to see if that would fit better spoiler alert it didn t and those will soon see the donation pile for this pair i went back to a size 8 and made them out of some duck cloth from big duck canvas between the fairly stiff thick fabric and probably going up a few pounds in the past couple of weeks these pants are now really tight and wedgilicious i really do think that the thickness of the fabric makes a huge difference because my striped pair is the same size and remains nice and fitted without being overly tight i m planning on making a full length pair next for the upcoming fall and winter and i ll stay at a size 8 but i plan to use a slightly thinner fabric than recommended and hopefully that will keep the pants from trying to ride up in my nether regions now on to the upper half of my body which is apparently garbed in an ever so wrinkled wiksten kimono i blame the kimono for the wrinkles because i wore it all the previous day too because i love it so much for this pattern i hemmed and hawed about which size to make because everyone commented that you should size down in the original pattern but the ease was reduced when it became a printed pattern so i was at a bit of a loss as to which size to make in the end i decided to follow the size recommendation on the pattern and i made a size small in the short length now this kimono uses an ungodly amount of fabric but that s really the only negative thing i can say about this pattern because i love everything else about it truth be told i ve already made 3 one in the medium length and two in the short length maybe one day i ll get around to photographing them but don t hold your breathe the one thing that i learned in making this jacket a couple times is that i now cut the pocket lining out of the outer fabric too because i couldn t get the lining fabric to be completely invisible on the outside of the jacket and it drove me a bit crazy so now i eliminate this problem by just making the pocket and pocket lining out of the same fabric and i also learned how much i love when pattern matching works out look at perfect collar and that my friends it basically what you ll find me wearing nowadays it may get a little more wrinkled because i m never taking it off posted by carolyn at 9 04 2018 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest garment sewing sewing share this post mini emerson cropped pants and shorts 7 17 2018 2 comments garment basics it turns out that kids need them too and while i love sewing dresses for the girls and they usually love wearing them they re not so practical for everyday wear so i was excited to try out the mini emerson crop pants shorts pattern by true bias with summer quickly approaching o was in need of some shorts and i wanted to sew up the cropped pant version to see if it was a style that interested her in fact while she initially said that she only wanted the shorts version i made the cropped version first because i think they re just so darn cute and because i had this striped rayon in my stash that i thought would be perfect for a pair of swingy drapy culotte esqe pants as it turned out these short little pants are everything i could have dreamed them to be i love the look of the striped fabric with this pattern and while i didn t do the greatest job of stripe matching on the waistband i m going to cut myself some slack because they still turned out pretty darn cute and they must be alright because o ended up loving them and wears them often and every time she does i think man i wish those were in my size for the second version i made the shorts out of a linen rayon combo leftover from this project the fabric ended up being a great choice for these shorts although yes it wrinkles easily but it s kids clothes so i m not gonna stress about it and i m equally in love with the way they turned out o however has a wee little complaint with them with a somewhat wide leg apparently it s a little too easy for others to see up her shorts when she sits like her mother sits with her legs wide open what can i say all those times my mom told me to sit like a lady fell on deaf ears i tried to convince her that it didn t matter because she obviously has the cutest underwear because they re homemade but this is the age where someone seeing your underwear is apparently a huge deal so we ll have to see if it s a deterrent to her wearing the shorts in the future hopefully not because she sure does look cute in them posted by carolyn at 7 17 2018 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sewing sewing for kids share this post jessica dress 7 15 2018 4 comments when i first started sewing garments i almost exclusively made dresses fitted dresses flared dresses woven dresses knit dresses i tried them all and had various levels of success there was something thrilling about being able to make dresses as a new sewer and while i m not somebody who naturally loves wearing dresses i was definitely able to incorporate them into my everyday wardrobe fast forward a decade and the truth is that i rarely make dresses anymore my garment sewing is much more practical nowadays and filled with lots of basics and while i was able to wear dresses intermittently to work in the past that s not something that i can do in my current role making them much less useful in my everyday life which brings us to the fact that i haven t sewn a dress for me in long long time i think this alder dress was the last dress that i made hello 2015 but in scrolling through instagram i randomly saw a version of the jessica dress by mimig and my interest was piqued and as i did more digging saw other versions and found that it was a free pattern my interest was cemented and it moved to the top of the queue i hit up drygood designs to look for some fabric and bought the last of this gorgeous blue jacquard originally i was imaging a more drapey fabric for this dress like a linen rayon blend but then i fell in love with this fabric when i brought it home though i had some definite hesitations about using it for this dress it has a more body than i would have liked in a fabric and i worried about how that would look in a gathered skirt plus i worried that the princess seams in the bodice wouldn t work well with the simplistic pattern on the fabric i suppose someone smarter or more patient than me could have done some amazing pattern matching to match things up on the princess seams but while i have many life skills pattern matching is not one of them in the end despite my hesitations i decided to move forward with my initial plan now this is where i mention that in making this dress the person who almost never makes a muslin me actually made a muslin of the bodice i ended up cutting out a straight size small but after making up the muslin i took out some width near the top of the bodice and added a wee bit of width around the waist i also ended up making the pockets smaller because those pockets are freaking huge the actual sewing went together pretty easily it relies on some individual customization so there s no suggestions as to how long to make the straps where to place the buttonholes and it has no pocket marking for the skirt those things really are best made to your individual body or choices but i imagine that for a beginner the lack of even a suggestion could be a bit frustrating i ended up using 1 2 buttons and placing them every 1 75 2 inches i can t remember exactly i do know that i ended up placing 5 buttons on the bodice alone and 13 buttons all together i didn t add them all the way down the skirt this way i have a bit of a slit in the front now here s the great and not so great thing about making your own garment since finishing it i can t help looking down at the bodice and wondering if i should have fit it more around the bust or elongated the straps it seems a little baggy around the bop of the bodice but i also have a bad habit of overfitting things ultimately making them not the most comfortable garments to wear ben swears that it s not noticeable and it s probably just me being way overly critical in a way that i would never be about a store brought garment so today i ll endeavor to remember one of my favorite sayings don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good posted by carolyn at 7 15 2018 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest garment sewing sewing share this post mini colfax dress 5 26 2018 2 comments with me made may quickly coming to a close this is typically the time that people start to talk about the gaps they ve found in their handmade wardrobe not so over here however because the fact of the matter is that i have plenty plenty of handmade clothes plenty of store bought clothes plenty of everything i really need so yes i can think about all the things i d still like to make for myself because truth be told there are many things on that list but lately i ve been thinking of all the things i d like to make for my kids back when i started this blog that s mostly who i sewed for and i loved seeing my kids in handmade clothes sending them out into the world in a handmade item was like sending them out in the world with a tangible reminder of my love for them but over the past couple of years as i increased the number of things i made for myself i greatly reduced the number of things that i made for them the truth is that between back to school shopping and being the lucky recipients of many hand me downs from kind relatives and friends they re not hard up for clothes either but i miss sewing for them and seeing how excited they are to have a new item of clothing and with that in mind i set out looking for a new pattern to make a dress for o i quickly settled on the true bias mini colfax dress which just so happens to be incredibly cute now i know that kelli has said in the past that she likely won t release more kids patterns because they don t sell as well but to that i say noooooooo because her kids patterns are fantastic in trying to work my way through stash fabrics i settled on this rayon which was a gift from my mother in law when she traveled to indonesia i think it was originally meant to be a sari but sari s don t get a whole lot of use around here so i figured that repurposing the fabric was the way to go with all the gold on the fabric o of course loved it and the rayon makes for a nice light summer dress given o s string bean status i cut out a size 7 in width and a size 8 in length she just turned 9 it fits her perfectly right now but honestly i wish it were a tad bit longer to ensure that it fits her all summer no worries though because there s a younger sister waiting in the wings to steal all of o s clothes and now on a totally unrelated note i present to you the one thing o and i have in common the ability to make ridiculous faces i love this little stinker posted by carolyn at 5 26 2018 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sewing sewing for kids share this post a sandal making extravaganza and some tips on where to purchase supplies 5 01 2018 3 comments about a month ago i found myself lucky worm my way into a slot in a rachel sees snails sandal making class that was held in seattle the class was a whirlwind hands on experience in sandal making i loved the process and the fact that it doesn t require too many specialized tools to get started having to make a huge up front investment is always such a deterrent to diving into a new craft having absolutely no experience in leather crafts i spent the next week googling some of the basic supplies and trying to locate places to find some of the more specific ones most basic leather working supplies can actually be bought on line either through amazon or specialized leather stores like tandy leather craft i headed up to macpherson s leather in seattle to purchase the actual leather but in the end i ended up only buying leather for the soling there i didn t buy any leather for the uppers because all the leather is sold in fairly large pieces which come with a fairly large price tags and i knew that i wouldn t want to make every pair of sandals out of the same leather where s the fun in that i also found out that they don t sell rubber soling there unless you have a corporate account so that required me to do some additional googling to find that product etsy of course was a huge help and i ended ...