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y husband jean pattern 16 comments from stash bustin trousers jeans spoiled sweet august 15 2012 tags at gifts in the mail hiking mt washington awesome shot ry don t worry i didn t lose a tooth on the hike that s just my zipper pull before packing up the car for a week in nh i made certain to write up this blog post take photos for a separate post and file them away on my phone and snugly fit good intentions into my bag all my good intentions and energy instead went straight into caring for my dad i was giving my mom a long overdue well deserved holiday it was a fantastic exhausting happy sad funny and difficult week one with very little time for sewing reading or writing and ultimately tough decisions to be made don t worry i let off a little steam with another fabulous hike at the end of the week ryan and i each grew up near our state s respective highest peaks i ve been up katahdin a few times with him but i d never taken him up mt washington he d been on the summit as a young lad via the auto road pfft wait so have i possible thunderstorms in the forecast for saturday mt wash is not a place you want to be in bad weather we delayed a day by hiking a local hill to find buckets of blackberries and fresh bear scat we emptied our nalgenes picked quickly with ears pricked and eyes alert then wandered home ry s drive up to nh to meet me paid off in full sunday i love the trail we went up which follows a ravine and waterfalls and although the summit was crowded with tourists we reveled in having a clear day up top two drops of rain on the exposed descent trail followed by a quick dip in the icy mountain runoff along the base road washed away all the sweat and blisters of the past six hours sports bra and hiking bikinis make for a totally suitable bathing suit in the wild so yeah spoiled by nature and spoiled by friends here is my original post boy am i spoiled in fact i don t even deserve the goodies given to me recently i mean really guys how many fos have i posted lately on second thought don t answer that a couple weeks ago i discovered this gem of a box on my stoop ooo eeee all the way from californ i a my bestie sarah sent me a box of fabric full of awesomeness like striped swimsuit lycra blue gingham wide green seersucker and marimekko vintage marimekko girl probably heard my delight from this coast i ve never splurged on every seamster s favorite finn fabric but have come very close thank you s bear and thank you gw amazing taste i m not certain what i m going to do with it the pieces are small but maybe a home dec project then just a few days later i got together with my other bestie sheila as i was pulling out of the drive she came running down in the dark yelling something and plunged this in my hands my greedy little hands oh boy inside the case for the book was an unused fitting shell pattern yes please and thank you it s a size 8 which i think might be a bit too small of a starting point but i m gonna give it whirl i ve said it before but i d really like to have a shell sloper moulage whatever so that i can simply build from that foundation block kenneth king is teaching a moulage course nearby in october but it s way out of my budget super huge shout out to my double s team you both truly are the best for many more reasons that gifts them s just a perk a nordic aside did anyone else notice in the new ikea catalogue that they are now selling a sewing machine it s really basic and probably pretty crappy however that s still pretty exciting sewing has been in the news a few times lately and the more press the better wocka wocka 7 comments from around the house sewing community sewing machines toolkit quickie cowl july 31 2012 tags cool calm cowl top cowl neck fenway free pattern hotpatterns liverpoolfc sewing knits spring sewing palette t shirt ynwa digging the 80s vibe not digging the big hair this weekend i was working on my jeans yeah i ve totally taken the long way round with them let s call it the scenic route to put a positive spin on it k k however i needed a quick win and decided i d bang out this top at least you know i wear my seat belt it was on my spring summer list anyway though in a different fabric i decided a last minute sub was the game to play and am glad i did this jersey blend was one of two new purchases for my sewing plan but the rib knit is a stash buster the stripes were very obviously off sides grain but with a pre wash i m hoping that won t be an issue in keeping with my new love of loose and breezy for the weather i even added more volume than the pattern allows and sewed up a larger size than necessary a quick search on pattern review told me that the cowl is nowhere near as blousey in real life as in the illustration and that the neckline is higher while i didn t adjust the height of the neckline i did slash spread the front to add more drape to the cowl i m pretty happy with it the only other adjustment i made was to size down two sizes in the waistband and also to only use half the length of that same piece the sizing down may be an issue with the recovery or lack thereof of my rib knit so if you make this up kick the pieces around for sure next time if there is one i might size down the main bodice yet i do like the volume i d also cut down on the amount of fabric used for the part of the cowl that hangs on the inside it seems a bit excessive to me but in this moderately see through knit it s an assist the serged construction was a breeze woolly nylon i love you forever and for the sleeves i opted to use zigzag fancy footwork to echo the stitch on the back neck facing i interfaced with tricot for the first time so fingers crossed that nothing weird happens in the wash i took a gamble and didn t test so living on the edge last wednesday was not a quick win but awesome all the same in fact i stitched up this shirt in the morning knowing i was going to some event guessing it was at fenway assuming it was a baseball game holy amazeballs husband you ll never walk alone fabric jersey blend from hart s 6 rib knit from stash pattern hot patterns cool calm and cowl neck tee free at fabric com year 2009 notions tricot thread total price 6 13 comments from t shirt mark as read july 27 2012 tags at hiking katahdin survive the climb up the mountain fight the urge to return to the screen as entertainment liberate yourself from the chair mark this post as read get up and get out it s a very rebellious act for a blogger one i highly recommend because this is primarily a sewing blog here s a little something i found in my pack while gathering supplies for the weekend a self designed sewn pair of ripstop nylon rain pants circa 1998 look at that gusset yeah i m that cool 12 comments from around the house on photography outerwear granite state of mind july 11 2012 tags jean ius refashion rub off method sewing jeans simplicity 5456 spring sewing palette thrifting tunic upcycle summer new hampshire blue skies big rocks choppy fresh water i put in a lot of hours on this lake reservoir growing up and jumped off this rock a lot too in fact it was really strange scooting back down the makeshift gangway instead of jumping into the water by the way the picnic table is new on me we always used driftwood or fallen trees i m wearing this exact outfit as i type which goes to show i ve come round to blousy loosey goosey tops how did that ever happen i consider them belonging in the realm of the lithe and thin framed love the look of flowing fabric dramatic drapes but it would ultimately weigh me down and end in frump fest my body hasn t changed all that much so it must be the attitude or delusions or thrifted spotted silk maybe the warm temps and soothing breezes coming in off the lake whatever it is i really like this top more so because it was so ridiculously easy to sew a total win in a sweltering sewing room especially after all the work on the shorts more on them later this gem of a pattern is from the glorious yard sale booty two summers ago whoever loraine irish is she was styling in 82 the silk was a major goodwill score in the form of an ugly gathered skirt thanks for landing it in my hands ashley for 4 50 i have enough left for piecing or trims though not another garment i sewed up view 2 with a few minor adjustments the pattern is a size 12 bust 34 and i m a 10 according to the envelope using high bust of 32 flat pattern measurements came in at 41 5 44 5 i initially blogged the waist measurement a crazy amount of ease even for this look so i pinched out an inch on both the front back meaning a total of 4 then followed suit with the yoke good enough for me not digging the facings especially given the drape of the silk i made some super tiny bias binding for the slit neck and simply turned the armscyes twice the super tiny bias binding has a super tiny oopsy i got a little feisty while cutting down the fold and opened up all the way down to where the facing would end on the inside of the garment hello cleavage once the binding was on a 1 5 slipstitch took care of that problem design feature yoke and side seams are french and i utilized the existing hem of the skirt while laying out of course i had to unpick a bit for the side seams but it s so much faster than measuring and sewing up a new blind hem i love how simply and breezy this blouse is i was afraid it might turn out lunch lady at best sloppy at worst i think i ve avoided that but i ll leave it for you to decide and even if it doesn t work for ya that s fine it works for me maddie had a recent experience with an uninvited opinion on a slouchy loose fit sheesh i ve toyed with belting this using a black leather obi belt ryan gave me it s from gordana pr fame and i ve only worn it a few times aside from earrings and necklaces i m not all that fab at accessorizing maybe i ll snap a photo and take a poll so you can weigh in in looking at the lines a bit more i was totally struck by how similar it is to a shirt i d recently seen and wanted to sew ry and i were having an awesome meal on our texas trip and i was so smitten with the blouse of our neighbor s waitress that i sketched it out with some notes not the first time either ry just handed me a receipt cum bookmark that i d drawn a pricey coat onto in the store passing over offers of assistance from sales staff this was two years ago now i sometimes take a couple mobile shots of cool design details i d like to incorporate i m sure i look like a counterfeiter but often don t even use the inspiration and if i do it s for my own use and never a total knock off just a detail or rtw construction technique i ve outed myself and am fully prepared for the needles and shears headed my way but back to the blouse with a few mods i think i can get a similar look with a fabric in my stash now onto the shorts the color and length is fresh from the jc penney catalog i feel like i should get some crazy fabric and call them jams in reality the length is due to these being a working muslin from the jean ius class although i haven t been posting my progress i ve made three muslins from it so far all studies in different fabric weights and stretch the pair i ve copied have elastane in them and it was eye opening to see the difference it makes the first non stretch draft i made was impossible to get on here s the thing though i am so sick of stretch denim i really want to get a solid jeans pattern down for a slim fit non stretch jean i ve never seen let alone owned selvage denim but that s what i m going for i remember a pair of 80s jordache jeans that i bought new in college they were straight stiff and tight and one of three pairs of pants i packed for my year long stint in russia after graduation like selvage denim they eventually formed to my body until all the vodka and bliniy caught up with me the draft is getting close but not perfect this denim is not the best quality and midweight it s leftover from my first pair of jeans which i never wear by the way the back on those dips down the front is too high and the length too short i had just needed to finish them anyway when i first tweaked these to what i thought was a decent enough fit i went ahead with all of the faux flat felling topstitching they were pretty much dead on while standing up after a day of moving around sitting crouching living issues came to light after three days because who washes jeans after one wearing the issues were in the spotlight sitting stretches out the rear of course this has made the under bum a bit baggy and also caused the lovely upward scoop of the back waistband to fall lower i like that upward scoop for bending modesty i m going to simply pinch out more of the center back up near the waist and bring the height of the yoke down 1 2 to fix this as is i d never be able to go sans belt i d really love to not need a belt after a few wears but the question remains how tight can i make the final pair in selvage denim of course one can t expect painted on jeans some amount of bum mobility is necessary one can t go around standing on a conveyor belt so i m down with the fact that a smidge of under butt sag will happen over time yet i wonder if higher quality selvage denim will stretch less yet still be able to be squeezed into at initial wear i m hesitant to make this particular fabric extra snug initially as i don t quite trust it lastly i will probably have to shift all of my outseams which are now curved because the point of selvage denim is to utilize the selvage a straight line that s a lot of thinking out loud overall i m pretty pleased with these i didn t add front pockets for the draft i didn t correct the curve of the outseam but i did have fun with the back pockets i always wanted an l embroidered on my shirts like laverne my sister has an l brooch that she d better keep an eye on i ve been digging amy s pockets too here s some cuteness because we all love cuteness and here is some more cuteness my dad turned 84 yesterday so we celebrated early over the weekend his health is changing quickly now but boy is he still a charming man 22 comments from blouse shirt stash bustin trousers jeans upcycling cloth labels july 6 2012 tags american textile history museum cloth labels lowell mill girls oh hello there remember the days of multiple posts per week and my blog hopping around like a busy little bunny yeah neither do i ha it wasn t that long ago i do have finished objects to share in fact i ve been living in one of them for a few days and it s now in the wash let s hope it fits the same as when it first came off the machine old stash maybe not pre washed and we ll bang out a photo shoot here at threadsquare hq and be prepared as it s high time i curl up with my reader for a few hours i ve been logging so much time on the computer for a different project and summer is so short here that my free hours simply must be spent outside in an upright position moving more than my arms for now i ll leave you with a little 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