Bleu Sewing Room...Flashback Friday

I have pretty much sewed in every room of my house 

these past 5 years.....really 5 years of sewing & I

still have not made a pair of jeans?!

The fake neat photo for my blog.

Anyways, this is my  first sewing room.  A bedroom vacated

by my oldest daughter when she moved into our basement.

This is what it pretty much looked liked when

I was learning to sew....a disaster.

Mini-me back then was excited by my new hobby

& made me this for the wall of "our"

new sewing room.

A yet unblogged white ruffle camisole that I made 

back then.

My first drape dress that I made that my middle daughter

"The Model" wore.  Notice the fabric?

Many dresses were made by the 10 meters

I bought.....newbie fabric purchase.

Mini-me always there from the beginning,

just after we set up the Singer sewing machine

in the little blue sewing room.

Sew you later!

Modern Mother Daughter

I had a day off today & was relaxing around the house in my maxi skirt that I made last year.  I used  2 meters of fabric & a 3 inch wide black elastic band & side zipper.....so easy!

 

  My youngest really likes the fabric & asked me to make her a dress.  I did not have enough leftover of this thick cotton but I thought of a pattern I had just bought on sale.

This McCalls 6607 tunic top.

This has to be the easiest pattern ever with only 3 pieces!

We both love the cut of this tunic & I am usually not a "tunic" person.  I serged the hem & the inside of the cowl with a pink/white thread as I was too lazy to change the thread in my serger.

We have been having a beautiful fall weather lately that its hard to believe it was our Thanksgiving long weekend......so sunny & warm to walk off some of that turkey & stuffing!

Sew you later!

Hot Pink Tulle Cape

A tulle cape?  I have never heard of this either.....but this is what mini-me wanted me to make.  She had originally asked for a long skirt but changed her mind when she saw the length.  I was about to cut it for a skirt when she came up with this.

This was easy to make....just sew 2 long stitches & pull to gather...OK.. so not so easy,  it was a long process to try & get my stitches straight with that much fabric!

I used about 8 meters of this hot pink tulle!

She picked out the pink polka dot ribbon for the front ties.

She has always had her own style & is quite creative about it & her posing I don't know where she gets that from! lol!

Mother Daughter Graffiti Fashion

 Mini-me picked out this graffiti fashion fabric last summer and I finally had time to sew her a twirly skirt.  She had originally wanted us to sew matching dresses but with it being cold now I suggested we sew her a skirt and me a top.  We are going out this weekend and she has been asking me to make us an outfit to wear together!

Her skirt was made by measuring her waist and cutting the fabric three times the width. 

I serged the side seams and hem.

 I measured her waist for the sparkly wide elastic waist band for a snug but not too tight fit and serged the seam closed.

I then pleated the skirt with pins every 2 inches and then sewed on to the elastic waist band. 



I sewed the waist part on my sewing machine.

  The length is 16 inches and I added pockets with black trim.

This was a fun and easy project to complete in a few days.  We did the skirt in a evening before I went on a business trip.  I designed the top & cut fabric in a evening when I returned and finally sewed the top the third night.  The top is my own design with a small cut out back.  I folded over the trim but next time I will make bias trim for better strength because it was a bit hard to sew the circle. 

This is my Fashion Friday Runway project for this week!

 

Tany from Couture et Tricot submitted this beautiful modern maxi dress for this weeks Fashion Friday Runway!

Thank you Tany!  You are entered in my Glamorous Giveaway for February!  Go check out her blog to see her beautiful style & creations!  She is so talented!