May day 1

A skirt of black with exposed pink seams to start off a month

of wearing clothes that iMade for

Me Made May 2014.

A simple A line skirt made with leftover Pont de Roma knit  

fabric from my last dress.

My own design,

I totally serged this skirt & I like

the hot pinks seams in contrast

to the black.

Sew you later!

~DeniseAngela~

sometimes you can't make it work

as with this Butterick 5602 view A, pattern.

I had this psychedelic paisley cotton in my stash now for a couple of years & have made sachets with them & thought how lovely a dress would look.

  I also had this tangerine satin crepe that I thought would be fun for the lining.  The black contrast was Ponte de Roma knit so there is total mix of fabrics being used.  I am really trying to use the fabric I already own.  There was quite a bit of hand sewing & the bow pattern instructions did not make any sense to me.

I have used this pattern before to make View C of this dress (chambray denim) which turned out O.K.  Now that I have made 2 dresses I realize that some patterns are not for your body type.....this being one of them.

I have moved on though, continuing with my love for paisley with this pink Silk paisley that I thrifted & am making it work.....into a dress, of course!

sharing my project with:

sew & tell

Sew you later!

Ponte de Roma Skirt

This is my ponte de roma sheer skirt that I made using my own design.  I had originally planned on making some tops or a dress with this fabric but I thought it would do well as a skirt too.  I wanted a comfortable  skirt with a little elegance to wear for my Mothers Day luncheon that the girls have planned for me.

I like this somewhat thick fabric & had no problems sewing with it.

I designed a simple skirt & added waist darts for a better fit.  I also made a fold down waist band.  This fabric has enough stretch in it that you do not need a zipper.

I sewed the chiffon to the waist band & left the waist band with the natural fray as I liked how it looked....I am going to the dark side now not finishing edges lol!  I had issues with the chiffon though, I had to sew twice the back seam as it unraveled even though I used the serger & I used Fray Stop on both ends. So I made a regular stitch beside the serged seam...it seems to be working but now it seems a little bit puckered.  Does anyone have any chiffon technique's they would like to share with me?  The bottom hem of the chiffon does not unravel at all....so what gives? I made a chiffon hoodie a couple of months ago and had no problems!

Wishing all my blog friends a serene & restful Mother's day however you celebrate!