Ballet dress

A dress iMade for my ballet classes using one of

my ballet tops for the pattern of the 

bodice out of ponte de roma knit.

I used swimsuit material for 

the skirt....a design of my own

to which I sewed together at the waist.

New Year & new ballet slippers.

Sew you later!

New Year, new trainers, new tank top

I have been a gym junkie a little

over a month now working out

6 days a week. 

I never thought I would.....I hated the gym,

preferring ballet, swimming & sports 

to keep me in shape, but a Fibroid has afflicted me 

this past year.  Making me look about 5 months

pregnant with all the gory issues that most women

my age get.  My doc said I could just wait it

out (yeah I love not fitting any of my clothes) 

have surgery or try to get rid of it naturally.

Naturally has worked the last 6 weeks!

I have dropped 10 pounds & now

fit into my previous fat day clothes.

I cut all the junk food from my diet,

kept the good carbs, more protein,

& no red meat.  I get at least 7 hours

sleep a night & I know that is because 

of my 2 hour workouts at the gym.

Instead of a new wardrobe, I need new gym clothes & they are expensive.

I have Lululemon bottoms from my ballet workouts

so I just needed more tanks & tops.

This is the first one I made from swimsuit material 

using McCall's pattern 6751.  Very easy to sew & holds up

to a vigorous workout on the elliptical so I 

will be making more!

Sew you later!

A Comfy day dress

After all the holiday celebrations & dinners it is nice to chill out

& wear something comfortable....aka fat day dress, that iMade!

This dress was made using my New Look 

pattern 6936.  Another easy dress & it was an

easy sew but it had been laying around since summer for

me to finish it up!

I did make a change by ommiting the elastic around

the bodice.....I did sew it in & then seam ripped it out.

as you can noticeably see.

It was way more comfortable this way &

I  serged the neckline & butterfly sleeves in hot pink.

I really like this fabric from 

Laura's Fashion Fabric in White Rock, B.C.

& I think I am out of fabric (lol) so I will be there shopping soon.

Oh & "mom" necklace, the green amethyst ring &

white bootie slippers are all gifts from 

my loving family.

Sew you later!

A Vogue 8552 dress

A Vogue dress.....& yes it is very easy!

I like the pleats in this pattern, front & back

but is was the big pockets that

first interested me about this pattern.

I did misplace the sleeve part of this pattern,

this is the 2nd pattern I have done this.

So I picked this Simplicity that

look similar, & used that.

I made it in a size 12.

Sew you later!

70's Jumpsuit

I have been wanting a jumpsuit for awhile now

& I finally had some time to make one.

I used McCall's 6083 & it was an easy pattern to follow.

This silk jersey was a dream to sew up.

I was actually a little nervous to cut 

into this fabric....a bit more expensive

than my bottom of the bin bargain

fabrics I usually buy.

The only adjustment I had problems with

was the bodice cross over....it keeps gapping,

but an easy fix.

I made version E bodice with version B crop pants.

Sew you later!


P.S.  don't mind the dying mandarin orange tree.....I live in Vancouver not Portugal!