Striped Knit Skirt

This is a knit skirt I made recently from Butterick 641 which was just an old pattern I had in my stash. I don't necessarily recommend it. I only used it because it has the front panel on the skirt. There are many patterns that you could use. I made mine with no side seam, then. That is, I taped the side front and side back pieces together. My daughter bought a skirt from the Nordstrom rack similar to this. I purchased the fabric again from Gala in Victoria. It's a lovely knit with a good recovery in the stretch. It is super comfy to wear, perfect for this time of year!

My Coat!!!

I have been wanting to make a wool coat forever! There have been so many coat sew-alongs that I have looked at the past couple of years. But wool fabric is so expensive and I wasn't sure about the whole thing.

I used Burda 7587. I made a muslin out of some heavier polyester type fabric that I happened to have and never used. The muslin fit well with no adjustments.

From November 7, 2011

I had thought about interlining it with flannel, but instead bought the Joann's lining fabric that is flannel-backed. It is plenty heavy. I have worn it a couple of times - wool is a very warm fabric!

I got the wool fabric up in Victoria while we were vacationing up there recently. I spotted what turned out to be a fantastic fabric store called Gala Fabric

From November 7, 2011

From November 7, 2011

From November 7, 2011

Ottobre Baby Shirt

I wanted to do something different and make a baby shirt for six month old Conrad. I got out my Ottobre 4/2008. This is number 1, the baby t-shirt. It was fun and easy, of course, after you get used to tracing off the complicated array of pattern designs. I did the tab a little bit differently. I didn't add the bit of ribbon on the front of the tab, but was able to make it look nice just by adjusting and sewing.

From November 7, 2011