Fabricville had a crazy sale on Black
Friday, 50% off all material in store, no exceptions. I stocked up on material
that was $2.99/meter, at 50% off it came to $1.50 per meter. I chose 3 fabrics,
a stretchy orange, light blue and a dark blue unknown fiber. With these 3
choices I can do a few shirts and dresses and if they don’t come out too well,
I have not lost a lot of money. If I like them, I will use my “good” material.
I also stocked up on the gripper material for my son’s PJ feet, as well as the
ribbing material for all the cuffs.
Then, on Monday Fabricville had a sale on
patterns! All New Look and Simplicity patterns are $1.99 each. I have a nice stash and I have to have a plan
to get them all done. I don’t want to end up having a stock pile, and not doing
anything with them. I am going to start with the easy projects and work my way
up to the harder ones. I have this
Friday off, so I want to make 2 dresses and a PJ by then. This week I have a
goal, a sewing plan. I want to sew a Christmas tree skirt, finish my shirt I
was making during my sewing class; Sam’s PJ’s in a size small, New Look 6125
dress A, Simplicity 2054 either dress B or C.
The Christmas tree skirt I finished. I had
some red material that my father had given me 25 years ago, and Simon bought
some gold ribbon. I sew the ribbon around the edge and I reinforced the seams
at the opening, and Voila! Done. I had to make a rectangular skirt so that it
could fit around the table. We put the tree on a table so that Sam would not
grab it or knock it down. We used binders to attach the tree to the table and
it is SUPER solid. I only needed a skirt to hide it all. In all the years past
I draped the red material around the tree base. Now that I am super crafty, I
could sew myself something a bit fancier.
I want to try one more PJ for Sam before I
make the boys their Christmas PJ’s in the Christmas material I purchased. I really like the New Look 6525 pattern. It
runs big and even the medium was too long on him. I will take the same material
I have left over and try the small. Fingers crossed it fits! If at 14 months
Sam fits only into a small, this pattern will last a very only time. I have
traced the pattern so as to preserve it. I have used it so much that it is
starting to get damaged. I even photocopied the original to preserve it.
I had bought a fun simple blue dress at Reitman’s. Simon LOVED it on
me. Everyone loved it, and I was thinking that that dress was SO simple. But
hey, if people like it, I will take the complement. The problem being it is a
small and I am an extra small now. It runs a bit big in the chest area. I found
New Look 6125 that is just like it, so I will try to reproduce it. This one has
an invisible zipper in the back, so I can leave that for this week’s sewing
class. I also have the zipper to do on Simon’s pants, as well as installing a
new zipper pull on Tyler’s winter jacket. This week’s class can be about
perfecting the zipper.
I don’t think I will add pockets to this
first attempt, nor the ribbon. And I want the plain collar for my first
attempt.
I am trying to find other reviews to see
how this dress sizes. I am really tired of making things for myself that run
too big. I want something I can wear!
When I saw this pattern by Cynthia Rowley, Simplicity 2054, something
jumped out at me. It is a basic, dress with simple lines. But I like the added
details of the sleeves and collar. The more I think about it, the more I want
to do dress C, with the cut sleeves.
I think I may make this dress according to
my measurements, but in a cheap material. The reviews I read do not say that
the pattern runs large. I will have to take the pattern out and see how it
measures up against my measurements.
