Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tuesday drive-by (28-Oct-2014)


Just a few quick things today...

I finished Eva's Elsa dress for Halloween, but don't have any pictures yet. What I do have is a crappily lit video of her performing "Let it Go", right down to Elsa's gestures as she performs the song in Frozen:


It's not in this part of the video, but she even stomps her foot down right as Elsa does when she light up her newly-created ice palace. In any case, we're supposed to get a break in the rain tomorrow, so I'm hoping that my husband will be able to take a few good pictures then, and I'll likely do my "finished project" blog post a few days after that.

With Eva's Halloween costume finished, I'm moving on to some selfish sewing. Outside of my Slip-on Suzie, which is currently aging in the "magic dresser", I've barely done any sewing for myself this fall.  On top of that Trudy from HotPatterns has been on a major roll with her pattern releases in recent months, and I have about a half dozen of her recent patterns that I really want to sew, like, NOW. With that in mind, I started working on paper pattern alterations for the new-ish Wong Singh Jones Sakura Bomber Jacket this morning.


HP WSJ Sakura Bomber jacket
I'm going the wearable muslin route for my first version, as I don't anticipate a ton of fitting issues here. From flat-comparing the pattern pieces, I'll be doing some petite adjustments and an FBA. For fabric, I'm using a mini-houndstooth doubleknit that's been in my stash for ages and black ribknit from stash.

In future sewing news, I swung by Hancock on my way home last night to hit the Simplicity sale. I was hoping to snag some of the just-released new Frozen patterns (to be discussed in more detail in my Friday post), but they didn't have them in yet. Hancock did, however, have all of the other patterns from this most recent Simplicity release in stock. In what seems to be a fairly new thing, they had ALL of the new patterns from the current release in a cardboard display on top of the pattern cabinet. I did come home with the following new patterns:

The Leanne Marshall coat:

Simplicity 1254

The new New Look coat:

New Look 6325
And a new Simplicity/Threads blouse that I hadn't seen previously (it's not on Pattern Review) but that apparently is part of this release. It is available on the Simplicity website:

Simplicity 1279


Simplicity 1279
Shoulder shirring (aka "a way to avoid the Big Honkin Dart" for the large-busted), different cup sizes, and different collar options? That's a big "Yes" for me.

That's it for me for now. What is everyone working on this week?


12 comments:

  1. I envy you! Simplicity 1254 is on my wishlist but won't be for sale in Europe till mid November. ON SALE?? Nooo! Some girls have all the luck ;)

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    1. Someone really should set up a system where those of us in the US snap up Big 4 patterns at the JoAnn and Hancock sales (where they're $0.99-$4.99, depending on the brand/sale) and send them to you, and you can reimburse us for the cost and shipping.

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  2. Doh! I had that NL coat in hand and got the cape instead. It is really cute. And well...you know how I feel about the other patterns you have featured :)

    I am sewing a dress for my daughter's Halloween costume and maybe cranking out a knit turtleneck for myself.

    YOUR DAUGHTER IS SO ADORABLE!!!!

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    1. You'll just have to go back and pick up the New Look. ;) What kind of costume are you making for your daughter?

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    2. Apparently I am not in the know. She's doing sugar-skull makeup and needed a black dress with white peter pan collar. For some reason I chose something with 8000 pieces.

      I'm sewing S1687 (which is fantastic and I want one!!!). I should have it ready for a fitting for her tomorrow and tweaks/hem on Thursday. Whew!

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    3. Ooh, I've always liked that pattern! I'm sure that your daughter will appreciate it when it's finished!

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  3. She is so cute. Look at those hand gestures! A singer / actor in the making.

    Looking forward to seeing your jackets/coats.

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    1. Thank you! She's quite quite the little actress!

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  4. I am working on Butterick 5960, but I'm out of town the rest of this week, so will be at least a couple more weeks til I'm done. I did get that NL coat pattern and I also got 6303 after reading a review that said for this version you don't have to use fabric that is the same on the front and back. I don't have Hancocks anymore so will have to wait for any Simplicitys. Your daughter looks adorable in her costume!

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    1. Thank you! Good luck on your coat--I just saw a woman near my office wearing a similar coat in some sort of black-colored suiting. It looked very chic!

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  5. Mini-Michelle...I mean...Eva is adora-cute! =)

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  6. I missed halloween in my neighborhood attending a performance my son was in, local youth ensemble theater. So I gotta know: Elsa or Anna? I am pretty sure the Elsa's outnumbered the Annas simply based on the aqua blue fabric walking out the door at Joann's this week.

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