Linnen shirt

Ik blijf het moeilijk vinden, de polo-sluiting. Het is niet zo heel ingewikkeld, maar wat een gefriemel!! Hoewel niet helemaal perfect is het toch een leuk shirt geworden. Voor de kleine gebreken vond ik een elegante oplossing, van waar het belang van een goede voorraad.

In het doorstikken met cordonnet garen gaat wel enorm veel tijd zitten. Iedere keer de naald verwisselen (cordonnet garen heeft een naald met een groter oog en gleuf nodig om een mooie steek te krijgen), klosje garen verwisselen, draad opnieuw inrijgen, niet vergeten een langere steek in te stellen. En dan weer opnieuw...

Nog wat gekke bekken foto's. Het shirt is aan de grote kant (maat 122), ik hoop dat hij er snel ingroeit want het is niet echt een winter kledingstuk.

Patroon: Ottobre Art Camp
Stof: Kaufman 'Brussels Washer" linnen-rayon mix

Bubbles

When I went to the local fabric store to buy buttons for the Apple shirt, this bubbly fabric was smiling at us. I made a quick, cute and easy smock dress with it. Bloomers out of coordinating cotton sateen, unfortunately way to large but who cares...

Saskia loved it, she couldn't even stand still for a picture

Phoebis

.....is the name of another Ottobre pattern:

Last year I found this very thin and cute embroidered eyelet cotton in my local fabric store.
The yoke and piping are made of (light) quilting cotton.

The sleeves are hemmed with a rolled hem and smocked, which is always fun to do

Fabric: LFS (The Fabric Place Mt Lebanon, PA)
Pattern: Ottobre 3/2010

Papaya Whip

Sounds delicious, right? Well, it's not what you think, but it is still delicious. Have a look:

Fabric: Andover fabrics
Pattern: Ottobre

Apple

Not the one you eat, but the shirt. The pattern is quite famous, for a reason..... it is  briljant!

 The color in the first picture is way off, the second one is more accurate.
The pattern has a one-piece collar, I did a 2-piece following these instructions. I am not sure if it is better, I will try the original 1-piece collar next time to compare.

I am particularly proud of the bias strip on the seam allowance, I managed to sew it in real neat, inspired by this blog post.
I really like the buttons, the pick up both the turquoise and the grey, unfortunately I broke one by trying to sew them on by machine. I guess you should tell the machine how wide the buttons are before you start sewing. I also was a victim of the sewing machine conspiracy: while sewing the second leg of the very last buttonhole, I ran out of bobbin thread. This always happens, in every project. You are as good as done, but the bobbin is done 2 inches earlier. Grrrr.....

Fabric: Robert kaufmann
Pattern: Ottobre "Apple"

Snow White and things to come

 At the beginning of winter I bought Lillestoff's "Snow White", but somehow it did't turn into a piece of clothing. Until now:

A cute tunic/dress for the in-between season, 3/4 sleeves, pleats at the neckline.
Pattern: Ottobre 1/2014

I also made a sleeping bag for Saskia out of 2 layers or jersey and a quilt batting in between for warmth. The other day I heard someone say that if you work with materials like batting or fleece you should clean your machine afterwards. As I worked with both lately, I decided to do so. And look what I found under the stitch plate:

 I have never seen so much lint in my machine! I'm glad I cleaned it out.

As for things to come, this is a selection of projects to make first. And these are only knits, I also have a lot of wovens waiting....

A hoodie, a body warmer and a dress

It is hard to find fabrics for boys. For bigger boys, that is. The cute little baby prints are not appropriate anymore, stripes are boring, stars are more or less OK I guess. So when I saw this print I grabbed the opportunity.

Fabric: Lillestoff

Pattern: Ottobre Beagle Boy

The weather is still too cold for a body warmer, but one should be prepared, n'est-ce pas?

Dark blue fleece and a Dino Dudes leftover. I added some bright red accents: the decorative stitching done with the cover lock machine (not 100% happy with it, maybe I need more practice?), red piping in the back panels, red ribbing for the pockets and red snaps. Pattern: Ottobre Windy Days.

And then the dress that is actually not a dress. It is way too short, it hardly covers the diaper, but it is pretty cute as a tunic!

Fabric: Robert kaufmann Brussels Washer linen-rayon blend

Pattern: Ottobre