blue + brown winter dress, and a new skirt ...

These were obviously not taken now, but actually in early January, when I was barely showing yet. This is the dress I was talking about, it's #16 from the book mentioned below.

The fabric was from stash, and one of my favorites. I remember buying several meters of this at the fabric store, which I used in multiple bags and accessories over the past couple of years, and saved the remainder for a piece of clothing for myself.

The pattern is quite simple and straightforward, and I actually didn't have to make any adjustments this time. I'll probably make this dress again, maybe a lighter version like the one shown on the book.





As for the skirt, it's another version of this one, although I decided to add some pockets this time and a velvet trim on the hem. I really like this pattern, and I'm definitely not done with it yet (I was thinking maybe some skirts for next winter ?)

a new skirt

I finally had the courage to cut up this blue fabric (Fiona Tossed Flowers by Anna Griffin) and made my first skirt in a long time. The pattern is nr. 9 from Machiko Kayaki's Simple Chic book. It was probably the first Japanese pattern sewing book I ever bought and still continues to be my favorite. I'm not surprised if I end up making all the patterns in this book someday.

Anyway, it's surprisingly simple to assemble and think the whole project took me about 2 to 3 hours. And half of that time was assembling the zipper, which I had never done on a fully lined skirt (now that it's done it's obviously easy, but it took me a while to get there).

I love the final result, and will probably make another again soon, in Fall colors (maybe that brown fabric from the same post ? Humm, yes, that will probably work ...)

new skirt

It's been a long time since I've sewn something for myself to wear. In fact, I don't think I've sewn any clothes this winter, my enthusiasm has been so much more on the knitting this season. But when I saw this piece of fabric on the sale section at one of the local fabric shops I immediately envisioned a skirt out of it.



That was weeks ago, of course, and since I usually procrastinate a lot when it comes to sewing clothes it didn't get done till last week, but now it's done, it fits and I'm quite happy about it turned out. I adapted a pattern out of "Skirt à la carte" (japanese pattern book by Machiko Kayaki), a very simple A-line skirt design which always works well for me.



And now that I'm on a roll with the sewing again, maybe I'll finally finish a dress I cut up last November, who knows ?