McCall's 2094

When I was doing the following picture, I noticed the colour is not true but it reminded me of gingerbread men, hence the topper for this page. I have changed my mind on which view I am going to do for my wardrobe; I am going to do the long sleeved shirt in the winter white.

Here is a peek at what it will look like but the colour is tan not winter white.



I will do the short sleeved on in a fushia stretch eyelet. That will make it mid summer cool.

When using Paint.Net, I have noticed that if there are any lines that do not connect, it can't be layered. Hence, the white parts in the collars and sleeves of the two line drawings I did.

Paint.net

I have been playing with Paint.net and it has driven me nuts. But, I wanted to master it so I could see how some of my patterns would look like with the fabric. After countless attempts using "Quality Time: Story Tute" at http://jemimabean.blogspot.com/2006/08/storyboard-tute.html I was successful. I scanned the front line drawing for Vogue 8248, made it bigger and then took a picture of my fabric. After countless tries I got it done even if the print is too big for the drawing. I really don't care as I was successful. Now to try other line drawings and fabric.

Here is my first attempt:



To get my picture uploaded to my blogger, I had to save the picture first as a jpg rather than what the program asks you to save it as. Easy when you have it figured out.

Hiatus

I have been on a hiatus this winter as there never seems to be enough time. I have looked at my fabric from last summer and at patterns but have never gotten the two together to sew up clothes. But I am getting there in thought. I have some ideas in my head for sewing up a wardrobe that should be casual but chic.

1. Wardrobe pattern - Vogue 7809 is OPP but I got 2 of them off e-Bay.



I plan on making all three pieces in a black cotton lycra twill fabric. I am hoping to make the pants a 2nd time using tan faux suede.



2. One Seam Pants



This pattern will have the invisible side pockets but I am not certain if I will do View A or B. The reason I am choosing this pattern is for the rave reviews it gets and the elastic waist. It looks country casual with a chic edge.

Fabric will be a green linen blend.



3. Blouse - Vogue 8248



I will be doing View C (longer sleeves) with collar from View A (white blouse). I will make a white camisole in a white cotton knit to wear under it as I feel the V neck is daring for me. The pink one I made is 100% polyester knit and horrible to wear. Here is a picture of the shirt fabric with the green linen blend that will be One Seam Pants. The green in the shirt and pants fabric match perfectly.





4. Camisole - Jalie Camisole



I want to make this in a white cotton knit and do the sleeveless top. That way I can wear it alone in the summer. There is a possiblity that I will make the short sleeved top in a colour to wear with the outfits, under the jacket and with the pants in the hot weather during the summer.



5. Blouse McCall's 2094



This blouse will be made out of an winter white eyelet cotton. It goes with all the above fabrics and will be basic blouse for this SWAP. Change of plans - I will be doing a long sleeve version that has no cuff on it. I will do the shown view in a fushia cotton lycra closer to summer.



6. Pullover top Butterick 3124 (OOP)



I will be making View C (long sleeves) with View B neckline (round). One will be made out of a red stretch velvet and the other out of a leopard print stretch fabric. I will have to lengthen the body a great deal as it runs short and I have a long waist. Eventually I will make black wool and cream wool pants (couture sewing) to wear with these tops.



If I join Julie's SWAP http://www.timmelfabrics.com/ and http://www.artisanssquare.com/ my qualifying purchase will be the One Seam Pants and elastic that goes in the waist and white cotton lycra knit for the sleeveless camisole. I may just sew along. That remains to be seen.