Posted by SewPixie on August 4th, 2007 in Blythe, Clothing, Sewing

Here is the fruit of my labor tonight…a new dress for Gracie.

The pattern is the Party Dress from puchicollective. The print fabric has little books on it (some of the covers say ‘Labor’) and I bought it over at Tempe Sales. The navy is from my stash as well as the red button. I finished the hem with a crochet trim using embroidery floss. The little belt is ribbon with a bra slide as the buckle.

The crochet on the hem was easy to get through the fabric but hard to work with the floss with such a tiny hook (1.5). I may be tiny to get some crochet thread.

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Posted by SewPixie on July 23rd, 2006 in Clothing, Sewing

I didn’t get a good shot of me in the skirt so I will have to ask B to help out later. Basically yesterday I decided I wanted a skirt. So off to Goodwill to look for a sheet. I found this one that is the same pattern we had at home when I was a kid. A kind craftster jogged my memory of which SewNews had the tiered skirt instuctions and wal-la skirt! Horray for the gathering foot on my serger.

The green is a patch for a cut the bottom got when I wasn’t watching the serger. Doh! I am going to doll it up with some stitching or something.

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Posted by SewPixie on March 6th, 2006 in Clothing, Craftster Swaps, Sewing

Here is what I sent for the Knit/Sew swap. The idea of the swap was to pair up those know Knit or Crochet with those who Sew (or someone who crochets with a knitter).

For craftykate I made three things: a 6-panel skirt, pj pants from my fav pattern, and a knitting tote. The skirt has a biad waistband and was self drafted from juniper’s tutorial over at Craftster. The bag was self drafted, inspired by my TLC Canvas tote. There is a pocket on the back with 2 sections, and each sode of the lining is a pocket. On the front I added a few buttons and embroidery to make a little little cheery. The jammy pants are flannel and from my fav pattern for them.

For lasandri I made a hoodie. I used the pattern from Burda in the January 2006 issue. The front insert gave me some problems so I wasn’t totally pleased with it. Meh am I ever pleased with how my things turn out? I also did a test in grey knit. The polka dot fabric is where I totally botched the insert and covered it up.

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