Author: Sew Happy by Sarah

Ottobre 4/2014

Ottobre – 4-2014 #16 Mushroom Jersey Top – Version 2

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Things I Learned

  • Pockets – I tried to improve upon my pocket construction this time around. I was hoping to get the ribbing to be a little neater and flatter. It did turn out better… at first. Then after washing the ribbing was all wavy again. Maybe I need thicker ribbing? The stuff I used was pretty thin and stretchy.
Ottobre 4/2014

Ottobre – 4-2014 #16 Mushroom Jersey Top

Sew Happy by Sarah

 

Things I Learned

  • Pockets – I had never done welt pockets before and struggled so much trying to understand the Ottobre instructions.  I finally decided to take some scrap fabric and do a test.  It really helped me and made a couple mistakes on it that I was able to do correctly for the real shirt.
  • Flatlock stitching – I also hadn’t done flatlock stitching before. I had to practice a bit on before attempting it on this shirt. I’m happy with the results! Kind of a neat effect. I was worried about the stitches being too loose and coming undone over time, but it has survived a lot of washes.

This shirt was pictured on a boy in the magazine, but I think it looks great as a girl’s shirt as well.

Ottobre 1/2014

Ottobre – 1-2014 #14 Lime Lemon Jersey Dress

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Lime Lemon Jersey Dress as a Princess Leia costume!

Things I Learned

  • Modifications – This was my first time doing any type of pattern design modifications.  Previously I had only lengthened a shirt or shorted sleeves a couple inches.  For this dress, I lengthened the dress quite a bit and changed the shape of the sleeves in order to resemble Princess Leia’s dress.  Surprisingly, my mods worked out great on the first attempt.  🙂
  • Creativity – I loved the creativity with this project.  I found the tutorial for the belt online and was happy it turned out great as well.

I was very impressed with how this turned out!  Especially since it was my first time doing something like this.  🙂

Ottobre 3/2014

Ottobre – 3-2014 #28 Maxidots Sleeveless Top

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Things I Learned

  • Refashion – I wanted to try refashioning one of my old shirts into something for my daughter. I had JUST enough fabric to make this tank. In fact, I was a little short for the main shirt pieces, so I had to improvise and cutout separate shoulder yokes and figure out how to add them in to the existing pattern.  The yokes are actually two different rectangles each, which looks a little strange.  If I did it again I would make them each one rectangle.
  • Gathered neckline – My gathers look a little off-center.  😦