Sewing for the summer!
Just one more week and then I'm going to enjoy my summer holiday! In the past couple of weeks I've been busy sewing my Summer Wardrobe. My Instagram posts of these gorgeous fabrics marked the start of this fun project!
The fabric on top is from Lulu Designs (aka @sew__delicious) which I won in the #sewapril2019 challenge together with this beautiful floral one. The fabrics were turned into a ruffled skirt and a jiffy top.
For the BERNINA blog I wrote about this skirt. I added a ruffle to a BERNINA wrap skirt.
Go to the BERNINA blog.
For the top I used a Making Patterns Fly pattern and it turned out to be a jiffy make. I shortened it because I didn't have as much fabric as described. I believe this turned out for the better for my shape.
This piece is perfect to combine with my favorite pair of memade shorts. I already made a second version of this top. Never done ;-).
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| Loose fitting top Pattern |
Check out a short video I made about this jiffy make
This piece is perfect to combine with my favorite pair of memade shorts. I already made a second version of this top. Never done ;-).
The next two dresses were made with Minerva Crafts fabrics. The green fabric with daisies is a cotton jersey fabric and the one with all the heads drawn upon them is cotton fabric.
I used the pattern below for the top part of the dress. I slightly raised the back a bit so I am able to wear a brah underneath without showing it.
For the skirt part I choose another pattern from the same November 2018 edition of Knipmode. A more fitted one. No alterations needed. I made sure the waistline of both dresses aligned and therefore could combine the dresses.
The full blogs of these makes will be posted in September and March 2020. Make sure you follow me on Instagram and stay tuned!
Meanwhile you could read the blog about my one year anniversary as a Minerva Crafts blogger.
The pattern I used for this dress is a Knipmode pattern. A fitted dress with an extra skirt part to make it a bit flirty. Didn't make much adjustments. I only took the top part in at the side seams and left out the zipper, because the fabric was stretchy enough.
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| Dress 13 Knipmode May 2017 |
I am a fan of little peaks at the back. So for this next dress I chose to combine two dresses into one.
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| Top of Dress 18 Knipmode November 2018 |
For the skirt part I choose another pattern from the same November 2018 edition of Knipmode. A more fitted one. No alterations needed. I made sure the waistline of both dresses aligned and therefore could combine the dresses.
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| Skirt of Dress 8 Knipmode November 2018 |
The full blogs of these makes will be posted in September and March 2020. Make sure you follow me on Instagram and stay tuned!
UPDATE: BLOG 'Turn heads dress' is live. Click here!
Meanwhile you could read the blog about my one year anniversary as a Minerva Crafts blogger.
Go to recap of the Minerva Crafts blog!
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| Minerva Crafts blog recap |
The last two pieces that I had planned to sew for my summer wardrobe are made from The Sewing Loft fabrics. I guess I had a bit of a striped phase.
The grey stiped one I turned into a the two-pieced dungarees. Dungarees were a definite piece on my to-sew-list. Especially after seeing so many cute dungarees on Instagram. And after making my two-pieced pinafore dress (BERNINA blog) I knew that I wanted my dungarees also to be a two-pieced one. The bib I drew myself and the trousers are pallazo pants from Knipmode.
Not only did I made my bib detachable, I also made them reversible....
Check the reversible trick.
In a summer wardrobe shorts can not be missed. As I stated above I have a favorite pair of shorts. Made again with a Knipmode pattern. I believe it is the sixth time I've made this pattern. My first blog I wrote here are about these shorts.
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| Knipmode juli 2015 |
This time I used the hot pink striped cotton fabric for it. It turned out great again. The fabric advice is to use stretch fabric. This striped fabric isn't. My solution is to use a stretch fabric as the strip that runs along side the legs. I used strips of a thicker jersey that I had lying around. Problem solved.
I am all sewn out for the summer! Just kidding ;-)
Together with items that I've sewn for last years summer wardrobe I am almost able to go on holiday with nothing but memades. Now I am combining it with some RTW items. Maybe I'll reach my goal next summer!
Have a lovely summer!
Love
Marlies
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