I am interestd in doing some more wearable sewing this year, and so played around one day this month with some bits in my stash to make a shirt. It is pretty baggy/ not well fitted, but it is wearable, and I enjoy the color scheme. The solid blue is an upcycled cotton curtain, and the colorful poly is a remenant from the Hintonburg fabric swap that I got for 2$--- what a steal! I self-drafted the pattern using a shirt I already own--- it also isn't super well-fitting/ is boxy, so I guess I should have guessed this would be the same. But I still like it, and did my best to take it in here and there to give it a bit of shape. While it is not the most fashionable, I do love the sleeve fabric (which I also used to bind the neck), and I enjoy the extra-long sleeve cuffs. Toyed with adding some pockets with the sleeve fabric but I think will leave it as is for now. I have already been wearing this, and look forward to more experiments as the year unfolds!
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Slightly random, but I have been playing around a bit with making my own clothes. I have made several skirts before, but shirts are a relatively new endeavour. When we were able to go into stores, I used to love exploring the fabric section at Value Village to find random fabrics I could play with. And this spring I started playing a bit with the ones I have found over the years.
The blue and red shirts were made using a free pattern from Tessuti Fabrics and frankly isn't super well sized--- the body is pretty big and the arm holes are small even at the largest size. But I like the neck line, and it is super simple to sew together, so I will keep playing with it. The blue shirt is made with some very quirky velvet embossed with quotes and pictures from the little miss muffet children's rhyme. And for the sleeves I used some wonderful tablecloth remnants with scalloped edges--- not conventional and they don't really go together (and who needs a velvet shirt?!) but I love it! The red shirt I used the same pattern, but will take it apart to widen the arms so it is more wearable. The green and multi-colored shirts were patterns I just made up myself using existing shirts as a quasi-template. For the multicolored one I played around with adding a peplum which was something different to try. And for the green I had fun experimenting with collars and cuffs. Anyway, none are perfect and it is all a big experiment for fun, but I love having these random me-made pops of color in my wardrobe, and look forward to being able to go back to Value Village to trawl the fabric section for treasures again soon! |
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