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Pattern Review: M6963 + S8389= Super cute short set.
I’d have to admit, I was not ready to make pants or shorts but, I’m happy I did! Don’t I look cute? Summer is around the corner and why not, why not wear shorts? I believe plus sized women and men can wear shorts. I follow so many great sewist on Instagram and there’s a sewalong for the newer Simplicity pants pattern. I like the sewalongs/challenges because there purpose is to push us and encourage us to step outside our comfort zones, mission accomplished! For a while, I didn’t wear shorts, thunder and lightning love to eat my shorts and well, I didn’t want to be bothered. It’s a new…
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Pattern Test- Bella Sunshine Desing’s Amelia dress
**Disclosure: I received this PDF pattern for free as a part of testing. The thoughts and opinions reflected in this review are purely my own. *** I really like pattern testing, it’s a lot of work, but I enjoyed the process. I learn something every time I test and I come out with a wearable garment. For this test, I tested the Amelia dress pattern by Bella Sunshine Designs. I was part of pretesting which was interesting, very fast pace and I got to see how changes effect the design and outcome. I went through two muslins to get this fit, but the BSD team was there to look at…
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Pattern Review: Simplicity 8379+ Scandalous animal print knit dress
I love this dress! I’ve made it for me and mini me and I can see one more in my future. I saw one of my sew sisters make this and she encouraged me to make it. It’s super simple and flattering, I wasn’t sure of adding any extra in the hip area, but it works. I encourage you to give this dress a try, if you can rock it short, do you, but I added missionary level length as that’s just my style. Don’t forget to check out the tips and techniques used on this garment, I’ve added a link to a tutorial for the visual learners. On…
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Pattern Review: B6205 + Metallic stripes
Hi! Well, I’m back with another dress! I picked up this striped cotton and metallic fabric from Joann’s with no clue what I would make with it. I thought a dress, but it’s a thin shirting material and I wasn’t sure if it had enough body for a dress. One of my Facebook groups had a stripes challenge and I thought, what a great way to use and highlight this fabric. I’ve also seen these tie shoulders on a ready to wear dress online and thought it was interesting. I have forward shoulders, so an opportunity to not make a shoulder adjustment is a plus! The dress also reminds me…
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Pattern Review: The Saldana t-shirt
Alright! I usually only post once a week, but I had to let you know about Sew Sew Def Magazine’s PDF top, The Saldana. Sometimes when I post a picture of something I’ve made, people have lots of questions so I’m writing a quick review on my first impressions of the pattern. I like magazines, but I usually don’t buy them because they start to collect dust and I rarely go back through them. I don’t know here lately, I’ve been looking at Vogue magazine and other sewing magazines for tips, inspiration, etc. When the SEW Sew Def magazine came out, I purchased it, why, because it’s a PDF…
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Pattern Review: Cashmerette Upton dress
Can I just say, I love this dress! I just finished the Cashmerette Upton Dress! I think like everyone else who has made this dress, I was skeptical of sizing, I guess we can blame that on the fit issues most have with commercial patterns. I don’t have many Indie patterns because commercial patterns are available and cheap. You can’t beat $1.99, I’m not bashing commercial patterns, I have over 400, I know, I know, most I haven’t made, and many of them I purchased for a dollar. There are some really good ones in my stash so I can’t say they are worthless. As I grow as a sewer/…
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Remake: M7313 + spring dress for brunch
I was invited to a Jazz brunch by my cousin and I knew I wanted to make something to wear. Well, life got in the way, and I didn’t finish the dress I wanted to make. I was a little upset, because I really, really like wearing what I make so my husband asked if I could make something this morning. I wasn’t sure, but I saw Judith Dee on Instagram and she just made M7313. I said, wait, I have that pattern and I love that pattern and that pattern is super easy! I pulled it out and used this super cute Liverpool knit from LA finch Fabrics. Liverpool…
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Pattern Review: V1473+ The barganista Challenge
Ok, let me tell you ’bout this dress! First, why this dress? Well, Pattern Review has contests every month and I try and catch a few of them throughout the year to help stretch myself in regards to the things I sew. Recently, I sewed some active wear, thanks to the active wear contest, you can see that review here. But about this dress, I made this dress as a part of the Barganista contest, where you are recreating a designer look on the cheap. I looked around and I just didn’t know what I wanted to make so I changed my focus a bit, I changed what I was…
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PDF Pattern Test: Sahara ladies top and dress
This is my first time testing a PDF pattern and it was fun! I found out about the opportunity to test a top/dress PDF pattern from Bella Sunshine Designs from the Curvy Sewing Collective’s Facebook group. I applied to be a tester and I was selected, I knew nothing about the designer, the pattern or what the process entailed, but after telling my husband about it he said, why not? I’m sooo happy I stepped out of my comfort zone! I have a new found respect for patterns and the time, blood, sweat and tears that are put into drafting and testing them. The pattern I tested didn’t have a…
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Pattern Review: V9197 + Floral dress
I feel like a sewing maniac! I’ve tried to complete one garment a week and get me a few things for spring sewn up, I have spring fever! Florals are always appropriate for this time of year so when browsing the web for fabric, I tend to look for florals and nice bold colors and prints. I’m also going to a brunch in early April and I wanted something really pretty to wear that I made. I’ve trying a few patterns and I’m not in love with any of the one’s I’ve tried. I will need to pick something soon because I don’t want to wait until the last minute.…
