Vogue 8793

 This is a great pattern. I really like how the neck trim goes together. Katherine is so clever to think this up. I bought the fabric from Marcy and I love the quality. It was fun thinking up the coordinations of the different fabrics. Even though the fabrics are different weights it still works well.

I brought the shoulders in 1/2 inch. I took out 1and 1/2 inches at the waist. I took out two inches in the sleeves. I brought up the neck 1 inch. I was able to get a really good fit from the tips the Tilton's gave on their craftsy workshop. This is a fun one. Give it a try.

Travel Purse

I made this travel purse for  a friend of mine. The small pocket is for credit cards and there is a zipper section for the money and on the back is a pocket for the passport. I beaded around the poppy and some on the center. My friend likes lime green, so it fit here well.

Marcy's Vest

 Marcy's new vest. I really like it. She said to make it one size smaller then you would usually do. I would of made a large, but made a medium. I am glad that I did.

 This is some polar fleece 100 I ordered from Marcy. It is so soft. I just love it.

It took a little to figure out how it goes together. It is very clever. I made a mistake and the cross seams were suppose to be french seams to the outside. With this heavier fabric it looks good with topped stitch seams. There wasn't a problem with raveling, so I didn't need to serge. I would like to make it in a linen. I am thinking I would even make it smaller and be sure to put the french seams to the outside. When I went to put the hooks on, it took a while to realize that the cross seams were not suppose to match in the front. The bottom edge is suppose to hang down farther on one side then the other.

It's amazing.

 Can't believe that spring is here already in California. I wish I could give some of it to the snow countries.

Plaza Jacket

 This is a vest using the Sewing Workshop pattern for the Plaza Jacket. I had a piece of fabric that I had to put a seam down the back to make the selvage come out on the outer arms. I folded out 2 inches across the width of this pattern. The piece of fabric was a little short. I would add 2 inches to the bottom of the vest. I cut off the sleeves. I had some left over of the wool shirt I made previously, so used it to trim the vest. I know this black doesn't show how the vest overlaps in the front.

 This is a close up to the neck. I used two earrings that I had cut off the back of.

 This is the detail on the side of the arm. I had four covered buttons. I know it looks grey in the photo, but it is black.

Enjoyed this creative adventure.

Artsy T Shirt

 I watched Marcy and Katherine Tilton's Crafty video on T Shirts. I need some warmer clothes with our cool weather. This is a piece of light weight wool that I made into a T Shirt. I had fun with the stripes placing them in non traditional ways.

Travel Purse

 This is a old pattern that I found at a thrift store and it had just what I needed. I had made a travel purse and it has worn out. I had some lime green canvas and added some quilting fabric. I block printed the canvas front.

 This has a zipper for me to place my money in the pouch.

The back has a small pocket for a credit card and then a larger one for my passport.

The canvas weave was so dense, that I had to get out my feather weight to sew with a denim needle. Some of it I had to hand sew as the machine wouldn't do it through several thicknesses.