Katrina

Sheer cotton voile dress with a striped bomber jacket, front view

Sheer cotton voile dress with a striped bomber jacket, back view

Close up of Peter Pan collar with flower, butterfly and seed beads

Sheer white dress, front view, before embellishing the collar

Final projects for Design Construction Techniques (part 2 of 2)

I love how these turned out too.

I’ve posted about my bomber jacket before but this sheer dress finishes the look. Hand sewing the sequins and beads was super fun!

Halter dress on a dress form. Blue striped bodice and floral skirt and yoke, front view.

Halter dress on a dress form. Blue striped bodice and floral skirt and yoke, front view.

Red halter dress, front view

Red halter dress, back view

The Spring semester is officially over! Part 1 of 2 - Draping final projects

I’m pretty proud of my draped halter dresses. I almost can’t believe I draped something from scratch!

I can’t wait to learn how to grade so I can make my size.

Mosaic, scrappy bodice on a mannequin (front view)

Mosaic scrappy bodice (back view)

Mosaic scrappy bodice side view

My first draped garment is nearly done! This mosaic top is made completely out of scrap fabric; including the muslin toile.

This was the most frustrating thing I’ve ever made. Blood, sweat and almost tears were shed. Blood was literally shed
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I did an easy ceiling mount with a yoton projector. It works but I still prefer paper.

Ruby star fabrics sourced from Beehive Craft Studio.

Flower buttons from Add Vintage on Etsy.

Not pictured is a wonderful floral fabric that I used for the lining. Sourced from Austin Creative Reuse.

Color block bomber jacket with ribbing and oversized collar

Back of bomber jacket with sawtooth star and cat head appliqué

Celebrating the beginning of Spring Break with my completed bomber jacket! I altered the pattern to include the lime green selvage

I used #rubystarsociety warp and weft chore coat in 2 color ways. My stripe matching was very satisfying.

Cat head appliqué is also ruby star. More deets in comments.

Piecing, nothing more satisfying than seeing those seams line up!

Back of a color block striped bomber jacket with a sawtooth star and cat appliqué.

Up close pic of the sawtooth star cat appliqué

At the finish line for my bomber jacket! Just some hand sewing left to do. I’ll show the front when the buttons are on. Meow!
#SewSky

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I’m pretty sure I did the same thing 😆

I learned so many new techniques making this shirt. It’s one of my faves.

The gold frame of your glasses look nice with the jacket. Maybe a gold metal button.

A shell of a bomber jacket in purple and blue stripes.

Progress pic of my bomber jacket for Design Construction Tech class.

It took me 2 hours to put in the purple welt the wrong way but only 15 minutes to fix it 😆

Stripe matching is so satisfying!

Rosette and pleats draped in muslin on a dress form

Box pleats draped in muslin on a dress form

Shawl collar draped in muslin on a dress form

Week of creativity in draping. Very loose parameters in assignments. Getting to know the way fabric flows on my dress form. It’s hard having a big sand box to play in!
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#stitchsky

Love the window pane plaid!

I made origami hearts with my daughter for her class exchange. She brought a bag full of plastic home 😫

Elbe textiles - I love my Cornell shirt

Woman shows children a red handmade quilt

I recently visited my daughter’s old preschool and talked a little about sewing!

I showed them my first ever me made quilt and taught them how to hand sew a heart for Valentines Day.

My heart burst when they all got under my quilt and oooh’d and ahhh’d with cozy
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Kudos for starting! Getting to that point can feel impossible.

Muslin draped on a dress form with bodice darts.

Muslin draped on a dress form with skirt waist darts

Some real draping was done this week! #sewsky #stitchsky

Ripping a buttonhole trying to open it with a seam ripper. So frustrating! Good save on your part!

That’s so cute. I need to try smocking asap.

Purple mushroom

Does anyone know how old these McCall’s Sewing guides are? #sewsky

Exciting mail day! #sewsky #lauraashley #mccallspatterns

Messing around with different collars for my Design Construction Technique class.

This is a Vogue bomber jacket pattern that I’m altering to fit a designers collection.

My inspo is Anna Sui’s Spring 1994 RTW collection.

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