Hey! Someone Made Me A Quilt!

 Out of my fabric scraps, no less.

~ Can you believe it?! ~

~ Well, neither can I ~

It was completely unexpected and a wonderful, thrilling surprise.

~ ta-dah! ~

This is what I happened to have on when she gave it to me.  One of four of those "Hot House Dresses" I've been making lately (but haven't been photo-ing), last seen here.


And here's a close up THE QUILT:

~ sigh ~

I've already slept with it.  I even shared it with my True Love.

Jackie, the quilt-maker, told me she made it with both of us in mind.  The various grays for him and the the peachy-rusty-beigey-blushy colors for me.  How did she know?!




From whence it came...

~ my cotton stash ~

Here's the tower of quilting cottons that Jackie perused for scraps and remnants.   Other shelves hold other types of fabric, but you get the idea.  She actually ended up with two Whole Foods grocery bags full.  Still I had no idea.  Do you think she was thinking of doing this all along???



 Wrapping up now with a shoe shot.

~ old docs from ebay ~

I'll be linking up to my favs when they go live.  Patti at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, and Spy Girl's Summertime.  Come on by.

Jumping Back to the First One

~ Wearing Jumpsuit #1 ~

What do you think?  Certainly a far cry from the previous one I've shown, here.  But I luv it just the same.  Well, in a different way.

~ Sure is comfy ~

It's like pre-painted painter's overalls.  Jackson Pollack overalls?

Made from challis using McCall's 7936, a Learn to Sew pattern.  Only the size I had was too big, so I made a button up flap to take up some slack up the middle front.  (I didn't make that up.)  

~ buttons from stash, as is the fabric ~

Oh, and I lengthened the sleeves as usual.

Off to Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like when she goes live, and why not Spy Girl's Summertime?  Hope to see you all there.

Oh, Just Some Silly Summer Thing - Testing...

This is Just a Test, Really

Bloglovin never published my last post of Monday, July 29 so as a PSA for my ever lovin' readers, I'm throwing out a flash image from the original post. 

You can see the whole shebang on my blog here.

Oh, Just Some Silly Summer Thing

~ Whatever can I say? ~

How about:  it's sub-tropic weather again.  You know, 90+ degrees, humid as all get-out, with intermittent crazy showers.    So I wanted to make a Hot Dress.

~ Yep, and this is it ~

Something that slips on and doesn't stick to you.  Lightweight and oh, so soft.  And still protects me from the sun.

This is one of the homeliest dress I've every made/ worn.  I think it's basically like a housedress, if you can remember those.  I even added hot pink lace to jazz it up a bit.  The pattern is Simplicity 8332 and started off as View A, but looked ridiculous and turned into View B along the way.  Sort of.

~ Yeah, well, I'd like to see what you come up with...~

I raised the neckline, lengthened the sleeves and the hemline.  I did not gather the skirt to the bodice, but put two very small tucks in both the front and back.  No lace at the hem because I used it to cover up the seamline where I added length to the original short cut skirt.  I also made one size larger than I needed, because that was the smallest available with the pattern I had.



And that's a wrap.  Speaking of which.  I tied a piece of fabric around for an obi-like look in the first photo trying to make something happen.  But suffice it to say, I don't think I'd actually wear it like that out and about.

~ crocs from ebay ~

And now I'm off to Patti's Not Dead Yet Style and then Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like when she goes live.  See you there.  Oh, and I forgot all about Spy Girl's Summertime link-up.  So off I go.

I'm Jump Suiting Now

~ no, doubt about it ~

I've caught the bug that's been buzzing through the bloggo-sphere.  This is actually the second one I've made.  Different style, not yet photo-ed.

~ What do you think? ~

Are jumpsuits your thing?  I think I like them.  They're like dresses in terms of one item and you're done.  And even more comfortable.  There is the bathroom thing.  But there's always the bathroom thing in one way or another.

~ Right? ~

The pattern is Vogue 1617 and the fabric is old stash, a synthetic jacquard, last seen as a dress, here.  I think the pattern runs large so watch out for that.  I made a size medium.  Also, I cut at least 6" off the length of the pants and I'm 5'5".

 
For something as simple as it looks, I found it very fussy/ fiddly to sew.  The top and the pants are pretty straight forward.  It's the waistband/ belt, pocket arrangement that seems unduly complicated.  I found the instructions and the illustrations cumbersome at best.  And really began to doubt my sanity after awhile.  (Did I no longer know how to sew?)

~ Of course I do, dahling ~

But I must (must I?) admit I did sew French seams through out and had to undo two long seam's worth because I put them in backwards.  aiyiyi.   Surely something that happens to the best of us...

~ Nevertheless, She Persisted ~

Might I add this was perfect for working out.  And I continue to lose weight to boot.  Just full of myself today, it seems.

~ my bosom buddy ~

A $ store plastic bug I painted gold, stuck on mini pearl eyes and a pin clasp to keep things decent.

~ and the golden Birkenstocks from ebay ~

Now I'm off to join Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style before it's too late!  And Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, which starts now!