Just Kidding!

Okay, so I remembered that I do not have a torso block for my body. And yes, I could make one for myself, but, I'll save myself some time and just do some major alterations to the Butterick and Simplicity patterns.

To be honest, I only made a torso block once and I don't think I had it checked by my instructor. I'll wait to make my own in my Advanced Patternmaking class next semester, I don't quite trust myself on the amount of contouring that is required.

But not to worry, I've already started tracing. I cannot wait until I get to make my muslin!

One more thing... I got the August issue of Burda in the mail and just as I noted earlier, the cute, modified trench look is everywhere!


I want to make one in navy! I'm quite taken by navy at the moment. We'll see, I really need to slim down my fabric stash...

My Very Own Dress! Well Sorta...

So I am going to my good friends' wedding at the end of August. I bought a dress in January for it, but I decided I wanted a new one. Which I knew was going to happen... But hey, I will have 2 cute dresses now!

Here's the one I bought from Nordy's:

So cute isn't it? I am actually going to wear this to another wedding in Vegas at the beginning of August.

So my idea came to design and draft my own pattern when I was looking at dresses on Nordstrom's for my mommy. I saw a very adorable Calvin Klein dress in a pretty muted blue color. I had to have a dress in that color! Or near that color anyways. So I went straight to Fashion Fabrics Club because I knew they were having a sale on silk and got this silk blue shantung to make my dress.

I'm still nervous about drafting my own pattern from my blocks, but of course I will make a muslin beforehand. In the picture below I have taken a picture of my drawing and the inspirations for my dress. I have SewStylish's Summer issue and the Simplicity's SewStylish pattern 3735. I absolutely love how they altered the skirt on the dress to a full bubble. I also have Butterick 4918. I love this dress also, but it's a little much for a summer wedding so I plan on using the bust detail as inspiration.

As soon as I'm done writing this post I think I'm going to get down and dirty on my dress.

But before I do this. I have found some cute fall fashions that I could definitely draw more inspiration from and some patterns to match!

First of all are these coats from, of course, Nordstrom's BP:

I am just loving the fresh white and cool plaid! And just as I laid my eyes on these trench like styles I thought of pattern number 115 in the May issue of Burda World of Fashion.

Just a bit of tweaking to the pattern and anyone could have that cute plaid jacket! And just a hint, JoAnn's has just put out their fall fabrics. Lots of plaids! And if you want something more like the white wool coating, Gorgeous Fabrics has some solids and so does Fabric Mart!

I think I finally figured out what I'm going to do with the Bird on a Wire fabric I bought from Gorgeous Fabrics. It was between McCall's 5388 and Simplicity 4119.

I was going to layer the sheer silk over some white dot flocked cotton I bought at JoAnn's for the dress, but finally decided to just make a sheer top from the McCall's pattern. I'm going to make view D, the puff sleeved top because I just love to layer!

Last but not least! I've been cleaning up and organizing my sewing/crafting supplies. I've organized my patterns into some boxes by type and pattern company. I also made an Excel spread sheet of my fabric stash, not including scraps. Let's just say that I am trying not to buy anymore fabric... It's very hard! Especially since I did just buy that silk shantung... Oopsie!

New Dress and Jellyfish!

So I finally have been able to make something!


It's McCall's 5425. The one I mentioned in my last post. And I'm using the polka dot fabric I got from Gorgeous Fabrics. I had to do some readjusting to the back since the dress looked like a complete sack on me. It took me about 5 hours (while checking out the Fall fashions on Style.com).


That's the Diane von Furstenberg show in the background! I must say that I'm quite dismayed by the amount of black present in most of the collections. But that's just me.

Anywho, I've been a busy bee, going to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Las Vegas and the San Diego Zoo with my honey. We're going to go camping in Mammoth Lakes with my family soon also! Sooo excited!

And I will leave with a beautiful pic of the jellyfish at the Coral Reef exhibit at Mandalay Bay in Vegas.