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Light Cotton Jacket, Matching Design No Pattern

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  This was a lovely gift of two yards of fabric from my friend who went to Bali. I am proud of how I figured it out and also I had the perfect button hooks to match the fabric, wasting away in my button sewing box. It was a 2 yard piece of fabric with dark blue background and gold metallic design. When it was finished I took the scraps and made a mask and earrings.  Used every inch of this fabric. I needed something lightweight and cotton, so I picked up the piece and examined the print.  It had some lovely design that was in columns I could use for borders, but I could see it would take work to cut it out. The selvage was a nice print of gold, that I didn't want to lose.  I laid out the whole piece of fabric and figured how I could cut the front pieces and the back piece on a fold and utilize the border strips. When there wasn't quite enough of the strips I would block end them with the scraps. In my sewalongwithkitty.com blog this post explains taking a simple piece of fabric
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Sweater Dress with double contrast slouch collar and Free Flowing Jacket

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Didn't have enough of this Gold Sweater Knit so I improvised by using the little piece  and made a small slouch Cowel out of the color and then made a regular size  large slouch cowel collar and then sewing the two together before sewing them to the neck of the dress. The Free Flowing Jacket is the normal pattern I use, and made the usual scarf out of the  leftover side piece and matching earrings of both fabrics.  The scarf jewelry is an old  magnetic bracelet wrapped around the scarf. The pieces were cutout one night after work and they were sewn together the next night after work to wear the next day. I am trying to inspire you!  
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Sweater dresses with cowell collars....So loving these and my favorite styles

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 Love a style and then I just make it in lots of colors...... We have some howto instructions on www.SewAlongwithKitty.com How I sew these dresses and totes and some non sew Polar Fleece Blankets.... and soon there will be time to do wrap and easy summer dresses for the beach.... cause I think I might be going again this year. As you can see I am sooo sold on the soft fabrics in the 2.97 room This was another a little different sweater Knit I found at GSTREETFABRICS.com These sweater knits are sooooo Soft Come Check out GSTREETFABRICS.com Sun Mon Tues Wednes... See you there This Hunter Green Works with my Many Nature Design Printed Free Flowing Jackets, and  Matching Earrings and Infinity scarves with a Cowl Neck and Pockets.. sooo soft One of my favorites... The chiffon prints from GStreets poly special table are another thing I make the same pattern style over and over-what I call  Free Flowing Jackets Total outfits on one hanger hanging on my walls... and then there is my obsession
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Total Outfits - for Vacation, Work or Play

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 What is a Total Outfit? In my closet it is a freeflowing Jacket with a tank, a pair of pants, leggings or tubins, a long dress and a scarf and earrings.  Maybe even 2 pair of pants, one as a print and one as a solid. Total Enough? My theory is when someone says, oh I don't like matchie matchie.... they just can't manage to make things match LOL But we can.... we can make this thing and that pull out the color from that thing and on and on... In between my regular sewing meetups, I manage to squeeze some time for... tonight a Tank for one outfit and a Lace Jacket and matching Long dress with the same lace as a Yoke insert.  Hopefully a sweetheart neckline.  I will probably make a shirt with the lace yoke also, if I have enough scraps. A  cha cha gore on each side of the bottom of the dress...when you are really going dancing maybe put one in the middle of the back. Done Earrings are made and matching lace scarf. Jacket the burnout, one scarf the burnout and one the dress print.
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Beach Outfits for Vacation

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  The Sewalongwithkitty blog will give you explicit instructions on how to make these items.  You can buy inexpensive fabric you like and make the outfits yourself without my designer fabric.  ENJOY!  I am just trying to INSPIRE you and I love to bring the outside in and feel beachy myself.!!!  These outfits and be made with the chiffon as long sleeves on the dress and add a winter collection to your beach view wardrobe or use a different fabric.  I have many choices on Spoonflower.  As you will see by my Spoonflower logo, we can make pillows and use Velvet or Minky. You can order the fabric alone or have me make the outfits for you.   You can order Chiffon Free Flowing Jacket with scarf and pierced earrings, or scarf and earrings, Tank, Dress, or pants.  For custom order of clothes I make click on Etsy link and email me through the store and I will send you a link for item and give you a custom price. My stores:   KittysCustomOutfits - Etsy Shop Kittykittypurrs All Products | Spoonflo
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New Outfit for Spring

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  One of my favorite Patterns   Butterick B5045 This is the Jacket I make so many of... usually some kind of flowy material, like chiffon or lace.  It makes me feel very feminine.   I also like the fact that it is loose and hides a multitude of curves... 😁 I am going to make the pants to the ankles, but nice and loose and flowy out of a royal blue... found in the 2.97  TREASURE HUNT ROOM.  The jacket is one I couldn't resist, a printed chiffon with blues throughout and came off of the Poly special table, which is only 7.66 a yard.  But of course, we have our spring sale right now. That will be Pants, tank, Jacket = 20.00 for full set if you sew it yourself. Of course,  matching scarves and earrings for my total set. The elastic waist big leg pants will be quick and easy and I think I will make the tank top shown here out of the same royal blue.   The jacket will be the print.   See if I can wear it tomorrow. Here is a picture of the full outfit.  I made the jacket a little longer
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