Making an outfit and more

 




Scarf is triple twist= jacket, lace, and underlining white, twisted together-sleeves both blouse and jacket have fake cuff strip trim



Its no secret I Love Palazzo Pants



I am making a pair of off white pants right now.


I cut out 2 fronts 2 backs 4 pockets.. sew the pockets to the pants side seam...sew the side seam and sew the crotch


Sew... quickly you have pants with nice pockets.... but no

waistband...... 


fold over the sewn waistband piece leaving a hole in the front center seam for a tie.  So you have sewn your tie piece together and you have two pieces of circle elastic the size of your waist.  

sew the elastic into the top row easily, then the tie row and then the bottom elastic row.  This can then be top stitched onto the waist top of your already made pants.  

Put your new pants on and for this kind of fabric I just decide where I want them to hit and cut them off...no hemming...



Old vintage pattern, can be found online, just put in McCalls 6930 sewing pattern in your search and this pattern is worth its weight in gold to me.... easy quick and can be fancy or just comfortable.






This is one of my design fabrics, dogwood tree blooms..
This jacket has not been ironed in this picture.
2 scarves, mask and earrings.  Fake cuffs on sleeves, this involves 
strips of fabric sewn in tubes about 1 to 2 inches, your choice.  After making the tube of fabric long enough to put flat on end of sleeve, Iron crisply and just topstitch on the end of sleeve.  

So, Pants.....Jacket... blouse will be 

'

Now just plain white needs some interest.....


This one I will sew to the plain white and then make one of my drop front blouses.  See you at the store at Gstreetfabrics

I have to stop and work on a Halloween Costume for my daughters neighbor...be back with this finished outfit....and a couple of other projects that need to be finished this weekend.  

I mailed a pair of crocs I sold on Poshmark....and I did a shadowbox memory frame for a dear dear friend that I have been working on for 'years'... Needs to be mailed.


over 50 years of friendship

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