I'll sew you

Pheww..!!! That took me wáy too long! So I'm glad I'm finally done with this. But I must say I'm pretty pleased with the end result. (And I'm sure my pants will start to fit better once I shed some pounds...) What you see is cardigan pattern #7 from KnipMode December 2011 and pants pattern # 129 from Burda February 2007. You can find the linedrawing of the cardigan here . This is the linedrawing of the pants.      I used size 46 and eliminated the pockets. I wanted the lines of these pants to be as smooth as possible. (The cardigan is a size 44) That pants-size 46 is really doing my head in. I know I'm tall, but honestly....do I look like a 46 to you?? (Please tell me I don't...) The fake-fur collar is the main feature of this outfit. I could eat this stuff! It feels so soft and luxurious. I didn't read the instructions very carefully, or else I wouldn't have fiddled that long with attaching the collar to t...

The world lost another icon, too young, too soon. Goodbye Whitney. You will be missed.

Thanks everyone who left a nice comment about my top. Stephanie asked if I could show a close-up picture of the collar. I completely forgot about that request and just read it again. I'll do that in my next post. That's a promise! After the top, I made black trousers. But silly, silly me. For years on a row now I am a size 44. Since I've gained some weight in the last year I'm more of a 46 now. So I thought it was only logical to sew a size 46 and then I would end up with perfect fitting pants. Only one 'small' problem, I forgot that most of the years I have been a size 44, I already cut extra seams and width (and therefore probably cut a size 46 already!) to make sure pants and skirts would fit me. So what I actually did now was cut exactly the same size and ended up with some tight-fitting pants. It's wearable, the fabric stretches quite a lot, but it's a far cry from the perfect-fitting pants I had imagined and I'll always have to wear somethin...

Yay!! By the size of this picture you can tell that my technial problems are solved. I have to say a big thank you to Katie Kadiddlehopper  for pointing me in the right direction. Check out her comment in my previous post if you are having the same problems.  And also thank you to Baking Soda from Bake My Day . I might give posting via Windows Live Writer a go one day but now I can go back to my usual way   I think I'm gonna stick to that a bit longer. And to be honest, I have a big fear of losing my blog if I change anything, so..... But I will remember the advise. Now, about the picture. What you're looking at is pattern #3 from KnipMode 08/2008. It's the second time this one has seen the light. It is só easy to make. I like the fact that with minimal effort you have a great effect. I must admit that the fit is quite snug. Especially on the arms but also in other places. It's wearable if I just make sure I wear the right things und...

Thank you soooo much, everyone of you who left a nice and very encouraging comment on my last post. I felt like I opened a window by posting about my blogging-troubles and was finally able to look outside, but it felt even more like I finally let you look inside. Sometimes it's good to ventilate what you're going through, because there will always be people kind enough to lend a 'helping hand'. And your comments were helpful and proof of the fact that there áre people out there enjoying my writing. You sometimes forget that. Which is kind of strange because I myself read and enjoy so many blogs you all are writing. So one more time an heartfelt: Thank You! Now, moving on to the sewing: This was truly an easy job which is not surprising as it's an easy pattern. The fabric was great to work with. I did a bit of handwork on the ties that go around the front and the neckline but otherwise this was sewn in no time. Most of it on the serger. I'm ...

Finally I've decided what my next project will be. Black trousers! It's been a while since I sewed my last pair of trousers and I'm kind of excited to make another pair. I cut out some patternpieces tonight but was then cruelly interrupted by a cat that needed attention. Lots of attention. Anyway, I'll pick it up later. There was something else I still had to do: take care of the fit of my burgundy cardigan. I took in the sideseams a bit and placed darts in the back. And now I'm totally happy with it. Pictures will follow soon. I will also show you the creme sweater I made after the cardigan and the details of both projects. That's right folks, my blog has been sort of silent, but my sewing-machine and I spent some quality-time lately. I did make a picture of the creme sweater before it was finished, so I'll give you that as a sneak peek. Maybe you recognise it as I made it earlier in a grey knit. So there you have it. I'm actually quite productive ...

When will I ever learn. Ending almost every post with a promise for the next one. And most of the time I change my mind and write about something else instead. But hey, that's a bloggers prerogative, I guess. This one is no exception. So no cardigan yet, but a skirt that I meant to show you for quite some time now. As I wrote earlier, this skirt was part of a little SWAP. But I never told you that I changed my mind about the pattern. My original choice was a skirt with rounded sideseams but I must say I shied away from that when the time came to cut the fabric. So I switched to another pattern. A pattern I like very much. And I can say that in all honesty because I used that pattern some years ago for a jeans skirt. It got a lot of wear and I remember feeling great in it. I also remember feeling sad when it no longer fit. Since then I went from a size 42 to a size 46. Mmm..yeah well I'm working on that. OK?? But it fits, I love it and I'm very happy with it. It's ...