A Tisket A Tasket... A Blue Quilted Jacket...

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I am super excited to share with you that my Blue Quilted Jacket was picked from the Sew-Vivor Flickr Pool as a winner!  Just goes to show even if you take awful pictures... A well made garment can speak for itself...(Thank goodness... because I fired the model and the photographer)  You can check it out here, and you should because the actual Sew-vivor winners are amazing! (And they take great pictures)
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SO... I don't know if you've heard... but Rach over at Family Ever After... Has been hosting her Sew-vivor competition(You've got to check it out!).  She has presented her contestants with three different challenges... and I thought it would be fun to play along with this weeks challenge...  Something Quilted...  I have never, ever, ever... Quilted or worked with quilted fabric!  I thought this would be the perfect time try it out...

For my first attempt... I'm pretty pleased...

 
Using my Perfect Fit pattern maker... I drafted out a jacket and shortened it to a cropped length.  Since the quilted fabric I was using was double sided... I decided to bind all the seams in a bright yellow...

Time consuming... yes... but well worth it...

I also made some bias tape out of a striped fabric for the raw edges... If  I was going to cover the seams... I might as well go all the way around!  And I used these lovely yellow vintage buttons...

The fit of the jacket is great, and not as bulky as I thought it might be.  However... taking a decent picture of me in it... nearly impossible...

 Hmm... is that a cobweb in the corner...

 Or... was it that corner?

 Yup... definitely some dust bunnies on the floor...

Surprise! ...Pop of color...

All buttoned up... and apparently my lips are too...

The back view...

 But wait!... I think that might be a ghost of a smile...

So... yes, I think the jacket is a keeper... The model... definitely should keep her day job...
Happy Sewing!
***Jennifer

Inspiration From The Movies... Rosemary's Baby...Part 1

Let me just say right off... I DON'T want Rosemary's baby... I WANT her clothes!

A few weeks ago I stumbled across the thriller classic Rosemary's Baby.  As I watched, I became completely enthralled with Mia Farrow's clothes in the movie... The suspense was lost on me, because I could not stop looking at her clothes...  For a week I kept asking people if they had watched Rosemary's Baby, and immediately started gushing about the outfits in the movie... to which I got strange looks... This only fueled my fire... That was it... I decided I was going to recreate some of the clothes from the movie!  As I began to plan my course of action... I remember this little treasure picked up months ago...

... for a mere .50 cents this early 70's pattern making kit, was absolutely perfect for what I had in mind...

I didn't realize how cool it was until I started using it... From the basic garments, you can overlay multiple combinations and design outfits... by simply tracing the sketches(i.e. adding sleeves, collars, ruffles)

Then you cut out the mini template for your sleeve, bodice, collars, etc... and tape them to a piece of pattern paper... so you can make your pattern!

It might look a little confusing... but all you do is line up your measurement on the X... place your ruler on the line(included in the kit)... and put a dot at the corresponding number...

Then you just connect the dots!

It also shows you how to move darts and waistlines that match YOUR measurements(being high waisted I find that really exciting)... and, a 1/2inch seam allowance is already built into the pattern!

But enough about my new toy... back to the clothes!

Here is my first piece.  I loved all of the simple mini dresses that she wore...

I had a hard time choosing the fabric I wanted to use... and eventually decided on this blue vintage silk from my stash...

It turned out super cute... and the dress is so versatile...

Today I am wearing it layered with a sweater and boots...

This is just the beginning of my wardrobe takeover...  And I can't wait to show you more...

Yes... Rosemary's Baby was my inspiration(says with eye roll and no... I'm not crazy look...)

***Jennifer