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A men's t-shirt + some cutting = a new top for me. I like!

The white one

This is the white summer top I made a couple of months to that I promised to show (the same as the one together with the green shorts) I's my own pattern and it's made of an old curtain.

Pocketlover

Let me introduce you to my new (or not that new actually) t-shirt that I've made. The fabric is NOT second hand, wow. But I like it anyway, I bought it in Barcelona. At first when I hadn't added the pocket, I thought the t-shirt looked a little boring because of the simple shape of it. But then I added the little yellow fake skin pocket and now I love it. Pockets are the best thing in the world, I put them on everything. Even t-shirts apparently.

A curtain and a sheet

So here's the shorts and the top. I'm really proud!

The shorts has an invisible zipper (which is not that invisible) in the back and lace trimmings on the pockets. The fabric is an old bed sheet from a thrift store, so this outfit is made of a curtain and a sheet :)

Newest

Today I've been sewing almost all day, and this is what I came up with:



A waist-short top with flowers and a contrasting black neckline with a bow. It's made from a curtain I bought second hand. And the pattern is made by me too. In my head I'm pairing the top with a pair of mustard highwaisted shorts. (working on a pair right now)



I don't know when the pictures started to become so small here on the blog, and I don't know how to change it. But if you click on them they will get larger.

the collection - part 4

Meanwhile Lisa is in Barcelona all summer (and probably have a great time) I, her sister, will post the last two parts of her collection. This outfit is made up of a white top and a pair of black shorts with high waist and blue and transparent details by the pockets.

/Anna

the collection - part 1

Here's the first outfit from my collection. It's a black waist-short top with cups and it also has a transparent detail in the back, but I couldn't catch it in the photos. The top is paired with a pair of white high waisted shorts with big pockets and black details.

More garments from the collection will come.

Bicycles

I've been wondering what to do with this fabric for a while now, but then I saw a pattern in burda style and immediately saw it in this fabric. So this is not my own pattern for this once, and I think it turned out great. I can immagine it in the summer paired with a bikini top and a pair of shorts. Can't wait for summer!!

Tutorial: bodice with sweetheart neckline

So finally, the tutorial! The third alternative got the most votes, so here we go.



The top of this dress is made from this pattern.



We're starting with the basic bodice sloper. There might be a pattern at burda style, but I'm not sure.



Let's start with the front.

Connect the two darts. Measure 8 cm from the bust point (the point of the dart atop). Draw a line to the center front. Measure down around 4-6 cm, depending on how deep you want the upper edge to be, and make a mark. Form the upper edge with a curve. The dart shall be moved 1 cm to the right like shown in the picture.



Make the dart around 3 cm (I accidentally made it 2 cm, but I think 3 is better). Make sure the two sides of the dart got the same lenght. And draw the line in a soft curve.

And for the side, measure 1 cm in and 1 cm up and draw a line down to the waist.



Connect the dart with the side line.

Then form the right side of the lower dart with a curved line like in the picture.

The front is ready.



And then we take the back.

Make a support line straight over the bodice from underneath the armhole and another one straight through the dart.

Measure 1 cm in and 1 cm up from the support line in the side. Draw a line to the waist and make sure that it has the same lenght as the side line on the front.

Measure 0,5 cm on each side of the line you made through the dart and draw lines to the bottom of the dart. This is now the new dart.



Measure 1 cm down frome the support line and form the upper edge like you can see in the picture.



Mark the grainline by making an arrow(?) paralelle to the center front and back.

And now the construction is ready!



Make the pattern pieces. They should look like this. And we're done!

I think the best way to use this pattern is together with a skirt part, so that it becomes a cute little dress. I use to take two rectangles around 60 cm wide and 50 cm long, sew them together, gather in the waist and sew it together with the top.

If you have questions, just ask! It's hard to make a tutorial, especially in english, so some explanations might be a little weird ;)

Anyway, hope you like it! And do tell me if you make something with help from this, I would love to see!

Hummingbird

It's ready now:













What do you think? I like it!

Frills

Months ago I posted a sneak peek on a garment I was working on, and now I've finally finished and documented it. So here's the little top with the chiffon frill. I like that the buttons and the lining matches.

Jump jump jump

Another oldie since I still haven't taken any photos of my new garment. I think this jumpsuit is the best thing I've ever made, I'm really proud of it! I's made out of some lightweight denim I found at a second hand store, so it was really cheap too.

I stop working on thursday, so then the blog will probably be updated more often!