Pattern Testing the Tumble Tee

This post is about pattern testing for Imagine gnats. A lovely lady I am just getting to know through blog land.

She also has an Etsy shop among other things where she sells patterns and other sewing related things.

This pattern is known as the 'tumble tee' pattern, which will be up for sale soon. The pattern is actually colour blocked but I went for the option without colour blocking because I didn't have complimentary colours knit at home.

All important back view :)

I just love how easy putting the pattern pieces together was, I only had to cut two pieces for this dress and everything came together pretty quickly. Now who wouldn't like that.

I used a red velvet stretch fabric, and this dress (both fabric and design) is actually nicer in real life than in this pictures.

Details: Belt loop and buttons

Decided to spice up the red velvet with a touch of rainbow satin belt and some colour buttons.
For the neckline and armhole I just turned in 1/4" and hemmed it down with a single needle. The bottom of the dress was not hemmed (hurray to no fray).
I like my dresses a little longer because of the rate the girls shoot up, so I added an extra inch (1") to the overall length of the dress, because of this I put in a slit end of the dress for better movement. It was an instant hit with the girls. The other girl was asking for her dress and I told her it will be ready soon.

Thankfully it will be whipped up before I know it. :)

Even though this looks simple I can think of a lot of ways to reuse this pattern, with different fabrics and get nice results.

Just to give a feel of the dress without a belt. The belt could also be turned and tied at the back instead of the front

Try to get her to stay still for a picture, was too excited earlier on.

Will take pictures for a little tutorial of the making of belt loops when making the second one.

Thanks for coming around.

Regards.

Reflections: Is Love Still Around

Looking around us in our world today, we see so many things...

We hear of wars, people stealing, killing, cheating other people and you wonder if the love in the world has grown cold.

It seems like the news carries more bad news of people, incidents than good news.

Really sometimes we see the black spot on the paper and not the rest of the paper.

If we look closely we will see that there are still some people who do good deeds, show love, help out.

People have different reasons why they do things but for someone like me, I show love to others because I have received love from God. When you have the assurance that you are loved, you will be so grateful for the love that you try to extend this love to others. 

Yes there is still love flowing around in the world, if you know the right place to look.

Am talking true love, one that is unconditional, without reserves, always there....

God's love cannot disappoint, similar to the love we parents have for our children, even better.

Even when I go wrong, I know I can go back to God and He will accept me (once I repent of my actions)

The assurance that God loves me, completes me.

This LOVE is apparently available for all.

Wishing you true love.

Regards.

Guess posting at Shaffer Sisters

The lovely ladies at  Shaffer Sisters are doing a Make for Mum series and I was invite to share my peplum dress on their site. Visit their site ans see my full post on Making your own peplum dress

The Make for mum is going on for the whole of May, so do visit to see what other mums have been up to.

Regards

'Three Shades of Blue' Easter Dress

I literally just finished making this dress this morning, organised the photo shoot to be able to meet up with Project run and play week 4 formal design wear.

Three shades of blue????

Yes, the flower fabric, satin and ribbon. the flower fabric is some sort of lace but not sure, the flowers are actually made in velvet. The shades are so close to each other that they compliment one another.:)

Dress is fully lined in a royal blue lining fabric similar to the satin fabric.

So why the panels, well I didn't have any enough flower fabric to give me the volume I wanted in the skirt. I had 2 yards of fabric to make two dresses which was about 56" wide. Total length of skirt was about 75" after I used three velvet panels and two satin panels (I like my skirts full :)  )

I made this in 3/4 sleeve.

Also the shiny flower shape in the flower fabric was 'rough' as in is not smooth on the skin and a little girl is more concerned about comfort than fashion that I had to put a band of satin at the sleeves, and neckline for comfort.

Back View

Skirt with different panels joined

I cut three pieces of lace fabric and two of satin to form the skirt.

Dress without sleeves

This was supposed to be a simple sleeveless dress but the flower fabric was not comfortable next to the skin so had to protect the arm and put sleeves in!!

Some more pictures.

She insisted on taking a picture in the garden.

Well, hope this is formal enough. I love it though.

Wondering why you can only see one girl?, Well only  one dress as been made....

Ha ha ha but don't worry too much, the other will be made.

Thanks for visiting.. see you soon.