Busy weekend, another 8774 and a tote for me!

 

Sewing clothes that I wear everyday, is my favorite kind of sewing.  It makes me feel successful in my sewing.   This year I have been adding more color to my pants collection.  After a winter of wearing what felt like jeans everyday, I wanted to embrace spring and dress with some color.  I have tweaked the V8774 to be my TNT pants pattern.  I can change the pockets and leave off back pockets for a trouser, or just go with the jeans styling and know they will fit.  Below is one of my faves so far.  This is a stretch denim from JoAnns.  I went with the trouser pockets in front, no pockets in back.  I love them.  Next up, I have been prewashing some robin's egg blue.....

 

 

 

My sister loved the tote bag I made for her birthday.

 

 

 

 

.... so did I!  So I made one for me. 

 

 

Inside out.....lots of interior pockets, even one for my glasses!

 

 

Love the lining fabric. 

 

 

 

I envision using the tote, to well tote the stuff I carry daily!  My lunch bag, my knitting bag and my purse.  So when only my purse is needed, I will just pull out the cute little matching purse for carrying into stores.  I had to patchwork the leftovers to make the body, as my scraps were minimal!

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of sewing makes you feel successful?

 

 

Stay Happy

Keep Sewing

and if you can't sew

Enjoy doing what you can do!

What do you get when you cross the Moss and the Maritime?

Moss-itime?  Mari-Moss? A dang cute skirt.  That is what I got.  I love both the Moss and the Maritime from Grainline Studios.  I like the front and back pockets on the shorts, the yolk and shaping of the skirt, the waistline of the shorts, and my TNT waistband adapted from V8774.  I also added a coin pocket, belt loops and cut on fly.  Below is the Moss pattern atop the Maritime, so I could get the shape of the skirt, with the upper front pocket and waistline from the shorts.  Then I made two skirts.  White and black. 

 

The white is from a remnant of stretch denim picked up at Joann's for $4.99.  There was less than a yard, so I had to forego the yolk, and had no material for back pockets, but I still like it.

 

The black is also of the same type of stretch denim, also from Joanns.  This was left over material after making a pair of cropped trousers adapted from V8774.  This time I had enough fabric for the yolk and back pockets!  Black is horribly hard to photograph and capture any details, so forgive the overexposed photos.

 

Here are the cropped trousers I adapted from the V8774.  I omitted the yolk and pockets in back and changed the front pocket to be slanted like on trousers.  I then shortened them by 5" (same amount I had to add to the original pattern to make them full length when making the jeans!)

 

 

 

And last, but not least..... I made a bag for my sister's birthday, which was inspired by a picture I saw on Pinterest.   The outer fabrics are both leftovers from shorts from the Maritime pattern.  The inside is just some cute quilting cotton that I thought contrasted beautifully.  The handles were premade, a buy from Joanns.  I put a large zip pocket on one side (white polka dots) and pockets of various sizes on the other side.  I also put a ring on the inside (upper left of bottom photo) you can barely see the striped denim it is attached to, it is for hanging her keys on, so they don't get lost in bottom of bag.  To give the base structure,  I used a flexible piece of plastic that comes in the fabric Joanns shopping bags that they give away now and then. It is sewn to the inner corners of the outer fabric before inserting the lining.

Stay Happy

Keep Sewing

and if you can't sew

Enjoy doing what you can do!

 

and for a little grandma eye candy....