Retrospect 2017

My dear sewing friends,

I had had the impression that I had sewn only a handful of pieces in 2017 but here are the 37 pieces:

7 dresses

Farrow-dress, Grainline *, and Malvarosa dress, pauline alice

Adrift dress*, papercut patterns, Marcy Tilton Cirque dress and 

Kobe dress, papercut patterns, not blogged

Alder dress, Grainline, Liberty Archive Lilac silk, not blogged, and 

Lanvin-Inspired Christmas dress*

4 coats and jackets

Driftless Cardigan*, Grainline, and 

lined Lourdes jacket, Named Clothing, not blogged, similar here

Robson Coat, Sewaholic, and Sapporo Coat*, papercut patterns, both not blogged.

8 tops

Kanerva top* and Talvikki top, Named Clothing

Grande Arche blouse (sewing tester), Sewionista and blouse Marthe, RDC, not blogged

Japanese gathered blouse*, The Azaire blouse*, Gather

Grace-Datura corselet hack, Named Clothing and Deer+Doe, and Moana top, papercut patterns

2 skirts

Grande Arche skirt (sewing tester), Sewionista, Pulmu skirt*, Named Clothing

1 pair of trousers

Tyyni cigarette trousers*, Named Clothing, pictures here

5 lingerie-sets

Harriet Bra, Cloth Habit, Smoothie panties, Hilda pants, Ohhh Lulu

Madalynne bra S8229 and Smoothie panties

2 home-/nightwear

Asaka kimono*, Named Clothing, and
Reef pajamas, Megan Nielsen, not blogged

3 active-wear

kimono dress leotards*, Jalie 2673

sweetheart leotard, Jalie2797, not blogged

4 sewing for others

Stowe bag, Grainline and petal pouches, Noodlehead

Japanese gathered blouse and men's shirt V, both not blogged

Bionic gear bag, sewn together with Mel, not blogged

1 little not blogged bag:

Fail:
I had had high expectations in the Talvikki sweater, but it didn't suit me at all and I already donated it.
The Adrift dress is lovely and floaty. But I feel that I have made an expensive night gown. However, it was only finished at the end of summer and I will give it another try next summer.

Surprise:
I would never had sewn such a short skirt if not for pattern testing. This skirt fits well, it is very well made with a lovely lining, it is a young and modern style and I don't feel ridiculous wearing it. I love it and I am wearing it a lot.

Most worn:
Why hadn't I thought about making my active wear before? The leotard dresses are in steady rotation and I have never had so many people complimenting and asking where I had gotten them.
The Driftless cardigan is another garment worn  a lot. And so is the underwear.

Most loved:
Maybe the gathered blouse and the Azaire blouse? The first is a perfect blouse pattern, the second is such a lovely pattern. The silk Liberty Alder dress was made too late in beginning fall, I hope wearing it in spring. Same with the Reef pajamas.

I can see that there are several sewn garments unblogged. My main problem is the part of taking pictures. I don't like being photographed at all and I don't have the skill of taking good pictures or of editing. A good post needs very good pictures so anyone would like reading it. It's a dilemma!

There are several instagram activities I have taken part in more or less(@paisleypirouette):
#mmmay17 organized by @sozoblog
#sewphotohop by @houseofpinheiro and
#pbsewvember by @bimbleandpimble
The spontaneous posting was fun!

I have taken part in Clo's  @couture_and_clo #jecoudsmagarderobecapsule2017 with sewing one garment per month including twelve categories (I signed them with a little star). I liked participating a lot and will hopefully write another blog post about this sew along.

Every year, the German MeMadeMittwoch-blog is offering a Christmas-dress-sew-along.

I took part with my Lanvin-inspired dress at Monikas and Yvonne's "from runway to my wardrobe" (Vom Laufsteg in den Kleiderschrank).

There is Linda's challenge "Designin'December" where I am taking part, too. Have a look at IG #designindecember.

Thank you for reading my posts! I am especially thankful for every comment made.

Have a peaceful and happy New Year with a lot of time for sewing and blogging!
SaSa

Lanvin inspired Christmas Dress 2017 "Vom Laufsteg in den Kleiderschrank"

My dear sewing friends,

did you have lovely Christmas days? I enjoyed some really relaxed days with our bigger family and good food.

My Christmas dress was only finished the day of Christmas Eve.

My dress is inspired by these two dresses of Lanvin's Resort Collection 2018. First, I wanted to sew the blue dress with the ruched collar but then I liked symmetrical collar stand of the white dress more.

I used Named Clothing's Helmi dress bodice pattern and the Flora dress skirt pattern. I cut a separate left button band to include the flounce.

After sewing the bodice with sleeves, I realized that the lovely fabric's stretch is lengthwise and had no more motivation to continue this project. After several days, I recut the whole bodice in cross grain and I sewed it for a second time.

I sewed two layers of frills which I made of spirals. The button band frills are of different widths with right sides out and the collar frills of the smaller width with left sides together. I made them rolled hems with the overlocker and rayon thread. In addition, I gathered the ruches to make them more dense.

 

I prolongated the skirt at the waist by three centimeters and I used this excess for sewing a tunnel at the inside with 1,5cm wide button hole openings. For my dress, I reduced the tie width to two centimeters, sewed the tie ends and added a two centimeter wide underbust elastic in the middle to make the waist elasticated.

I am quite pleased with the finished dress. It is very comfortable and the fabric is swishing.

inspiration: Lanvin Resort 2018
pattern: Helmi dress, Named Clothing (bodice), Flora dress, ByHandLondon (skirt)
size: 8 skirt
fabric: changeable stretch synthetic, René Lézard

Have a look at all the others' Christmas dresses at Me-Made-Mittwoch and at the other makes of "Vom Laufsteg in den Kleiderschrank" and "Designin'December"!
Have a lovely time,
SaSa