A suitable match?

I'm planning on making Simplicity 1652 and I've had a fabric in mind, but now I'm hesitating. What I'm worried about is that the beautiful print of the fabric will get lost among all the seams, because let me tell you, there are a lot of pattern pieces... fourteen to be exact!!!

So what do you think, will the dress be fantastic or should I save the fabric for something else?

Still here...

I'm still here, somewhere.... Just having the busiest time of year at work plus I'm finally working full-time again!!!

A short summary of the last few weeks:

• I did finish Me Made May and was able to fulfill my resulotion of wearing at least one hand-made garment each day. I don't have the photos to prove it and by now I can't even remember what I wore that last week, you just have to take my wod for it. :)

• I went to Mallorca with my class and I even had time to make a few vacation pieces for the trip: two pair of shorts and a sleeveless dress. I will post about them soon, promise. The trip itself was great and I had such a good time.

• Yesterday was the traditional sort of "prom" for my class and the other classes graduating from "junior high"/"lower secondary" school. I was there, of course, to participate in the dinner part, hold a speech for my class and see all of them in their pretty dresses and handsome suits. I, too, dressed up and decided to use the "graduation dress" from last year. I just added another belt and a hair accesory!

This is me and Håkan who is the other class teacher of our class. This was our third class that we've worked with together.

So at least some pretty photos to look at and a summary of the last weeks. I promise to be back soon!

Bye for now,

Johanna

MMM '13 week 3 & 4 (day 17-24)

Ok, here's another bunch of MMM photos. This round I haven't forgotten to take photos, yay! I can't believe there's only one week left of Me Made May. It has gone by pretty quickly I must say. And it hasn't been difficult at all to stick to my pledge of wearing at least one me-made garment every day.

May 17

Simplicity 2363.

May 18

Breton striped t-shirt.

May 19

New polka dot shorts (not blogged yet).

May 20

Denim Ginger skirt.

May 21

Kirsten kimono tee (still not blogged....oops).

May 22

Colour blocked Simplicity 2147.

May 23

Slim Burdastyle jeans and a white Burdastyle t-shirt with ruched sleeves (not blogged yet).

May 24

Polka dot Simplicity 2245.

My plans for this weekend includes starting to pack for my trip to mallorca next weekend! I can't remember if I've told you but I'm going with my class to Mallorca for 5 days, it's going to be fab! Really looking forward to it. :)

What are your weekend plans?

BTW, I can't believe my blog has had more than 10000 pageviews!!!!!!

Bye for now,

Johanna

Slender pencil trousers from Burdastyle x 2

Lately I've been sewing a lot trousers it seems, maybe not a lot, but at least two pair and one pair of shorts too. I've been chasing a TNT pattern for slim trousers and I finally found one!

Perfect slim trousers!

Source: burdastyle.com via Johanna on Pinterest

I had been thinking about these trousers from Burdastyle for a while, but didn't think it would be any use to try since I'm a size EU46 and they only go up to EU44. But after making the pattern below in size EU46 and they turned out way too big, I thought I might give it a go.

Turned out oh so big, not tight in one place...

Source: burdastyle.com via Johanna on Pinterest

So I made two pairs in denim fabric, dark blue and neon pink!

I know there are some wrinkles and stuff in the back, but I don't care, I'm super happy with my new trousers! The blue ones turned out a bit too big at first so I took them in down the sides 1-4 centimetres. On the pink pair I overdid it a bit and they turned out too tight... But that's fixed too now!

The alerations I made was to add 7 centimetres to the length (the patterns in Burdastyle are made for women of 168 cm and I'm 175 cm) and instead of adding 1 cm seam allowance I added 1,5 cm. I also put exposed zippers in the back instead of invisible zippers in the side. I tried two different techniques for that which was fun.

This is technique one!

Yes, the trousers are cat inspected and cat approved! :)

Zipper technique two!

For the first zipper I used this video tutorial by FashionSewingBlogTv. For the second zipper I used a tutorial from Pattern Runway. Both tutorials were excellent!

What I like especially about this Burdastyle pattern is that the waist is kind of high, I have figured out that I prefer high-waisted trousers. For the second pair, the neon pink one, I raised the waist even more in the back, about 2 cm.

Anyway, I would totally recommend this pattern, just remember that the trousers aren't as slim as they look in the photo on Burdastyle. What are you working on?

Bye for now,

Johanna

Eurovision song contest

Currently watching the Eurovision song contest and I can't believe how few points Sweden are getting!

Besides Sweden, my favourite is Hungary, such a cool song!

Source: eurovision.tv via Johanna on Pinterest

Are you, or have you been, watching the Eurovision song contest?

xx,

Johanna

MMM '13 week 3 day 13 to 16

Here's another update on MMM, not a whole week this time, but Monday to Thursday.

Monday 13 May

I had the stomach flu during the night and didn't feel very well during the day either, so I wore my Burdastyle jersey trousers in teal and a me-made t-shirt, I just can't remember which one. I hope I'm excused for not having a photo from this day....


Tuesday 14 May

Black eyelet Laurel blouse and neon pink Burdastyle slim jeans (to be blogged). Going to a staff party our bosses arranged.

Wednesday 15 May

Breton striped t-shirt and Burdastyle slim jeans (still waiting to be blogged...). Ordinary workday.

Thursday 16 May

T-shirt and Ginger denim skirt. Yet another workday....

I must say that MMM is going a lot smoother than I thought it would. I thought it would be a challenge to find things to wear and not get bored with the things you wear. So far I haven't worn many garments several days, it seems it's only my Burdastyle jersey trousers and my two pairs of Burdastyle slim jeans. Oh yes, the striped Onion jeresy dress too. How about you, are you having a hard time with MMM or is it going smoothly?

Bye for now,

Johanna

Unselfish sewing part 4 - Onion jersey dress for my best friend

My best friend Eleonor has her birthday in the beginning of March and I decided to make her a dress. I chose Onion 2017, which I've made for myself several times and is made from jersey fabric, so I could make the dress without measuring my friend. I made her a size small which was perfect!

She was visiting me on Friday and I took the opportunity to take some photos of her wearing the dress!

I chose this colour combo to make the dress office-friendly, since Ellie (my nickname for her) works at an accounting firm.

I'm so glad she liked it and I hope she will get a lot of wear out of it. She is so nice and thoughtful and kind, truly such a good friend, so I really wanted to do something nice for her. She likes crochet and if you want to see what she's made, check out her blog: virkligen.blogspot.se. She makes the cutest amigurumis.

Bye for now,

Johanna