Marfy pattern adventure f1122

I have chosen this dress for my step-daughters wedding. When I found this pattern and immediately decided that this was the dress. I ordered the pattern and it arrived on Wednesday. Today I cut the pattern out of some light weight cotton that seems very stable and I even remembered to add seam allowances and made a mock up. Even the mock up looked gorgeous until I started to cut the fabric in some areas that were a little to snug. One of the things that I found was that this pattern has very little easy. The bodice fits beautifully. Bust height is perfect. My problem area is the high hip area.

Tomorrow I will modify that and add the sleeve to see how it looks. This will probably be another issue. I measured that pattern to find it measured 14 inches. My arm in the widest point measures 15 inches. I added two inches and will see if I need to do more.

So far I have not found this pattern to be difficult to cut out or put together. It seems like it is very well marked.

Summer Sewing

This summer required some major updating to my wardrobe. Partially because it was very hot and some because my work clothes were beginning to look worn and unprofessional. Most of what I made were skirts and blouses. Many of them were from the same pattern because I just really liked the way the skirts looked. I changed the fabric for variation.

The outfit below is one that I did as a variation of a skirt I saw in the store. That skirt had the side panels cut on the bias. I was not sure I wanted to take on a bias cut pattern but still wanted that look. The stitching done below was done using the stretch stitch on my machine. It took about 8 hours to complete the stitching on the front and back of the skirt.

Spring Sewing

It has been a busy spring and summer and I have been doing a lot of sewing. This was a project that I did back in April. I made a

matching skirt and top out of a light sea foam colored linen. I modified the skirt pattern by adding bias strips between the seams. I got this idea from a designer skirt I saw at a local department store. I was very please with the results. To give the outfit a personal touch a chose to embroider a simple rose design on the top and on the front panels near the hem of the skirt.