Blubble Wrap dress tutorial

 

TUTORIAL 4

I bring you the "Kapuzenshirt"

This is a hooded-sweater, or thin shirt. I made it with a double sided stretch material. Super warm and ready to wear :)

 

I downloaded the pattern from Burda, and I don't know what number it is :(

The sewing directions were in German, so I set them aside, and went for it :)

 

I look tall in this pic!

 

There's a hoodie!!!

It was made with the serger.

Sleeves and hem were finished with a longer straight stitch.

 

The original pattern comes with a cinched waist and an extra panel at the bottom, but I omitted that detail.

 

More alterations: I shortened the sleeves!!

 

There's a zipper that starts at the neck line and goes half way up the hoodie. Only because I didn't have a longer black zipper in my repertoire.

P.S. It's my birthday today!!!!

 

Self drafted sloper for knit skirt

A big smile when you draft a pattern and it fits your body!!!!!

 

I have entered a new stage of my sewing adventure, and that is to draft my own patterns based on my measurements.

This past week I began on a knit skirt, who knew that you had to adjust the pattern depending on the stretch of the knit??????? I didn't :( but it's a learning curve, and now I know :)

 

 

Fabric: grey knit jersey from Jo-Ann's

Sewn: serged all the seams, except for the hem, I used a larger straight seam (because it will not stretch)

 

Side pockets, with a style line on the waist line.

I created a casing for the elastic at the waist line.

 

Skirt is semi fitted at the hip and then straight down to the hem.

I have left overs from this fabric, might make a shirt with long sleeves (if there's enough material).

:)

 

 

Burda Style 6991

These pants are no regular pants!

 

 

They have a diagonal front seam! Well, you sew it straight, but in the end it goes to one side.

The fabric is a stretch knit and very comfortable.

 

 

 

The legs fit like leggings and the upper part it's a bit loose.

Now lets talk about how to fit the waist! I sewed a vinyl belt around the circumference of the waist, (the pattern called for leather)  and secured it with snaps. This made the waist fit snug.

 

 

In this picture you can see two sets of snaps, that's because I ruined the outer snap by hammering too hard :(

 

And it has pockets!!! I love pockets!

This pattern is extremely easy to sew! Give it a try!

I cut out size 6 without alterations.