I just haven’t felt like sewing lately. I certainly have felt like buying fabric and patterns, just not sewing! This will be a mishmash of stuff to try and catch up.
Today I made a case for my new phone. McCall’s 6091 had one that matched the dimensions of my phone (Droid) perfectly!
And here’s the pattern:
Look it’s our friend Natasha again!
Overall, it’s a success. However, I wish I would have remembered to fussy-cut the front to get more of the print. The flap is not perfectly symmetrical, but not enough to bother me too much.
Changes: instead of that fleece they always tell you to use on bags that’s a bitch to work with, I decided to use pieces of craft foam cut to fit the front and back only. The idea is that if I drop it (again), it might cushion the fall. Let’s hope I don’t have to find out if I’m right! I also added the clip, attached with grosgrain ribbon. This way I can clip it to my bag so I don’t have to hunt inside my bag to answer my phone before it goes to voicemail. The final change was to use regular ol’ cotton for the outside and a twill for the lining, which is opposite of what they instruct. I had actually bought some home dec weight fabric for this, and I bought the fabric you see here at the same time because I just loved it that much and wanted to get my money’s worth on shipping charges. After looking at both pieces, I decided the home dec print was too large, so I used this one instead. I had some hot pink twill that worked perfectly for the lining too. The home dec print will become a pillow, most likely.
Here’s one of many projects that I’ve done that hadn’t been photographed yet:
This is the Hot Patterns Peachy Beachy Cover-up, a free download from fabric.com. You may recognize the fabric from this post. It’s the last of my 4 yards of cotton knit I picked up in Miami. It’s thin so it works great as a beach cover-up. I did get to wear it, and it was great. Just the right length, too! If I recall, I did not make any changes to the construction.
McCall’s released their Fall 2010 patterns today. If you haven’t seen them yet, don’t waste your time. Every last one of them sucks. Most of them are a rehash of the rest of the bad 80s trends they hadn’t revived yet.
Next up, I think I’ll work on knit top I cut out a couple weekends ago, and either swimsuits, jeans or underwear. We’ll see where my mood takes me.
My God! Look at those heinous fucking pants! I remember wearing a pink pair in middle school, circa 1989. I’m sure there’s someone out there who wants to look like they have a tummy and thunder thighs. Well, here are the pants that’ll do it.
Are you kidding me? Remember the color blocked windbreakers? Yep, right around the time Vanilla Ice was the shit. Well, he ain’t shit now and neither is this piece of crap jacket.
Subversive Sewer 