Burda 8501

Unfortunately, I had to rush DS1 to the hospital last night as he had a pvc pipe (from his minnie hockey net) in his mouth and fell on it. He turned out to be alright, no stitches required but it did leave a nasty gash both under his tongue and on his soft palette. He's on antibiotics to prevent infection and a fluid diet until it heals. Poor little guy! So, I wasn't able to complete my tunic yesterday but I did get it done today.

I did view A of the pattern in a lightweight linen that I got from fabric.com after Christmas when they had a huge sale. I love this shirt. Please pardon the right shoulder seam, as I have not pressed it yet and it's just not laying right because of it. It really doesn't look that puffy.

Here's the shirt tied up.

I can't wait to be able to wear this. It's so freaking cold here right now, that I can't wait for Summer to come.

Sewing plan Update - Burda 8501

I started the Burda tunic pattern 8501 that was first on my list, last night. I decided to first make a muslin mostly because I didn't want to ruin the nice black linen that I wanted to use for it. I'm so glad that I did. I started out with a size 36, mostly because it was already pre-cut from the hugh lot of sewing patterns I got a few weeks ago, but also because I'm a C cup size and the description said that it was closely fitting. So I thought that I would be generous with the sizing. This was the result.

Closely fitting? I don't think that describes this!

In RTW clothing I'm an xs-s in shirts, however I usually buy knits for shirting because of my "Fitting issues". I am very petite but have a large bustline (I'm not complaining) which makes it very difficult to fit clothes properly. I hardly make things for myself, mostly because I enjoy making things for the boys (hubby included) but this year I made a vow to make a few summer things for myself. I decided to take off I think about 1" from the front seamline and shorten the length by 1", which nicely moved in the bust dart to the exact location of where it should sit.

Funny thing was that I was surfing the net, to find other finished projects with this pattern and came across Burda 8516 here. This pattern is identical to the pattern that I am currently working on. The only difference is that they leave off the darts in the front and add elastic to the empire waistline. I was shocked to see something so similar but really shouldn't be.

Today I was able to get most of the shirt completed. I finished all the darts, shoulder seams and side seams. I still have to set in the sleeves, finish the neckline and hem. I really have to admit thought, that their directions for how to finish the neckline is very difficult to understand. I will figure it out, I will, I will , I will! But I still think that it's a foreign language yet to be discovered. Hopefully, I'll have completed it by tomorrow.

Spring/Summer Sewing Plan

UPDATED: Feb 22/2010 **** Yesterday I found out I am pregnant again with our third child. So I will have to revise my sewing plan because well there really isn't a reason to make anything for myself until I know for certain how far along I am. I'm assuming that I will be like 6-7months along in the summer so I might need some tshirts and tanks but until I know for sure I'm postponing stuff for myself.

I haven't been sewing at all in recent weeks because I'm overwhelming myself with all the stuff that I want to accomplish but haven't. I haven't sewn very much for myself and thought that I should start only because I have never had anything properly. I have decided that I need to make a plan. Everything starts somewhere. Here we go!

1. Burda 8501 view A (Completed)

- Fabric: Black lightweight linen

- design details: white machine embroidery at bottom hemline

2. Vintage Simplicity 6615 view #2 (Shirt only)

- Fabric: Yellow linen

- design details: no sleeve cuffs, embroidery to neckline

3. Short (no idea what pattern or fabric)

4. Vogue V2907 View B

-Fabric: ?

-Design details:?

1. Ottobre Design Magazine 3/2009 #23

- Fabric: Olive green Lightweight linen

- Design details: frog at bottom left pant

2. Ottobre Raglan Tshirt 2/2005 #5 (Completed)

-fabric: blue with brown ribbing

- Design details: frog on shoulder

3. Ottobre Plaid pants 2/2003

- Fabric: Linen/cotton blend, brown plaid

- Design Details: add strip to interior seam at 3/4" and buttons to roll pants into shorts

4. Kwik Sew 3298 - Men's underwear (Completed)

Mommy's new sundress

I picked up the fabric for this dress about a year ago. I loved the colours in it although had no idea what I was going to do with it. I decided to just wing it. I used the top portion of the Ottobre woman's bloom cami that I made a little while back. Then added a circle skirt to the underbust. I just used a tutorial that I found here, only the measurements I used were based on the circumference of the underbust measurements. I still have to hem the bottom of it but am still contemplating whether to do a rolled hem or a coverstitch hem. I made the mistake of adding 1/4" more to the seam allowanced on the top as the previous cami that I made, was a bit snug but I neglected to take into consideration that the fabric here had more stretch then the previous fabric that I used for the cami. It still turned out nice though and am definitely impressed with the results, although I may add a little elastic to the underbust so that it fit more snugly.

The boys Christmas presents

Dh and ds1 got Jalie 2918 long sleeve shirts done in yellow interlock with kelly green ribbing. Ds2 got Ottobre baby shirt from issue 3/2004. DS1's pants are sewn from New look pattern 6641 and ds 2 copied from an existing pair of pants. Don't they all look so handsome.

Taggy Blanket

Made for ds2 who is 8 months old. Done in minky with a Christmas teddy embroidery design. Ds loves this as there's so many different satin edges to play with.

Niece's Christmas present

Made using Ottobre's Baby Skirt from issue 3/2003. The changes I made were to leave off the slits on the side. I also did 4 rows of topstitching on both top and bottom and instead of doing the fabric choice listed I used stretch denim. I love this skirt. I also paired it with ottobre's baby's shirt from issue 3/2004 done in jersey knit and cotton rib knit binding.