Vest Is Done

 So I am FINALLY done with my vest and I am glad I did. This is my first time sewing a vest and I can see somethings I need to tweak about it but all in all I am happy with it and looking forward to making another in the near future. Now this is my first time doing an FBA on a princess seam and with it now done I think it did not have to add as much as I did but I am still happy with the fit and can just tweak it a little for the next one.

PR review:
Pattern Description: Lined vest with 6 variations

Pattern Sizing: 6 to 22 I used a size 14 with an fba

Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Yes

Were the instructions easy to follow? Pretty much , you have to bounce around a bit depending on which view you choose, but its only three pages of instructions.

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? I have no dislikes, this is my first time sewing a vest so not much to compare it to.

Fabric Used: A cotton sateen left over from a skirt

Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: I did an FBA, my first for a princess seam, and I lowered the apex a bit. I also left off the pocket flap (no real pocket).

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others? Yes and Yes

Conclusion: This is my first vest and I am happy that I did sew one and now I have a few more planned in the near future.

 Inside showing facing and lining.

 Flat on a table.

This is not something I learned in a book, but this is how I mark my buttons when I have to replace them after the FBA distorted the original placement.
















Until next time, happy sewing...

Returning To...

Simplicity 4079

 You may remember that in August I started working on the muslin for this vest but had it on hold for the mini wardrobe since I had already started cutting it out. Well now I am ready to return to it and  finish it. From the reviews I have read it should be a pretty easy item to whip up since I have yet to make a vest. Also I have a few other things I would like to whip up this month before the LBD contest starts next month.

I'm thinking about doing some bound buttonholes on this, still deciding. I have also started looking at some more inspiration for other vest in the near future. So tomorrow I hope to start.

Until next time, happy sewing...

McCall's 3830 and Simplicity 4079 Muslin

 I have started working on fitting my vest (Simplicity 4079). It took me about 3 hours to go from tracing, to adding seam lines, to cutting out, to tissue fitting, to sewing up a muslin and this is with many interruptions from my kids. I can see that I will need to make an FBA and add more with in the waist. I does fit but just not the way I would like. So tonight I hope to spend a few hours adjusting my pattern and trying out the adjustments in muslin. I think I'm going to add the width using the back pattern piece and do the FBA to the front pieces. I'm only going to do one adjustment at a time and try to tissue fit with each adjustment, with making a muslin and each adjustment I think will be too time consuming. The FBA will be the only one I do from the book everything else I'll be figuring out as I go. This is really going to be a learning assignment for me, but end the end I will have learned more about fitting and have some nice clothes to show for it...hopefully.

So here is where I finished with last night McCall's 3830 and Simplicity 4079 both in muslin stage and ready for changes to the paper pattern for both. The skirt pattern just needs a length and waist change which I think will be easy to do without having to make another muslin. The vest as I said earlier I know will need at least one more maybe two more muslins, but I will not rush it I will take my time with everything and just enjoy the process and hopefully the beautiful garments afterward.
 While working with the vest pattern I realized how much I really like the look and how it looked on me, at first I thought that maybe I would only make it  one or two times but I can see this as a regular in my wardrobe, so hopefully another TnT in the works.
Until next time, happy sewing...