February Recap

Hello everyone!

Today I will be sharing the things I made in February!  Let me start by saying that I ended up with a mixed bag, lol.  In fact, I even have two unfinished garments I want to share too.  You can believe that everything has a story, and I will be sure to tell it!  Let's begin with my basics...

This is Kwik Sew 3766 in an animal print fabric from Boho Fabrics.  I got it as a part of one of their bundles, made this top, and it is easily one of my favorites!  I have worn it twice already, and it's a TNT, so all my usual adjustments are the same for this one.

Here is the top on me.  One of these days soon I will get back to proper photos, but in the meantime, I did get a chance to snap a quick pic to show.

My second basic is KS4069 The fabric is a waffle knit from Boho Fabrics.  In fact, it was also a part of the bundle I purchased from them.  Sadly, this fabric was not my favorite for this pattern.  It is translucent, and while I thought I could wear a tank top underneath, I am just not a fan of how it looked when I tried it on together.  For now, this will be relegated to a pajama top until I find a better suited black fabric.  By that time, I am sure turtleneck wearing season will be over, lol!

Speaking of pajamas, I did get a chance to squeeze this project in.  The top is OOP Simplicity, a really cute Raglan sleeve PJ top.  The bottoms are Simplicity 8268, a great jogger pant. This ensemble was not on my plans list, but I decided to add them after I ran into a snag mid-February.

I needed a pair of cute PJs for Pajama Day at work (I work in a preschool), and rummaged through my stash in order to find something really quick. The fabric is cotton lycra from Fabricmart fabrics from YEARS ago, and I thought the black hearts were cute with last month being Valentine's Day.  

While I only made these because I didn't have suitable ones to wear, can I tell you how much I love these?  Loungewear/PJs is something I haven't sewn for myself, but 

I thoroughly enjoyed having a coordinating outfit that fit well.  I will definitely be making this combination again for myself and my daughter.

Next up is a cardigan that turned out much better than I thought it would.  Given the fact that I love stripes, I wanted to incorporate it into my sewing plan.  I am thinking this will be one of my entries for the Great Module Sewalong.  I will do a planning post in the next couple of days for that.

For Butterick 6388 I have good news and I have bad news.  The good news is that I agree that this is a wonderful pattern, and rightly deserves it's award as a PR best for 2019.  I love the seaming, the collar, and the overall details of the dress.  The fabric I used is a French Terry, though a bit more structured than other French Terrys I have worked with before.  It still wears well, and I have worn it once so far.  

The bad news is, once I washed it, I noticed little bleach spots in various areas of the fabric.  I am not sure what happened.  At first I thought it was just on the collar, and thought about re-sewing it to fix it, but nope, it is on the entire tunic.  I am disappointed, but will definitely remake this one at a later date.

Now to my unfinished items...

Oh, this lovely jacket!!! 

I hit a snag when I put in the pockets and they gaped open. Ah! I hate gaping pockets. For my muslin I didn't have an issue because I left the pockets out.  So, I let out the side seam a bit, and will probably do the same at CB.  I hope this fixes the issue, because it really is coming along nicely.

Once I lost steam on the jacket, I started working on my button front shirt from Simplicity 2339.  My thought was "I will take a breather, I have done button-ups before, and I will return to my jacket once I finish this shirt."  Well, I began coasting through this project until I got to the cuffs.  I have not done those before, but the instructions were not difficult at all.  It just took me so much time fiddling with one side, I decided to take a break from this one too, lol!

Hmmm, breaks on breaks on breaks do NOT lead to finished garments!

But, don't worry, I will get the other cuff on, add my buttonholes, and be done with this one soon...

Overall that adds 2 tops, 1 pair of pajamas, 1 cardigan, and a dress that will have to be remade.  Like I said, it is definitely a mixed bag, but I had a lot of fun sewing this month so that is all that matters!  

I hope February was a fun month of sewing for you as well! After all, if you sew, you should enjoy it!  I know there are some things that can hold  you up here or there, but the process should be worthwhile.

I will be back in a few days with my plans for the Great Module Sewalong.  I am about halfway through, but still so indecisive about how I am going to put everything together, lol! With the deadline being March 24th, I am gonna have to get a move on it!  

Stay sew filled!