I just fell in love

... with this dress from the new Summer 2012 collection over at Simplicity.

Isn't it lovely?
Of course Cynthia Rowley. Oh I love her perspective.
Light, summery, flowy, classy but shashy at the same moment. Would look great with a cropped jacket or cardigan. For a simple walk, but also for work and why not a special occasion. The right fabric will get the best out of this pattern.
I mostly like the sleeveless version the model is wearing.
Look at the contrasting lines. Back and front has the same shape.
Combination of curves and geometric shapes.
Lovely, just lovely.
I'm going to spent the rest of the day daydreaming about it!

See you around

Maria

I can't get enough

   Why is this happening to me? New patterns on the market and I still haven't got in my hands the ones I ordered a few weeks ago. I want them all. I want a huge library of pattens. And of course, being me, I need a super system for categorizing, organising and finding. This time the new patterns are from Vogue. Let's take a look.

Donna Karan

She's always my favorite. 

Super elegant dress by Donna Karan of course

Simple but so elegant dress by Tracy Reese

I so love the back

This dress, by Tom and Linda Platt

kind of resembles this, in a more peaceful way!

I usually don't like asymmetric garments,

but there's something about this one

You can see the rest of the new Vogue Patterns, that didn't quite catch my eye here.

See you around

Maria

Sneak peek

    I thought I should give a real knit project a try. Over the years I've knitted a few scarves, but this time I wanted a blouse or a cardigan. I saw this cute yarn on sale and I found a pattern of an (supposed to be) easy cardigan. This is the progress I made last night.

     Once again I chose mohair. I love it's texture, but it's not the easier yarn to knit with, especially with my skills. If I make any mistakes they can't be undone, because it's impossible to undo any stitches. So far so good! The goal is to make this cardigan 

from this book

Wish me luck!

See you around

Maria

Sew me to look like her!

 I'm so happy when this happens!

Remember that McCall's lace dress pattern by Phoebe Couture (6505) I told you about the other day and then I ordered on sale?

  

This pattern is ideal for lace, because it has minimal seams.

Look what I found

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This is Lauren Conrad in her Note by Marchesa dress.

It looks identical to me! 

Ok it's not, but it's very close and with the right lace choice you can make it.

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The basic difference is the back.

The McCalls pattern has a deeper back, while the Marchesa dress doesn't.

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Now I love it even more!

Without being certain about that,

I also think the Marchesa dress has an under-dress with spaghetti straps,

while the McCalls dress is one piece.

Happy sewing everyone

See you around

Maria

More sales..

Happy New Year!

Happy Creative Year!

Happy Sewing Year!

I hope you all had a nice time.

Why don't you give your self a gift?

See you around 

Maria

PS. Ok I'll go crazy with all these pattern sales, I want them all!

Pattern sales

What are you still doing here?
Simplicity pattern sales, for 0.99$ at http://www.patternsewing.com/!
Yes, that's right!
Go ahead, I just placed my order!
Do you want to see what I ordered?


2700

Because I do have to improve my skills at pants fitting.














I also ordered a few new McCalls patterns, since I will get charged with postal anyway!


Mac Calls 6518


Mac Calls 6505


Mac Calls 6489

See you around

Maria

New McCall's patterns

   for spring 2012. I know it's too early. Winter has not shown it's real face here yet, but we can think of sewing ahead, right? I couldn't help but noticing these cute patterns.

 

This would be lovely for the office and I do have a lot of waist belts to match it, hmmm let's think about it...

  

I so want this and I did get a new lace the other day! That pattern is ideal for lace, look at the minimal seams.

 

Not really my style, but it sure would be comfortable for dance class.

 

I loooooove the raglan sleeves so much.

 

Isn't the transparent one an interesting idea? I wonder where I could find suitable material for that ... and if my machine will like to sew it!

 

Multiple pattern envelopes! My favorites, jacket, top, patns, dress and skirt.

 

Last but not least, an ideal dress for strech knits. I'm so glad to see a sleeved version! Why don't they have dresses with sleeves?

See you around

Maria

Pattern Sales!

    Are you familiar with site SewingPatterns.com?

    It's a patterns site, that has collected all known pattern brands and offers you the choice or either ordering the patterns in paper or downloading (most of) them.

    Sometimes the price differs from the original company, to the best! So take a look and let me know your impressions. Oh if you subscribe, you will get free notifications of all the offers, plus free patterns from time to time.

    There is a Simplicity sales running from today, untill September the 6th and maybe you should take a look at it.

    Sew Simple patterns originaly cost 1.99 $, but you can find them for 1.45 $ on sewingpatterns.com, you will also find the rest of the patterns for 2.99 $. It's a good deal isn't it. On the Perfect fit patterns and the vintage ones are a bit more expensive.

    So the minute I saw the sale, I went and filled me cart with this

and this

and this

and this

and this

and this

... but my smile froze, cause they won't ship to Greece! I have no idea why, I should contact them....

See you around

Maria

These are mine!

A childish statement to show my happiness about having these lovely patterns in my hands.
Oh I'm going to have so much fun sewing these lovely garments.

Lovely jacket by McCall's. I love its shape.



Beautiful basic dress, with pencil skirt.
I believe the black and white choice will make any woman look slimmer.
An ombre effect could be created too.


Trench coat!
I actually bought this one for the black coat option.
Lovely neck and sleeves.



Oh I wanted this dress pattern sooooo bad.
Look at the shape of it.
Prints will work good too, because of the few seems.



One more dress from Butterick.


You know I keep saying I don't have enough blouses...
so here is one more pattern...for the pattern stash, cause I haven't sewn anyone yet!



I hope I'll be able to sew this one during October.
I would first have to find out how to deal with a two sided fabric...
Any ideas? Especially about the hems...




And finally, my pride.
I fell in love with this dress. Vogue and Donna Karan of course!
I don't have any fabric that will do in my stash, so this calls for some fabric shopping!
As if I wouldn't anyway! ha ha

See you around

Maria