Tuesday Project Roundup
Tuesday Project Roundup: Coming Together
Tuesday Project Roundup: Making It Happen
I decided I did indeed dare to make a long dress for the summer. After I posted about my debate I was invited to another wedding and I thought, “Perfect! Two out of the three times I’ll ever wear this are covered!”
What fabric am I using? Um, maybe some Liberty of London (from a new source). The pattern is a Cynthia Rowley and I don’t have the best track record with her, but I mocked up the bodice before I cut into the good fabric, never fear.
I have 1.5 weeks until wedding #1 so I’m happy for a day off tomorrow. Time to get sewing!
Tuesday Project Roundup: Less Doing, More Planning
The last thing I knit and finished was those legwarmers for my yoga teacher in February. (The knit tie was knitting up way too thick to actually tie in a knot, so that’s been shelved.) I just realized this lack of knitting may be contributing to feeling like I need hippie affirmations all the time.
But what to knit? Sure, I could finish the two sweaters for me lying around, but I think I need a new project. And I think Skyler needs a little hooded sweater for the fall.
Construction-wise, I think this pattern (“Duck Soup“) wins (knit in one piece, plus the cuffs and hood edges can be rolled back to accommodate him growing):
But I love the Christopher-Robin-ness of “Roo” (and the real toggle closures, vs. knitted ones):
So planning has begun. I just hope this kid doesn’t grow too fast between now and the end of the year–look how big he’s getting!
Tuesday Pending Project: Dare I?
It’s summer, my inner hippie is running free on eight-mile hikes, and I have a co-worker’s mountain wedding to attend next month, so I’m playing with the idea of making a long dress.
Never mind the fact that I made a long skirt circa 2004 (inspired by this one from Kill Bill 2), wore it about three times, and then felt really self-conscious–look how “effortlessly glamorous” the fashion world tells us the long dress is:
Wear it lounging in a mod chair!
Wear it on the streets of a big city!
Wear it on a mountain top!
If you’ve seen my Pinterest project board in the last week, you can tell I’m trying to hunt down the right fabric for it. Because I think I need a long dress to wear three times and feel really self-conscious in to wear effortlessly and glamorously for the Summer of the Hippie.
(All images via Google. The search term “anthropologie maxi dress” gives you a veritable explosion of bohemia.)
Tuesday Project Roundup: Flat Pack Rodeo
How about some furniture instead of fabric this week? I decided it was time to upgrade my bedroom dresser to something bigger. Here’s the setup before:
And here’s the after, courtesy of IKEA (the Malm dresser and Hemnes mirror) and these lasercut fretwork panels:
I’m not 100% sold on how much contrast there is (maybe the drawer fronts need to be all white?) but I’m completely happy with the capacity:
Many, many thanks to my dad for pickup, delivery, and assembly over the course of four hours. As the IKEA instructions tell us, one person assembling this is a frowny face. But two people is a great big smile!
Tuesday Project Roundup: Done!
I finished the tunic! I’m pretty happy with it: there’s a big Liberty print, the sleeves are really well cut, the collar looks kind of 60s retro, and it’s DONE
Fabric: Liberty of London seasonal print lawn from Purl
Pattern: Wiksten “Tova” tunic
Level of completion: DONE!
(I talk a lot about my productivity going to hell, but I looked back at the “sewing” tag and I’ve been getting one project a month done for 2012. So I guess it’s not too shabby.)
Tuesday Project Roundup: Look!!
I think the title deserves two exclamation points, because the fact that I had a few hours to work on this tunic is nothing short of amazing.
It’s not quite done yet–it needs a collar and a hem and some topstitching–but I’d forgotten how much I can get done when I have the Fortress of Solitude back to myself.
Tuesday Project Roundup: Car Knitting
Before the camping trip I realized that 1.) I would probably not be driving and 2.) if so, then I could knit in the car. So I looked around for a small accessory-type project and landed on a knitted tie (using this pattern).
No, it is not for me. But it’s not a sweater, so I’m hoping to avoid any “sweater curses.” And no, I haven’t worked on it since the car ride home.