Jacket photo and bra sewing photos

I wish I had the talent (or the desire) to do lovely wonderful technique posts...but alas, I don't. I take pictures then look at them afterwards and say to myself "who cares?" Yet I enjoy looking at the photos (and descriptions) that others post.

Okay, so it's not really my thing. But it is fun to see the close-up photos, so I will work on taking those, and I will try to take some photos of the "innards" also.

But for tonight I have a photo of the Fushia Lambswool jacket I finished. I wore it out tonight and had a quick photo taken first. Why is it that you put a garment on that you've sewn, and it fits well and you feel good wearing it, and then you see the photo and you go UGH!!!

The jacket feels good, okay, so it's a bit snug over the abdomen, I obviously don't have it zipped up, so who cares, or who knows. I'm just not happy with the photo. The other photo I had showed the jacket in a nicer view, but I looked like the wicked witch, which though appropriate for the Halloween season, doesn't make me happy to look at on a day to day basis.


I did the 2nd PinUp Girls bra today with minor alterations. Yesterday I did a straight 36E, today I did a 37E, added a bit at the CF cup, took a tiny bit out of the CF band and a few slight tucks in the cup. Adding the 1" under the arm was a good idea, but the other alterations didn't really help anything and there is a very small gaping at the front cup now.

I've decided that it's due to the underwires being a size too small (narrow) and I will order a bunch of new ones.

The photos I have are just close ups of techniques, so you can be nosy like I am.

This photo is the cup seam after it is top stitched and now being trimmed. Plus you can see that I'm trying to grow my nails out (it looks longer in this photo than in real life.) The color is OPI Catherine the Grape, a great plum color for fall, plus it matches my fushia jacket...lol.


Here you can see the top stitching on the cups and the cups sewn to the band. The channeling has been sewn on and the 1st row of top stitching done. The channeling does not need 2 rows of top stitching, but it is often done this way.


Here I am doing a small zigzag stitch on the elastic ruffle that is the décolletage trim. It gets folded back and zigzagged on from the top to finish the edge.


Here's the area I was sewing in, along with a good horror movie on Netflix. Oh, the movie was "The Haunting in Connecticut" if you are interested.

All sorts of goodies to share

I finished my Vogue1100 jacket and I'm really happy with it. Here's the photo

and you can read the review here at PatternReview.

And lucky me got TWO boxes of fabric from Mr. UPS man today (I love him.....)

I got the follow from VogueFabrics:

The fabric on the left I want to do as a hoodie for my step-daughter, and another for me (or another top.) Then the magenta rayon double knit is for a top, the print for a skirt overlay. The dark knit on the right has sparkles in it, I'll save it for a top for next Fall/Winter.


The little checked print is a knit for a top, the black poly has a cute lipstick print that's perfect for a jacket lining (I couldn't resist) and the turquoise is just a heavy knit for a top.

The next ones are from the $1.95 sale at Fabric.com just recently. I didn't have a single mistake in this order either.

We have the "Designer Wool Blend Tweed Boucle Suiting Teal," the "Designer Silk Blend Emerald" and the "Designer Light Weight Wool Blend Suiting Fancy Taupe."


This is the "Designer Linen Herringbone Beige," (lovely btw) and "Designer Stretch Wool Suiting Ebony" and "Designer Light Weight Wool Suiting Dune" and "Designer Wool Blend Boucle Suiting Ivory."

Phew.....

Okay, so I'm not the most organized person around, but I'm realizing how important it is to know the fiber content of my stash. Here is my new way to organize. I think I can keep up with this, and I probably can do the last box I ordered too as it's still in the box.


Last but not least, this is also supposed to be a blog about pretty nail polishes and I'm so totally failing in that department. Seriously, I don't know what happened, but some time ago my nails just decided to call it a day and they started to break and peel. I decided enough is enough and gave myself a little manicure today. I might have to keep them short through the winter months if the peeling is due to them drying out (very possible.) I did what I have to do though, which is a full 4 coats - base coat of a rebuilding protein (blah blah blah,) 2 coats of color (almost clear in this case) and a quick dry topcoat (I used Poshe.) The moment it chips, I'll redo it. Lots and lots of moisturizers will help.

Here is a before and after photo, I'm almost embarrassed by the before.


So if your nails look like crap, join me and lets get them pretty for Spring.

NOTD is bright

This is a $0.99 polish from Walgreens called Tropez in Aqua Pearl. It went on easily enough, the brush was not great, but okay. I'm not sure what I think of a color like this, but I have to try them all. Heck, why not.

NOTD OPI Yukon Do It

NOTD for Saint Patrick's Day

Hey, hey, my first post. The nail polish is SinFul Colors San Francisco.