Like many in the sewing community, I was very excited to hear about Mimi G.'s collaboration
with Simplicity! I've been inspired by her creations for many years, and couldn't wait
for the release of her patterns.
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I was very happy, and lucky my local Hancock had both her patterns when they came out,
so I snatched them up almost as soon as they put them on the shelves! What's even more awesome
as the beautiful, hip patterns, was the step-by-step video tutorials released in
conjunction with both patterns!
For the new sew sistas, the visual tutorials are extremely helpful. I'm not a newbie but I really
enjoy learning things visually and Mimi's tutorials always has great techniques, and easier methods plus I always pick up something new!��
I didn't bother reading the instructions, I just followed along with the tutorial. I made a few adjustments along the way. I added 2.5" to the crop top to lengthen it a tad, but still have that crop look! I added 2" to the sleeves, just for assurance sake but really didn't need to. I cut the 14 size for the skirt based on the finished measurements. I normally wear a 16, so I blended up to the 16 waistband for a comfier fit! (didn't want spillage above and below the waistband, lol)
The top was easy to assemble, and I find it's a great staple piece. Now for the daring, you
can wear it as is, "cropped", or you can add a few inches as I did or even a few more and its a great mock turtleneck! I've already drafted a nice dress from this top to wear with my favorite blazer.
I'm also truely diggin this high waisted pencil skirt! Of course I have some already, but I love the fact that I can use up some of my left over fabric, (that I hate to throw away) as the side panels. The possibilities are endless so many design options leather, plaids, piping more color blocking etc.
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Camo Crazy
I saw this "Ponte Camo" fabric earlier in the spring at Fabric Mart, and put it on my wishlist that morning. Well, by the time I got home it was only a 1/2 yard left !! I was sick, ... seriously!
A few weeks later it was back in stock, and they had a sale on knits soo you kno
I copped 6yards!! Uhm yes I did,... since I'm Camo Crazy, lol. I made quite a few things with it, and promise to post it later. In the meantime, I've been scouring the net for a cotton blend camo of some sorts to do a peplum blazer. If you come across any, please do share!
Til next time See-ya!!
