On Finishing up Some Sewing Projects and Dreaming of New Ones

Lately I’ve been busy, so I haven’t had all that much time or desire to do a great deal of sewing. With that in mind I thought it was time to go back to some projects I hadn’t quite finished and start thinking about a few things I wanted to make in the near future, which is what I'll be sharing with you today.

First the unfinished projects…

The black circle skirt

In February, I made a black circle skirt of a Poly-Rayon blend for my Valentine skirt before realizing that the fabric was too heavy for my petticoat and that the appliques would disappear into the fold. As a result, I put it aside in order to finish my second skirt in time leaving it almost complete with the exception of folding the hem up the second time. Over the past few weeks I did the gathering and hemmed the entire thing by hand, finishing just yesterday

Next, the bird dress

For those of you who remember, July of last year I was thinking of making a dress using this delightful bird fabric. Within a week of the post the dress was done, but there were some issues. First, my idea to hide the seams with ribbons was a poor choice…a three times ripping out the stitching because the ribbons caused the dress to pull in weird directions poor choice. The bodice also ended up a bit large. I knew I could fix it, but by that point I was so frustrated I banished it to be looked at later when I wasn’t so sick of it. 

Fast forward to this July and I had the idea of using ric-rac instead of ribbon. So far it looks like this is going to work out much better and to save myself having to undo the seams on the side I plan to leave the ribbons there for tying in a bow around my waist.

The 1960’s sundress

I made this at the end August and it’s been sitting awaiting button holes ever since. The irony in this is that I stopped working on it because it got so hot I didn’t feel like having fabric draped over me as I hand-stitched the six button holes.

As far as upcoming projects…

I’ve been wanting to make a blouse to match with my overalls. Or more specifically, the lining of the pockets on my overalls. Currently I’m thinking about this blouse pattern except with a Peter Pan collar or even a detachable one. I also want to make another circle skirt (and preferably not hem it by hand). I’m rather keen on the idea of putting black lace around the bottom. 

And finally, my big upcoming project is a plaid flannel shirt. I’ve never worked with plaid print and I’ve never worked with flannel, so this will be an adventure. My main concern is the matching, although after this skirt the thought of matching isn’t nearly so daunting. ♥