Me-Made-May, 2013. Week 5.

Final week of May! Final outfits will be here, conclusion and summary will be in the next post%)) Big photos you can see at Flickr.

 27 May. Me-made shirt and me-made dress.

 28 May. Me-made shirt and me-refashion shorts(from RTW capris)

29 May. Me-made skirt. Now only with one pocket, but I will remove it soon because it is ugly%)))

30 May. Me-made dress(second one in time line). I am going to write some retrospective post about my sewing%))

31 May. Me-made dress. Still little bit unfinished(need to add 2 small dart to the back). The third one in time line%)))

Burda Sew-along - Raglan shirt 02/2013 127

In the end of April I decided to participate in Burda sew-along. Almost all my garments were made from Burda patterns so I couldn't miss this sew-along%)

I made a raglan shirt from Burda 02/2013. I liked this pattern from the first moment. I used a fabric from my stash but now I think that this was not the best choice. The fabric is too thin and sheer, I prefer more thick tees. Also I had problems with a neckline and ripping (small holes formed on the fabric, rrrrrrrrrr).

So, my pattern review:
Pattern Sizing: 34, 38, 40, 42, 42. I cut 36.
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Yes, the look is pretty the same.
Were the instructions easy to follow? Yes. But I did a neckline a little bit different. I made the shorter stripe for the neckline and sewn stretching the stripe. Also I topstitched neckline with twin needle. But this is not saved me from stretching neckline a little bit%(
What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? I like raglan and the gathers on the shoulders, they look nice, and don't like the low armhole.

Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: I didn't add 7cm at sleeves for hemming. Also I made the tee a little bit shorter. My shoulder seams are 1cm lower because I made mistake and when ripping I made holes on the fabric, so I had to sew with bigger seam allowance to hide the holes. This was not bad because the tee was little bit to big in the shoulders.
Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others? I will try to make it with more thick fabric. Also I will cut 34 size next time.
Conclusion: Nice raglan tee with interesting details.

Facts:

• Fabric:  1.1m (width 1.5m) of rayon knit, very thin.
• Pattern: Burda magazine 02/2013 127
• Fabric was bought first, to companion to my blue dress.
• Notions: thread, twin needle, fusible stay tape
• Time to complete: 7.20 hours. I spent a lot of time for the neckline and fixing my mistakes on the shoulder seams.
• First worn: 26 April for walking.
• Wear again:  Yes! Yesterday%))
• Total cost:  8.8 euro for fabric + 0.9 euro for thread + 2 euro for magazine  = 11.7 euro

Me-Made-May, 2013. Week 4.

Soo, this is week 4! It will be new participant this week!%)) As previous time the bigger photos are at Flickr.

20 May. Me-made home skirt (from old long-sleeve)

21 May. Me-refashion jeans. I should make some trousers for next MMM%)

22 May. me-made black skirt.

23 May. Me-made jumper and again refashioned jeans.

24 May. I wear the same outfit as 23 may but at the picture I worn another jumper because I forgot to photo after walking%)

25 May. It was rain so we stayed at home, I in me-made skirt.

26 May. I worn my new me-made tee%)

Me-Made-May, 2013. Week 3.

I am again too late with this post%) But in any way I should continue this challenge! The bigger photos you can see at Flickr.

 13 May. Me-made turtleneck.

14 May. Me-refashioned skirt.

15 May. Me-refashioned skirt. I like it very much!%)

 16 May. Me-refashioned jeans.

 17 May. Me-made blouse and me-refashioned skirt(from jeans)

 18 May. Me-made skirt. I should write about it after Me-Made-May because  it seems that I wear it almost every day%)

 19 May. Me-made dress. Will blog it soon too%)

New sewing list for me!

Only one unsewn item remains in "current sewing list" so I will write the next one! These lists motivate me pretty well!
Really my backlog of ideas, wishing and sewing plans is huuuuuuuuge! Also I have a huge box of different UFOs so I decided to include them too in my current list so not only new projects will be realized.

New projects (from scratch)

• Maxi-skirt from knit - done (22/06)
  
  
  
• Muslin for leather jacket
• Scarf from silk 
  
• Green trousers from last summer - done (27/07)
• Burda sew-along - Raglan Shirt Burda 02/2013 - done! (26/05)
• Knit skirt for my friend - done (28/06)
• Simple bag from linen - need to buy ribbon for handle
• Simple jumper for cold summer nights form finish green fabric 
 

Refashion, changing, repair etc

• To finish summer brown skirt
• Winter dress - need new long zipper
• To fix some technical issues in orange bag
• To finish changing of red Simplicity dress - decided to keep it like this, it is ok!
• To remove pockets on new red skirt (I don't like how they came out) - done (26/06)
• To change Asos dress to skirt - done (05/06)
• To look on the waist of new red dress (belt or alteration?)
• Repair a pocket of the bag - done! (28/06)
• Repair a lining of Semeon's jacket

I have to finish this list quickly because I want to make the next one and sew my coll ideas!%))