Pendralma the Second and Alma Part 2

Okay, so I made these over a month ago, and due to severe Hate-My-Current-Project-Itis, sadly never blogged these.  Enjoy!

Pendralma the Second

  

Details:

Pattern: Sewaholic Pendrell + Sewaholic Alma neckline and collar

Fabric: 1 1/2 yards of cotton voile; Palos Verdes Albalone Cove grey/orange (sez Fabric.com)

Notions: none.  well, thread. and pro-sheer light interfacing in the collar

Notes: Not my first rodeo on this one: see here.  Also, possibly the fastest completed garment ever...how many is too many for 1 wardrobe?

Alma Part 2

Details:

Pattern: Sewaholic Alma, retraced and amended, with plain collar and cap sleeves
Fabric: 1 1/2 yards of cotton voile: Palos Verdes La Venta green/gray
Notions: invisible zipper, uh, and thread
Notes: Not my first rodeo on this one, either: see here. Except dumb-butt-me complained last time about shortening the front waist darts, but brilliant-me realized I could just not sew them.  Problem solved!

With both blouses, I used sorcery to save fabric.  Okay, not really.  On the Alma, I cheated by tracing out a complete front and back so I didn't have to cut them on the fold.  That way I could squeeze more pieces on the the flat fabric.  With the Pendrell, I cut a good 3 inches off the length of the pattern, so I could squeeze those pieces together on the fabric.  In both cases, I pieced the bias neck tape for the neck and arm facings.

I have one more piece of Palos Verdes cotton voile.  Should I wait for the new Sewaholic Belcarra blouse? Or veer off for parts unknown?

Pendralma

Pendralma

or

It's Late, and That's the Best I've Got

Today was a long day back at work after a wonderful warm and sunny vacation.  Sunshine, Floridian beaches, shorts, night swimming, and bare toes digging in the sand were all a wonderful respite from the loooonnng winter. But spring had come here, too, while we were gone: my tulips and irises had started  bursting forth--sure signs that winter won't last forever.

Sand Angels

It's late, and I've worn this all day, so you're getting wrinkly kitchen photos.  

I love sewing hard things.  I like the challenge of new things.

But I also love quick and easy things.

Enter: Pendrell blouse + Alma collar + bias binding for neckline.

Not hard; just right.

There's not a whole lot to say here; I traced the Alma neckline onto the Pendrell bodice pieces.

And I used bias binding on the neckline rather than facing.

I hate facings.

Close-up of collar, because it turned out well.

This photo probably is the best depiction of the colors in the shirt.  

About the only thing I messed up here is the width of the bias binding on the neckline. I  trimmed the seam allowances down before attaching the binding, and it ended up really wide.  BUT, the top-stitching is covered by the collar, and I'm pretty sure most people will never know.

I also stuck a tag over the ugliest part where the seam binding meets. 

Because it's late.

Details, in the briefest way possible:

Pattern: Sewaholic Pendrell + Sewaholic Alma neckline and collar

Fabric: Tula Pink The Bees Knees cotton voile

Notions: Pro-sheer interfacing for collar

Alternations: took 3 inches off length of blouse.

And, I'm off to sit on the couch with a drink, and avoid thinking about argumentative essays.

For as long as I can.

Sew Weekly Reunion Pantone Challenge

Thank you, Picmonkey!

Whew! My Sew Weekly Reunion project is complete!  I'm so glad we had a month for this instead of just a week.  I have much more appreciation for the hard work everyone did!

All apologies for the wrinkles...we're blaming wind, drinks, and a sloping driveway.

The Facts
Fabric: blouse: cotton voile, skirt: wool (from inherited stash), cotton voile scraps for facing

Notions: blouse: thread, skirt: 9" zip (from stash), lightweight interfacing, navy rayon seam binding (from stash), dark turquoise seam binding for hem (from Suzy), 2  3/4" buttons, (from stash) 

Pantone Challenge colors:

blouse: vivacious, koi, turbulence,  a smidge of acai?
skirt: I'm going with deep lichen...but maybe my skirt is a bit  more olive-y

Patterns: 
blouse: Sewaholic Pendrell (gifted by Suzy of SuzyBee Sews), modified view B, skirt: Simplicity 2475 Amazing Fit skirt, view B

Year: 
blouse: 2010
skirt: current

Time to complete:
blouse: an evening or two
skirt: a week of evenings

First worn: 
blouse: to work on Thursday 8/22
skirt:  to the Kansas City Historic Garment District Museum

Wear again? Yep! (but maybe not together)
Aside from parent/teacher meetings, our staff is fairly casual

Total cost: about 1 1/2 yards of fabric @ $6.99/yd, and skirt thread, so we'll say about $15.00.

My mom and dad and I spent Saturday with a trip to the River Market and the Kansas City Garment District Museum, followed by lunch and a trip to Bob Jones shoes.  I was so excited to finally go, and I swear I took lots of great pictures.  Unfortunately, when I got home this is all I had: 

Hmm.  I don't know why my camera ate the pictures, but I'm pretty sure my sister's laughing.  We went on a trip to Panama City together a couple of years ago, and came home with a million pictures of me, and exactly 1 picture of her feet.

I did get this great picture of my parents, though, in front of the giant needle & button statue.

Aren't they great? In solidarity, my mom wore a shirt I made for her from the Maria Denmark Day-to-Night Drape top pattern.  

Both Mom and Dad declared that the skirt was something my grandmother (my dad's mother) would have loved.  That olive-y green was her favorite color, which would explain why I had matching buttons, zipper, and fabric in my inherited stash.   It is a good color; I think it will go with pretty much everything I own.  For the blouse, I just serged the seams, but on the skirt, I kind of felt that the green wool deserved more attention, so I used bias binding on each seam and on the hem.  

In any case, my husband took some pictures for me at home that evening after dinner. 

Apparently, my kids think I'm wide enough to hide not just one, but two...