Graduation and a Dress for Nii

I am writing this post out of town so I don’t know what pattern I had made for Chenii. I pulled out some fabrics that I had bought for the girlies and let her choose which ones she wanted to make her dress with. Here is the pile of fabric she had to choose from.

A pile of purple as she believes she’s really the Purple Princess. Some of these were for me to make scrubs when I was working in pediatrics. She chose the very first one at the top for the lower tier in the skirt. The third fabric is a Hanna Montana print that she chose for the ruffle down the front and the top skirt tier. The solid purple, six down, was for the bodice.

It was worn to my son’s graduation. I’ll post the pattern once I get my hands on it.

Pattern S2943 Oop. I didn’t even know it was Oop.

    

 

These are from the fitting. I didn’t get any while at the graduation because I was too worried about MY photos done. Lol

My husband graduated too! Yay! Here are some photos we took and the dress I am wearing (that has now become property of my baby sister) is Simplicity Workroom 6097.

Simplicity WorkRoom 6097

Until another post.

Kisses and thigh slaps,

Signed,

~~Scheryka

Graduate and Dress: Update

Last night was graduation night! Yay! My big baby is growing up. He’s not grown yet. My babies know Momma’s complete definition of grown is: Grown AND OWN YOUR OWN. I won’t be wordy just pictures for the most part. I’m still tired and have one more graduation to get to. I have to drive 8 hours for this one.

The photos didn’t turn out to well because it was dark, I was using my cell, and it was raining. So we had to what we could.

“Keep still Corey.” He doesn’t like photos.

“Is this good enough, Ma?”

“Come on Ma. You taking too many!”

“Stop!”

One with Dad. (The next graduate.)

Dad, Grad, and Brad

Grad and Brad (He’ll be graduating in about 5 years.)

A big class of over 500.

One of the lucky shots that look half decent. Yes, I have 5 babies. The oldest is the graduate and the youngest is 9 months.

A little better? (Look at the dress.) Lol

Not good AT ALL!

Again? Nope.

A lady’s room break.

I love the back of this dress.

Another shot. I wish I’d known my forehead was trying to steal the show! Lol

Show shot.

Me!

But this is what counts the most!

See you all in a bit. I have another stash review but I’m tired.

Peace and knee grease! ~~Scheryka

Graduation Ready with M6700

Woo hoo! I have two family graduations to attend this year! My son AND my husband! Yay! One is starting out and one is moving on up! So, you know I had to make a special something something. Can’t be walking in the special ceremony with an ‘old faithful’.

I already had it planned to be made anyways. M6700 Fashion Star pattern is a winner! The fabric is from the stash, of course, since I am also participating in the 2013 Style the Stash Sew A Long.

It is described as ‘Easy’ and ‘Knit’. Misses’ dress and belt. It suggests to have Jersey, Interlock, or Cotton Knit. I used a very pretty black slinky but very substantial knit. Notice I didn’t say what it was. It’s because I don’t remember. That’s why I need to make a fabric book. That’s a goal when I buy new fabric in the future.

I used 2 yards and I cut the 14.  It comes in 8 to 24 and yields itself beautifully to any size. So there’s no reason for you to say you won’t look good in it. Yes, you will!

The directions were good. The only part that confused me were the strap construction to the shoulder seams. A little unnecessary fiddling. I did things my way and it worked great.

Fresh of the machine:

 

I want to wear my red t-strap heels but I don’t have red jewelry. What do you suggest?

Option 1

Option 2

Chime in and let me know.

~~~Scheryka

Simplicity 6000

     Oops, I had to back up and get to some priorities I had forgotten about. While I’m trying to churn out MY maxi and work on MY flowing blouse, I had totally forgotten that my daughter asked for a dress to wear to her awards ceremony! Whoa, I remembered LAST night...umm around 9:00 pm last night! Dang it! I had to rewire my sewing machine for pink fabric.
Only to find out, I didn’t have enough to make the entire dress. It called for 1 5/8 for the main dress, 1/2 for the collar, 1/4 for the optional tie bow. I had just under a yard and a half.
The pattern is a vintage Simplicity. 6000. The cost then? $2.50. Circa 1983. Today, you may pay thrice as much. It’s described as Girls’ pullover dropped waist dress. According to the measurements, I made size 8 that came in the H envelope.

So, the alternate color? Same shiny fabric type. Polyester. I think I had bought them both for the purpose of lining something that never got sewn up. Blue. I had rewire again...

It’s a bit darker than this in person. I don’t know how the instructions were because I didn’t use them. I was in a mega rush. I also didn’t add the collar that goes around. Mega rush! And I thought she’d look like a super hero from Fantastic Super Friends if I really did put it on.

Anywho, LOL, Ok, I had to get that laugh out.
Congrats to Cheyenne, she got the “Most Physical Fitness Award”. She and her teacher, Mrs. Searight. I give all kinds of thumbs up to great teachers in our public school systems.

Here is the shot when she was called on to the stage.

Here are her shots after we got home and after I had added the trim around the neck. I didn’t have time to do it because I woke up this morning and put in the side seams and hems. Hit it with the iron and we were out. Had to be there before 8. So here the last few shots of my rising 4th grader. Yay, Cheyenne!


Trim
She wanted me to get the bot I’d made her for Christmas 2012.
That’s all for now. Back to my regularly schedule sewing.

Scheryka

Finally, B5471

fi·nal·ly/ˈfīnl-ē/

Adverb: After a long time, typically involving difficulty or delay: "he finally arrived".

***For the purpose of this dress, I started this post 11/7/2012 with hopes of having it made for Thanksgiving. Instead, it was finished just in time for Easter ‘13. ***

    

     This dress was a long time coming. It is Butterick 5471.

When I first saw this pattern I knew I had to make it. I waited for Butterick to go on sale at the local Hancock Fabrics store. Well, wadaya know? They didn’t have it in stock. Or maybe that’s what they wanted their customers to believe. But me being me, and I know it’s you, too, I went through the box sitting in the corner at the end of the file cabinets. And hey, Butterick 5471 stuck her pretty little head up! I grabbed it like I had struck gold and I was the only one who knew about it. LOL

 

Every outfit on the pack pleased my eye. That giraffe print fabric was what had done it for me. Yeah, I know. I could have easily used pieces from other patterns, but no, that’s not what I wanted to do. I wanted this pattern and this very fabric.

 

The pattern is part of  Butterick’s Lifestyle Wardrobe collection that came out in 2010; labeled: Easy. Misses’ lined, loose-fit, princess-seamed, long and short sleeved jackets with side-front seam pockets! The tunic and dress with has front detail, topstitching, and back zipper. The pants are semi-fitted with darts and a mock fly. Now what I don’t understand from looking at the pack (I haven’t looked at the directions, yet.) is that if there’s a mock fly why does notions says View E, the pants, need a 7 inch zipper and a hook and eye? The line drawings doesn’t indicate a back or side zipper. It doesn’t really matter because I’m not making the pants - yet. It just sparked my curiosity.

This pattern comes in sizes AA (6-12) and EE(14-20). I chose the EE because I measured to the 14; except for that 28 in the waist. It’s easy to make the waist two inches wider.

 

Now this fabric. I wanted that very fabric that is shown on the envelope. Hancock carried the fabric! It was way out of my league to buy though. I usually do not pay more than $4.00 a yard for fabric. It was one their polyester prints that usually sold for $11.99 per yard. I waited and waited for this fabric to go on sale. It would go on sale; I wouldn’t have the money. It would go on sale; I’d miss the sale. This went on for about a year! Then one lovely Sunday, I aimlessly traipsed into Hancock (That was the story my hubby got; but of course he didn’t believe it.) and MY.FABRIC.WAS.ON.SALE! It was $3.49 a yard! WOO! HOO! My heals clicked, my heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly felt a rush of heat move to my throat when I saw another lady waltz her little rose garden dress wearing self over to MY fabric! “Oh, no you don’t Garden of Eden. That is MY fabric!” I said to myself. I rushed over to the table (looks like someone had just finished getting some cut for themselves), “dropped” my notepad (because I have to mark off what I want to get and mark a special mark for what was not in stock or maybe something I thought I wanted but when I saw it, I didn’t...stuff like that.) I act like my daughter dropped it and asked her if she would pick up her book. “Tell the lady excuse me”. The lady politely moved out of the way to let my unknowingly daughter get ‘her’ notebook. When she slid to the side, I knew she was going to either help my daughter or look at her like ‘awe, she’s so cute.’ ...it was the latter. She turned, I grabbed. Yeah, it was that serious to me. That was the only bolt I saw and that meant to me it was the last. There was only 2 yards left, so I bought that. Isn’t it lovely?

 

The pattern called for exactly 2 yards. But with a little manipulation, one could actually have enough to make the mistake of cutting the front bodice in two instead of on the fold. Yeah, I did that! Here’s what it’s supposed to look like from the pattern layout.

Sorry for the blurriness.
This is how NOT to place your front pattern piece!

Recut....

Ok, I’ve had the dress sewn up and have worn it a couple times. It was my dress for Easter 2013. I was able to get pictures today. I need one of those doodads Erica B has. Push the button in your hands and not worry the need for a photographer!
Also, check out Sew Luva's make on this very dress. I was surprise to know that our story was very similar. I mean, I got absolutely excited about it!


        
        

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn’t wear much of any other adornments. I wanted the dress to speak for itself. Although, I could’ve worn a simple necklace. And, I wish I could have gotten a few live shots but I don’t believe my cell would have survived the rain.

I think I am going to eventually make the jacket and pant set that’s on the envelope. Even though I do LOVE this dress, I don’t believe I’ll make another one unless I find some extraordinary fabric for it.

Love it.

Until later, Smooches and Blesses.

PS. Today was Mens Day at church and the message was from Genesis 6: 5-6, 8.

Subject: But Noah...Was Different.

Point: If want to make a difference you must be different.

Peace!