OTTOBRE DESIGN 1-2015-17 GIRL LEGGINGS

Hello!!

I'm so happy with this little garment, it was so easy, so practical, fun to make, but the best of all was the time I put on it... I made it in less than an hour so it is super fast!!!! I'm proud to say that I could make it while my 3 kids were playing next to me... cut, sew, try and done!!

I had a beautiful denim satin fabric floating over my stash, it is stretchy but not as a regular cotton for leggings, and the print is lovely, bright little flowers in all these colors!! She loved the fabric and even with the print they look a little dressier than jeans or regular leggings...

Back to the easy part:
* 1 pattern 2 pieces
* Elastic belt
* Hem

I just made a size 98 with the length of a 104... My pretty girl has all her weight in her beautiful and messy hair...

And... DONE !!!

Have you ever made something as easy as this???

XOXO

 

This  is the pattern picture which we like from the magazine: the funny leggings

 

As easy as this

 

The model jumping around and showing me that they had the right size:

 

The lovely photo pose

 

 

 

LITTLE COUCH REFURBISH

 

What a crazy week we had last week!!  On Wednesday I took the kids to the park and we had an amazing afternoon, the same night my baby had a little fever, so I took him to the pediatrician in the morning after leaving my other 2 kids at school. At the doc office we were transfer to the ER with respiratory distress... What??!!!!  Of course one day before my husband went to Germany on a business trip.  We stayed there until the night and they released us with a huge treatment. Two days later my middle girl and I got the virus, but we really took it easy and it was not as strong... After  arriving to Germany and bought me a couple of magazines he had to return here to help... and cook   :)  Everything went well and our baby is healthy again!!!

On Sunday I decided to take all my stress away, so I decided to take down a little couch of the kids which they adore and refurbished it. The blue coach has being with us for 6 years aprox. And I can say that it is used pretty much everyday (the red one too but that one I haven't refurbished it yet).

I had in my stash an old green and again bold print  IKEA FABRIC which I bought in Spain in 2008 (as you can see in the picture), I wanted it for a chair, but never did nothing... you know, but I still love this textile so much.

I tried to copy and take measurements over the cover (which was a bad idea as it was better to take measurements of the couch) and started there... piece by piece.

Then I took the zippers off (3) of the actual slip and put them in the new one.

I tried to put it together...   and didn't work the first and the second time... but the third one we had a new little green couch!!!

I did it!!!!!  yeahhhhhh!!!!! Bye bye old cover!!!

It is not perfect but it has the same purpose as the blue old and decadent one: coach, bed, castle, fortress, boat, etc, etc, etc

Now I have to make the other one but I'm not in a rush as it took some stress away but it also add some of it to me.... maybe I just needed to do something easier.

 

 

 

 

 

BURDASTYLE 07/2013/105C

Hello!!

I know is not the perfect time to be showing new shorts, as in a lot of places they are having huge blizzards with a lot of snow, but here in Florida the weather has been quite good to us... even if it is more cold than always is not that hard and we can wear jeans or shorts.

The pattern I used to make them, was from the BurdaStyle magazine 07/2013 and I used a cotton blend fabric which is very thick and perfectly for my needs (remember I have 3 kids and I'm always in the ground).

I decided to make this shorts because I wanted new shorts with a bold print but not in bold colors... which are pretty difficult to find. I love that they are so loose like a little skirt, that these have nice and comfortable pockets and that it had some pleats which gives them a kind of nice touch.

These shorts are supposed to have the hem outside but when I was doing it I preferred them without it as I didn't want them that short.

 

The only thing I didn't liked at all is that I used a metal zipper and I though it would be the right size but it was a bit larger and I didn't knew how to cut it so I was really messing things up until I could do it.... next time a plastic one.  I washed them before wear them and they got a lot of wrinkles even in the belt so I will need to iron them every once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

Oops!!  One photo is upside down, I'll try to fix it later, I hope you like it as it was a fun thing to do and I really like them!

 

lOVE!!

BURDA STYLE JANUARY 2015

 

 

Hello!!!Monday is arriving, I don't know why  my weekend goes so fast!! But lets start with a little happiness, such as this nice magazine delivered with a lot of inspiration!!

 

In my opinion this month Burda arrived with some nice statements, such as the coat in the cover.

 

I'm feeling  in the mood of trousers and in the first page I found one pair that I liked a lot, even though we have seen them plenty of times before, I don't like that the trousers don't have a zipper, but I have to agree that these make them more comfortable, even though if I prefer fashion over confort.

 

 

 

Then, I must admit I like wearing white in any season, and there are some nice patterns here. First a nice jacket with an asymmetrical front, very well made and  clean lines which make it a fashion statement, and I liked very much the way they style it with the belt. I also like an asymmetrical skirt which I find very easy to wear in the following page with some daily styles for winter.

 

Burda finally put some patterns on maternity, which I am no longer in need (considering that I sewed  almost all my clothes for my  3pregnancies as I didn't like the old sack style of most of it). I like most this dress which is can be worn a lot of times as it is comfortable, feminine and dressy.

This other dress I find it very unflattering and boring, maybe your couple's shirt with a pair of leggings and the belt will look better.

 

 

The pants ahead I just love them, I have one pair of Current Elliot moto jeans which look similar but in white only that I just adored.  I'm planning on making these soon. The style looks very Gwen Stefani which I'm fan!

 

 

Vintage fashion is  a very easy but flattering dress for every shape.

 

 







 

Also I  plus size a very chic top and pants, nice color, nice cut and nice accessories.

There are some costumes for kids which are nice but nothing spectacular and some street fashion which didn't appeal my eyes.

In general I like this issue a lot, except for a couple of photos which I think must have been retaken to make  a flattering figure but I enjoyed it and it inspired me a lot.

Tell me, what do you think about it?

Have a great and happy week!!!
lOVE***

 

GIRL DRESS MCCALL M6914

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

What a busy holiday season, we were traveling the last 20 days visiting family in different places, we move from hot weather to cold weather to hot weather and again cold weather... and with my 3 kids I had to pack lots of things.

Anyway, I did make a second dress for my 3 yo girl, she looked so pretty but I had to finished it on the go. In the first try, the pattern turn to be huge and wide, so I had to cut the bodice in half to reduce it, as I couldn't afford to waste the fabric neither had the time to redo it.

With the reduction I made it was better but when something is big, its big all over, so I tried to fit it the best way I could. It was hard to match the lines, but as I said in another post I like it to be as perfect as I possibly can.

The zipper turn out to be in another color again, but I really appreciate some comments that I had in pattern review and I painted it... what great advise I had, and my nerves stop annoying me... :)

I also tried to learn the blind stich in my machine, but with so little time I ended doing it by hand. Here are some pictures. Hope you like it and please comment.

Happy 2015!!

 

BURDA 12-2014-146 GIRL DRESS

Hello!!!

As I mention before I totally adored the dress in the last Burda Magazine Dec 2014, so, I decided to start making it for the holidays. It said Festive dress with Tulle perricoat 147 although I don't think it needs the tulle under skirt, but we'll see.

It is a very easy but pretty dress to make. I had a very nice wool in my stash which I decided to use. I bought it when a designer store closed in Mexico City because the designer died and the people just sell as much as they could without knowing the prices... so it was pretty cheap. I have a little left that I might use for my other daughter.

So, I copied the pattern, adjust it as she is thin and tall for her age,  and start cutting which is the boring part of doing it.

I use a pink lining which I think I dont have any picture but it looks amazing, then I start sewing it and overlocking it.

The sleeves look awesome, they have 2 pleats that make the design very beautiful.





Then I put the invissible zipper and I went to the store and they didn't have the color I wanted which annoyed me, but I put a cream one which doesn't show.

I decided to make the hem of the sleeves and the skirt by hand as I've never done it by machine and I don't know if I will trust it or not, so it doesn;t show at all.

A little iron on the back of the invisible zip and a clear match of the belt.

And the dress is done, I just need to try it on her, but it is done!!!!   :)

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE.