muslin

  • Vintage Star Lounge Suit: PE Foxy Legs Joggers and Greenstyle Pacific Pullover

    Vintage Star Lounge Suit: PE Foxy Legs Joggers and Greenstyle Pacific Pullover

    Throwing these two together because they do make a cute lounge set. However, I actually made each piece separately. I made them both from some lovely light french terry that I won in a raffle years ago from Amelia Lane Designs. I got to pick 3 yards of anything I wanted and this was my…

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  • Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 2: A Well-Fitting Bodice

    Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 2: A Well-Fitting Bodice

    For this post in the series about my Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 Totally Minnie look, I’ll be talking about constructing the bodice. Want to start at the beginning? Check out this post. Technically, I should post about the effective muslin I made which was an 80’s rocker style dress, but I want to get…

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  • Butterick B6295 sports bra

    Butterick B6295 sports bra

    This is just a fast post while I get some other stuff together. This is the sports bra from Butterick B6295. Well, it’s the sports bra (A) with the straps of the top (B). I had this extra fabric from a costume I made as well as a skort and I thought it would be…

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  • Quick Cambie update

    Here is proof that I did actually make the bodice. But, it looks like this one is not going to be my real dress. Or at least not yet. I think it’s still salvageable. Definitely the skirt portion. But it looks like I’m not a size 8 despite what the measurements say. This one was…

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  • Cambie sneak preview

      Here’s a little teaser. I’m finally getting started on my Sewaholic Cambie dress. This is technically the muslin, as well as my traced pattern pieces. Yes, I’m using nice fabric for my muslin. I’m pretty much a dead-on size 8 from the back of the envelope so I have high hopes that my “muslin”…

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