Wear Everywhere Dress

What do you do when you need a dress for an event and don't have one that will work? You make it. And because you're on a time crunch, you find a super easy pattern.

I've had my eye on this pattern for a while and was going to make it before we go on vacation later this fall. I've even had the fabric for a couple of months! This event coming up just sped up the timeline a bit.

This was my first time working with facing on a garment. It was a bit of a different technique for me. I like learning all of these new things!

When it came time to try the dress on, I noticed (pretty quickly), that the neckline was gaping. Sigh. I should've made a muslin version. Ah well, lesson learned. I googled to figure out my options and the one I like the best is adding elastic to the neckline to "fix" it.

I like the gathered neckline. I wasn't thrilled with how the hem line turned out - turns out I just needed to iron it. It's hanging a lot better after an iron passed over it.

<need to put in a picture of the finished dress>

Pacifier bibs - Haven't Made

I haven't made these, but they're so cute that I needed to save the picture of them (and it's not available on pinterest). Maybe for the next family member who has a baby!

Bathroom Curtains

In the new apartment, we have a rather large (for a bathroom) window in the master bathroom that faces a relatively busy street. More specifically, it faces a street light & traffic light. Even with the blinds closed, there's some light that gets in. The window is an unconventional size, so I was having trouble finding a curtain that would be appropriately sized for it.

What does one do in this situation? She makes a set of curtains.

I used this blog post/tutorial as inspiration: http://www.twotwentyone.net/make-blackout-curtains/. They hang a little stiff for my liking, but they work!

Cardigan wrap

Because I don't have enough on my to-do list, I picked up this pattern a couple of trips to Joann's ago. I figured it'd be nice to have a comfy wrap/cardigan type thing going in to the fall. Especially on our upcoming anniversary trip. 

The fact that there were some knits on sale doesn't hurt either, so I picked up a solid purple & a subtle white with white stripe. If you're going to make one, you might as well make two... right?!

Excuse the horrible lighting!

The pattern is pretty easy to cut out - really just a rectangle with a couple of holes for the main part & then the sleeves. I cut a couple too many sleeves (I cut 2 with the fabric still folded, so ended up with four).

I was also a quick sew - a few hem lines & attaching the sleeves.

The sides are a little long on my short self (I'm about 5'3") and I feel like the back could be just a little longer, but otherwise, I like it! I have some white knit fabric to make a second one, so maybe I'll try to make some adjustments (or I'll try a different pattern, we'll see).