Sew Luxy

Hey, Everyone! I'm back, halfway through the month to share this collared beast of a project with you. This was my first time making a collar, cuffs, and plackets. Also my first time using the button-hole function on a machine. I made this dress under the tutelage of Carisa Brunner at  Made Sewing Studio  in Seattle. Carisa is a patient teacher and hilarious human being-- I can't recommend her enough. I signed up for a dress making bootcamp and thought I would expand my skill-set. I picked this pattern due to its numerous design features I hadn't yet tried. I really had no idea how involved the construction of the collar and sleeve plackets was going to be. Although the pattern instructions were pretty-much written in Greek, Carisa was able to walk me through it, and the amount of hair I lost in stress-pulling was minimal. I have newfound respect for people who make garments with collars and sleeve plackets on a regular basis. The pattern I used is one by Bootstrap F

Oh heyyy, sewing blogosphere! Happy May! You didn't think I forgot to post last month, did you? I didn't forget, but life sometimes gets in the way... I've actually been working on a really fun project in a sewing class I've been taking for the past few weeks, which I can't wait to share with you but needs a little more time. It has been a stretch project for me- teaching me/forcing me to learn several new techniques. It's always nice to balance a complicated (to me) growth-inducing project with an easy palette-cleansing project. That's where this pretty little blue number stepped in: a swing dress hacked version of M6886. So, why did I want to make a swing dress? A few years ago I thrifted a RTW swing dress; it's really cute, comfortable, and I wear it a lot. It's so well-loved that the fabric has definitely seen better days. Before I can even think about removing it from my wardrobe, I wanted to make sure I could make a similar vers