Wild Woman Dress (Simplicity 2444 with Cape Collar)

Hello guys and dolls! I finally did it! I picked a pattern to make my graduation dress!
It is Simplicity 2444 with the cape collar

 

Here are a few shots a different angles to show how great it fits 



and here are the details which define why I fell in love with the pattern.

The cape collar is adorable for one. It is what attracted me to the pattern.

The bodice front has 4 darts and the front skirt has 6 pleats

A bit hard to see with my wild woman fabric, but trust me! this dress has great lines!

The back bodice has 2 darts and the back skirt has 6 pleats as well.

And the best thing ever!!

POCKETS!!

I will have pockets to keep some lip stick and my cell with me all during grad

I have 4 months to decide on the fabric because I will need to sew it up next semester break.

That will be my last semester break ever!!

Right now I am thinking I will get polka dot fabric and make the collar the color of the dots

 

Besides graduation, I plan on making more of this pattern simply because I have fallen in love with the fit and the look. There will most definitely be a nautical one in my future!

 

What are your thoughts?

 

XOXOXO

Lily Bean

FINALLY summer break!! New Patterns and Fabric... Time to Sew

Hi everyone!!

Yesterday was my last day of the Spring semester

yahooooooo!!

So far I have seen 2 out of 3 grades:

Coding: A

Speech: A

Clinical Tech: pending grade

 

And officicially I am in the senior class, 3 semesters away from graduation. One year from now I will be in cap and gown....
Wow! Okay, back to reality... one semester at a time.

 

So I have only one week of summer break. so depressing. And to top it off, one of my teachers gave us homework... wth!?!? Why even bother taking a break. Oh well, I suppose we all have to pay our dues.

So I may only have one week until Summer semester starts

and I may need to read 2 chapters in this week

and I may have an assignment and 2 quizzes due first day of school

but, as my Bempa said, at least I don;t have to drive to school for a week

hahahah! sweet old man!

 

Today I went to WalMart for a few things and fell off the wagon buying $20 worth of fabric and 3 new patterns. I know I am not supposed to be buying anything since I have so much to work with... I couldn't help it. I simply went crazy knowing I have some time to sew.

I have grabbed a few other cuts of fabric and patterns since school started.

Here's some pix of my latest additions:

New Look A6000

 

 

New Look A6208

 

 

Simplicity A2884

 

 

New Look A6184

 

New Look 6699

 

Simplicity Sew Simple A1636

 

I will be going through all my patterns to figure which to try out for a grad dress

(maybe tonight since my sister should be dropping by to sew with me)

It may be a year away but I realized I only have like 8 weeks throughout the year where I will actually be out of school and free to sew. That is limited time to decide and perfect my plans... I am definitey starting now. I just can't grow haha

 

Off I go to clean off my sewing table and get to it
Let's see what I can knock out between now and May 28th!! Can't wait to have actual sewing to post about haha!

xoxoxox

Lily Bean

(here with my Bempa <3)
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Fabric Stash Inventory

Hey there!

Here I am with most of my fabric.

This is what the closet looked like when I opened it...

And that's not the only place I have fabric stuffed in haha

I also have a large rubbermaid drawer and keep some on my sewing table... and then there's in a laundry basket near my sewing table... and in my room... and waiting to be washed...

 

I went through almost all my fabric... I left out a few pieces here and there that I know I won't be doing anything with any time soon. Once I had it all sorted by type and yardage I snapped some pictures.

 

So ready or not... here is my stash

less than 1 yard:
 

 

 

1 to 1 1/2 yards:

  

2 to 2 1/2 yards

 

3 to 3 1/2 yards 

 

 4 yards

 

 And I have already used a good amount of the blue leopard in my next project.

Next on my sewing table is Butterick B5557. It is a blouse and fitted skirt.

 

I will admit, I am a bit nervous about the skirt. This will be my first commercial pattern that is a fitted skirt and not using stretch material. Let's hope my back side doesn't give me too much trouble. I ran out of black fabric for lining so I will probably head out for some more tomorrow and then start back to working on this outfit.

I finished my fuschia foxy flannel dress and will snap some pix for you tomorrow.

 

XOXOXOX

Lily Bean

 

p.s.

Penelope was in need of some love and attention and decided to lay across the fabric as I was ironing it tonight. Silly girl. How can you say no to this face?!?

 

 

We need to play catch up...

Hi everyone! Well we have some catching up to do. I am finished with finals and just found out i got A's in all 4 classes!! So awesome! I kept my 4.0. Time to celebrate...

I have 4 weeks of winter break!

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!

So now I am preparing for my next "end-of-semester-tuition-reimbursement-tattoo". I will be getting a cartoon '57 Chevy Bel Air on my left lower arm.

Hoping to be able to get it before my winter break is over but it all depends on my tuition reimbursement.

 

I have washed and ironed 2 loads of fabric. I have never been happy to iron so much! For one, I was excited to finally use my new iron and two I was so happy to finally have time for crafting.

 

Of course I can't show you anything I am crafting that is a Christmas gift until it has been received. But as soon as I am done making my gifts I can start on my Christmas dress. Today I finally decided on Butterick B5603 View A in this holly material with red accents.

 

 

I have taken a few Xmas outfit pictures but dealing with all the issues of this past week I have forgotten to snap pix on most days.

 

"Hey Santa I may be bad but I'm so good at it". This shirt has enough green glitter to last a lifetime! I love it! 

 

I paired it with my tan corduroy mini and my super thick knit winter leggings. They are just like a sweater for my legs. And they have adorable sprakly snowflakes all over.

 

 

How fun is this top! Happy Bunny as a "Gangster Wrapper". I did not get a full outfit picture when wearing this shirt (it was the night of my final) but I promise the rest was bland anyways. Just black tights with a burgandy corduroy mini.

 

 

I usually don't wear this shirt very much but I fell in love with it paired with this polka dot skirt.

 

 

This is a close-up of the candy cane heart rhinestone design.

 

 

and an artsy shot of my skirt =P

 

 

And lastly (for now) my snowman shirt. I love this outfit <3

 

 

Well that wraps up this post. I will follow up with a post with 2 recipes and another post where I answer the questions offered by Cherie over at The Sewing Lab who nominated me for The Liebster Blog Award. Hooray!! (Thanks again Cherie).

 

Here's a picture of a thick icicle from a drippy hose (no one knew it was even dripping before the freezing night haha). They say we may be in for rain mixed with snow tomorrow... Looks like Jack Frost may finally be here to bring winter.

 

 

 

Baby It's Cold Outside!

 

XOXOX

Lily Bean