The Sew Weekly Challenge, Theme: Make This Look

We are at week 3 already! This theme is Make This Look. 

Hope all you Aussies are staying cool, its been hot! Even hottor in a polyester dress....

so here is my Sew Weekly post:

The “Master Mixologist” Dress

The Facts

Fabric:Baby Blue polyester from a garage sale $2. Baby blue cotton sheet for lining in stash.
Pattern: New Look 6968 $7.50
Year:  Contemporary
Notions : 1 x 21″ zip, in stash.
Time to complete: 7 hours
First worn:  January 2012
Wear again? Yes, When the weather gets cooler, much cooler!

Total Cost: ~$10

The Sew Weekly Challenge, Theme: Buttons

Here is dress number 2 for the Sew Weekly Challenge. Last weeks theme was buttons and I just loved it! Next week is Make This Look. We can pick any dress form the Make This Look page and make it our own! Im going a bit Glee, But more about that next week ;D

 The ‘You look like a 40′s Nurse’ Dress

The Facts

Fabric: Kelley green & White stretch poplin cotton $19.22
Pattern: McCalls 4769
Year: 2005
Notions: 7 white Rose buttons $1.99. Time to complete: 15hrs +
First worn: Jan. 16, 2012
Wear again?: I’m sure!
Total Price: $21.20

The Sew Weekly Challenge 2012

I’ve mentioned before my love for Mena and her blog The Sew Weekly. She started in 2010 making 1 dress per week and photographing it. Last year she asked if anyone else wanted to join here and 4 other wonderful ladies were chosen (Adey, Debi, Sarah and Veronica) this year is a bit different! As long as you get your theme outfit in on time and with nice photos you could be a Featured Contributor! Fun!

Last year I did a pitiful job on the challenge and only made about 10 out of 52 outfits! This year I hope to make 52 out of 52...and maybe even make it to the feature section!

Last weeks theme was: Accessorize. This is my post (also readable here)

A Tattoo is a Permanent Accessory for a Grand Dress!

 The Facts

Fabric : Rainbow Brite Bed sheet & Yellow and white polka dot cottons and lined with yellow cotton lawn
Pattern : Simplicity 9590 with some changes.
Year: 2001
Notions : 1 7″ Zip, Red Bias Binding
Time to complete: 6 hours
First worn: 10/01/2012
Wear again? Oh Yes, this has become my favorite summer dress!Total price: Well the zip was .60c. The yellow was from a UFO I started about 10 years ago…so i’d say its about 2.00. Red Bias Binding; .25c and the Rainbow Brite bed sheet was a dress that I bought off the net, I was very said that the style just didn’t suit me, at all! It cost me $95!! I used about 1/3 of the dress to make this, so the total is about  $37.50!

The Sew Weekly Theme: The Colour Purple.

Yes Colour, not color! I am Australian after all...

After a busy work week, well busy for me, I’m posting about my dress for The Sew Weekly Challenge: The Colour Purple!

My creation this week will most likely be worn for a wedding over the weekend, Pics to come.

It’s also been a stash busting dress for me too, I've had the fabric for about 6 months now... It was purchased from J and O Fabrics, I recommend buying from them. It was easy, quick and rather cheap! Most fabrics are $9 a meter and I found out postage for international areas was $13 for less than 7 yards!

On to the dress! A different combo of New Look 6699 was use for this. The first combo was for my ‘Mum’ dress! It’s a really great pattern with LOTS of options!

I LOVE pansy and I LOVE purple! So this has to be one of my favorite dresses to date!! The fabric has a fair bit of stretch and is not too heavy, we are in summer over here now, my favorite time of the year!

Fabric: Printed cotton, 2 meters, $22.30

Pattern: New Look 6699 $8.50

Year: 2010's
Zip: opp shop zipper $0.60

Buttons: None

Time to complete: 5 hours.
Pattern Difficulty: 4/10
First worn: August 2011.
Wear again? Yes, can’t wait!

Total Cost:  $31.40

Also as its now December and that time of year, here is one of my favorite Christmas songs!

Happy sewing!

The Sew Weekly Theme: Mad for Plaid!

So once again I’ve gone back through the Sew Weekly Challenges I missed (there is a heap I missed) and pick one! 

So this week its: Mad for Plaid!!

I actually finished my dress for this challenge on time….I just didn’t post it!

 When I saw this challenge I knew the exact fabric I wanted to use! I had about 1.3 meters of 45’’ purple fabric that I got a garage sale a few months ago. I wanted to use Simplicity 6023. for this week but pattern pieces were missing!!! I asked for help over here took the advice! I also looked it up to find a year and came across this picture via google, This lead me to Tanit-Isis, surprise, surprise a fellow Sew Weekly member!

So Tanit-Isis, you inspired me so much here is my version of Simplicity 6023. 

 

I had to cut 4’’ off the skirt pattern as I didn’t have a whole lot of fabric! Lucky I’m only 5 foot short! I just love the dress! The puffy sleeves are just too cute!

Fabric: Printed cotton $2.00

Pattern: Simplicity 6023 $0.30

Year: 1970's
Zip: opp shop zipper $0.40

Buttons: self covered, 3 from a kit $0.90

Time to complete: 8 hours.
Pattern Difficulty: 7/10 (missing pieces)
First worn: August 2011.
Wear again? Yes, now its summer!

Total Cost:  $3.60

Happy Sewing!

The Sew Weekly Theme: That's 70's Sew

So dress number 2!

Last weeks theme over at The Sew Weekly was something from the 1970’s. As I by mostly second hand patterns a lot of them are from the 70’s

This is the pattern I chose. From Savers, $.99

The Sew Weekly Theme: Mom (Mum)

With all the free time I have being unemployed I have now been able to get right into sewing! I've made 4 dresses in the last 2 weeks!

This is dress number 1. 

I decide to go back through the Sew Weekly Challenges I missed (there is a heap I missed) and pick one. So this week its:

Mom or Mum for us Aussies!

This is my Mum back in 1972, well before she met my dad!

The dress is actually white and red with white polka dots. 

I took my inspiration from it.