Girls Only (2)

This time, it's a tampons pouch. You can fit 5 of them inside (I forgot to take a picture with tampons in).

I added a ribbon for the look and convenience: it's easier to find in the bag and you can attach it.

This one was a gift for my youngest sister.

Girls Only

Can you guess what's that?

That's a feminine pads pouch. You can put up to 4 pads in it:

I sewed that as a gift for my sister KiKou.
It's really convenient as you can keep that in your handbag without any risk of having anybody guessing what's inside!
Here the pictures of the back:

I love the fabrics (from JoAnn's) I used.
I even did the bias strip myself. It was new for me!

Vogue 8622 Evening wrap

To match my bluish-black evening dress, I made Vogue 7161 evening wrap. Since I was afraid the color was too much of a "look at me" style, I decided to make a classy one and choose this Vogue 8622 View C.

I used a black polyester chiffon.

I love the french seams finish!
When I bought the pattern, I was afraid how seams will look since I don't have a serger. But french seams are fantastic: you just need a regular sewing machine, with straight stitch. And it looks so nice and neat.

You just have to pay attention to start with wrong sides together.
By the way, I made a mistake when making the lower sleeves seam: I haven't noticed how they wanted to put it...
They should be shorter because they should be fold toward the top of the sleeve.
But I finally like how it looks, and this avoid me some hand sewing.

And look around my neck: it's a home-made beads necklace!


A view of the back, with my evening dress:

Neck and bottom pleats were king of annoying to make because of the slippery chiffon.

I like how neck pleats look, but I'm less convinced by the bottom ones.

Here, another picture of the back, over a white top. This way, you can clearly see some french seam.

I enjoyed sewing it and I love the look, I might wait to find a silk chiffon to do it again.

Vogue 7161 Evening wrap

I made the evening wrap Vogue 7161 from Elizabeth Gillet view A, to match a dress for a wedding.





I used two polyesters silk shantung from JoAnn's.

It was really easy to make and the good point is it stay in place alone!
I would say the bad point is the fusible interfacing. The pattern doesn't tell you on which side ironing it (I put it on the clearest one). And I think it makes the wrap a little weird even if it help keeping the shape.
Next time I would try without fusible interfacing or with a double sided fusible interfacing.

Fabric flowers

I made an organza flower to ornate an evening dress.
It's really fun and easy to do.

Here's a "how to" in pictures:

I cut six organza flower shape in two sizes for this final flower.

You can find explanations and pictures in this wonderful blog:
Organza Flowers by Reese Dixon
and on Jo-Ann website:
Classic Elegance Flower by Jo-Ann