Vogue 8088 and BWOF 2/2009 #108

Finally got a couple of photographs of the Vogue I completed today and the BWOF that was finished a month or more ago.

First off, Vogue 8088, the Marcy Tilton vest/jacket pattern.  There have been lots of discussion and many beautiful variations of both the Hot Patterns and Sewing Workshop shrugs posted on Stitcher's Guild.  As I admired them all I remembered some fabric that I had purchased over a year ago at C & C Fabrics in Dallas.  It is mostly rayon with a bit of poly and lycra.  I had nothing in mind for it when I purchased it and really wondered if I would ever use it, but the price was too good to pass up.

I had never been that interested in this Vogue pattern until the light bulb went off that it might fit with this fabric.

This wasn't my favorite pattern to sew.  I'm sure all "hicups" were of my doing, but I had to adjust one of the pattern pieces to get it to fit properly.  It was "off" a bit and probably a result of the fabric shifting a bit during cutting.  I made it work, and I am happy with the final vest.

The "stripes" have texture - almost a velvet feel.  Because of this, I chose not to use the french seams as the instructions recommended.  It was just to bulky along the stripes when I tested the french seam.  I just clean finished with the serger. 

I have some pink cotton/lycra knit that I plan to use for a tank top to wear under the vest.  The color is almost an exact match of the darker shade of pink in the flower.  These two pieces will work nicely with my Louise Cutting One Seams made from a beige linen.

BWOF Top

I've worn this one with black slacks, and I really liked the look.  This is the "ruffle" knit (probably nylon).  This fabric also came from C & C Fabrics.    Because of the ruffles, I needed a simple pattern.  I had traced this simple T off a while back from the 2/2009 BWOF.  No hemming required - just cut the "between the ruffle fabric" so the ruffle is the hem.  So, this was just shoulder and side seams + sewing in the sleeves and then I turned under the raw neck edge and topstitched.  Very easy.  Close-up of the fabric below.

I like this top, but it is hot to wear (with the long sleeves) - so not a summer top.  At least I got to wear it once and I'll let it hang in the closet until next fall/winter.

I have cut out the muslin for the vintage blouse pattern I showed in the last post.  I should be receiving an order from fabric.com today with some red silk/cotton that I plan to use for the real version.  I do hope the the red fabric will work with this one.  The UPS fella usually delivers here between 4 and 6 p.m. so I'll be watching for him.