Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

So, I have been quite the busy bee, err, seamstress this month. I was able to make that entire big list I had made out earlier which was:

Complete blouse – Simplicity 2501
Complete Martin’s fleece hoodie – Burda 9822
Complete Emma’s pink velour – New Look 6770
Complete Emma’s diamond dress – New Look 6846
Start Emma’s grey flower dress – Simplicity 2483
Resume costume work – Truly Victorian TV101 (bustle), TV110 (corset), TV362 (overskirt), Butterick 5232 (jacket), Simplicity 2556 (vest), LM100 (Chemise)
Measure/prepare the patterns for the saffron silk ensemble New Look 6799 and Advance 2878

and then I had the nerve to add making a slip and a Burda Style print out pattern. Yeah.

The blouse and Martin’s fleece hoodie are both done, no photos, sorry. Emma’s diamond dress and the pink velour hoodie/skirt set are DONE!!!

I finished the corset and the chemise…

I never did take a photo of myself in the corset…it’s a b**** to get in, but it looks great, Maybe this weekend I’ll have Jason take a photo of me in it.

The slip I made for this crappy skirt…but I never did line it and I was having quite an issue with it clinging to my tights. I thought it would hang better with the slip, but it didn’t and I think I am going to have to rip it apart to fix the fit issues. *sigh*

I am currently working on the skirt and the pattern for The Saffron Ensemble. Like how I made that in caps? I was hoping to get that done in February. I haven’t really “prepped” the patterns. The Vintage Advance 2878 pattern is a size too big for me, so I went ahead and traced the pattern and cut it out in Muslin. I was hoping by simply trimming 1/4″ of selected seam allowances and tweaking the bust dart I would be able to get it to fit okay. The dress pattern is a New Look 6799. I love New Look patterns and they usually fit me quite well. The pattern is cut up and I am going to go ahead and make a muslin of that.

So my February Goals are:

• Finish any January projects
• Jennifer Stern 0051 A top with two collars and a peplum in a white heavy cotton with Lycra that has been living in my stash for over 5 years.
• A vintage Simplicity 4106 pattern for a pencil skirt with a side opening again with a fabric from my stash, a printed moleskin with a funky vintage-like feel that I bought like 8 years ago! (that’s old for me, that would be like when I started stashing fabric)
• Costume work: Bustle (laughing ,moon 112) and vest (simplicity 2556)
• Then I finish the gray jumper for Emma, The Saffron Ensemble and the Burda skirt that will be known as the tan corduroy pencil skirt.

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