There is a new Fibre Mood * released and I got to sew a great sweater from it, the Ellis sweater . The Ellis sweater is very quick sew but stands out because of the split neckband and waistband, such a fun detail! And of course the diagonal colour block is right up my alley. Our girl picked out the fabric herself, at least the fireworks fabric. I picked out the matching fabric. The print works well with the large piece. The sweater is a bit roomy, that is because there is a size 6 and a size 8 and she doesn't fit in the size 6, but the size 8 is still a bit big on her. Well she can grow into it. At textielstad I bought a couple of multicolour threads . I felt this was the perfect project to try it out and indeed it matches the colours in the sweater very well. Fabric : Starburst French Terry from Second Star Fabric Pattern : Ellis sweater from Fibre Mood Sizing : 2 - 14 Options : just 1, the colour blocked sweater Difficulty : 1 out of 5 stars Sewing time : 1,5 hours # Fabric t...
Another Christmas dress, this time for our middle one, and another Foras dress *. The previous Foras dress I made was a summer version with short sleeves and a circle skirt. This time I made a winter version of the Foras dress by Sofilantjes with long sleeves and those beautiful long cuffs, I love those. I made the dress with the same fabric that I used for the Christmas dress for our eldest, which is a very thick sweater type of fabric with borg (or whatever you call the soft hairy fabric on the inside). I used the gathered skirt and it took me quite some time to properly gather the fabric. The Foras dress is thus a perfect dress for summer and winter due to the more relaxed fit. Fabric : the blue thick jogging/sweat type of fabric comes from de Stoffenstraat . The ribbing comes from Textielstad Pattern : Foras dress ( Nederlands patroon ) by Sofilantjes Fab ric in 2018 (I sewed this in 2018 for Christmas): this week 0 in - 2 out (2018: b ought ...