Now, on to the sewing...
I have wanted to make cardigan 103 and skirt 118 from BWOF for a while now. Considering the issue is from September 2005, I do believe I allowed the patterns to age the appropriate amount of time before use. Well, I could just kick myself now - why, oh why, didn't I 
make these patterns up sooner? I am madly in love with the cardigan and I have a fairly serious crush on the skirt!To test the fit of each garment, I made a wearable muslin in some less expensive fabrics I had in the stash. The cardigan was made from a black boucle knit fabric and the skirt from some black RPL suiting, both from a Wazoodle flash sale. I made size 36 for both garments, with no original alterations. This proved to be perfect for the cardigan, but the skirt did require a narrowing of the yoke to fit my waist better.
I love the cardigan so much I have already made it up in another fabric (I'll show it you in a future post). I have plans to revisit the skirt as well, although the next time, I will be making a shorter version - the amount of fabric in the longer length is a bit overwhelming on my short body.
I also made a top to wear under the cardigan. I used the free pattern, Lydia, from Burda Style. I love this style of top, as it can be made in a wide variety of fabrics and each version will look different. I used up a remnant of a fabric I had used in my SWAP 2007.
So, here are the finished garments. The black garments are basically dark amoebas in the photos so I tried to lighten them up a bit. Alas, this only helped marginally, but here goes:
12 comments:
Very nice! I love the shape of the skirt, I can see this really working for you. I made a similar BWOF cardigan (or maybe the same one!) this past year and really liked it.
Great to see posting again. I really like the skirt!
I remember that BWOF cardigan...I remember wishing that it came in a larger size! *LOL* However, I love yours and the accompanying pieces...also thank you so much for posting some of your garments! I've missed you and them!
Thanks Shannon for the link! I will linkback as well. Nice work by the way. I wish I could sew more, but time constraints with working a full-time job and doing web design on the side leaves me no time to sew. Plus there are no "really" good fabric stores in the city I live in, and the one that has any selection of fabric is a little on the expensive side per yard.
Gorgeous!!!
Happy New Year to you!!
It appears I didn't procrastinate quite long enough - yesterday I cut out an ankle-length 8-gore skirt with a yoke... which would have looked awesome with a bottom shaped seam instead of straight across. Ah, well, next time ;).
Aw nuts. I have April, May, July, and Nov from 05. That is one awesome skirt! The cardigan is pretty perfect too. I love your new little stat thing (where you're paying yourself to exercise, teehee!!!)
The skirt is especially adorable. It looks really comfy too.
What a great start to a New Year!
I love the look of this out fit. The fabric for the top is gorgeous!
I like the cardigan, top and skirt. I downloaded the Lydia pattern but yet to make it up.
a-ha! I knew that skirt looked familiar - I made that way back in 2005 back when I was a bigger size (so hence haven't seen it in years). I should really remake that, I remember I made it in a maroon suiting fabric with a jacket to match.
And the coat on the cover of this issue I just finished this week! This was a great issue!
Love the black skirt. It would look amazing on the dance floor! You inspire me!
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