A finish and the wardrobe contest

Since I'm going on a sewing retreat in a couple of weeks, I was rummaging around the sewing room looking for my LED light to take and happened upon this little number. It was a wearable toile that I made some time last year. Ironically the "real" one was a wadder! Anyway, all this needed were hems and since I had the Coverpro out for something else, I whacked on the purple thread and finished it up.

Simplicity 2344

Size: 20/22

Fabric: Stella from Standard Knits

I really like it and will probably make it again although something funky is going on at the underarm. You can't see it in this photo but there's a horizontal tuck going from armhole to neck. I just smooshed it down for the photo. LOL.

I used a size 20 at the shoulder and tapered out to a 22 under the armhole. Then I added a bit fat chunk of 3" in the gathered area so my top has *a lot* more gathers than your average bear. I needed to do this for this particular fabric as a dart would've looked horrendous in the thickish cotton/spandex. This is not a top for mid-summer! But perfect for right now with a cardi over the top and that's how I wore it (for five minutes) today. Still too warm indoors with a cardi for me. He he he.

So...onto the other news. I have entered the PR Wardrobe Contest! No surprise there, huh? No doubt I will come second again ;) however since the prize is MORE fabric, I'm not sure if I want to win. Not that I think I will...there is a lot of great ideas in this contest so far.  But since I was making the clothes anyway, might as well enter, right?

Here is my wardrobe plan. I've already amended it once so this is version 2.0.

I've started the McCalls dress 5893 and just need to join the skirt to the top bit. I've done toiles of the 2230 and am about to adjust 6963. This one was a late entry after I flicked a princess knit top when one side of it was doing something strange on my right boob. No time or inclination to work out why so I moved on. I would rather have a sleeve but haven't got enough of the fabric so my fat arms will be exposed. However, I can wear the mesh jacket thingie over it. I may yet make another mesh top in aqua for later. The mesh for the contest is lime but not the same lime as the pants. So I'm unsure about that but will see how it looks when it's all made.

This wardrobe will be for my cruise next year but some of it will be entered into the ASG Convention Challenge later this year. Hence the reason I'm making summer clothes in April/May.

The lime fabric is a linen/cotton from Spotlight, the Simplicity 2230 is a silk/cotton from Addicted to Fabric in Canberra and the aqua is merino from The Fabric Store. The dress and cowl top are poly/spandex and the Simplicity 4076 is a rayon/spandex. The last two are remnants from previous makes.

So I've just got to make them.