Bekvam revamp

I had this Bekvam bench that I already painted and decorated with towel decoupage technique. It was a really cheerful piece but the years and the use ruined it. I removed the old painting and decoupage and sanded it.
Then I painted it with this wonderful product, colour Babyskin, how appealing!

and finally towel decoupage and 2 layers of brillante varnish.

Done!

Saltspring Dress

From the same fabric of one of my Alma blouse http://charmedesuet.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/alma-blouse.html I made a Salt spring dress. I skipped the zipper as with the elastic waist it can perfectly be weared pullin it on.

I am happy with the result but actually I realized I do not like too much the tiable straps.
Anywhere I will gladly wear it this summer.

Leopard kid costume

Sooo... This was the last make of the 2016.  As I had still a lot of leo print polar fleece from this project http://charmedesuet.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/knocking-off-lined-hoodie.html, I thought it was a very good idea to sew a carnaval costume for my 2 years old lovely nice.

here the final product goes. I did it in 2 pieces so he can use the jacket all the year if he would.

Woolish gray plantain

I had in my stage less more than 1 meter of this woolish thing.  I do not even remember if I bought it or if the vendor gave it to me for free.

As I am trying desperatly to use up my growing stash I decided to whip up a plantain shirt.

It turned out fine but obviously I did not have enogh fabric left for a neck band.

Luckly in my last adventure in one of my usual stores I fond out the perfect match to finish it out.

I know.... the hem it is a bit weavy but as long it is soo soft and so warmish I will give it a good use.

Minoru jacket

 This was a great pattern, I was very pleased to work with it.

 I had the change to put my hands on a beautiful tech-fabric in a quite wearable color.

 For the lining I looked for something with a bit of color and I found this poly satin, very drapey and slippery. What a pain to cut and to sew it up! I used a french seam for the lining because this fabric frays like crazy!

I modified the pattern doing a FBA, and removing the shoulder shirring. 

There is a Hoodie too bu the fabric I chose it is way too soft and it turned out not very functional.

My first plan was to skip the pocket inside and sew a pair of insean pockets on the hip sides like here : https://sew-well.com/2012/01/26/minoru-sew-along-side-seam-pocket-tutorial/.

It was a bad move as the lower pocket was about to be caught in the hem....

The  solution I chose was to remove that hanging thing and draft a single lip welt pocket. 

It is my first pair and I am pretty satisfied with the result.

I wore the jacket on saturday (very sunny day) for the flea market, and I find it cozy and nice.

Anyway it is too light for the winter weather, and I put it in the closet waiting for the spring.

Polly top.....time flies

I still remembre the effort done to try whip up a Polly top in a very light, slidy and soft chiffon poly fabric..... So happy and realieved and satisfied when I switch to a stable knit and lace. This was the result. I stille wear it proudly.

Polly top

Kimono Tee

my very own version of the kimono tee: I had this viscose knit fabric... i tried to do a wrap dress out of it but did not like the result. The regularly spaced dots on the right side makes me appear wider...what to do?

Look at silver lining....as the wrong side it is kind stripey so here under there is the final result.

It is a cozy, easy piece to wear for a relaxed look maybe with jeans...