Black and White is always in style

I am always looking for inspirations. I love the style of this St Johns suit. I found this black and white  jacket I love the fringe and the 3/4 length sleeves. This jacket is so simple but yet so elegant. I love the way its styled with the long blouse and skirt. You dont even know it has a zipper.

Butterick 5559

You know I just cannot get enough of this dress. Its so easy to make and it looks like a million dollars. I had this ponte I purchased from Fine Fabric. Most of their ponte is 4.99 per yard. I didn't know what I would make when I purchased it. I was drawn to the color. I wanted to make something quick, without having to do any fitting needed for a new pattern.  After going through my patterns, I decided to make this again. Its been a while since I made it, so I went on pattern review to refresh my memory of how I did the tucks.

A few of the reviewers complained about not being able to do an FBA, believe me,  I always, always have to do some type of FBA. I thought i would share what I did.  I took out an inch in the neck front and back and re-drew the tucks to accommodate my revisions. Note how the front tuck is reduced as it gets closer to the bottom. I have large bust and small shoulders. This issue always cause my neckline to gape.

Because the ponte is so forgiving you can manipulate the tucks any way you need to.

Finished product

Coco had to get in on the action

Burda 7072

I made this coat, It appears that I did a pattern review but didn't blog about it. So here I am again with this pattern. I was very frustrated with it when I made it back in 2013. I had this beautiful Wool Cashmere purchased from Material World in NYC. I think I paid 18.00 per yard. I purchased it in camel, brown and off white. I was going to make this Chloe coat with the off white then, I asked myself how practical would it be to have an off white coat?

 So I decided to make another Burda 7072 change a few things I didn't like on the previous coat.  My love for  Valley of the Dolls, and my long gloves  this is what I came up with.
So I put together my own  Chole/Valley Of The Dolls/Leather gloves.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY SEWING

I have always wanted a color block dress. I was watching Veep a while ago.  Julia Dreyfus had this Fendi dress original price 1,700.  I saved it in my idea folder.

The other day I was clearing out a bin and found several pieces of ponte fabric. The pieces were too small to make anything but too big to toss. So I decided to make this dress. I had this pattern Simplicity 1314 and decided to give it a try. First of all I had size 14 to 22. I cut the 14. I didn't do a FBA adjustment because of the stretch of the ponte. I rather have it large than small. I based it using 5/8 seam allowance. Then tried it on. But because it was a new pattern, and I was using ponte and, I didn't do a muslin fit, I was taking a chance with the fit. Lucky for me it was too big in some areas but just right in the bust.

I finished the hem in color block as well.

 Long story short, I think one color block dress is enough. I like the way it turned out and I love the pattern but will try something else the next time.