People Clothes

Forgive me blog-gods for I have sinned, my last post was four months ago. In an effort to keep my blog from being yet another abandoned project (and because I told my Mom I'd show her what I've done) I'm posting two things I've made in the past few silent months. Unlike the things I've uploaded so far, they're actually people-sized clothes. They were made from patterns in Sewing Lesson by Machiko Kayaki. Lisa V., thanks again for this fantastic book!

Sewing Lesson by Machiko Kayaki

ISBN 978-4-579-11093-3

This seersucker dress was a piece of cake. I followed the pattern verbatim and was very happy with the way it came out. May I also say I love working with seersucker, much more so than with the muslin I used for the following project...

...this camisole. It ended up being more work than I had bargained for because (a) the fabric turned out to be too sheer for my tastes and I decided, mid-project, to add an inner layer, (b) the fabric was flimsy and hard to keep straight, and (c) I altered the pleating in front to have an even number of pleats facing either way symmetrically. The original pattern is designed with an odd number of them going in one direction. I don't know why, but asymmetry on a centered detail just bothered me to no end. So if anybody looks at this in any detail they'll see my very poor craftsmanship. However I know most people won't as long as they don't know I made it. So please don't tell!