I posted recently about a calico trial of a jacket that my daughter has appropriated and spirited off to her wardrobe; well I thought I’d show you her style of wearing it. I think she looks very artistic. She made her own skirt; she’s quite the accomplished seamstress herself, and although I promised myself I wouldn’t blog about her achievements and let her do that herself in her own blog one day, but since she’s wearing it in this picture I’ve included the pattern number for reference. It’s Butterick 5488, a pattern I’ve had for years. Just the picture of the models on the front looks kinda 80’s. She made it using fabric I bought in the US to use as a tablecloth, from memory.
The “jacket” of course is calico, sewn up, then washed, with unfinished edges. I used McCalls 5276 view B, but with no collar or facings. Btw for anyone wishing to use this pattern, the sizing is HUGE. I recommend if you pick up this pattern, go down a size.
Oh, and remember this?
I’ve been feeling guilty about this bag of old clothes, and decided I’d better get back to refashioning. My last few posts on Wardrobe Refashion have been on my garments I’ve made from scratch so I’m feeling like I should do a refashion, if only to make some sort of dent in this monstrosity. I keep telling myself I shouldn’t feel guilty about sewing from new fabric, after all I’m not buying new clothes and that still counts, right? So many of the posts I’ve read on that site talk about using thrifted fabric, (and yay to everyone for using old! thumbs up for saving the planet!) but my understanding of the rules says it OK to use new too, yes? And I don’t want to feel guilty about using new fabric once in a while… I LOVE new fabric. It’s one of my biggest passions.
Anyhow I have done another refashion and it is the easiest one I’ve done so far. I remembered to take pictures and I’ll post more details tomorrow….
Details:
Jacket; McCalls 5276, unfinished calico, no facings or collar
Skirt; Butterick 5488, cotton print
Camisole; Country Road
Your daughter looks very nice in that jacket! About Wardrobe Refashion: I agree, the rules allow us to sew from new fabric. I would never have joined if they didn't . Thrifted fabric doesn't exist here in Holland and I'm way too addicted to sewing from scratch to do without it. However, I also sometimes feel a bit guilty about it and I don't post all sewing from new fabric on WR, only serious stashbusting (but I have a substantial stash of fabric)
By the way, thank you for your nice comment on my skirt tutorial. It is always a bit of a let-down to get no or very few comments on a tutorial which takes extra time and effort to make. Nice comments make it so much more worthwhile 😉
What a great way to use a muslin. Her outfit looks great and she did a wonderful job on her skirt. It's nice to see that she enjoys sewing. I could not interest my daughter, not even a little…she is a very artistic person but just not for sewing right now…maybe one day though 🙂
That looks awesome! I'm so glad she likes it. Tell her she must start her own blog, I'd definitely read it.