Last Tuesday, Miss G and I had a Mommy-and-Me shopping spree! Actually SHE had a shopping spree (I just had to buy some -boring- school stuff). The French economy really bounced back that day thanks to what she bought!
I’m back with Itch to Stitch’s newest pattern, the Chai Shirt and Dress. First time sewing a shirt for me with collar/collar stand (and many buttonholes…more about that later!). I really need to add to my stash of wovens because what I had left was a pretty floral (remnant of one of my DD’s skirts!) and some matte gold poplin from Creavea.
A maxi dress for the win! Terri hit the ball out of the park with the Studio pattern. For the price of one pattern, you get plenty of possibilities!!! Jumpsuit, jumpshorts, dress, maxi, 2 bodices etc.
I had to test the maxi and View A. I fell in love with View A instantly because it enhances the shoulder line beautifully.
Look at my lovely earrings (I’m fond of this Etsy shop, Bronze-N-Roses!)
When Suzanne from Winter Wear Designs asked for pattern testers, I immediatly applied!!! It had been a long time since I tested a pattern that needed cotton/lycra or swimsuit fabric and I wanted a little challenge!
Actually, no challenge there, it was easy-peasy so don’t fear the Fly Girl Racing Suit, you can sew it 😉
Let me introduce you to the Oceanside Dress pattern by Itch to Stitch. This year’s a dress year for me (yeah!!!) so I couldn’t resist testing this knit dress with many intesreting details like hthe inset at the front necklline and those cute raglan sleeves.
Navy stripes and red stars screamed “Vintage editing” for …
It was not hot news that we had a family reunion, no, really…and I already had sewn my outfit for this day: my lovely flowery Asta dress (I wrote about it here) and a Blixen blazer (about my testing the blazer, here). But then, I changed my mind…2 days before the D-Day…and a golden Asta dress I sewed!!!
The pattern was already cut and altered, I had the PERFECT fabric in my stash ( a slinky knit with a subtle golden glittery aspect) and in about 2h30 (I took a break to get lunch!), I had my golden Asta in hands!!!
Not many pictures, just this one, with the Teen who was so “happy” to have to wear a suit AND a tie AND ‘real’ shoes (i.e. no red Converse sneakers!!!).
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Read MoreI don’t usually sew a pattern multiple times, but Beausoleil is the exception since I adore that top!!! Really, this cold-shoulder feature paired with this cute mustache fabric is perfect (in my opinion!). Itch to Stitch really hit the ball out of the park for me on this one!
I got this lovely fabric from Paprika Patterns destash sale on IG and since then, I’ve kept it under close scrutiny for fear of some tween unexpected love for it…!!!Mommy got it, Mommy sew it, don’t even think about it…!
I made some quick alterations to the original Beausoleil pattern because I had no teal zipper and, during the testing phase (more about it here), I found out that I could put on/off the top without actually using the zipper. In short, size 8 bust blended to s.10 waist-hips and 1/2″ removed from the bodice length.
A bit too much fabric on the upper bust means that I need to alter something there for next Beausoleil (either gravity claimed its toll unexpectedly or I was wearing another bra when I tested) …and I plan a knit Beausoleil, out of ponte…so we keep in touch and I’ll be back soon with what I had to alter to make it work in knits.
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I’ll be honest and state from the beginning that I didn’t make the teachers’ gift this year…! I bought it from Bronze-N-Roses, a shop on A Little Market. I had already bought bracelets for me and one of my goddaughters there and I had been so pleased that I knew that I would buy again.
Look at these cuties!!!
Mine, obviously, there are cats on it!
So end of the schoolyear AND end of primary for Miss G…Junior school, here she comes. Last year, I had sewn Dopp-kits for the teachers, but I had no idea for this year! Since her teacher likes having earrings, I thought that those would be cute (they say “Thank you Ms!”)
The shipping fees are very low (for France at least, I don’t know if she ships global). And customer care is great: I always have some extras in the package. This time there were two hairclips. I *might* indulge in some earrings for me soon…!
EDIT (07/12/2017): A Little Market will go out of business by August, 31…so sad…BUT Bronze-N-Roses opened a shop on Etsy, yeah!
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French mom with sewing addictions of all kinds: pattern testing, fabric hoarding, machine collecting. 2kids, 2 cats at the moment (and one husband lost in the middle of all that!). 
