Friday, November 27, 2015

Laundry Day Tees and a scarf!

 Oh, hello! Fancy meeting you here! Did you forget that I had a sewing blog? Me, too!

The blog has fallen by the wayside, but I have been sewing some, thank goodness.  

This summer involved a LOT less sewing than anticipated for a number of reasons.  To start with, my sewing room turned from a somewhat-cramped but cozy room of tolerable temperature into a STEAMING HOT GREENHOUSE that was slowly filled with moving boxes and an entire sectional sofa, in preparation for our move.

Then we moved! I finally have my sewing room a little more organized, but then nursing school really cramped my style and any time I had was spent sewing, not blogging. But on Thanksgiving we had some really nice weather and a few minutes of free time, so I begged Ricky to take some photos of my recent makes. We got through this many before my sister arrived to pick us up for Thanksgiving dinner!

Let's get started!

This is the new Love Notions pattern, and my first from the company, the Laundry Day Tee. This pattern was available for free to members of the Love Notions Facebook Group, so guess who promptly joined the Love Notions Facebook Group!? Yeah, duh! It was an overnight sensation on that Facebook group, let me tell you. People fell in love! So I tried it-- I've made three so far!


Fitted in the bust and arms, it fits loosely over the waist and hips. Ladies love that shit.

This rosy floral print is from Girl Charlee. It's super soft and drapey. The pattern calls for rayon, and this fabric supposedly is just a cotton lycra blend but it sure feels smooth like rayon!


I was mid-gesture here-- who knows.


Super comfy! Nice with fitted pants and a cardigan!



Here is Laundry Day Tee numero dos! I got this very subtle, heathered striped fabric at Mill End a couple weeks ago. I love stripes but I dislike bright, bright white in my stripes because it creates a really stark, migraine-inducing stripe pattern for me. So I really liked this mellow color combo.


The downside was that, in the blinding Thanksgiving day sun, the color almost blends in with my pasty skin. So this photo opp turned into a scarf photo shoot!

This is my VERY beloved Quince & Co Avery Cowl


I knit it "straight" from the pattern (with the exceptions of my many mistakes), including the yarn choice. This color goes with EVERYTHING. I would never have guessed. I love it with blue, black, burgundy, green, gray... seriously, it goes with my whole wardrobe.


Twirling with my beloved scarf.


I am knitting a second one! It's kind of a taupe color.

Also, I made this super soft french terry raglan sweatshirt and had enough left over for a Lucca-sized garment. So naturally, I made her a matching raglan sweatshirt! 




Believe it or not, these are the best photos I have of us being matchy-matchy! We weren't prepared for a photo shoot that day.

9 comments:

  1. And to think I was there when it all began...with a t-shirt sewn up side down into a dress... great work!!!! And the modeling shoot with Gilbert paid off, as well. And is that your daughter?? What a cutie! Great knitting. I'm making a slouch hat. You appear to have a great life!! It's all that positive peaceful loving energy of Emilia!

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  2. And to think I was there when it all began...with a t-shirt sewn up side down into a dress... great work!!!! And the modeling shoot with Gilbert paid off, as well. And is that your daughter?? What a cutie! Great knitting. I'm making a slouch hat. You appear to have a great life!! It's all that positive peaceful loving energy of Emilia!

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    1. Aww, sweet Marianne. Thanks for leaving these notes, I woke up to them and reading your notes made my day! I haven't thought about my rhinoceros shirt or that photo shoot in so long... Wow, what sweet memories!! The little lady is not my daughter, she is my niece. She is a total doll and we love spending lots of time with her. <3 Sending you love from Portland!

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    2. Aww, sweet Marianne. Thanks for leaving these notes, I woke up to them and reading your notes made my day! I haven't thought about my rhinoceros shirt or that photo shoot in so long... Wow, what sweet memories!! The little lady is not my daughter, she is my niece. She is a total doll and we love spending lots of time with her. <3 Sending you love from Portland!

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    3. Oh that shirt the Laundry Day tee!! Que bueno!!!! You wear it stunningly. . I ♡ scoopnecks .. and they accentuate the collarbone. Yowza. Y .. your second Laundry Day looks great too!! Maybe try maroon? I think that color.would suit you well.. I don't care for colors that remind me of my past inessential either. And maroon would bring out your perty cheeks!! Ah. Que bueno Emily! !

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    4. That was pastiness. Not past inessential .. .

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    5. Thank you so much, lovely lady! Are you writing to me from Mexico?? I saw your mom recently and she said you made it down and I saw your blog as well! How fabulous! I'm so excited for you! I think your burgundy suggestion is right on, I have a burgundy sweater that I love! Thank you!

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  3. So glad you're back to blogging! I love to see what projects you've been up to!

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    1. Thanks, Colleen! I'm so excited when someone likes my blog-- haha, that means I'm not just talking to myself! I hope to keep it up cause I love to talk sewing projects! :)

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