Snowday Sewing Projects, Updated 12/28/14

I have been a little obsessed with looking at layered clothing on Pinterest....I should be obsessed with my Christmas knitting since Christmas is next week....but I used a coupon to get this amazing fabric from JoAnn's for 60% off, with free shipping!

I bought two yards and thought I would make a jacket but the back side is slightly ribbed and polyester.....eeeew, a winter full of sleeves getting stuck.  So I am going to fall to one old standby, a simple wrap poncho.  I have made a few of these out of medium weight knits and wear them a lot.  This fabric is soft and has a nice drape while being winter ready.  

There is my daughter wearing one of them.  Super comfy, and very much inspired by Alabama Chanin, I have three and they are wardrobe staples.

For the rest I am going to make a top I saw on Pinterest,  basically a long tube with armholes that can be worn a bunch of different ways....I am going to adapt it to an a-line asymmetrically hemmed dress.  

I have fabric, I have notes, needles, and thread.  Beads if I feel like it, not to mention all of the things I already own that I know will go....

But back to knitting.......until that elusive magical wonderful thing known as a Snowday!

A favorite dress, I used this to make the pattern. I laid it out on muslin and traced it out, leaving out the sleeves and extending the neck to make a modified funnel neck.

                                    "Are you sure you know what you are doing?"

Working so hard I broke a needle in half.....

Finished!  One lagenlook inspired, very warm, soft, and cozy

quilted tunic.

Thus was a super easy project. I sewed the side seams up from the bottom, used the x stitch on the front of the arm hole, continued sewing up to the neck, felled the seam on the outside going back down, x-stitched the back of the arm hole, continued with felled seam to the hem.  the side seams, the hem, and the hem on the neck are all a simple running stitch. I used heavy duty hand quilting thread.  This makes very strong seams that hold up well, felled seams add a nice sense of structure.

my favorite jeans were falling to pieces

my favorite jeans were falling to pieces, originally uploaded by marcydebbie.

the knees and thighs were completely worn and starting in rip, so I used stash fabric and sewed it on seam to seam. Now I get to wear them again!

More Winter Roses

Today's plan for school vacation week was to go hiking in one of the state management areas. It's still hunting season so we had to wear orange, no reason a girl can't be stylish in screaming bright orange. Honestly, I'm a little addicted to making these roses and any excuse will do. I made Nellie and I matching kerchiefs, the boys, plain scarves. We had a beautiful day, the weather couldn't have been more perfect, low 40's with nice bright sun and the sound of melting snow everywhere. It was nice to spend the day outside without needing coats and gloves and all the usual winter layers.