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Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 19, 2011 at 9:56

I just tie the side top with a little black hair elastic.

and cutting by eye does not always work well hee hee , but this fabric is quite forgiving I used the doll as "form" draw around the hips and legs then cut (she even didn't move  :0) )

Comment by Kate Fosk on September 19, 2011 at 8:27

Those are lovely, the tie sided top is an ingenious idea. I'm amazed you can cut the leggings by eye! They fit so well.

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 18, 2011 at 13:03

today Kate is wearing the leggins and a simple top-tank knotted on the left side

I am allays using the same basic pattern for the T-shirt. It's a bit too big, but does not need any closure (snaps or other velcro)

the leggins are just cut by eyes

this is my new favorite, the "Hand-fan"top!! the name is obvious eh? very easy to do (even in human size)I know this one too would be better with a black simple leggings but I love the way the stripes from the top & the legging adjusted  and I even didn't do this in purpose!

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 18, 2011 at 12:27

thanks Kate line-up the line is quite easy if you pin/hand stich before sewing with the machine.

I totaly agree with you for the top/bottom on the second pic but I try to show all what I did in only 3 days with this same fabric +black. so this "bat top"will go way better in the future with  the black pair of jeans or a black leggings

Thanks for your always constructive comments, this really help focusing

Huggs

Comment by Kate Fosk on September 18, 2011 at 11:48

I like the bottom photo best as an outfit, and I am impressed by how you lined up the pattern for the skirt seam, it's a really classy look. I really love the stripey top in the middle photo, but think it would look better with a plainer, maybe more casual bottom

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 17, 2011 at 16:18

What I made to day is a bit different than usual , as in fact I made 7 pieces. skirt/top/short/leggins. Using the same striped fabric (beige/black/natural/white) I've made 1 skirt, then 2 top and a paire of leggnins and to go with them in plain black jersey I've made 1 short, + 2 tops I wil show them to you her in 3 consecutive days.I would apreciate whitch combination look like best.as usual, more pictures in my blog

http://domidoll.blogspot.com/

 

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 17, 2011 at 9:05

ah ah ah Mary Beth! this is such an elegant way to say that you do not know how to sew !!

I think we do not decide really what our brain is capable of right? (my cooking skill is very basic as well, lucky I am to have a Hubby who's not demanding hee hee)

Basically I use/made, simple pattern and I work around those. I just change the fabric and add some embellishments.

Comment by Mary Beth Jennings on September 16, 2011 at 23:13

Oh, how I wish I could sew! I tried once, but as a I found out, I have a minor learning disability when it comes to spatial relationships. It mostly crops up when I'm trying to measure something... I can't cook, either! ;) But I'm surprisingly good at calculus and quantum physics...I'm actually self-taught..... ah, well, c'est la vie!

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on September 16, 2011 at 13:01

thanks Kate

Iwhen we moved from Canad to Spain, we had to change all the electric/electronic appliances as the plugs/voltage are different here so I bought a little simple (so I thought) sewing machine (at Lidl ) not expensive. it is a Veritas 9000A5 [ http://www.sewingguide.de/es/veritas-9000a5.html] this was a 1st I never used the embroidery before and just try (very slowly )on a scrap of the same black cotton the  jeans. I didn't change anything. this design is in fact part of a garland and I just stopped it at 2 motifs that's it.

I will try some other for sure

Comment by Kate Fosk on September 16, 2011 at 12:32

That embroidery is very impressive. The seams 'make it' with doll jeans, and these contrast seams are really effective. Do you set your machine to do its smallest stitch, or is that not necessary do you think? I've just bought a mini sewing machine so I don't have to heave everything out of a cupboard to get the big machine for small jobs, but it only does one stitch length.

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