Saturday, August 16, 2014

New patterns

I was amazed how quickly  my latest Style Arc atterns arrived from Australia.  I think it was just under a week and they arrived this morning.  I rushed through my chores and spent the afternoon tracing.  I  didn't get   the Ziggi jacket traced, I think that will be a long job as it has loads  of pieces, but I've traced the Poppy top, which I am desperate to make, (top left pattern)  and the Mindi skirt (top right and also shown with the Ziggi jacket on that pattern as well).   I hadn't got round to tracing the Ann Tee and Shelly skirt that are up next, so those were done too.  Tracing multiple patterns in one go meant I could squeeze all the small pieces from the various patterns into gaps between larger ones,  thus saving on tissue usage.  Does anyone else find themselves trying to squeeze the maximum number of pieces    into one piece of tissue paper to save on waste, even though its not like its actually expensive to buy more of it?

I've not got all the pieces cut from the tissue yet, but hope to finish that as well as making up the Shelly skirt and Ann top tomorrow if all goes to plan.  Then I have a Marfy top up next, followed by the Poppy top.  I've not finally decided on the fabric for Poppy but will be tempting fate and making it up  without making a muslin first. I've done  a quick flat measure of the key areas where I tend to struggle with fit, and everything is looking OK, and
Holding the front and back pieces up to me, all key points look to be in the right place.  I was very, very impressed with  the way this top, and the Mindi skirt were drafted and am really looking forward to making those two.

1 comment:

SewRuthie said...

They look really good. enjoy!