Sewing Projects

I was introduced to Pinterest by my sister-in-law, April Newman, which has given me some really great ideas/tutorials for several sewing projects that I want to do. I have been wanting to learn how to sew for several months but just haven't gotten around to figuring out how to use the sewing machine my lovely sister gave me. After seeing all these seemingly simple tutorials for knit skirts and dresses I decided I'm finally just gonna do it!

Here is my first attempt at a maxi skirt with jersey knit fabric in a deep purple that I actually really like (not like me since I usually tease others for liking the color purple). I found the tutorial for this skirt here.

I found this fun print in the clearance bin at the fabric store and thought maybe I could make a shirt with it. I used an old shirt that I had as the pattern after using this tutorial as a reference.

I know that eventually I will be pregnant again... someday... and I remember how expensive maternity clothes are so after seeing a few really great tutorials/patterns for maternity dresses I thought I for sure want to make some. I bought a bunch of clearance material (all knit because so far that's all I have experience with and because it stretches for an ever growing belly) and got to work! This is the first dress, clearly as you can see lots of imperfections. I found the pattern for this dress here. I actually paid for the pattern because it shows you how to make this dress (or shirt) with short, 3/4 or long sleeves so I thought it was worth the investment.

This is my second dress which is much more fitted (probably won't last long as my belly gets bigger, that is WHEN I am pregnant). This material was on sale but not clearance so a little bit more expensive. Oh, and I forgot to mention that it doubles as a nursing dress because the v-neck can be pulled off to the side, awesome!

And finally, my third dress. I really liked this clearance material but after I made a dress out of it it kind of turned out to be too busy. I'm not sure that I like the sleeves but they may just need to grow on me. I gotta say though, these dresses are super comfy. I'll probably be making more, especially since I'm getting much better at it as I go.