mySewnet Graphic Sweatshirt

I had this idea in my head, to use a font to create a design.  I thought it would be fun to use a singe letter or number or character and repeat it.  Possibly rotate it and change the spacing.

Well, that idea really turned out fun.  mySewnet is just so fun to use and the possibilities seem endless! I used the Art Deco font and once I had the character I wanted, I repeated it in Encore.  Most of the time, I did rotate it.  My endgame was not for it to look say like the 9 but more of an effect.  Occasionally, I had to ungroup my Encore element and space my characters a bit more.

Here is a close-up of the front and then a photo of the design in mySewnet with what the letters are.

I repeated a smaller item of the design on the upper center back and on the sleeve.  I like how the designs have your eye moving around the garment

As I stated, this was a fun design to create and I really enjoyed experimenting with the fonts.

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Pattern - Classic Sweatshirt from Peek-a-Boo patterns

Fabric - Style Maker Fabrics 

 

Don Shorts

In June we went to Oklahoma for vacation, really for a meeting from my husband but all the kids and grandkids came.  My husband was becoming president of our trade organization.

Winnie Pants

A pair of knit pants was needed for my wardrobe, I am lacking in this department.  

These pants were inspired by an IG post, which led me to order the fabric and the pattern and copy just like the post! The pattern is the Winnie Pants from Made for Mermaids  and I used the Cupro Double Knit from Surge Fabrics .  The fabric is soft but thicker so I did not wear them much this summer but the color and the weight will be great for fall. 
I did sew a very narrow pintuck for the front 1/16" the pattern calls for wider but the on the thick fabric, that didn't look right.  The cupro does shift quite a bit so I did lots of pinning.  

The elastic doesn't look distributed the best and I did fix that after the pics!

I made the green size with the 32" length, next time I will add an inch to the rise

Coppelia Cardi - Papercut Patterns

I purchased some new patterns to jumpstart my sewing back in May.  The Coppelia Cardigan was one of those patterns .  I can say I love this pattern and need to make it again!

Embellished jeans

One of my favorite distressed jeans slowly was getting too distressed, the hole at the knee getting bigger and bigger.  An idea from Instagram provided the inspiration.  I went and purchased some batiks at the quilt shop (they don't wrinkle).  Next step was to use my Singer Momento   to cut out these shapes.  My next step was to embroidery some of the patches and finally stitch them onto my jeans.  I did use some decorative stitches to attach the patches to the jeans.

Do note, I opened up the leg at the side seam so I could lay the jean leg flat to stitch them on.  This was a perfect solution for the hole and I have a very cute pair of jeans. 

 I am a mySewnet ambassador and the Singer Momento was gifted to me.