I recently bought an iPad (love it!) and realized that this was a perfect sewing opportunity. There are lots of patterns to purchase for such a project, but I decided to see if I could find something online. Voila! I found an iPad cover Tutorial that has easy to follow instructions, great pictures for each step and even some helpful troubleshooting tips. Foe my iPad cover I chose a busy floral pattern in a micro corduroy, but really anything would work. You could add pockets or all sorts of embellishments if you choose. This would make a perfect gift and could be adapted to any sort of tablet or laptop.
With Fall comes the need for layers…and great opportunities for super cute jackets. For my birthday I received the pattern book: Chic and Simple Sewing. It is filled with patterns for dresses, purses, skirts and of course jackets. I made ‘The Jacket’ without the belt pictured above. This by far was one of the simplest pattern’s I have sewn to date. I am in the process of making an all-black version for a friend, but the possibilities are endless!
Another very fun dress pattern that did however challenged my sewing expertise, or at least made me think a little bit about how to adapt a general dress pattern to my figureJ Butterick 5030 is a wrap dress with a variety of collar and sleeve options. The pattern can be made with any free flowing fabric and really is quite flattering. I went with the full collar, ¾ cuffed sleeve here. My biggest issue was that I eventually realized that I just could not wear it without some sort of cami underneath….once I got past that everything else fell into place.
Here is a great dress pattern that is quite versatile. The pattern- Butterick 5490 looks like a more formal dress, but really depending on what fabric you use you can dress it up or make it more casual. There are two official lengths- above the knee and floor length- but I altered it to be below the knee. This was my first time sewing in a zipper, but I think I did pretty well. This winter I think I will make a wool version that can easily layer over a turtleneck or with a cute sweater!
