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Sally's Sew with a Plan (SWAP)
11
coordinating garments were made
Sally's SWAP garments include:
Tops:
Loes Hinse Sweater Set in purple/black/off white stripe boucle
knit from EOS
Tee in off white cotton/lycra copied from RTW
TS Mandarin Shirt Jacket in purple paisley sheer (poly?) from
Joannes
Jalie 965 tee in off white stripe cotton/lycra from LH store in
Carmel
Jalie 965 tank in purple cotton/lycra
Bottom Pieces:
Pants from Burda 4533 in black knit (rayon/lycra?) from Joannes
- changed to flat waistband in front and elastic in back
Denim Skort from McCalls 3613 in denim upholstery remnant from
Stonemountain & Daughter in Berkeley
Wrap Skirt from Burda 3471 in same denim fabric as skort
Wrap skirt from Burda 3471 in same black knit as pants
Jacket:
Textile Studio Mandarin Shirt Jacket in off white cotton knit
with a waffle texture from Fashion Fabrics online. This was
Sally's morph; she lengthened the sleeves and eliminated the
center front overlap, replacing it with a center front that just
meets and then added her own artsy frog closures
Click on photos below to enlarge
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Sally's SWAP
All 11 pieces for SWAP 2006
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Tank top under jacket with wrap skirt
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Jalie 965 t-shirt with Skort from McCalls.
The skort looks like shorts in back & skirt in front
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Loes Hinse sweater with pants
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Jalie t-shirt 965 - cotton knit remnant from Loes Hinse store in Carmel. Skort from McCalls
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Adaptation of Textile Studios Mandarin Shirt Jacket
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Burda pants 4533, Textile Studio Mandarin Shirt Jacket, T-shirt copied from a ready to wear
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Sally's Comments on SWAP:
I found the planning part of the swap more difficult than I
expected. I already owned the denim and the 2 t-shirt knits and
wanted to use them (clean out the stash and they're great
basics.) Then I came across the stripe boucle knit on
emmaonesock.com and loved it. Then I got stuck and almost quit.
I did some soul searching and thought about what I really
needed, so I went hunting for the black. On my do or die day (It
was already January and no swap sewing had happened yet!) I went
to Joannes and spent a couple of hours. To my surprise I came
away with 5 yards of a great black bottom weight knit, the sheer
purple which I love, and something else I didn't use in the
swap. The amazing thing is I only spent $42 between coupons and
sales. I was thrilled!
While cruising the web I found the waffle knit I used for my
jacket. I'd never been to the fashion fabrics web site before,
but the quality and speed were great.
I'd intended to make denim pants as well, but didn't have enough
fabric, then we had a heat wave and a skort sounded really good.
Of course it's been cool and rainy since, but I know spring will
come!
I worked with my teacher, Jane Foster, off and on, and as always
she was great. She guided me through the closures on my jacket
and helped me button shop!
The swap is a great idea and I now think in terms of groupings
of garments. It was great motivation for some fun and functional
sewing.
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