Make a fantastic shirt from grandpa’s undershirt pattern

Posted on September 6, 2024 by justelly1

I’m sure many have a grandpa who liked to wear those white undershirts, even under shirts? 😀

I am currently sorting out my fabrics. Over the years I’ve bought lots of fabrics because I thought they were so pretty, but I’ve never had a plan for what to sew with them.

Because it’s too bad to leave them in the closet any longer, and sometimes I don’t even remember why I bought them 😀 I give the fabrics away in the sewing course.

I found these two fabrics while sorting out. Only 1 yard of each. You don’t have that many options for what you can do with them.
That’s why I googled and googled and googled 😀
At some point I came across a grandpa pattern and chose it for the shirts.

I adapted the pattern slightly because my fabrics are cotton and not jersey.
Here is the result. I added some decoration so that it doesn’t look so boring with just the fabric.
I like the result ❤

DIY Windbreaker with Dots Dots Dots

Posted on February 20, 2024 by justelly1

I can hardly believe it. I’ve finally used the laminated fabric I bought in 2014!!!!!. You can see it in the post:

You can not have enough fabric

I actually wanted to sew a raincoat from it. But I thought there wasn’t enough fabric 😦
Apparently I was wrong. The fabric would have been enough. Never mind. There was enough fabric for 2 windbreakers. So I made myself a windbreaker and gave the rest of the fabric to a friend from the course who had also made a windbreaker.
They are similar but not identical.

Here is my latest project ❤

Somehow all my logos have something to do with maritime 😀
That wouldn’t have fitted here. That’s why I designed a new logo and had it printed on the front pocket.

The laminated fabric is very similar to that of my raincoat. That’s why I knew it wouldn’t stretch and wouldn’t slip easily if I tried to pull it over my head.
That’s why I had the idea of sewing the opening on the side of the windbreaker to put it on and take it off. This means you only put one arm through the sleeve and the other arm is closed from the lower cuff to the cuff of the arm with a zipper.
It’s as quick as zipping up a regular jacket ❤

Windbreaker opened:

Windbreaker closed:

I also sewed a large pocket on the back. As big as the white patch.
This means I can completely do without a handbag or backpack.

I love the windbreaker, but sewing laminated fabric is so unpleasant. You can’t sew quickly, you can only sew at the slowest speed because the fabric is so badly transported by the machine.

Sweat jacket with bunnies and dot dot dot

Posted on November 15, 2017 by justelly1

And another jacket for Miss M.
A few months ago I sewed her a skirt with dots.
I found the lining fabric on eBay and the mushrooms with the dots brought me to the idea to sew a suitable jacket for the skirt.

I didn’t have to think long about the motive for the application. I copied a piece of fabric and printed it in different sizes.
Okay, the colors are very spring-like but I hope she’ll like it anyway when she gets it tomorrow 🙂

Here the front of the jacket