signature style

My Friday / Saturday sewing? I know ya'll we're just dying to see it ;-)
Here it is:

I don't really consider that I have much of 'a style', but if I do,

this is it.

Fitted  knit top, mostly plain, but with a little something special,

and a comfy skirt,

plus

cute, but comfortable, footwear.

I guess you could say, comfort is my style ;-)

The top,

made up in a dreamy fabric (either this or this - I think the bamboo) purchased on sale from Michael Levine, 

is made from the bodice of my tweaked and re-tweaked Lady Skater dress pattern,

(that I still haven't managed to get to fit just right in the shoulder/underarm area - or blog about...)

lengthened, and then widened at the hips,

with a sweet little bustle added.

(a fabulous idea I got from the extremely talented Anna) 

The sleeve length was determined entirely

 by the fact that I only had 1 yard of fabric,

but I quite like it.

Long enough for warmth, but not so long that they get in the way when I wash dishes.

The skirt,

is a fun knit print - also purchased from Michael Levine,

made from my Alabama Chanin pattern, but sewn entirely by machine.

I underlined it, because the fabric was super thin.

To keep my fabrics together, I used my trusty basting spray

which worked fabulously!

(but was a little trickier than basting a quilt, since both fabrics were slickery)

I did 3 rows of stitching on the neckline and hems, for added interest.

I love my bracelet from Rahab's Robe!

And here, let me show you the hem on my skirt...

Oh, wait!

You can't see it - it's a blind hem.

har har har :-)

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So.

There you have it.

My comfy, signature style.

me - all classy with my heels sunk down in the dirt ;-)  typical.

Linking up with Project Sewn

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I updated my last weight-loss progress report with a side by side comparison photo - which is, at once, both dis, and en couraging.