Bye Bye 2021. You were better than 2020, but still not wonderful. Here's hoping that 2022 is the best! It is going to be a busy year. We have rescheduled a sailing cruise of the Amalfi coast. Fingers crossed it happens. It was originally scheduled in 2020 for my little sister's 60th birthday. It will be her retirement cruise now. And I will be the mother of the groom at a Sept. wedding. I may sew my dress, I may not.
December sewing has always been outfits for holiday events, using wonderful, luxurious fabrics featuring sparkle and glitz. I don't have as many events being retired now, and because of Covid. We searched out things to do so that we could get my 85 year old mother out of the house. She complains of not going anywhere, "But Mom, we aren't going anywhere either." We went to our first opera. Mom's comment was "One opera in a lifetime is enough". But I enjoyed it. Simple phrases like "I'm dying!" sound so much better in Italian. We attended a performance of the Nutcracker ballet. which is a family holiday tradition, and a Neil Simon play at local venue. The holiday event outfits were a bit more casual this year, but I could not give up the glitter.
Green metallic jacquard blouse and dark green gabardine pants. Sewn from vintage Burda Style patterns.
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My New Years Eve outfit was the vest and tunic from Cutting Line Designs Artist in Motions pattern.
The vest fabric is a cream colored mesh with gold sequins. It was a bit of a challenge to sew. I used freezer paper, cut to the pattern, to stabilize the armhole and neck while machine basting the trim in place. I tore the paper off along the basting stitches and serged the trim in place. I know there is probably an iron on/rinse away stabilizer designed for machine embroidery that would have been easier to use, but I wanted to use what I had on hand. The tunic is a off white silk from my stash. Pants are a tapered leg, elastic waist style in wool gabardine from an old Vogue pattern. I couldn't find my Cutting Line Designs One Seam pant pattern that would have been perfect for this outfit.
Happy New Year everyone!
