OH MY Goodness!!! I'VE DELETED MY WEB ADDRESS. I'VE HAD TO CREATE A NEW ONE AND RECONFIGURE MY BLOG NAME.
MY NEW ADDRESS IS
http://sewpassionista.blogspot.com
I DO HOPE YOU WILL FIND ME BECAUUSE IF YOU DON"T, I"LL MISS YOU SO MUCH!
BOOHOOHOO! I"M SO UPSET WITH MY STUPIDITY!!
This past winter, I made a couple of poncho-like wraps as project samples for my Sewing Group. I loved those wraps and wore them constantly. They were the perfect cover-ups for around the house on really frigid days and for outdoor wear in spring. If you are interested in how they are made, check out the link above.
I made this navy blue version to take with me for a long weekend in Halifax in May. It has a nautical look I think.
The fabric is a beautiful (albeit polyester) navy blue, weighty cable knit that had a fantastic wide selvedge which I was able to use to finish the sides and the neck edge. I simply cut the selvedges off and serged them to the garment.
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Note: My poncho tops are slightly shaped from neck to shoulder and from shoulder to hem like this.
This week I made this one.
I love this piece and have worn it twice already.
The fabric is a mesh which I've had in my stash for years. There are actually two layers. The top one has a flocked leaf design and the under layer is a plain mesh.The result is that the garment is less see-through and has a nice drape.
I hand basted the two layers together then serged all edges.
Again, their was a great selvedge which I used to finish the sides.The hem is turned up and fastened with Steam-a-Seam.
For the neck binding ,I used a part of the selvedge which had a curl to it.
I simply added great buttons from my stash to close the sides.
I wore my poncho top last night to a beach lobster boil and brought along the heavier one above for warmth later in the evening. I got lots of compliments so in my mind, these are successful projects.
I wore this one on a shopping trip.
I'm now in the process of making the dress version of S2249 (OOP)which will be my last "summer" project.
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend and that your weather is as beautiful as it is here in the Maritimes!
Happy Sewing!
10 comments:
they are such a great idea I love them both, but with autumn starting soon here I guess the knit one looks best to me.
Love that heavy knit one. It would be great for where I work in the winter. Thanks for the inspiration.
Glad you are really still there! I clicked to get to your blog last night and it said, "no longer exists." Wow, that scared me! I must make one of those tops this year. Yours are so cute and practical!
oooh those are lovely!Im definitely going to make this!
Wouldn't want to lose you - luckily, your post was right in my blogroll where as usual when I logged in to catch up on my reading :-)
Those tops are cute !
hmmm - you'd think I could get through a one sentence comment without an error, wouldn't you ? Makes more sense when you delete the word 'where' LOL - DUH, me !!!
I really like the heavier weight poncho. Great go anywhere styling.
This is a great idea! Love all these ponchos tops and your creativity!
Hi Diana, in answer to you question, I went into settings - posts and comments you can decide how many posts you want per page. I thought that people would see the other posts at the end of the blog, and if interested click on one of them- just that really. FYI, your post about losing your blog, came up in Blogger so it must have still been there. Silk jersey, you are right it is expensive but I think I am happy to make the investment now - love it it feels beautiful on.
Lovely ponchos and love the cable knit.
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