Sharon Sews

"How many more tunics do you want me to sew for you?" I eagerly asked my daughter after sewing three. I mean, the kid never wanted me to sew for her once she reached her teen years, so I have years of catching up to do! "Um, Mom, I think I have enough now," she replied with a laugh.   I first sewed myself a version of this color blocked tunic in January 2013, soon after the pattern was released. ( Blog post here ). My daughter liked it and asked for one, so naturally I obliged. ( Blog post here ). Every time she wore her tunic she received compliments and recently asked me to sew her more. I might have jumped up and down and did a happy dance after we ended our call. There's no video, so you have no proof :-). But I was excited to sew for her again. The fabrics for the black and purple tunics were purchased from Cali Fabrics. I've never been disappointed by any of my purchases from this company. The quality is good and the orders ship fast. The m...

This blue silk knit tunic I sewed last year from Vogue 8817 ( blogged about here ) certainly draws a lot of positive attention. Whenever I wear I get asked where I bought it ( and I love being able to smile sweetly and respond "I made it", don't you?)  It also brought forth a request from my daughter to sew one for her.  Um, that doesn't happen often so of course I jumped on that one! Here's the version I sewed for myself last year. First things first.  I pulled a couple of fabric combinations together and let her choose which spoke to her.   She ended up choosing a fun ITY print (from Fabric Mart Fabrics - long sold out), combined with a RPL (rayon-poly-lycra) knit in a deep purple and bright turquoise. Construction was a quick two hours - from cutting out to placing on the mannequin to photograph. One thing I forgot in my eagerness to sew something for her was to adjust the length.  She's about four inches shorter than I am and the len...

Another casual knit tunic has been completed. Perfect to pair with skinny jeans and boots for running weekend errands. Or at least it will be once the temps warm up again.  As I write this the temperature outside has reached a balmy 0 degree F.  Yea, it's a good day to hibernate and sew, which is what I plan on doing as soon as I hit publish on this post.  This is the knit tunic that inspired me to color block the Vogue 8831 sleeves when I discovered I was short on fabric.  The pattern is Vogue 8817 , a Katherine Tilton design that includes this long version with the hi-low hemline as well as a hip length scoop neck tee. This is the first Katherine Tilton Vogue design I've sewn as the truth is I'm not really an artsy  clothing kinda gal.  But something about this design drew me in and I purchased the pattern during a BMV pattern sale.  (By the way, there's a BMV pattern sale going on right now through 1/22/13.) It's described as close-f...