We celebrated my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday a earlier this month and she hired a photographer to take some family photos while we were there. I decided I needed to make a new dress for the occasion and went looking through my stash of patterns.
I picked McCall’s M6744 because it looked like a quick sew and I was crunched for time. I picked an emerald green jersey as I thought it would add some nice drape to the pattern and I actually had enough on hand to make it.
Since we don’t really go anywhere these days and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon, I’ve been looking at some new athleisure patterns. I want some clothes that comfortable but still cute and a little more “dressed up” than my standard workout clothes.
While is fun to make fancy and not-so-basic things, basics are what I wear the most (pretty much on a daily basis lately!). I needed some basic tops to wear around the house.
These are my favorite tried and true patterns that I keep coming back to for basics. They are all fairly quick and simple to sew, which makes them very rewarding. I like to batch cut a few and them spend a day sewing them all up.
I had a little bit of left over watermelon swim fabric from making my daughter’s swimsuit. I decided to make a swim top for me so we can twin in the same fabric at the beach this summer!
I wanted to try a new pattern and stumbled across the Cordia High-Waisted Swimsuit from Mood. It’s a free pattern, and the first pattern from Mood I have sewn.
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I love using my Silhouette Cameo to make fun shirts for my kids. I usually use shirts from Walmart rather than something I make so I won’t be upset if I totally mess it up.
Sew a Little Seam is such a great pattern company. I love how all their patterns include so many different options–it’s such a great value! The Mairin Swimsuit pattern is basically the only swim pattern you’ll need because it includes so many options.
This is my second Mairin for my daughter, as she outgrew the last one I made her. I still had some of the same watermelon swim fabric leftover and she was so happy to have another swimsuit made from it!