I’ve finally got round to writing up this Dress which was a freebie in Issue 9 of Sew Now Magazine

Not sure if you’ve seen my recent post of the Kwiksew 3553 PJ’s they were another freebie Pattern from Sew Now, I’m really liking their Patterns at the moment which is a rarity when it comes to other Magazines!

Thanks for the Re-gram Sew Now Magazine!

Magical unicorn ? pyjamas by Sally @theyorkshiresewist These cute pyjamas are from issue 10 K3553 @kwiksew If you would still like to make them grab a copy from @craftstashcouk . . #pyjamas #sewcialist #sewingblogger #unicorn #makeyourown #learntosew #sew #sewing

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I’ve already got the Butterick B6168 Dress Pattern from the latest issue eyed up to make for the Great British Sewing Bee Live later on this Month!

When the lovely Mark from Girlcharlee says if i need any Fabric for a Project …. You can’t say no?!! I’ve blogged for them earlier on the year on how to make your own Bralet and Knickers which can be found here.

So after an good chunk of time browsing the Shop and finally pinning it down to just to one fabric, I choose this one!

The Fabric used is called it’s Homestead Life Dutch Delight which is a part of the Bolt Collection which is Girlcharlee’s own custom knitted, preshrunk 95/5 combed cotton spandex knit fabric, so you know it’s fantastic quality! It’s absolutely lush I can’t help but stroke it it’s that pretty!!

As per usual with Patterns I do have to take some length off the skirt!! But only 4 inches and then after shortening then neaten the Pattern at the sides.

Then this happened….

For fudges sake!!!! Why did this happen to me when I’ve nearly finished cutting out my @kwiksew 3489!!!! I don’t wanna finish it with scissors as it’s Jersery and i want a nice clean cut….is that so much to ask?!!! Just typical, when I’ve ain’t got a spare!!! ? Think it’s wine o’clock instead ???also no pun intended….. #fridaynight #sewinggoals #outthewindow #sewcialists #dailyseam #blogger #instagrammer #sewsewsew #creativemamas #lovesewing #makeitsewcial #makesomething #fabricaddict #makeitsew #fuming #ffs #nospare #blade

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Once i had a new Blade and everything was cut out, Mr Singer did test my patience too!!

He wanted to gobble the lush Jersey even with my even feed foot, right stitch length and right needle!! Arrgghhhh!!! But I preserved and started a quarter down into the seam rather than the beginning and then finished it after….the pesky machine but I do love him! Don’t they all have their little personalities or I am just plain crackers?

Woo-hoo! Halfway point…the Bodice is sewn together!

With this Pattern, you have to make your own ties for the Dress….. They are pretty long and truth be told i ain’t made ties before with jersey!! But I had a plan…. as i was struggling with getting the fabric through to the Right Side Out…. I improvised!! One sturdy straw from a Mason Jar, a wooden skewer (yeah the ones for kebabs!)

I put the straw into the Tie.

The armed with my Skewer…. I pushed through the straw with it through the closed end of the Tie.

And voila!! Perfectly turned out Tie with little effort!! Yay!

I added an Press Stud to the Bodice of the Dress as i felt i would of ‘popped’ out otherwise and to keep my modesty in tact!

Here is the Dress all Sewn up and modelled on Dorris the Mannequin!!

Of course I can’t just show you just on ‘Dorris’ as i don’t think it does the Dress justice, so here I am with the wind catching my Dress a little! Oh err missus!

Again, a big thank you to Mark at GirlCharlee for providing me this beautiful jersey to play with! So if you haven’t had the chance yet to go shopping with GirlCharlee then do it now and treat yourself to some gorgeous fabrics!

Happy Sewing!!

Sal xx

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I’ve been wanting to make these PJ’s since it was a freebie that landed on my doorstop with Issue 10 of Sew Now Magazine…. trouble was that I didn’t have the perfect Fabric in my stash!!

Now surely when making your own Pj’s you want them to be –  A) comfortable and B) the most craziness Fabric print!!!

So the search went on….finally came across Flamingo Fabrics that sold this ever so awesome Unicorn 100% Cotton Fabric for such a steal at £2.39 a metre and its 60″ wide too!! Yay! I’m sorry but who can’t say no to Unicorns?!

Now I haven’t been blogging in a long time, with my 1st post in 2 months was posted a couple of days ago…. so i’m finally get back into the swing of things and came across Laura’s #Wardrobebuilder August Project which is Nightwear and Jo’s #sewingthescene which has Prizes!!!!!

The idea for Sewing The Scene is to sew something for your normal wardrobe (not a costume) inspired by film or TV, then share a photo on Instagram with the tag #sewingthescene.

Now if you haven’t seen my Insta feed I posted the delightful Agnes cuddly a Fluffy Unicorn!!! I love the Minions/Despicable Me franchise…even more than my kiddies i think! So i decided to dedicate my PJ’s with Unicorns!!

via GIPHY

According to the measurements, I decided to make a medium for the shoulders and bust then grade to a large from the waist and hips as PJ’s are meant to comfortable!

Now for some reason…I’ve not made an old fashioned type PJ before as I’ve recently made Tilly and The Buttons Fifi which i loved making to truth be told the PJ’s were pretty quick to sew together espically when using Mrs Singer to finish my Seams before hand

I seem to like making buttonholes at the moment, you’d think since making 15 for my Hawthorn Dress I’d be like “hell no!” but who couldn’t resist sparkly buttons!

For the length of the Cropped Trousers, i still took a massive 10″ off them so the sit nicely just under my knee Yeah…..I’m a short ass!!! So for the Hem on these I decided to do a double hem instead of an overlocked one just for a change! Hahaha!

With using 0.6mm aka 1/4″ Seam Allowance for Sewing them up, it allows for this truly nice finished inside the PJ’s

The only downside I had with this Pattern was the instructions to make the casing for the Elastic for the PJ Bottoms. I just thought it was a fiddly way of doing that step so i resorted to what i know!

I made the channel 1st by pressing it 2cm to the wrongside (to the inside of the Bottoms) and then stitched in place, remembering to leave a gap and then thread the elastic through with a safety pin and then stitch the elastic together and sew the gap! One Easier way of making Casing!!

So in a couple of days (probably be a full day if i wasn’t at 9-3 at work lol) I made these beauties!!

I just love the Collar on these its so crisp!!

And of course nothing else isn’t compete without a Cuppa in bed with your Unicorn Jammies and no work!!! Bliss!!

Enjoy what ever you are up to today! I’m off School Shoe shopping for the boys…..wish me luck!!

Sal xx

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