Aztec and Black Long Sleeve Top - Operation Stay Toasty

 Project lets try not to freeze my backside off on the school run is going quite well, Im not in possession on three long sleeve tops, 2 handmade and 1 rtw. The school run is still as cold and this morning I had the added bonus of rain! But one of the Grandad's was nice enough to drive me home so I didn't get completely soaked!

Anyway onto this top! I used the same threadcount cardigan as last time and just cut the front and back on the fold. I used an old aztec print dress and the skirt part of an old dress for the top so its recycled! The only issue I had was I didn't have quite enough fabric for the full length of the body. And keeping it as a crop top would have defeated the point of operation stay toasty! So I added the bottom of the dress on the make it a bit longer.

The fits pretty similar but there is some bunching around the seam where I had to add the extension. I do kind of like the look of the black and the print colour blocking that's happening.

It was a pretty simple sew, It took about an hour to cut it out and sew it up on the overlocker. I just overlocked all the edges again to make it a super speedy make.

In other news, I am super super tired, which I'm blaming on the stupid weather. Its making lil man grumpy as well, yesterday he whinged the whole way home because he was cold :(

I've been getting lots of sewing done and I think I've finally restored the balance between cleaning and sewing after or honeymoon and wedding!

And I've had a couple of very good post days!

Frankie

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Long Sleeve Jersey Top

Okay this is is possibly the most boring thing I've made ever, In fact I kind of want to punch myself its so boring!

Anyway here's the deal. WINTER IS COMING. In all seriousness game of thrones have cracked it winter is coming and whilst I love winter in all its candle burning hot chocolate drinking glory I hate that I have to walk lil man to school and how frigging freezing it is.

And as it turns out I have hardly any long sleeve tops so I took the opportunity to whip one up.

So I started with Threadcount 1607, and used view b which is a cardigan.

However when I cut it out I cut both the front and back on the fold and didn't cut out the button band or cuffs.

And heres what I ended up with a really boring long sleeve top that will at least keep me warm underneath my coat. FYI for those of you who are thinking "why doesn't she just wear a jumper?" the walk is such that we go down hill on the way there which is chilly and the way back is all up hill which leaves me feeling much toastier! [and means I now have thighs of steel, Lol or of another slightly more squishy metal]

But all jokes aside I kind of love it? The fit is much better than I thought it was going to be and now I can't stop looking at other cute prints online that I could make this from. The sleeve length is good and the whole thing took about an hour to run up on my overlocker.

Including the neck and sleeves and bottom which are all finished on my overlocker too. Which was partly laziness and partly because I have a RTW top that is finished like this and I think it looks super cool.  

And the neckline sits pretty flat which is pretty cool.

Now I'm just wondering if I can wear it with my unicorn scarf on the school run?

But I do know I can layer it with tshirts and vest tops which is also a winner.

Here's a close up of the neckline, I love that its got kind of a punk rock vibe because it looks a bit unfinished? Kind of makes it feel a bit less of a mumsy top?

But anyway, I'm calling this a success, Its definitely turned out better than I thought and now I think I need to make a few more versions in different prints!

In other news, 

I found a cut of shirt dress that I must have forgotten I was making [I actually think it was meant to be for the honeymoon but obvs I didn't finish it in time.

I finished a shirt refashion and it turned out hideous! So far there's no pictures but if anyone's having a super bad week let me know and I'll take some pictures so you can have a laugh at my expense.

I'm fully embracing the winter spirit, I've got out my hats and scarfs and I'm burning candles and drinking hot chocolate by the gallon. We have a Tassimo machine now and it makes Oreo hot chocolate and oh my days its yummy. And Rikkis happy because it makes coffee which means he doesn't have to rely on me to make his coffee anymore [my coffee is gross, if I ever offer you coffee run.]

And that's it really , apart from lots of knitting!

Much Love

Frankie

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