B5638 in progress & unironed

I wish I had taken the petite adjustment just above the waistline, but here's where I'm at with B5638.
It's a princess seam dress and I'm heading toward view C, which has an inset (so no, the neckline is not that low in real life!) and a ruffle, which you saw the makings of here.
(Leslie I will write up my notes about the rolled hem foot....)


I'm also aiming to make it with the belt, so it will be more cinched in at the waist.
Here it is on Emma, who is partially padded out in the Fabulous Fit system (I'm going to buy a real dressform with hips and everything on Saturday!)

But Princess Fit is very flattering on Emma and most women, isn't it?
I used Sunny Gal's instructions for the invisible zip. I think I need to sew closer to the teeth but it was the most painless invisible zip experience I've had so far (I additionally interfaced the CB seam so as to prevent any tragedies from occurring...)

Be well!

I only used to dream about stitches like this...

...and now they are mine.  Thank you, rolled hem foot!  And thank you, Noile


Exterior
This is the start of the ruffle for B5638.
 
Interior

I dreampt of more hot pink and brown underwear....

And that happened too...

This time with a "wild" patch.
Be well!  Or wild.  Or wild & well.

All sorts of sewing

Thanks everyone for your comments on my PR weekend NYC post!  I really appreciate everyone who commented to let me know they enjoyed the post. Fellow attendees have been posting their recaps and it's been fun to read what others did too. 

Here's what I've been up to since PR weekend.  I had 3 blissful days off after PR weekend which I enjoyed SO much.

I made a new apron.  I also made cookies from scratch.
 
The fabric is Melody Miller, Ruby Star Shining for Kokka fabric, purchased at WhipStitch in Atlanta last month. The pattern is my TNT apron pattern, McCalls 7391, circa 1995. 
I caution you to be careful with the placement of this fabric, though....you know what I mean...just sayin'.

Twitter is great. I tweeted @whipstitch with a picture of my apron, and @whipstitch tweeted @missletterM, who is the designer Melody Miller herself!
She then replied with "Super cute!". Awwwwwww!


I sewed up some underwear.

patch: 25 cent joann's clearance.
hot pink elastic: daytona from last weekend, PR weekend NYC.
brown knit fabric: jomar from PR weekend Philly. I had made it into a disaster shirt which is now wonderful UW.


Hey, what is the scalloped edge of the elastic on the left side of the picture called?  The elastic on the right side is picot for sure.  Are they both picot?  Different styles of picot?  Or does the elastic on the left have its own name?  I *need* to know.




Tonight I sewed a pillowcase for an unusual size pillow.
It's Alexander Henry Bird Seed fabric from Stitch Lab Austin circa 2010.

I like it! I piped it with purchased black piping in stash.  This was my creative solution to make the pillowcase wide enough, since I had cut up the fabric for something else....

I wanted to make a dress I saw on Kathy's blog, but the pattern range is too big. So, instead I played with my new rolled hem foot for about an hour or so this afternoon. I was inspired to buy one after seeing it on Noile's blog.  I think I have the hang of it now for straight hems, which is great because it means I can make a very nice rolled hem for the ruffle on B5638, which I'm planning on starting tmw.
I mean, it's pretty awesome.

I'm so excited!

All my attempts (earliest on top, latest on bottom):

I also put paper over the pattern boxes and labeled with stickers:

I think it looks cleaner and tidier that way.
I also organized my thread better. Navy is in the box on the left and black is in the box on the right, so I can distinguish them better!

Oh, and I've got something brewing with a dressform, but that's next weekend!
Be well!