McCall's 8036

 I do like this pattern, even though there are a few oddities about it. The top button does button, but it looks terrible and even on the pattern envelope it looks like it is pulling even on a thin model.

I added elastic to the sleeves because they were very baggy and floppy. If I sew this again I would shorten the sleeves one inch and reduce the width of the band size by half.

And there seems to be a little pulling at the bust and I normally don't have that happening. I think I really like the dress because of the color and the print (fabric purchased at SR Harris, Burnsville in the cotton sale section).

Floreat Dress

 This is the remake of the Floreat Dress. I chopped off the sleeves, added darts at the armhole and added the applique. This jacket was also in the donation pile, but I think it saves this dress.

Without the coat, and still not looking great. Below is the original make.

Matching crab apple trees at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis.

Simplicity 8833

 I got this fabric from the discount table at SR Harris and before I sewed it up I made a bunch of masks from the fabric. When I went to construct the garment there was a flaw in the fabric right in the front. Luckily, I had half of a cupcake left to applique it over the hole in the fabric, whew!

This pattern fits really good, normally I don't like dropped sleeves, but these are good because there is not an over abundance of fabric. My husband took some pictures with the matching masks but couldn't bear to post them because...YUCK!

New Look 6301

We went to the lake today to see the crab apple trees blooming and only the white ones had blossomed, not the pink ones...good excuse to go back. Here I am pretending that this is our house, it's so beautiful.

 I'm going to make this pattern again, it fits really well and it's easy to sew up. The armholes do have the normal problem for me, but other than that it's good!

McCall's 7970

This was pretty fun to sew even though I hate gathering. This time I did each panel separately because it would be easy to mix everything up. I went deep into the notions stash and used up a lot of Rick Rack purchased from church rummage sales.

 No changes to the pattern, this is right from the envelope. The fabric was from Hobby Lobby and when I pre-shrunk the fabric it did some bleeding. There just happened to be a laundry expert on TV and he recommend a color catcher, so we shall see if that works.