Vogue 9065

 I wasn't in the mood to sew any of the patterns I had cut out, and this one won because I had this color thread in the machine. I didn't have enough fabric for the bottom lapel-inside lining piece, so
I cut a full lining and cut the lapel piece and sewed the two together and just treated it as one
piece. It actually was a better solution because then you don't have a thick fabric acting as lining.

I had a whole stash of burgundy buttons that would have worked, but decided not to use any of them because I thought I'd probably always wear a necklace with this vest.

In this picture the underarms look too big, but this doesn't bother me and in normal life it looks good. The skirt is velvet, cut in half with a casing at the top. I almost gave this fabric away and glad I didn't.

When I was looking for a shirt or blouse for this outfit, I was shocked that in my collection I couldn't find anything...then I looked in one more place and voila!

Simple Sew, The Lily Dress and Other Failures

 Look at how cute this turned out. I had saved this corduroy for the perfect pattern and I thought this was it. The Lily Dress pattern is not the perfect pattern. I fits where it shouldn't fit (arms) and is way too tight in the upper bust, normally I call this area my hollow chest because this area is devoid of any extra fat. The opening wants to just gap open. At first I was considering leaving it that way and using ties as closures...I may have to let things marinate before I do anything. Another warning about this pattern: it is extremely short waisted. I added one and a half inches and it is still too short. Bummer!

This is my other failure. I made this out of a stretch velvet and the dress on just hung there and looked terrible. I just gave it away, didn't even want a picture of it. I'm going to keep the pattern a fabric with more body might work as long as you could also gather it up. Normally after a failure (or a few failures) I need to sew something quick and easy and something that looks good on everyone online. What do you do to get over a bad sewing project?