Vogue 8813, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Vogue 8813, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

The fabric is from the stash. I bought it at JoAnne's when they had really great prices on the red tag fabrics. It is a moleskin with little silver dots.

McCall's 5974

McCall's 5974, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Another pattern and fabric I've been wanting to sew for a long time. I love the fit of this pattern, but not my fabric choice. The fabric is a stretch velvet. Hard to sew and too thick for the many layers of fabric on the waist tie.

I was going to wear it for Thanksgiving, but just did not like it enough. Today is perfect for this dress, it's fifty gazillion degrees below zero in Minneapolis today, the six layers of fabric...good!

McCall's 5974

McCall's 5974, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Butterick 6886

Butterick 6886, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I would much rather buy a robe, but it seems like all the robes out there now are made of polyester or super heavy terry. I ordered the fabric online and then was short so I went to TJ Maxx and purchased a towel for the sleeves. My old robe served me well, but it's time to retire it!

Butterick 6886, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

The pattern.

Vogue 2971

Vogue 2971, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

The top is Vogue 2971. I should have known that it would bug me because it is off the shoulder. I have since added a tuck in the neckline. (I haven't tried it on yet, so don't know if the tuck solved the problem).

The skirt is inspired by Mimi G's maxi skirt. I used an old pattern Simplicity 5235. The pattern was too small, so I cut it out about three inches from the fold. I cut two fronts and placed the zipper on the side. I also cut an underlining because the fabric was so flimsy. The fabric is still pooling a bit at the hem, but I don't think you can tell.

I received quite a few compliments on this outfit and I feel comfortable wearing it, life is good!

Butterick 5794

Butterick 5794, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Another pattern that I like and is very easy to sew. The pattern says raised waist and boy, is it ever. It should be described as an empire waist dress. I cut the pattern as long as the fabric allowed and to me it's perfect, it's not good to have a maxi dress dragging in the snow.

Butterick 5794, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Normally I don't do a back shot, but I wanted to show how the waist is much lower in the back and the grey fabric...again.

Vogue 1334

Vogue 1334, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I used the pattern for the wide-legged pants. Just a warning; the waist band falls below the waist and the pants are a little short. The elastic instruction was different and I would have liked it if I had used brown elastic instead of white, because it shows. I used this elastic method on the skirt below and I did like it there.

Butterick 5589

Butterick 5589, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I visited many a store looking for a grey skirt to purchase to no avail. I then visited my local Hancock Fabrics and bought this grey fabric, it was a great buy because I used it for this skirt, the insets on the dress below and for the yoke on the dress I just finished.

Vogue 8871

Vogue 8871, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I had to take a break from sewing navy blue, so I went with this. I added long sleeves and a belt. It looked a little too big without the belt.

All in all very easy to sew. I would like to use this pattern again, but maybe use a woven fabric and add a zipper in the back.

Vogue 8871, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Vogue 8848

Vogue 8848, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I really like this dress, it looks a little space-age, but I think that is a good thing. This is made from stretch denim, so it's easy to fit and wear.

I had intended to have long sleeves, but after I sewed the sleeves together (from another pattern) it looked terrible, so I had enough to cut out the short sleeves. Then I had to find a jacket because I wanted to wear it now!

Vogue 8848, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I found this jacket in the Halloween area at Value Village for ten dollars and it's leather and it fits. How often does that happen?