Luckily, I was not absent from blogging due to illness, but due to summer being busy and fun so far!
My main source of enjoyment has been my garden.
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And my plants
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I haven’t taken a recent picture of my garden. The tomato plants have grown to be 3 feet tall! The cucumber, red peppers, and beans are coming along too. Sadly, the amount of rain drowned my herb seedlings and made my lettuce turn from good to bad in a day. Oh well, lessons learned. I will buy some mature herb plants soon and just keep them inside, I think.
My jade plant sadly got a mold disease and looks really bad. I used a spray solution on it and all the diseased leaves are falling off. I hope I saved it in time. I have one little cactus that is looking poorly, but stabilized over the past month. If anyone has a clue what is wrong with it, please let me know. I know it isn’t bugs or too much water…
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The big news is that I met Kat!
She came all the way from New Zealand and we met up and did some fabric shopping.
She brought me some tasty chocolate and lush merino from New Zealand. We also bought matching pink monkey jersey!
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It was so good meeting her. We even discussed a Monthly Stitch meetup in Japan for 2018. I’d love to do that!
In the sewing world, I made three more Pavlova skirts. Cake Patterns is no longer, but this skirt pattern is a staple for me.
Unfortunately, I need to alter the black skirt since I mis-measured and need about another inch and a half. Luckily the skirt has pleats and a long waistband to let out.
The skirts have pleats in the front and in the back. They are meant to copy this Butterick skirt pattern by Gertie. In my version the pleats are a bit different and a bit more flattering on me. I seriously love the black and white skirt and wear it a ton in spite of it being made in a mid-weight suiting material. The blue one is pretty short and works great for a variety of casual cosplay, including Wonder Woman.
I made a new born outfit for a friend’s baby boy.
The E is totally covering up a serged hole. 😦
I have two dress cut out and ready to make for two different friends.
I have to get on those and send them off.
I managed to get a wicked good haul at the thrift store and add 30 yards to my stash…
I’m not doing great on stashbusting….
I still have UFOs and am slowly getting through them.
These Misty Jeans require topstitching.
This Harrison shirt still needs button bands and a collar:
I still need to redo this dress.
I think I will take the waistband off and add darts to the skirt. At first, I was just going to do fisheye darts, but now I want to do it properly.
My swimsuit is half done. The bottoms are all done. They look messy when laid flat, but are fine on me. I have to make the bra top soon.
This is an in progress picture of them:
Done now, but I didn’t take another picture after this.
I cut out and made a Concord T shirt yesterday.
I also have an Appleton maxi almost done. Here is a sneak preview.
I also cut out a Webster dress and two pairs of shorts in linen rayon fabric
The Appleton dress will be posted soon. I just have to put on sleeve bands and hem the dress and take pictures. It’s going to be gorgeous. I am trying to meet the dresses deadline on Friday (@ 8pm in Toronto!) for the Monthly Stitch’s indie pattern month. It’s also part of the maxi dress sew along. 🙂
Are you taking part in either of Indie Pattern Month or the Maxi dress sewalong? 🙂
Andie Wells Studio 
You are Wonder Woman! Also your maxi is all kinds of gorgeous 🙂
Awwww. Thanks, Ashley. I can’t wait to post pictures of the final dress. 🙂
Lol I also can’t wait for that!
Amazing Andie and her astonishing apparel!!! Busy, busy bee. 🐝
LOL. Funny how I didn’t feel busy until I wrote this post. 😉
You’ve been productive! I love the print on that Appleton dress. And the Concord tee – is that fabric from the holiday party? Sweet!
I forgot all about Indie month — I never take part officially, and I probably won’t, even unofficially, since I’m surrounded by piles of my possessions and boxes. However, I will try to get a few things cleared away before I pack up my sewing machine next week, and they are indie patterns… Plus, I’m taking the box cushion workshop at The Workroom.
Yep, both of the fabrics are from the holiday party. One was from the fabric exchange and the other was in the present. 🙂 I love them both!
I wish I could take that workshop. 😦 I’m so broke right now and we have too many summer plans.
I hope your move goes well!
You have been busy! I couldn’t really get my shit together in time for IPM, but I love seeing what everyone else has come up with.
IPM is so inspiring. I love the posts so far. 🙂