Raglan Pullover

The first time I saw Lion Brand's  Thick & Quick Bold Raglan Pullover was this past summer while one of my friends was working it up in black.

It was a very easy knitting project that worked up very quickly as it's knitted in the round on size 13 needles.  I used the Thick & Quick yarn for this project and let me tell you, it was very hard choosing a color for this project as there were so many beautiful colors to pick from. 

Even though I finished it months ago, I only just recently got a chance to wear it with the cold temperatures we've been experiencing lately. 

I cannot tell you enough how much I love this sweater, and I plan to make a couple more in the future.  Mr. D got a chance to take these pictures right before we raked the leaves up in the backyard.  This was the perfect time to take these pictures as the fall colors accentuated the colors in the yarn beautifully.

As Thanksgiving is approaching, I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday filled with family, great food and loads of crafting time.  Hopefully I can get some sewing and knitting/crocheting done this weekend. I gotta go for now. I'm off to start prepping for Thursday.


Andrea

Aprons

My church had it's annual spaghetti supper fundraiser.  I usually make the sauce for the whole dinner and serve in the kitchen during the dinner.  Mr. D works out on the floor serving all the lovely people.  I've been wanting to make aprons for us for quite a while and thought no time was like the present, so I worked up a couple of aprons for us.  Mr. D is a big Star Trek fan as am I so when I found Star Trek fabric at Joanns' I knew what it was screaming to be.  I found dark blue baltic fabric to trim it out in.  He liked it.

I looked for fabric that related to sewing or music but did not see anything I liked so I went with dragons instead.

The pattern I used was Simplicity 2691, a reversible apron.
 

Since I didn't have another fabric I wanted to use on the reverse side, I just used white muslin.  I widened the apron about an inch to an inch and a half and lengthened the apron by about 2 to 3 inches.  Overall I love both aprons and it was something I wanted to do for quite some time.  It also is bringing to mind things I want to do and make for the upcoming holidays.  I have a few friends that like to bake and cook, so this may be a great present as well. 

Elvis is in the Building

Or at least for Halloween he was.  A friend of mine I met from singing out and about likes to channel her inner Elvis.  She had some Elvis tribute thing to go to last month and wanted to dress-up for the occasion.  Her way of dressing up of course was to look like the King.  She had been eying this costume for a couple of years, but it only came in an extra small and for some of us ladies, that is just not a size we fit into.

She knew that I sewed and asked me if I could replicate it, and I told her I could give it a try.  I did make her aware that this original version was a jumpsuit and she said that would not do.  So I then suggested that I could replicate the outfit as two pieces and pull it together in the end so that it still looked like the picture.

To pull this look off I used four different patterns.  For the bodice I used McCall 6793.

It gave the length on the bodice I was looking for without the extra piece of course, and  the neckline was deep enough without showing too much cleavage.  It reminded me of the jumpsuit, just without the zipper.  I added sleeves to the top and flared them out so they looked like the ones in the picture.

For the pants I used the pants from McCall 5890 which is Nancy Zieman's coordinates collection.  They are a loosing fitting pant but I took off quite a few inches to get a more fitted and tapered looked.

The third pattern used was Simplicity 3629 for the cape with modifications of course.  She asked for a longer cape so it covered her bottom. 

I used the collar from Simplicity 3685 to modify the original cape.  I also tacked down the edges of the 
 collar to give it that Elvis look.

I self drafted the belt to pull everything together, it is covered the two pieces nicely where you can't tell that they're separate pieces.

Side view of the pant leg with the trim.

One happy customer.  From what I heard, she got it wear it three different times.  I'm so glad I got a chance work on this outfit.  It make me think a little and get the creative juices. flowing.