Maternity Wrap Top Part 1

My sister, Laurel, is pregnant with her second child and due in October. She recently found a great maternity top that she loved, however she didn't love the price tag. So she did a little research on the internet and found a great pattern that was pretty close to being the exact same top. Seeing as how she doesn't sew, she asked me if I would sew it together for her. I, being a kind and loving sister, said yes. The pattern is called Maternity Wrap Top by Megan Nielsen. It's made from 4 way stretch knit, which I confess, I have never sewn with before. Eek! The pattern looks pretty darn simple and she picked out a lovely purple fabric to have it made out of. First, of course, I cut it out. Like I said, I've never worked with a 4 way knit before and the wrap around part of the shirt is just a long rectangle that there is no pattern piece for, you just have to measure it out. So I was pretty nervous about cutting it out.





It turned out to be not too bad, I used my rotary cutter and my long ruler and it actually turned out to be pretty easy. I think it's going to be a pretty fun project!

Willow's Wedding Dress Part 1

Today, my mom came over and we got started on sewing my sister, Willow's, wedding dress. She wants a unique dress so it's something that has to be sewn. She will have a white strapless dress with a corset back and it will have a slit in the side with an underskirt showing. The underskirt will have layers of black lace on it. It's a really unique dress and it fits her personality very well! We are starting with the underskirt. We cut out the pieces for the underskirt the other day so today we started on the sewing of the underskirt. We started with the tulle part of the petticoat and it turned out to be quite the project.





By the afternoon we had gotten the tulle petticoat sewn together, the lining skirt sewn together and the top skirt (which the lace will go on) sewn together. We basted the lining skirt to the waist band so she can try it on and we can figure out where to hem it.



It turned out to be a longer day and we thought it would be but I think once we get the underskirt done it will go quite a bit faster. It's a very fun project for me because this is not the sort of stuff I usually sew. I'm quite excited to keep working on it and see the end project!