Vintage Vogue 1911 YSL Cargo pants

Remember that pattern I was after on ebay?
Here it is made up, this is the wearable muslin version and I am over the moon with them.  They are a light cotton twill perfect for summer, loads of topstitching, loads of pockets and a rise that is perfect for me.



These pants are interesting, they have a relatively slim leg, a seam across the top thigh, and there is ease built in through that seam.   I love the scale and shape of the pockets.



Now I'll be on the lookout for better fabric for this project... the fabric used here was a light cotton twill and Kaffe Fasset quilting cotton - for the pocket linings.

Mini Storage project - Repurposed Wood Wine Boxes

Ever need just a drawer for storage?  Tax time meant purging paperwork, and then continued to purging in general.  I have an open wall unit, and thought an open bin might be a good idea when a light bulb went off and I repurposed some wine boxes to keep my DVD's organized.

What you need...
1 - empty wooden wine box
1 - can of Krylon crystal clear acrylic coating
1 - bottle of rubber cement with application brush
1 - yard of felt


All four outer sides were sprayed with the clear acrylic.
Felt was marked for the bottoms.

 Rubber cement was applied to the bottom, and the felt was applied.

After 10 minutes, the felt was trimmed to fit.

Loaded with DVD's

 Pushed into the wall unit.

The sizes aren't standard, some are shallower, others deeper, you can find them at liquor stores in your area.
Some will give them to you free, others will charge a fee. Supplies to make 4 ran about $15.00.  Some boxes come with slide in tops, others are nailed flush to the top.... just things to keep in mind when you look at them.

Vogue 1247 - The tiny skirt expanded

This is one of the newest releases from Vogue, #1247, from Rachel Comey.   I liked the skirt but the pattern envelope did a good job of downplaying the tiny quality of this skirt (it is 17").  It calls for one yard of 60" fabric and even after adding 6" to the bottom of the skirt I used 38", so it's great if you only have a yard (and a bit) of bottom weight fabric.  This is rated as average,  the instructions use a hong kong finish on all of the seam allowances, for my wearable muslin, they are serged.

It comes together pretty quickly, in a day (without the hong kong finish), however I could have added 8" instead of the 6".  The original skirt calls for a 2" hem, and even after adding to the length I could only take 5/8".

I like how the skirt hangs, it isn't smooth across the pockets, partly because the darts on the yoke end almost at the top of the pocket edge, so it's a curve meeting a straight flat folded area.  I might try making the skirt again manipulating the pattern a bit and removing the dart on the yoke.  All in all an interesting skirt pattern.

Here is the top from the same pattern if you want to see the entire outfit.

Denim skirt Simplicity 2451 View C

Hey wait a minute didn't she already sew this pattern??? Yes but a different view, this is View C, it has the same waist yoke and pockets, but instead of gore pieces, the front is one piece with pleats and the back has a small vent at the hem.  The fabric is a stretch denim from Joann's (leftover from the dark wash jeans), very comfy.

I added a front stay to keep the pleats from popping open, it was drafted from the original pattern.


It was cut out of a rayon faille lining fabric and popped in before the pockets.


Here's the view from the back


Front