Let’s talk a little about sewing

Those of you that sew may or may not know about Connie Long. Her books are like bibles to me. They are very easy to understand and extremely helpful.

So imagine my surprise and total delight when I found out that she teaches at G Street Fabrics. I was so excited I started jumping up and down in my seat.

I went to the G Street Fabrics website and downloaded the class schedule. Most of her classes are during the work day, so that brought down my excitement a little. But after further investigation I saw that she has a few one day classes (Hello lining class!) that I will be signing up for.

Also while I was looking at the class schedules, I saw that they also have Pattern Drafting classes. I am very interested in taking these classes. But I think for now I will take the one day classes. With the changes going on at work, I want to get into my new rotuines before I commit to longer classes.

G Street Fabrics also has a free “Fashion Club”. Where home sewers get together once a month, enjoy free lectures, shopping discounts, show and tell, etc. I may just go and check one of these out.

Last week I got a huge package from Fabric.com. I felt like a kid in a candy store. This week I will be spending my time pretreating the fabric and hopefully this upcoming weekend I will get some sewing done.

Ciao! xoxo
~ Dissolved Girl

Look at what I found....

I did my Friday G Street Fabric run to check out what new fabrics came in for the discount bin. When my eyes fell on this:

Does it look familiar?

The fabric has the same pattern as the fabric on the dress worn by Miranda in the Sex and the City Movie.


When the movie came out I loved the dress and I found it, but it was too rich for my blood so I skipped buying it.

Well, Now I can make my version of the dress. I have decided on this dress pattern:

I am going to make dress "A", the pint and black dress.

I really loved the Miranda dress but I was never excited about the longer sleeves. I always thought about how much better the dress would look with cap sleeves like the dress pattern above. What do you think?

On other news, I have been quiet because I have been keeping myself busy with different projects. For example this weekend I am taking a jewelry class and it is a blast! I will tell you guys more about it tomorrow evening and show you guys photos of what I made.

What is going on with you guys?

Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

The Cape

I saw this Cape on ModCloth but I did not want to pay the $97.99 price tag for it.


I am glad I did not spend the money because I found the below pattern at Joann Fabrics for $1.99. As you can see Cape "C" is the same as the above. I also get 3 other patterns for Capes I can make. I can safely say I got a great deal. Now all I have to do is stake out the fabric store for some nice discounted wool fabric.


What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo
~ Dissolved Girl

Crafty Sunday

Happy Sunday!

Today I spent my day finishing off projects that I started but just did not have time to finish during the week.

First I finished the apron that I cut out last weekend but never had enough time to finish:

Then I made my music note earrings and necklace:
Everything is made out of sterling silver. After I polish the pieces they will be up on my jewelry blog.

I was not aware until very recently that Walmart had a sewing section, so on Friday Mr. P took me over to the Walmart by our place and I must say I felt like a kid in a candy store. They had so much and cheap!

I bought the following: These fabrics will become a dress in the very near future.

Also, while at Walmart I found this very handy tool: The Simplicity Sidewinder Bobbin Winder. This thing is AWESOME. I no longer have to unthread my sewing machine and rethread every time I need to wind a bobbin. I love it and it is a very useful tool for anyone that sews. So far from other places I have checked, Walmart sells it the cheapest.

Next on my list of things to make is my last summer dress. I hope to cut everything out during the week and sew it during the weekend.

How was everyones weekend?

Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl