Fall Sewing, family sewing and boutique crawl

Some sewing has been going on over here.  I have made two dresses and a jacket for my granddaughter and three dresses for her mom. Currently working on Vogue 8780 out of a wool knit I purchased from Mood Fabrics sometime last year. I will complete that today.

I participated in Rochester, NY's version of fashion week on yesterday. I had some of my designs at a shop called California Closets and the shop was part of what is called the Boutique Crawl.  This consists of different boutiques and shops that are visited by persons who purchases tickets and go from boutique to boutique to shop and hopefully shop for about 6 hours. We had a great time at the shop. I had two friends that modeled my wears for me and great fun was had by all. See the pic below.  All items in the pic were designed and made be yours truly except the T shirt.

The temps are dropping here in western NY but they are very inconsistent. Yesterday begin in the 30's and we had snow flurries, currently it is 48 and expected to go up to 55. This is typical Rochester, NY weather.  I am in the process of sewing some fall items and plan to continue to work on my own designs.  Hope to post more pics soon.

As always, Happy Sewing.

Coat Sew Along

I knew I would participate in this Amazing Coat Sew Along that is being hosted by Erica B.  Her coats are always impeccably done.  It appears a great many sewists from all over are participating and I think it will be great fun.

I already have a number of fabrics to choose from but I have not yet made up my mind which piece of fabric or coat pattern I will use.  I do know that I am certainly excited and looking forward to learning some new techniques.  I will probably make up my mind this week which pattern and fabric and make sure I have all other notions that are needed so I can be good to go when the sew along begins.

This will hopefully be the challenge that I complete as I have been wanting to make a new coat for myself for a while.  Living in upstate NY warm outerwear is a must. Hopefully this jump starts the sewing juices and helps me towards completion.

As always, Happy Sewing.  Hope to post a pic of the fabric and pattern later this week.

Name Change

I have officially changed the name of my blog to SD Cunni Designs.  I have been working on growing my business full time the last few months and decided it was time to have my blog reflect that.  In the next few months there may be additional changes to the blog as I feel necessary but I will keep you, my followers informed.

Thank you for following me and I hope to have new things to share in the future.

As always, Happy Sewing

Recovering and behind in school work

There has been some sewing going on but not much really. I had some outpatient surgery on 7/23 and all is well, recovering nicely but that among-st other things has placed me a little behind in my school work.  This week will be catch up as I only have 4 weeks remaining.  No stress, Right?

I did however make a dress on this morning to wear to church. McCall's 7121 made in a midi version with fabric purchased from Fine Fabrics in Atlanta last year.  I lined the bodice of the dress with a black tricot fabric I had in my stash.  To say I like this dress in an understatement. It wears really well and was extremely comfortable.

I matched the bodice stripes on purpose, did not have enough of the fabric to match the skirt but I still love it just the same.  I may make a couple more simple knit dresses before the summer ends but I am beginning to look towards the fall which is my absolute favorite time of the year.

I keep trying to post at least once or twice a month but have not been able to do so, hopefully I can add this to my list of things to do on a monthly basis. I've really got to get myself into a workable routine.

As always, Happy Sewing!

Sewing but not blogging

Where has the time gone? It is July already and I have been so busy. I am in school full time trying to complete a degree in History, lots of reading and writing.

Some sewing has been going on. I have made a number of things for myself but I'm only posting about the latest, McCalls 7121, the new maxi that everyone is making. I do love this dress and it was extremely easy to make. I made it from an ITY knit in my stash that was purchased from Fine Fabrics last year. I liked the pattern in the fabric and let it dictate pattern placement. Love the way it came out.

The two pics represent the front and back. I love black and white combos, so you know I loved this fabric from day one when I saw it at the fabric store. Just wanted to check in and hopefully get back to blogging more regularly.
As always, happy sewing.

Jumpsuits

I am having such a love affair right now with jumpsuits.  I have made three, two for my youngest daughter and one for a fashion show I participated in.  The two for my daughter were made out of Ankara fabric using Simplicity 1158.  The other self drafted but not shown in this posting.  I like they way they came out but will not see them on my daughter until next week when I visit her for the Easter holiday.  I purchased the mannequin from a store closing for only $20.00 bucks as she is missing her right arm.  I figured I could locate an arm at some point but she fits right in with the other dress-forms. 

I recently purchased a book on draping through Amazon. Waiting for it to arrive as I am writing this blog. Can't wait to get started reading and draping. Will post something regarding the book once it arrives. I've got many other projects on my plate at this moment and hope to blog again soon.

As always, Happy Sewing.

Ankara Prints

I have been sewing quite a bit here and there, not necessarily for myself .  I have been having a love affair with Ankara prints or African print fabric.  I have purchase quite a few yards from an online store out of NYC. I truly cannot get enough of them.  Lately I have been making separates that can be worn with other pieces already in your closets.  I love the way the prints almost look as though they are the neutral part of the garment.  I have been posting a great deal on Instagram and some Facebook pages that I belong to.  Trying to get back to posting regularly on the Blog.  I have been viewing everyone's blog through Bloglovin.  As always Happy Sewing.