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2020-08-04

The Bella Bralette Hack and the Betty Panties


I made myself some new underwear. Yes! It has been on my to-do list for quite a while, but it's no news I don't sew as often as I did before, and when I do, it is often something for the kids, gifts or some pattern test I seemed to come across. Meaning, most of the times, I sew things that weren't actually on the list of things I'd really like to make – not meaning I don't love making them, just that they made their way to come out ealier, stealing sewing time from things that were thought and wished long before they were. Get ready, because I am feeling wordy today!



Anyway, I made myself some new underwear! Just because I have a very tiny memory, I can't tell which piece I sewed first, the bra or the panties. Since that isn't important either, I will start by telling you about the bra. I actually used a bralette pattern, the BellaBralette by Day Dream Patterns to be precise, which I tested and shared with you back HERE. This is a pattern meant for lace but I wasn't happy enough by hacking the bralette into a bra, I also had to make it with knit and lace. 



And... yes, there's more, that said knit, was actually re-used from a t-shirt. I used part of that t-shirt for my boy's shorts (here) and these were just scraps I had left. As you see, they were enough (though just quite) for the whole set. Because I have these huge boobs (NOT really), I also had to adjust the damn cup size, shortening a bit the smallest size. Never did that on a bra before, but it went just fine, and I never had a selfmade bra fitting so well – oh wait, this is my actual real bra ever. I had a little help from Susana's tutorial on how to turn a bralette pattern into a bra pattern.

 


And now that I've mentioned Susana, this might be the right time to mention that I recently got the Betty Panties pattern from Suco by Susana and I was eagerly wanting to try this one out, because again, making myself some new underwear was something I was planning to since a while ago. And what can I say? I was pretty much satisfied with it, so much so, I have at least three more planned on my list. 



There are a few views for this panties and I did view F to start, next on my plans is view D. I did make panties for myself before, you can see them HERE, and I am happy to say both patterns have the perfect fit for me. Ever since I made all of them, they became part of my fave and I wear them more often than I wear most of my ready to wear panties. They're all so comfortable. 

 


There are a few more undies patterns I'd like to try, and I can't wait to, but I won't tell you to come back soon for them, as I don't really know when that might happen. One thing I'd really like to try to make, is a lace body, oh I love them so, but never pondered making one as much as I have lately. Should I? Could I? What about you? Have you tried sewing underwear before? I promise is not as scrary as it might be in your head.


2020-03-11

Too late to wish a happy new year?

Olá, olá! Quem é vivo sempre aparece. O meu último post neste blog foi há quase um ano, nunca fiquei tanto tempo sem publicar nada. Já devem ter pensado que das duas uma: ou desisti dele, ou desisti de costurar, certo? Pois bem, nem uma nem outra. Sou apenas um ser humano comum que com o tempo encontra outros interesses, quer alcançar outras coisas, ou simplesmente anda tão cansada que falta energia até para as coisas que tem como mais queridas para si. E sejamos sinceros, isto dos blogues leva o seu tempo.

Hello there! Guess who's back? My latest post was nearly a year ago, and this has been as much longer as it's ever been before. You probably thought one out of two: I either gave it up, or I gave up on sewing, right? Well, neither. I'm just a common human being, who hardly finds time for other interests, who wants to make things work, or is just too tired to even care for the things one loves the most. And let's face it, blogging takes time. 

Foi também, faltando cada vez mais, motivação, força de vontade para principalmente documentar as coisas que ia fazendo. Não deixei de costurar por completo. Isso sim, costurei muito menos em 2019 que em todos os anos anteriores. Mas a máquina continua montada e pronta a usar sempre que necessário.

My motivations was also facing some of its worst days, especially when it came to document the things I was sewing. I haven't put sewing aside, not at all, but I did sew much less in 2019 than I did in all those previous years. Though my machine is still set and ready for me to use any time I feel like. 

Para além das poucas peças que costurei no último ano, basicamente dediquei-me a um desafio que já tinha acompanhado em 2018. O ano passado, decidi então participar também quando o voltei a ver em 2019. Chama-se #365 Block Project e consistia em costurar um bloco em patchwork por cada dia do ano, usando apenas pequenos retalhos. Eu escolhi usar todos os retalhos (sobras) que tinha, em vez dos sólidos, como a autora se desafio. Vejam mais imagens deste desafio AQUI. Na foto alguns dos meus blocos. 

Besides the few little thing I made last year, I basicly focused on a challenge that I had been following back in 2018. I decided to play along too, as I saw it back in 2019. It's the #365blockproject and it was about sewing a patchwork block every single day of the year, using only small scraps from our stash. I chose to use all of my scraps, instead of the solid ones only, as the author from the challenge. You can follow this HERE. In the picture, some of my blocks. 


Ando com muita vontade de costurar ultimamente, mas tem-me sido ultra difícil decidir o que costurar. Ideias não faltam, mas na hora de começar, acho sempre que deveria fazer outra coisa qualquer. Desde que me mudei para esta casa, as ganas para a costura têm sido postas à prova. Deixei de ter o meu espaço próprio para o efeito. Quando antes tinha todo um quarto para a costura, agora tenho tudo arrumado por vários cantos da casa, e fora da vista. Isso desmotiva na hora de criar. Sou daquelas pessoas que criativamente falando, funciona melhor no caos. 

I've been itching a lot to get back into sewing, but it has been a hard come back. I'm not really shorts on ideas, but everytime time I tried to start something, right away I find myself thinking I should be sewing something else instead. Ever since I moved to this house, my sewing mood has been declining. I no longer have a sewing room. I used to have an entire room for myself, but now I have my stash away in several different places of the hose, and out of sight. That ends all my motivation when I think about creating. I am one of those people who creates better in caos. 

Hoje não tenho muito para mostrar, é mais blá blá blá que outra coisa, mas queria publicar isto antes de começar a partilhar as peças que costuro com o mundo outra vez. Este post estava em rascunho desde o início do ano, não queria que se perdesse. 

Today there isn't much to show, it's more blah blah blah than anything else, but I still wanted to post this sort of disclusure before I start sharing my me mades again. This one has been on draft since the new year started, and I didn't want to lose it. 

2018-11-20

Fabric Tissue Case Keyring

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Para além da família e dos amigos, gosto sempre de dar uma pequena lembranças às professoras/educadoras dos miúdos na altura do Natal. Normalmente gosto de lhes dar algo útil; no ano passado porém, não lhes dei nada, não consegui organizar-me e fazer tudo o que queria com toda a situação à nossa volta. 

Apart from family and  friends, I always like to give a little gift to my kids teachers/caretakers around Christmas time. Usually I like to give them something useful; last year though, I gave them nothing at all because I didn't come around to put myself together and make everything I wanted. 


Na esperança que as coisas corram melhor este ano, hoje já consegui acabar uma das quatro lembranças que pretendo fazer. Não é nada de original, mas penso que lhes posso dar jeito, principalmente à educadora e auxiliares do mais pequeno. Elas andam sempre com os lenços atrás de qualquer forma, assim com o chaveiro incluído sempre será mais fácil. Ou isso eu creio.

Hoping for things to go better this year, I have made the first gift for one of the four ladies that are responsible for my kids while they are at school. This is not a very original gift but I think it's handy, especially for those taking care of younger kids. They are always carrying tissues around, so I figured, having a keyring one would be easier. I hope so, anyway. 


Já fiz muitos destes porta lenços no passado, como até já vos mostrei aqui, penso que sejam os últimos que fiz antes deste - curiosamente também foram para as responsáveis pela minha filha naquela altura. Ainda assim, nunca tinha feito nenhum tipo porta chaves e não paro de me perguntar porquê. Leva literalmente um ou dois minutos a adicionar essa opção e faz toda a diferença. 

I have made a lot of these cases in the past, and here I showed you what I believe to be the last ones I had made previous to this one - funny enough, they were made for my daughter's carers too. But, I had never made a keychain version until today and I keep wondering why. It literally takes like one or two more minutes and makes all the difference. 


Senti-me mesmo bem por ter feito algo que demorou tão pouco a terminar. Quando acalmamos com o ritmo frenético de costuras como eu o fiz, acabar qualquer coisinha que seja dá-nos um grande prazer. E é assim que me tenho sentido nos últimos tempos. Comecei mais duas prendas e tenho avançado em ambas lentamente, sem presas e aproveitando cada momento. Uma delas é o quiet book que queria fazer, como vos disse no post anterior, e a outra... dou-vos uma pista... 

It really felt so good to get something done so quickly. When you break your frenetic sewing mood like I have a while ago, it is always such a huge pleasure to see something finished. That's how I've been feeling lately. I have started two more gifts and I've been slowly sewing them, taking my time and enjoying the process. One of those gifts is the quiet book I said I wanted to sew in my previous post, and the other... I'll give you a hint... 

2017-10-27

The Dress Up Hoodie |Mouse House Creations|

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Minha gente, acaba de sair um novo molde pelo qual fiquei encantada. É o Dress Up Hoodie da Mouse House Creations é é qualquer coisa de especial. Além de que é perfeito para esta altura do ano, para quem gosta de festejar o Halloween. Mesmo que ainda não tenham costurado um fato para os miúdos, não se preocupem, este molde pode-vos salvar. 

People, there's a new pattern out there that got me amazed. It is the Dress Up Hoodie from Mouse House Creations and it really is something special. Just perfect for this Halloween season. Even if you're running behind with a costume, don't panic, this pattern might save you. 


O meu piolho tem de se mascarar dia 31 na escolinha e eu não tinha nada para ele até há dois dias, quando acabei este novo hoodie. Escolhi fazer a versão "morcego" para ele e ficou bem melhor do que eu esperava. Como não me dava tempo de encomendar uma malha à medida para este projeto, e preta como um pequeno morcego pede, acabei por usar o que tinha à mão. O que uma vez terminado, veio reforçar a minha ideia de que a nossa criatividade se apura sempre que temos de improvisar. Modéstia à parte, tornei-me muito boa nisso. 

I live in Portugal and we don't celebrate Halloween as people do in the USA, for example, but kids get to wear spooky costumes at school, and teens are actually doing trick or treat too for these past few years, first they were very shy, just a few, but now we hear them out all the time. The bad thing is that they do a lot of nasty stuff with the "halloween" excuse. Anyway... my boy needed a costume to wear at school next tuesday, and I had zero until two days ago when I finished this hoodie. I chose to make the "bat" for him and it got even better than I hoped for. I knew I didn't have the time to order the right knit for this project, in color and type, as a bat deserves, I just worked with what I had. Once finished, it just reinforced my belief that creativity improves every time you're forced to improvise. And modesty to the paret, I became pretty good at that. 

Mas continuando, usei uma malha mais fina, que em tempos foi uma fronha de almofada XXL, e que já tinha usado parte anteriormente. Não é completamente branca embora assim parece nas fotos, tiradas ao fim da tarde, numa luta contra o pôr do sol, e quase em desespero porque 1º não se queria virar para a máquina, depois não queria o capucho na cabeça, e só para irritar depois já não queria nada, até pediu para tirar o hoodie e tudo. Sempre foi do contra, fazer o quê? E olhem que ele delirou quando viu a peça... até gritou BATMANNNNN. Ainda conseguimos algumas que d´´a para vos mostrar os detalhes da peça, por isso já me dou por satisfeita. 

And on we go, I used a light knit, that was a XXL pillow cover, and which I had used a piece of a while ago. It is not totally white as it seems to be in these pictures, taking late in the afternoon, in a duel with the sunset, and almost in despair because this kid didn't want to stare at the camera first, then he didn't want to have the hood on his head and to finish, he just didn't want to wear it at all asking us to take it off. He's always been this way, what can I do? Believe me when I say he actually liked it a lot when he saw it... he even screamed BATMANNNNN. We did get a few shots though, which I think are just enough to show you the details. 


O molde é composto por vários animais, uns com capas, asas, unicórnios, caudas, orelhinhas, enfim... é muita fofura junta, e a mais velha também já fez o seu pedido. Para este usei o molde base do hoodie, dispensei o bolso da frente e em vez disso, desenhei (a olho mesmo) um morcego num papel, cortei-o em flanela (o que se revelou uma óptima opção, já que a flanela aderiu bem à malha, dando-lhe estabilidade e facilitando a sua aplicação - feita com um ponto zigue-zague muito pequenino). Usei as orelhas e asas de morcego, estas últimas são costuradas nas mangas, para as quais usei também a flanela. Era o único tecido preto na minha coleção que me pareceu indicado. 

The pattern is made out of several different animals, some have capes, wings, horns, tails, hears, as so... it's too much cuteness altogether, and my oldest has requested her own as well. For this specific one, I used the basic hoodie, skipped the front pocked and instead I free hand drafted a bat in a papel, then cut it on flannel (which was a great option, since it adhered to the knit nicely, give it some stability and making the sewing task much easier - applied with a very small zig zag stitch). I used the bat ears and wings, this last one is sewed to the sleeves, and I used flannel for them too. This was the only fabric in my stash that seemed appropriate for the project. 


Adoro ver as asas a abrir e a fechar conforme ele mexe os braços. Ainda pensei que se poderia tornar desconfortável quando ele os estica mais para a frente, mas aparentemente isso não acontece, pelo menos não se queixou. As nossas orelhinhas não se aguentam de pé, muito possivelmente porque o tecido não tem corpo suficiente para se manter, ainda assim não deixar de ser super fofas. Agora, penso que devia ter usado preto para os dois lados, frente e trás. Ah, e os punhos são reciclados de hoodies de adulto. 

I love to see the wings moving as he opens or closes his arms. I thought it'd be uncomfortable for him when he pulls his arms forward, but aparently that doesn't happen, or at least he did not complain yet. Our ears don't stand up, possible because our knit hasn't got enough structure to stand, nonetheless they are still pretty cute. Staring at it now, I think I should have used the black fabric for front and back. Oh, and our bands were recycled from adult hoodies. 


Se ele gostou? Claro que sim! A foto acima confirma-o. Só queria que este calor passasse duma para que terça feira o miúdo não assasse dentro do hoodie. E para quem desse lado gostou da ideia, ainda vão a tempo de espreitar todas as outras opções disponíveis e comprar o molde em desconto (link lá acima, logo no início deste post). Têm o fim de semana para pôr mãos à obra. Depois juntam umas calças pretas (que é o que eu vou fazer) e em duas horas têm um disfarce pronto. 

Did he like it? Oh yes! The above photo seals that. I just wanted this hot weather to be finally gone for good, so tuesday the boy wouldn't bake inside the hoodie. And if you liked the idea you're still in time to check all the other options and get the pattern on sale (link above in this post). You have the weekend to sew. Then you just throw in a pair of black pants (which is surely what I'll do) and, in about two hours, you have yourself a new costume. 

2016-01-07

Doll Cloth Diapers

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Uma das coisas que quero fazer este ano, é costurar mais items para as brincadeiras do faz de conta, dos meus filhos. Já tenho feito alguns, mas há muitos outros que têm ficado em lista de espera. Este ano, ainda não me estreei nessas lides, porém, tenho para vos mostras umas fraldas de pano para bonecos que fiz para a minha G. há praticamente um ano, mas que nunca cheguei a partilhar. Ao arrumar algumas pastas encontrei as fotos. 

One of the things I want to make this is, is sewing more items for my kids play pretend. I have made a few before, but so many others have been kept in the wish to do list. I haven't started on this yet, instead, I have some baby doll cloth diapers I made for G. about a year ago, which never made it to the blog. As I was organizing some folders I found these photos. 


Este foi um daqueles projetos não planeados, costurados na hora que nos lembramos de o fazer. Estávamos ambas a brincar juntas, e ela queria colocar e tirar as fraldas a dois dos nenucos dela, mas só tinha para um deles. Levantei-me, peguei em retalhos que ela escolheu e mesmo sem molde, só colocando as existentes por cima dos dois tecidos que queria usar, cortei a forma das fraldas, e adicionei margem para costura à volta, mesmo a olho. Cortei mais dois iguais em branco para a parte interior de cada uma das fraldas.

This was one of those unplanned projects, sewed as I thought about them. We were both playing together, and she wanted to put diapers on two of her baby dolls, so she kept putting it on and off from both because she only had one. I got up, grabbed some scraps she picked and using the existing one on top of the scraps, creating a pattern, I just added eye measured seam allowances, and cut. I used two more pieces in white for the lining. 


Num instantinho estavam as duas fraldas costuradas, foi só adicionar o velcro e estavam prontas para brincar. Ela tem mais um par, se recordo bem, foi o primeiro que fiz quando ainda não tínhamos nenhum para molde, e que não encontrámos. São um pouco maiores. Para completar, cortei alguns quadrados no tecido branco, chuleei à volta e voilá: toalhitas para bonecos. 

I had two cloth diapers sewn in a blink, I just had to add the velcro to it and they were ready for play. She has another one, if I am not wrong, it was the first one I made when we still didn't have any to use as pattern, which we couldn't find. They are slightly bigger. To finish off, I just cut a few squares from the white fabric, finished with a zigzag stitch and voilá: doll wipes. 

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