It's all about the sequins! | Week 11 | #52wonderfilledweeks
SEW...I needed a new top for my upcoming concert. But I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Luckily I took a jaunt through Chicago's Textile Discount Outlet back in January with another sewing/musician friend when I saw this amazing sequined fabric. I have been uhb-sessed over navy blue for the past year or so. Pretty much since I knew Bubba was a little man...coincidence? I knew at once what I wanted to make, another M4M Mama Claire. I swear I have a few new patterns in my queue but this was screaming to be made into one!
These sequins aren't your average sequins, they are small and more flexible than what you might be thinking. Usually it's recommended to remove any sequins within your seam allowance. This is for comfort (they can really scratch up next to your skin) and it's easier to sew thru. I choose to risk it and sew thru the sequins since my rotary blade cut my fabric pretty easily. Well...I busted a needle on my serger within about three inches of sewing my tester fabric. I've learned a lot about sewing in the past few years, and a TON just this year doing this challenge and I knew that was a sign I should just cut my losses and sew the whole bad boy on my regular sewing machine. I never realized how. much. longer. sewing on a sewing machine can take after sewing on my serger! The contrast of the two machines was amazing and I am super excited to get back to my serger next week.
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Top stitching the seams. |
I am really happy with the finished garment. I had planned on making a matching bamboo tank for underneath but with everything else going on this week I opted to make something in my closet work.
Sometimes I write my blog the night before I post because kids and life can happen Sunday mornings. I wrote the above late last night. This morning as I was drinking my coffee and playing with my kids I caught this story on CBS Sunday Morning, How busy hands can alter our brain chemistry (we like to call it the cry show). It just affirmed what I had already wrote above about how making something this week helped me cope with what life was throwing at me. Actually it's probably the number one reason I started this challenge. I already knew how I felt when I took the time to create something...now science is jumping into the pool!
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