Week 1: Project Run [and] Play : Pattern Remix

Happy Project Run& Play everyone! 

I am so excited to be on my game this season & ready to post about my remix on THE FIRST DAY rather than two weeks (*or never) after it's over. booo for procrastination& perfectionism. 

I promise I don't share them because I don't feel like they turned out great. 

Like last season, I was STOKED to do the white sheet challenge. I almost completed an outfit, a pair of comfy fully lined drawstring pants (dyed burnt orange) and jacket that buttoned up the front. First, my pants didn't have enough rise on the waist & were kind of the wedgie-type. Poor girl. Then the jacket dyed a dull brown rather than the fall leaf brown I was shooting for. & from there I completely lost motivation and never even took photos.

The pants sit in her drawer unused& jacket in the closet. slightly used. 

This season I vowed to be different. 

I went big. 

I went bold. 

I even went detailed. 

... and guess what? I really like what I made. 

First, I decided against the sash.  Instead I thought I'd use piping, since I  have been wanting to try it but hadn't gotten all the materials or motivation yet. 

It turned out very nice. I like the simple pop of the yellow strip to break up the bodice and skirt. 

I had also never sewn sequins onto an outfit before. I looked at a few tutorials on how to do this, but probably would choose a different one now since they are able to flip over& it makes the image not as clean... it bothers me & I keep trying to flip them all back over. 

Finally, the back. I used the same back as the original pattern. Also loving the yellow pop here with a great symmetrical look.  I'm not sure where I got these metal buttons, but they seemed a bit nautical to me... and sturdy, which is helpful with four year olds. 

Well, that's about it!

So glad I was able to finish her dress on time. Wishing everyone good sewing juju for this pr&p sew along season. 



ADDED****


I'm throwing in another close up of the detailed anchor. I felt like after I wrote this, that it wasn't really visible in the main photo& it needed another look. :) 

whew, took me fifteen minutes to smooth all those little sequins back into the original position.

Also wanted to note that this is my first time creating my own image to embroider. I hand drew it& traced it on. 
Which was much easier than I had expected.