McCall's 6996

So, the second post appears a few weeks after the first...not a great way to start out, but I blame it on my phone.  We had some disagreements about what comprises storage.  Totally doesn't have anything to do with my general laziness, no sirree.

Anyways, here's the first make!  It's actually from this summer, but it's the first one I'm blogging.  It's McCall's 6996, ViewA.

With my phone like that, I look like an Surrealist painting.  Maybe that should be my new look.

It's in a thin cotton jersey knit that I picked up at SR Harris (or possibly Hancock Fabrics) a while ago; it's probably been in my stash for about a year, maybe less.  I only really started getting into knits in the last year, so that part of the stash is finally being used. I had just enough of this blue to make it. I cut a size small, which came out perfectly.

As for fit issues, there are none.  This was perfect right out of the envelope.  The peplum in the back (which I couldn't get a good picture of without being a contortionist) gives a really nice shape.  I didn't have to do a swayback adjustment or anything.  I sewed it with a sapphire blue silk thread I bought from Tuesday Mornings ages ago; it shows up a little on the hems, but otherwise isn't noticeable, and actually looks kinda pretty.

There are more of these in the works, once I find another jersey that I like as well.  Most of the nice stuff in the stash is gone now and I have to use up the synthetics first.

As for other news, I bought a French curve and another design aid at the local thrift store for 50 cents this past week, so I'm pretty jazzed.  Now hopefully when I make pattern adjustments, they won't look so harsh.

I did make that Star Wars dress that I mentioned in the first post, and it will get blogged soon.  Right now, I'm focusing on underwear -- the So, Zoe pants pattern is waiting to be sewn as I type.