How exciting to get a 2 week vacation! Dont feel guilty! Just enjoy the opportunity. Think how happy you will be to see your baby girl after two weeks away. Thank goodness for facetime right? The pants are going to be gorgeous! Enjoy your holiday and hurry back to Friday Sews!!!❤
Very true- FaceTime is the best and the two weeks will fly by! Plus I know she’ll have a ball with her grandparents. I traced out the Vogue barrel leg pants yesterday and I’m hoping to get going on a toile in the next few days 🤗😬
Ooooh i love that jumpsuit! It looks so comfy and stylish! Can't wait to see the costumes and pants - they both seems like creatively fun and challenging projects!
Yes! I’m really excited for the challenge of both projects. I’ve been making Brady a ton of easy little knit projects so something a bit more challenging will be fun for my brain
I love your t-shirt! The stripes are so cute! The neck is gorgeous. I've become rather obsessed with necklines. A two week vacation sounds so fun! Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
I really like the neckline! It was at a better position when it was the Mandy tee, but I hated everything else about that one. Apparently I’m very picky 😂
Hi Erin. Another great video. I love the top….i find so many that a close fitting neckline chokes me too…..So annoying. Love the jumpsuit. You do look so put together. Looking forward to your trip. ❤ Diann
The neckline didn’t bother me *too* much yesterday, but I do think I’ll end up opening it up a bit. It felt like too much fabric was sitting on my chest. Thank you Diann! I’m looking forward to my French Terry version of the jumpsuit. I think it’ll be really cozy
Hi Erin, I found the boatneck of the terra tunic by love notions also felt like it was pulling back when I made it. I then noticed that other garments the neckline was raising up during wear (even scoop), and I realised that i need to do a forward shoulder adjustment and it was the high neckline of a boatneck that drew my attention to the issue. It’s a super easy pattern alteration. I love your makes too. When you were talking at the end with a little concern for not having enough fabric for the pockets I thought I would pass on what I do (you might already do this) I cut the pocket bags out of left over fabric from another project and then I make a pocket facing out of the main fabric and top stitch/ appliqué it onto the main pocket bag so it looks like I’ve used main fabric. I have seen this as part of a patterns for jeans but really easy to make your own facing by placing pocket bag in position behind front pants piece tracing the slant onto pocket bag then just trace the bag with about 1.5” in from the slant. Gosh I hope that makes sense and is helpful and not telling you something that you already have thought about.❤ Have an amazing holiday and pack warm waterproof clothes cos the weather is no great on this side of the Atlantic 👍🏻
Ooooo interesting. I’ll have to start paying more attention to the fit of my shirts and see if I also need to adjust the shoulder. The explanation of making a facing made sense! Thank you for taking the time to type all of that out. It’ll definitely help stretch the fabric is I’m a little short. I figured I’ll also use some quilting cotton scraps to do the waistband facing but hadn’t thought too much about playing around with the pockets. Thank you! I’m going to need a lot of layers it sounds like 😬⛄️ My cold weather wardrobe is seriously lacking
Hi Erin. I couldn’t get the Mandy to fit at all but Jalie has a free t with similar style lines that I found after frugal month. It is a much better T with much more size range. Highly recommend this Jalie pattern.
Thanks for the tip! I love the two Jalie patterns I’ve made, so I’ll have to go download that one now. The Mandy is definitely a funky fit. It might be right for someone but quite a few people chimed in when I made the t shirt video saying they didn’t like it either.
Great video Erin, I purchased the peek a boo patterns costume maker to make my grandsons werewolf and my granddaughter wants to be a franinwitch a cross between a Frankenstein and a witch kids are so funny.
Hahaha I have an amazing mental image of a Frankenwitch! Kids are something else for sure. I saw that the PAB costume maker is on sale this week! I think just the adult version though because it’s a new release. That whole pattern idea is so great because of the versatility.
Hi Erin! I have a love/hate relationship with boat neck shirts - love the way they look, hate how they feel around my neck. Fabulous jumpsuit! Oh my gosh - you guys are going to be the cutest family Halloween costumes 😊 Have fun planning/making for your trip!
Ugh I think I was a low neck boat neck. Is that a thing? 😂 Thank you! I’m excited to make my French Terry version for travel! Thank you 🤗 I’m still on the hunt for the perfect colors for the costumes but I think I need to relax my expectations of a good match lol
Hi Erin, the Bluey costumes will be adorable! The Vogue pants are very cool, I'm going to make the Bob pants which have a similar shape leg but with an elasticated waist. Wrap up warm for your trip, it's feeling cool! X
Hi Tania! I’m really excited for the creative challenge of the Bluey costumes, and I hope I can find close enough colors to get the point across. Thank you for letting me know what the weather! My cool weather wardrobe is lacking so I’m going to have to be all layered up ⛄️
You would have made all those things for Brady whether or not you were going away, so to me it's not guilt, it's love that's the impetus. All the thought required to get the look of the cartoon characters is really challenging but fun, too! Joann has a new line of inexpensive craft fabrics and maybe that would work for the fleece, if you look online. Your jumpsuit looks so cute and comfortable!
You make a great point! She had me busy yesterday cutting more nightgowns and it made me so happy watching her pick out the fabric she wanted 😍 I’m excited for the challenge of the costumes! Thank you for the tip- I checked out that happy line (I think that’s what it’s called?) of inexpensive fabric at Joann’s and was able to find the right colors in some of the craft felt. It definitely saved me some cash. The fleece colors were harder to find for the main bodies, and I ended up having to go with the standard lines of it, but they were on sale. Of course lol.
That jumpsuit looks great on you! I am so ready for cooler weather- having said that, we are going to the beach tomorrow and I am looking forward to getting in the water. If it is going to be in low 90’s I am going to get as much beach time in.
Thank you! It’s finally getting to my preferred beach temps here too. I want cozy clothes too, but I’ll just take the low 80s at this point. I hope you had a great beach day!
I am not interested in activewear in the least, but I did enjoy watching your video😅😅😅 You going to have a great couple of weeks of sewing and a wonderful vacation!😅❤😅
@@ErinSews I love to hear about different types of sewing because it gives me ideas. Especially if they have a sewing machine that's at home sewing machine like mine. I do not have an industrial machine.
I don’t either and I’ve found that most things can be done well on a home sewing machine and serger. Factories have a lot of speciality machines that go REALLY fast and the workers become experts at one or two jobs. We can do it all in our own homes! 💪🏻
I love the tag you put in with the size! You should just make your own tags, they’re so cute! You’re going to be in Europe for 2 weeks?! Lucky you! Where are you going?
You’re so kind- thank you! They’re easy with knit fabric but I struggle to make woven ones look as nice for some reason. We are! We’ll be going to London, Dublin, Bruges, and the region in Germany where I was born and raised. I get to show Adam where I grew up for the first time 🤗
I think what you hate about the Mandy is what I like haha. I've made the Hemlock Tee, which I love, a few times which is the same shape and have wanted to get the Mandy for a long time to have that neck. One of the girls finally wants to be something scary for Halloween! 😁 I was losing hope haha. You should check out Style Arc's new onsie pattern, very adaptable to different costumes. I used fleece for Daphne's Daphne-dil. Now I'm humming Bluey's theme song. Again. Forever after.... 😆
Different strokes for different folks, as they say! The Mandy is free, so it’s well worth the download just to look at the instructions for the neckline. Yayyy!! Who wants to be scary? Send pictures when you’ve crafted your masterpiece. I like the idea of the onesie costume. Peek a boo patterns has something similar. One or the other will be worth picking up during a sale at some point. We’re constantly humming the Bluey theme song. It’s just so catchy!
@@ErinSews I'm not sure they need me to help with anything this year, Lydia wants to bring her Edward costume back out ❤ and Daphne wants to be a vampire. I caved recently after a case of FOMO and got myself a Squishmallow. 😬 The population in Daphne's room especially is a little scary, and I was trying to convince myself that they're not for grown-ups..... Have a great weekend! 😘
Hi Erin! Those costumes will be adorable. I think Joann’s usually has a large selection of solids in their fleece. May not be the best quality but will work well for Halloween costumes and is often on sale. I’m so excited for you and Adam’s trip! Can’t wait to hear all about it! As far as sizing, I don’t know about the stamp ink, but it does make sense that different types of fabric may require different inks to be permanent. Have you thought about a Cricut machine and HTV? I could make you up a few and send them to you to try. I’m hoping to put the finishes touches on my Timbre today, and then I may make up my last Lenox. We move our daughter and SIL to WI next weekend and then are staying there for a while to vacation. I totally understand your secret guilt for leaving your daughter, but she will have the best time with Grandparents! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I think Brady and I are going to have to make the trek to Joann’s (about an hour one way) to look at the fleece. I’m tempted by how cheap the options are that I’ve found online, but I NEED to see the colors! I looked into Cricuts a little bit after you mentioned it as an option to made her undies more fun, but got a little overwhelmed by all of it 😬 I couldn’t even figure out what I actually *need*. I would be so thankful if you have time to make up a few little size labels for me to try! I think it would be great to have a cricut but am just kind of overwhelmed with where to start. Ah yes! The big trip north! I hope it all goes smoothly and you enjoy your extra vacation time after the hard work is done 🤗 Send pictures of your Timbre if you were able to finish it!
@@ErinSews I will get some size labels made up after I get back from WI and get them sent to you. Also, let me know if some undies designs and size of the item and I may be able to get something like that made up too. We can talk later about the cricut. Or can definitely be overwhelming! I did get the Timbre done and hope one to get some good pictures maybe tomorrow?
That would be great! I was thinking I’d do Bluey characters on the undies when I get to that point, but I assume I’d have to buy some sort of copyrighted design? We definitely need to chat cricut stuff lol. Can’t wait to see the dress!
How exciting to get a 2 week vacation! Dont feel guilty! Just enjoy the opportunity. Think how happy you will be to see your baby girl after two weeks away. Thank goodness for facetime right? The pants are going to be gorgeous! Enjoy your holiday and hurry back to Friday Sews!!!❤
Very true- FaceTime is the best and the two weeks will fly by! Plus I know she’ll have a ball with her grandparents.
I traced out the Vogue barrel leg pants yesterday and I’m hoping to get going on a toile in the next few days 🤗😬
@@ErinSews those barrel
Leg pants are cute. Have a fun vacation!
Ooooh i love that jumpsuit! It looks so comfy and stylish! Can't wait to see the costumes and pants - they both seems like creatively fun and challenging projects!
Yes! I’m really excited for the challenge of both projects. I’ve been making Brady a ton of easy little knit projects so something a bit more challenging will be fun for my brain
The striped top is very nice! I love Bluey and Bingo! You will all be so adorable!!! 🥰❤️
Aren’t they the cutest?! I’m excited for the challenge of making the Heelers come to life 🤗
I love your t-shirt! The stripes are so cute! The neck is gorgeous. I've become rather obsessed with necklines. A two week vacation sounds so fun! Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
I really like the neckline! It was at a better position when it was the Mandy tee, but I hated everything else about that one. Apparently I’m very picky 😂
Hi Erin. Another great video. I love the top….i find so many that a close fitting neckline chokes me too…..So annoying. Love the jumpsuit. You do look so put together. Looking forward to your trip.
❤ Diann
The neckline didn’t bother me *too* much yesterday, but I do think I’ll end up opening it up a bit. It felt like too much fabric was sitting on my chest.
Thank you Diann! I’m looking forward to my French Terry version of the jumpsuit. I think it’ll be really cozy
Hi Erin, I found the boatneck of the terra tunic by love notions also felt like it was pulling back when I made it. I then noticed that other garments the neckline was raising up during wear (even scoop), and I realised that i need to do a forward shoulder adjustment and it was the high neckline of a boatneck that drew my attention to the issue. It’s a super easy pattern alteration. I love your makes too. When you were talking at the end with a little concern for not having enough fabric for the pockets I thought I would pass on what I do (you might already do this) I cut the pocket bags out of left over fabric from another project and then I make a pocket facing out of the main fabric and top stitch/ appliqué it onto the main pocket bag so it looks like I’ve used main fabric. I have seen this as part of a patterns for jeans but really easy to make your own facing by placing pocket bag in position behind front pants piece tracing the slant onto pocket bag then just trace the bag with about 1.5” in from the slant. Gosh I hope that makes sense and is helpful and not telling you something that you already have thought about.❤ Have an amazing holiday and pack warm waterproof clothes cos the weather is no great on this side of the Atlantic 👍🏻
Ooooo interesting. I’ll have to start paying more attention to the fit of my shirts and see if I also need to adjust the shoulder.
The explanation of making a facing made sense! Thank you for taking the time to type all of that out. It’ll definitely help stretch the fabric is I’m a little short. I figured I’ll also use some quilting cotton scraps to do the waistband facing but hadn’t thought too much about playing around with the pockets. Thank you!
I’m going to need a lot of layers it sounds like 😬⛄️ My cold weather wardrobe is seriously lacking
Hi Erin. I couldn’t get the Mandy to fit at all but Jalie has a free t with similar style lines that I found after frugal month. It is a much better T with much more size range. Highly recommend this Jalie pattern.
Thanks for the tip! I love the two Jalie patterns I’ve made, so I’ll have to go download that one now.
The Mandy is definitely a funky fit. It might be right for someone but quite a few people chimed in when I made the t shirt video saying they didn’t like it either.
Great video Erin, I purchased the peek a boo patterns costume maker to make my grandsons werewolf and my granddaughter wants to be a franinwitch a cross between a Frankenstein and a witch kids are so funny.
Hahaha I have an amazing mental image of a Frankenwitch! Kids are something else for sure.
I saw that the PAB costume maker is on sale this week! I think just the adult version though because it’s a new release. That whole pattern idea is so great because of the versatility.
Hi Erin! I have a love/hate relationship with boat neck shirts - love the way they look, hate how they feel around my neck.
Fabulous jumpsuit!
Oh my gosh - you guys are going to be the cutest family Halloween costumes 😊
Have fun planning/making for your trip!
Ugh I think I was a low neck boat neck. Is that a thing? 😂
Thank you! I’m excited to make my French Terry version for travel!
Thank you 🤗 I’m still on the hunt for the perfect colors for the costumes but I think I need to relax my expectations of a good match lol
Hi Erin, the Bluey costumes will be adorable! The Vogue pants are very cool, I'm going to make the Bob pants which have a similar shape leg but with an elasticated waist. Wrap up warm for your trip, it's feeling cool! X
Hi Tania! I’m really excited for the creative challenge of the Bluey costumes, and I hope I can find close enough colors to get the point across.
Thank you for letting me know what the weather! My cool weather wardrobe is lacking so I’m going to have to be all layered up ⛄️
You would have made all those things for Brady whether or not you were going away, so to me it's not guilt, it's love that's the impetus. All the thought required to get the look of the cartoon characters is really challenging but fun, too! Joann has a new line of inexpensive craft fabrics and maybe that would work for the fleece, if you look online. Your jumpsuit looks so cute and comfortable!
You make a great point! She had me busy yesterday cutting more nightgowns and it made me so happy watching her pick out the fabric she wanted 😍
I’m excited for the challenge of the costumes! Thank you for the tip- I checked out that happy line (I think that’s what it’s called?) of inexpensive fabric at Joann’s and was able to find the right colors in some of the craft felt. It definitely saved me some cash. The fleece colors were harder to find for the main bodies, and I ended up having to go with the standard lines of it, but they were on sale. Of course lol.
That jumpsuit looks great on you! I am so ready for cooler weather- having said that, we are going to the beach tomorrow and I am looking forward to getting in the water. If it is going to be in low 90’s I am going to get as much beach time in.
Thank you! It’s finally getting to my preferred beach temps here too. I want cozy clothes too, but I’ll just take the low 80s at this point. I hope you had a great beach day!
I am not interested in activewear in the least, but I did enjoy watching your video😅😅😅
You going to have a great couple of weeks of sewing and a wonderful vacation!😅❤😅
I’m glad you enjoyed watching the video! I think it’s so fun to hear about different types of sewing
@@ErinSews I love to hear about different types of sewing because it gives me ideas. Especially if they have a sewing machine that's at home sewing machine like mine. I do not have an industrial machine.
I don’t either and I’ve found that most things can be done well on a home sewing machine and serger. Factories have a lot of speciality machines that go REALLY fast and the workers become experts at one or two jobs. We can do it all in our own homes! 💪🏻
I love the tag you put in with the size! You should just make your own tags, they’re so cute! You’re going to be in Europe for 2 weeks?! Lucky you! Where are you going?
You’re so kind- thank you! They’re easy with knit fabric but I struggle to make woven ones look as nice for some reason.
We are! We’ll be going to London, Dublin, Bruges, and the region in Germany where I was born and raised. I get to show Adam where I grew up for the first time 🤗
I think what you hate about the Mandy is what I like haha. I've made the Hemlock Tee, which I love, a few times which is the same shape and have wanted to get the Mandy for a long time to have that neck.
One of the girls finally wants to be something scary for Halloween! 😁 I was losing hope haha. You should check out Style Arc's new onsie pattern, very adaptable to different costumes. I used fleece for Daphne's Daphne-dil. Now I'm humming Bluey's theme song. Again. Forever after.... 😆
Different strokes for different folks, as they say! The Mandy is free, so it’s well worth the download just to look at the instructions for the neckline.
Yayyy!! Who wants to be scary? Send pictures when you’ve crafted your masterpiece.
I like the idea of the onesie costume. Peek a boo patterns has something similar. One or the other will be worth picking up during a sale at some point.
We’re constantly humming the Bluey theme song. It’s just so catchy!
@@ErinSews I'm not sure they need me to help with anything this year, Lydia wants to bring her Edward costume back out ❤ and Daphne wants to be a vampire.
I caved recently after a case of FOMO and got myself a Squishmallow. 😬 The population in Daphne's room especially is a little scary, and I was trying to convince myself that they're not for grown-ups..... Have a great weekend! 😘
Hi Erin! Those costumes will be adorable. I think Joann’s usually has a large selection of solids in their fleece. May not be the best quality but will work well for Halloween costumes and is often on sale. I’m so excited for you and Adam’s trip! Can’t wait to hear all about it! As far as sizing, I don’t know about the stamp ink, but it does make sense that different types of fabric may require different inks to be permanent. Have you thought about a Cricut machine and HTV? I could make you up a few and send them to you to try. I’m hoping to put the finishes touches on my Timbre today, and then I may make up my last Lenox. We move our daughter and SIL to WI next weekend and then are staying there for a while to vacation. I totally understand your secret guilt for leaving your daughter, but she will have the best time with Grandparents! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I think Brady and I are going to have to make the trek to Joann’s (about an hour one way) to look at the fleece. I’m tempted by how cheap the options are that I’ve found online, but I NEED to see the colors!
I looked into Cricuts a little bit after you mentioned it as an option to made her undies more fun, but got a little overwhelmed by all of it 😬 I couldn’t even figure out what I actually *need*. I would be so thankful if you have time to make up a few little size labels for me to try! I think it would be great to have a cricut but am just kind of overwhelmed with where to start.
Ah yes! The big trip north! I hope it all goes smoothly and you enjoy your extra vacation time after the hard work is done 🤗 Send pictures of your Timbre if you were able to finish it!
@@ErinSews I will get some size labels made up after I get back from WI and get them sent to you. Also, let me know if some undies designs and size of the item and I may be able to get something like that made up too. We can talk later about the cricut. Or can definitely be overwhelming! I did get the Timbre done and hope one to get some good pictures maybe tomorrow?
That would be great! I was thinking I’d do Bluey characters on the undies when I get to that point, but I assume I’d have to buy some sort of copyrighted design? We definitely need to chat cricut stuff lol. Can’t wait to see the dress!
@@ErinSews there are lots of Bluey files out there. Svg is the format you need to cut for cricut. We’ll talk when I get back.