Ellie & Mac Discoverer Tee - Wacky Wednesday

It's Wacky Wednesday at Ellie & Mac! As I continue on my goal to sew up my fabric stash and pattern stash, the Discoverer Tee was on my list. I bought it shortly after it released and just never found the time to get to it. I'm so glad that I finally did. I ended up making this one, then made a few more using a few hacks that I posted on the Ellie & Mac Blog. You can find it HERE.

The Discoverer Tee is so flattering on! It's fitted in the shoulders and bust, then is a bit looser through the waist and hips.

The Discoverer Tee was the perfect pattern for me to use up some fabric scraps and remnants. The saffron color fabric is a cotton lycra from Made Whimsy. The print is a double brushed poly remnant that I picked up at Wherehouse Fabrics. It was barely tall enough for my pattern pieces. I normally don't buy florals, but I think I got this one for the colors.

The back also has the curved color blocking. I love how it looks.

Wacky Wednesday means that 6 patterns are on sale for only $1 each through Midnight on Wednesday, January 29th. Find all the Wacky Wednesday Sale Patterns HERE!

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George + Ginger SoTa Tunic and Dress

George + Ginger has a new top & dress that will knock your socks off - the SoTa Tunic and Dress! This fun pattern is on sale through October 7th for $6.75. I made the tunic version with short sleeves and I'm dying to make one in sweater knit for fall.

If you are looking at my photo and thinking to yourself that this SoTa tunic takes a ton of fabric, you are wrong! I had a very wonky cut of this watercolor wildflower athletic brushed poly from Zenith and Quasar in my stash. I've made several things from this fabric, so the piece I had left wouldn't have worked for many projects.

But this tunic has 4 panels on the front and 4 on the back, plus 8 godets. So, if you take your time and cut each panel individually, you can get them all in on what amounts to be less than a yard.

The short sleeves needed a wider space than the body panels, so I made sure to plot out where I would cut them first, but cut them last. I figured I could cut them from my godet fabric if I ran out of my main fabric.

My godets were cut from a beautiful blue lace I found at Wherehouse Fabrics. The godets took approximately a half yard. I cut them one at a time to fit them in as close together as I could to waste as little fabric as possible.

I did take 2" out of the length for my height. I also lowered the godet placement marks by 2" since they were very high on my short torso. That required me to shorten the godets by 2". I love this length on me as a shirt, but think I'll make one without shortening the pattern for a longer tunic length.

The SoTa has multiple sleeve options and a dress length that hits above the knees. It's made for knits, but I have an idea to make one with woven godets. While I made a very spring like SoTa, I'm going to make a sweater knit one very soon with long sleeves. It's currently still hitting 90 degrees in Texas, but Fall should be here soon.

George + Ginger patterns are always fun and unique. The SoTa tunic and dress is no different. The introductory price ends on Sunday, October 7th! Buy it HERE!

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Nature's Fabrics Bamboo Spandex Jersey and a Hack to the Halla Sunny Day

Nature's Fabrics is having a sale on Bamboo Spandex Jersey! It's 15% off through September 16th! You will not find a wider selection of bamboo spandex jersey anywhere - they have so many solids and some gorgeous prints.

Are you ready for fall? I know I am. This Autumn Fox print is so adorable and perfect for fall sewing.

The bamboo spandex jersey was just perfect for the new Halla Patterns Women's Sunny Day Top & Dress.

The Autumn Fox is paired with the Soft Olive bamboo spandex jersey.

I also used the Soft Olive bamboo spandex jersey for this pattern hack to the Sunny Day.

I used a woven scrap I had in my stash for the yoke. Instead of cutting 4 yoke pieces, I cut two and cut them on a fold where the cut edge would be on the yoke for the center of the top.

 I also decided to add a yoke to the back of the top as well. For this I drew a line on the back pattern piece about 4" from the shoulder seam. I then traced the upper bodice piece and added 1/2" to the bottom where a drew my line. I then folded the back bodice on the line I drew. I cut my two yokes with the top bodice piece I made. I then decided to have gathers on my bottom bodice piece, so I folded my fabric to use the remaining width after cutting my front piece and placed the back bodice as far from the fold as I could. I then cut on an imaginary line from the fold to my piece. I gathered the top of the back bodice and attached it to the back yoke.

 I really loved how this came out! I plan to make a few more this way.  I also want to note that I had only 1 yard of the Autumn Fox and 1 yard of the Soft Olive bamboo spandex jersey. It's possible to get a size 10/12 graded to 14/16 hips out of a yard if you are short like me!

I then immediately had to make another hacked Sunny Day all with knit.

For this one, I used fabric that I designed. This is my Ernst Haeckel Bats at Golden Hour print from Spoonflower on Modern Jersey.

I used a Dark Brown Rayon Spandex for the yoke and sleeves.

I really love the curved hem on the Sunny Day.

 Check out all the amazing bamboo spandex jersey fabrics on sale at Nature's Fabrics HERE. There are 139 options! The bamboo spandex jersey is amazingly soft and the Soft Olive and Autumn Fox are a nice heavy weight at 240 and 245 gsm respectively. Bamboo spandex jersey is perfect for making apparel. It has very minimal shrinkage and wear well without pilling. The sale ends on September 16th! No code needed, prices are shown already discounted.

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