Ellen's Sewing Passion

I think nice T-shirt's like this deserve a New Life :) I have turned it back-forward and cut of the sleeves, and made it slimmer at the waist. I had this old blouse in my wardrobe and thought it would be a perfect match with the blue T-shirt. I cut of the bottom, gather it and sewn it together  with the shirt to make it longer. I made a new shape for the sleeves and gather them at the shoulders. We had a lot of Fun when Torhild was posing for our choir 😂🎵 The belt is original from the blouse :)

I bought this fabulous merino wool from  Stoffbutikken  💛 I was not sure what I wanted to make,  but found an old pattern from Miss B which I have tried once before. I have combined the wool fabric with denim jersey for the sleeves  and for the inner collar to make it unique. The buttons are covered with wool jersey. The  Jersey Dress  I'm wearing underneath the jacket is an earlier project.  I have covered the buttons with a single wool jersey. The pattern is found in an old BurdaStyle, Miss B issue from 1991 :)

My sporty model and good friend Susan💖 We grow up together in the same neighborhood. This is a dress I have made of two old wool jackets and a piece of knitted fabric from a sweater. The grey jacket is turned back-forward and sewn together.  I have cut off the buttons for the red jacket and sewn it together for a skirt. The jacket had a lot of bumps since I have been wearing it a lot, so I have turned it inside-out, both the skirt and the sleeves. To make it a bit interesting I made a twisted neckline and pull a thread-band at the back of the neck.  Susan is together with me at a local catwalk 😘

Fly me to the moon  - Frank Sinatra  I have to tell that this was incredible FUN! 😄 It's the first time ever flying in a balloon!!! 🎈 I'm wearing a top made of satin fabric I bought in Utrecht, the Netherlands early this summer. I have used a pattern from Simplicity No. 32/2019. The  Wide Pants  are from an earlier project. This picture is taken at Oslo airport :)

Wool garments are fabulous to refashion!♻ My lovely model and good friend, Inger Hanne is wearing a dress I have made of a combination of a wool jacket and two sweaters.  I wanted to try a new version of a wool dress with a sweater with knitted pattern for the skirt. I think it was a good match for the dark blue jacket with the yellow sleeves. It's so easy when you don't have to hem the sleeves or the skirt. Sometimes I use a transparent rubber band at the waist to make it fit good. I very Happy with the outcome!😊 You can see how easy it is to cut and sew together :) The model needs a bit lipstick 💋 This picture is from a show we had on the island where I grow up.

Piemonte - Italy 💗 Stripes are fun to sew with, but you have to be carefully when matching the seams. This is a dress pattern that I like very much and I've made a  Scuba Dress  earlier. I have tried to match the stripes for the side pockets as well :) I have used cotton voile as lining for the dress.  At the end of the zipper, I change from an invisible zipper-foot  to the ordinary zipper-foot to match the back seam. I'm also sewing the lining with to the zipper with the sewing machine, and after turning the lining to the right side, I'm sewing another seam close to the zipper so it's easy to pull it up- and down.  I'm stitching the lining around the arm holes by hand. Burdastyle pattern #105 05/2016