Going Mod-Quad-ic

I added this simply mod-ilicious 37-year old pattern to my wishlist three years ago, found it last year and just sewed view "A" recently. 

I took a chance on an ITY jersey (from fabricmart.com) with some seemingly random and massive print:

 

If you are interested in my mod-venture with this classic Butterick, here's a link to my retro blog post.

Update: 5/4/13:
Look what I found! The R & M Richardson dress from bonton.com with a print that somewhat resembles mine, except it has triangles and I have circles. It was the closest I discovered after some random on-line surfing on the net.

Happy Sewing!

Third Tie Around with Butterick 5859

My addiction to Butterick 5859 returned recently. 

 

Original post with my first and second versions:
http://sewspiciousmindful.blogspot.com/2013/03/double-bow-talks-with-dose-of-butterick.html

The only changes from my previous versions were using a viscose woven and cutting the front and back on the bias.


A small sample of my fabric purchases earlier this year: 

Using the "French navy/latte woodcut design viscose woven", I sewed my third version of Butterick 5859:

 

Second and first versions made a month ago:

 After sewing three of these, it probably would have been more efficient for me to stitch one edge (unnotched) of the collar portion of the tie to the neckline before stitching the tie/bow ends while the collar is folded in half lengthwise, right sides together, leaving the collar open between the clipped and reinforced slits (marked circles).  By transposing these two steps, I could more accurately gauge where I would start stitching the tie/bow seam allowance:  at the point where the collar portion meets the little turned-in topstitched hem (center front) that will eventually be covered by the bow.

There is quite a bit of "fluttering" at the sleeves.

After 6 class periods and a department meeting, be prepared for a "hair-ricane" and some "o"-lectric shock.  Also getting only a few hours of sleep after providing my daughter with some guidance for her 4th grade project did not help. 

At the front garden, Mission San Diego de Alcala on a Saturday afternoon.

Heather's project (I helped with the triangular prisms, the little flower pots made out of soda caps or glue stick caps covered with modeling clay, toothpicks).  Before the structures, she started with pieces of cardboard and glued "expired" pieces of macaroni pasta shells onto some rectangular cardboard pieces.  I would not have the patience to do that.  The chapel consists of a Twix candy box originally purchased at Costco, stuffed with scraps of fabric to give it some weight, and covered with white construction paper.  The bell tower consists of  clay, foam board squares, a former Trader Joe chocolate chip pringle-style cookie container, and for the lower structure was a former Starbucks box with little packets of chocolate mix.  The convento or monastery, currently a reliquary museum, was originally a larger U.S.Postal priority box also covered with construction paper.

 

More photos from different angles in the photostream.