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Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020

Manuela

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2020, 22:35:51 PM »
Ohhh, a cool coloured cheetah print, love it - they are difficult to find  :loveit:

SewRuthieSews

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2020, 08:06:02 AM »
I plan to contribute something to this. Probably an animal print knit item of some sort.

Ann

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« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2020, 16:23:59 PM »
I had to change my fabrics as I did not have enough to do the pattern I wanted to. And no more on the shelves of two of them. I will post pictures later as I just got home from fabric shopping.
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Goth Gardiner

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2020, 19:17:32 PM »
I am not sure if this counts as jungle ... It's "scardey cat" from funki fabrics. Younger cats in jungles don't you?
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily

Sakar

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2020, 05:40:31 AM »
What a great idea!!!!  0_0

I really need to sew a bag for DS's toy animals, for which I have already bought 2 animal FQ

renita

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2020, 22:59:41 PM »
Some lovely fabrics and great ideas here so far.  I have a couple of potential projects that, if I don't use this contest as inspiration, may stay on the to-do list indefinitely.

I could really do with a new ironing board cover, so am considering re-purposing this ivy-printed roman blind to the task - that's kinda jungle-y.

And i have a piece of fabric that definitely qualifies!  I'm not confident I'd ever wear it out of the house (not a big print person at the best of times and, while I might have been prepared to be adventurous, this also has large sections of transparency that I should really save the general public from).  I'm thinking that I may make it into a 'brunch coat' for around the house.

 
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Here's hoping those images work out - I seem to have gotten myself into a tangle...EDIT: No they didn't, trying again...
EDITED AGAIN: 3rd time's the charm?

Now to get on with the sewing, before January disappears!
« Last Edit: January 07, 2020, 23:06:23 PM by renita »

Ann

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2020, 21:52:48 PM »
In the midst of a snow warning. Snow has been falling since 7:30 a.m. and won't stop until midnight. And it is 5:45 pm

I got pictures of the fabric for the Market Bag. I may have to keep this one for me.


And a close up of the cat fabric.


I will be starting it as soon as I finish the doll's dress I'm working on.
Stash Busting 2023
Goal: 50 metres

Lilian

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2020, 22:31:09 PM »
I would like to join this one as I have some lovely fabric  :fabric: will do a pic later, not sure I have the time but will try  :)
Willing but not always able :)

Sakar

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« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2020, 10:34:10 AM »
@Ann I love that cat fabric  :loveit:
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Goth Gardiner

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« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2020, 20:44:17 PM »
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I am finished.  Made with a metre of fabric to a self drafted tried and tested tshirt pattern.  The sleeves have pleats in them -, gives room for my somewhat muscular arms  and means I don't have to sorry about pattern matching.

Looks better on!
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily

Greybird

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2020, 21:06:29 PM »
Looks lovely - nice fabric too.

Manuela

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2020, 21:10:19 PM »
@Goth Gardiner, is this your entry? If so, could you please use the templater from the first post to submit it.

Goth Gardiner

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2020, 22:24:18 PM »
@Manuela depends on whether I do the snakeskin dress as the weekend. That plan is more elaborate.
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indigotiger

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« Reply #28 on: January 10, 2020, 08:57:47 AM »
My Jungle January blouse is finished, and I hope to take a photo of it "as worn" if we get a day when it isn't pouring rain. I modified the Athena Blouse pattern (reshaped collar tips, added peplum, midlength sleeves with cuff bands)
The antler buttons just seemed to fit with the colors of the ponies...

Yes, I know that ponies are not jungle animals, but I asked, and "animal print" was determined to include all animals... The shawl collar construction worked very well, but I was not entirely happy with the shape of the finished collar (no fault of the pattern); the wide spreading shape doesn't suit my face, and the grain of the collar means that the horses on the collar are once again tilted. I reshaped that part of the collar to a scalloped and curved edge instead. Fortunately I had not yet stitched the collar facing down, so it only needed my making up a template, turning the facing/front inside out, and re-stitching and pressing.
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...and, in the end, it is sort of a wearable muslin, in that (while it is quite wearable and will coordinate well with all my pinafores) some significant modification was needed, and I would probably do a bit more fine tuning before making it up again. First off, I cut the blouse fabric an inch and a half too long, despite shortening the pattern beforehand. I no longer do a turned hem on blouses that will only be worn underneath pinafores, as since the hemline always remains unseen, simply serging the hem edge gives a flatter and faster edge treatment that is just as durable.

Also, the mostly straight up and down bodice ended up needing some additional hip width, and rather than fit in some godets, which would be most annoying to finish the points and edges, I decided to whack out as long a rectangle from the remaining scraps as could be managed, sew repeating darts into the rectangle to curve it, and then cut a centered rectangle on the back of the already stitched blouse and inset the curved rectangle as a flared peplum. Definitely a non-standard alteration, but it echoes the square armscye and looks intentional. In the future I would also want to cut the sleeves at least an inch longer, which would have been possible had I not cut the front and back too long. Overall the pattern now gives me a second (almost) TNT option if a straight grain blouse front is needed, I love the square armsceye, and intend to do some more fine tuning the fit as well as experiment with collar shapes in the future.

I made the blouse entirely from a treasured piece of fabric I had on my resource shelves for a long time, I used some old sheeting as sew in interfacing for the front facing/collar panels, and the pattern itself and the antler buttons have been in my files for years. I feel pretty good about turning all this into a garment I will enjoy wearing, and about working through some of the needed changes in a pattern I've not used in a long time
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SewRuthieSews

Re: Jungle January contest - 1.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
« Reply #29 on: January 10, 2020, 18:40:04 PM »
@indigotiger, lovely blouse!

@Manuela, I have some sparkly red snake print fabric I'd like to use but only in small amounts with plain fabric as its quite a statement. Would that still count? (I'm thinking black pants with a snakeskin strip down the legs, or a black top with snakeskin shoulders, alone its too Vegas for my life!)