Easy burda beach dress and a gathered skirt

There were many beach dresses in burda I wanted to try over the years but never go around to trace any of them... probably because the big pattern pieces and huge fabric requirements were scarry. This summer I finally bought 2 burda issues after a long break and seen this design made and looking spectacular on others so decided to give it a try:

It was nowhere near as glamorous on me. I made the smallest version but was still drowning in it.I didn't had enough fabric so I made it shorter out of necessity but because the dress was designed for tall people it didn't looked shorter on me. Maybe for the same reason I hate that the bat sleeves end on my hip rather then my waist as I think it should. I cut down a bit of the sleeves fullness and added a patch pocket. I had to really push myself to finish it as the 1st try out was a big let down.

When we returned from the seaside I had the inspired thought to ask my mother in law if the wants to try it and even if the is several numbers bigger then me the dress was fitting her and looking way better then on me. So in the end I was quite happy to have someone wanting it.
  I had so little time in energy lately for sewing but when my sister was visiting me one evening and said she wanted a simple gathered skirt I could not resist the temptation to get rid of one my stash fabrics:

I used zig zag over the elastic waistband to make sure skirt will stay even spread at all times. I used the waistband only large enough to pass the hip not the full hem size to reduce the bulk. That took a bit of extra time to first and sew the 2 pieces together. The skirt has 2 panels but I managed to make the side seams pretty invisible!
  I also got a picture of a simple Lekala 4177 white top i made my mother in law this spring:

I could not resist some fabric shopping lately so Sewing 126 - Shopping 112.

5 quick tunics for Eva

There have been so many big projects lately that I hardly had time for anything simple. So For the cold season I only sewed one top for Eva and she was wearing mainly RTW to kindergarten lately. One evening after picking her up from the kindergarten we went out to eat at a restaurant. She was wearing her plaid top with circle skirt. It was badly stained from her day activities but I still felt she was the best dressed kid around. So I immediately decided I really need to make her new outfits. Fast.

So I decided to cut 5 at once. So it will be just sewing after... I used the same pattern from the plaid top -  the bodice of the  jumpsuit without the scooped back and added a big circle from McCall's 7542 big sleeve for the outer line and some kitchen plate for the inner line( tested a few to see witch one will fit better in the top opening).

    1st one I used some crap left from a top I made for myself ages ago.  And waited until I switched to dark colors to attach the neck and sleeve bindings. For this one I choose a high low skirt.

The next one was a pink one. I did the skirt even in length added a ruffle to it and doubled it. I also added a collar and made matching leggings. ( i was really trying to eat all the fabric ).

 Next one was a thin fabric left over after making her 2 pairs of 3/4 leggings for the summer. She really enjoyed this one. Probably because the fabric was so light and soft. It was impossible to get her to change out of this after photos.

4th version - light low again and leggings:

last version. I made it one side longer then the other. By this version Eva really got her twirl good:

Made 7 new items and bought 7 new fabric - debt up to 179...