This week I managed to finish my purse, lining and all as well as sew a garment from a tutorial, without an actual pattern to cut from. 
The purse proved to be easy, all the mishaps were my own doing, not because the pattern had issues. Granted the pattern never said to line the darn thing, so that headache was all my own doing. However, after putting the thing in timeout for a few days, I regrouped and was able to accomplish something I'm very happy with.Now the garment. It is from a tutorial from Sew, Mama, Sew. I originally stumbled on this lovely website a couple years ago when I was thinking about getting back into sewing. Granted I never really did get back into sewing until recently, I found my way back by way of their blog.
I decided to make the Super Simple Nightie. It looks perfect for those summer nights that are about to descend on P-Town. The forecast is calling for highs in the 80s coming up and with the decision for no window air conditioning this summer, if there is one thing I need, its being comfortable while I sleep.
I went fabric shopping (dragging R along for the fun) for the lining of the aforementioned purse and I found some super cute fabric (the whale print $2.75). Granted it was only a fat quarter, but it was too cute to pass up, so I dropped the money and off we went. I stumbled upon this tutorial before we went shopping so when I saw it I knew I wanted it for this project. From there I found the perfect bright yellow fabric ($7.99/yard but it was on sale 30% off) to coordinate. Picked up some blue rick rack and off I went. I used a bit of cream linen for the back side of the top portion as the fat quarter wasn't enough for both sides. I already had the linen in my scrap pile.The tutorial was super simple to follow and I'm pretty happy with the result. It isn't form fitted at the top, it has a few gaps but it isn't tight around the top and it's very comfortable. I highly recommend the tutorial to anyone who has a sewing machine and an iron.
All in all I spent $10 for a great summer sleeper. For once when I set out to make something it didn't end up more than if I ran to the store and picked up something similar. The great thing is that this is fully customizable and exactly what I wanted. I think I've rekindled the passion for sewing... Oh lord, there are just not enough hours in the day for all the hobbies I'm finding I enjoy. Poor R and B are going to have to help me manage my time better.
