My failed UFO is finally completed!

I finally finished my failed UFO from 2016. I added a Bemberg lining, black grosgrain ribbons to the cuffs, the pockets and the front opening. Then I added thick black satin straps for the closure. All these came from my existing notion stash. I didn't want to spend extra money decorating this jacket.

I think I had improved it a little. I had to grit my teeth the whole time to get this finished because I still don't like the colour on me. It's too close to my skin tone. It was quite a challenge to finish this jacket. I'm planning to donate it.

From this:

To this:

I still have some of that beige wool blend fabric. Perhaps this is a good opportunity for me to try to dye the beige fabric into another colour. What do you think?

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I have entered the UFO contest!

I have entered the Pattern Review UFO (Unfinished Object) contest! I usually don't leave a lot of UFO sewing projects. I prefer getting projects finished. However, this last April I created this horrid horrid UFO:

I was 'traumatized' by this Fail that I decided to leave it unfinished and moved on to other more satisfying projects. But this thing is still hanging in my sewing room taunting me about my Fail! :-) So I decided to use the UFO contest to motivate myself to correct this Fail and finish the jacket somehow. Hopefully this process will not be too painful and I will learn something from it. Now I need to figure out: how do I salvage this monstrosity?
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Do you have lots of sewing UFOs in your stash?

Clear bin Fabric Destash Challenge - 3rd garment FAIL!

I don't post all my sewing fails but this is really a Fail! My idea for this beige/tan wool gabardine was grand like the inspiration:

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But look at what actually happened:

Horrid!

Horrid! Horrid!

I think the main problem is the ribbon trim that I used. I searched through my notions stash and found this thin ribbon. I thought it would look better than a plain black trim. How wrong I was! Eventually I had to admit defeat and used my trusty seam ripper to rip all the black trim out.

I really need to sleep on this to figure out what I should do. This colour is still not good for my skin tone. What else should I try to do to salvage this? Any ideas?

Clear bin Fabric Destash Challenge - 3rd garment plan

The third fabric I choose for the 3rd garment of this challenge is this tan/beige wool gabardine. I don't know why I bought this years ago because the colour is quite unflattering for my skin tone. The fabric comes in 3 pieces so it's not possible to make trousers with them. I think I will make a jacket with it. I have just used this sewing pattern for a patchwork jacket (see here).

Since the colour of this fabric is unflattering on me, I'm thinking of making it more 'flattering' by adding some black to the jacket. Here are some inspirations I have collected on Pinterest:

 It will take more time and work than the last 2 garments. Hopefully it will work out well!

Clear bin Fabric Destash Challenge - 2nd garment

I thought I would make something for myself with the 2nd garment of this challenge. I have had this red silk noil remnant in my stash for a very long time. I got it in the cheapy bin of my local fabric store, together with a pink silk noil which I made a dress with (see here). It's a lovely fabric to sew but it's rough to the touch and doesn't drape well enough for my liking. There isn't much yardage to do anything with it. I do like the vibrant red so I thought I would make a simple top with it.

I drafted a simple top pattern with a shirt tail hem, which used up almost all of the remnant. It came together pretty quickly. The top is very unshapely so I will need to wear it with a belt. Unfortunately today is somehow very static-y, so the top just seemed to cling to every part of my body and the thrifted leather skirt I was wearing in these photos:

I think it probably looks a bit better layered with a jacket on top:

Okay! 2 down! More to go! I'm getting warmed up for this challenge now!

Clear bin Fabric Destash Challenge - 1st garment

The first garment is done from this Clear bin fabric destash challenge! The medium weight charcoal denim material is perfect for a pair of pants for my son. He has had growth spurt so it's time to make some new pants for him. I used the the tried and true McCall's 5222 that I thrifted a while back. The pattern has 2 pieces for the pants but I combined them together into 1 pattern piece with no side seams (only inseams). It came together quickly after about an hour. My son is wearing this already today. I love these quick and easy sewing projects for kids!

Clear bin Fabric Destash Challenge - the 1st clear bin

I wanted to be surprised by the content of the bin so I just random chose this one. This is only a portion of its content. Some of the fabric remnants are probably too small to make most things:

There is wool gabardine, silk/cotton voile, white cotton/poly poplin, grey stretch poly women, lilac poly satin, red silk noir, navy taffeta, charcoal cotton denim, navy wool crepe, pale yellow cotton poly (lining from a thrifted skirt), green poly camo, black cotton/poly poplin.

I have some initial ideas for some of the fabrics:

Pans for my son?

Beige gabardine trousers for me?

Lightweight fabrics for blouses for me?