Monday, October 21, 2013

Purple Explosion

I've been on a top-making binge lately.  Between last Wednesday and today, I've made three tops and am half-way through a fourth.

The one I'm most excited about is my second Avocado Hoodie made from the awesome heathered purple fleece I picked up from my recent trip to the Textile Discount Outlet (Blogged here. I called it maroon in that post, but after playing with it for a while, have decided it's more purple.)

Avocado Hoodie

Pattern: Avocado Hoodie by Disparate Disciplines. I made option B, non-overlapping hood with back pockets.

Fabric: Super soft, super awesome purple fleece from the Textile Discount Outlet. I could not stop petting this in the store. I also used purple jersey left over from this dress for the pocket lining picked up in the Vogue Fabrics remnant room.

Avocado Hoodie

Size and Modifications: Even though I said I would modify the size a bit after my last hoodie, I lied.  I used the same sizing as before - size 6 on top and size 8 at hips. Since this fabric is much thinner and more drapey than my first, it fits looser.

Avocado Hoodie

I also did elect to interface the pocket tabs with some lightweight fusible interfacing and tacked down the tabs just a bit in the corners. This helped them not gape open as much as my first hoodie. (That one isn't bad, these just lie flatter.)

Close-up of my lining:


Underneath , I had on my latest Renfrew.  This is the millionth time I've made this pattern, and there's no end in sight. This shirt was made from purple burn out jersey picked up from, you guessed it, the Vogue remnant room. Seriously, most of my Renfrew fabric comes from here.


As you can probably tell, I've been on a major purple/maroon/burgundy/wine colored fabric binge lately. But hey, if the color works, why not stick with it?

4 comments:

  1. Ooooh, I love these both! But especially the heathery one. And the burnout. Ha!

    Purple looks great on you - no need to apologize!

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    1. Thanks Gail. And, I'm just going with the flow on the whole purple/maroon kick. If that's what I'm drawn to, why fight it? At least I'll always match :)

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  2. Love the burnout jersey! I have some gray burnout in my stash but I haven't sewn it up yet. Was it easy to sew?

    And I've also been on a purple/fuchsia/magenta kick lately. Such lovely colors for fall/winter!

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    1. Thanks Lisa! This jersey was pretty easy to sew, and I didn't have any issues.

      I remember having a little bit of trouble the first time I worked with burnout. The different textures seemed to feed at slightly different rates through my machine. That also could be because I was still new to sewing with knits/jersey at the time, or maybe just something unique to that particular fabric.

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