Purple Cheetahs

Whaddaya mean?  You have never seen a purple cheetah?  Really?  Well, let me enlighten you!  This is another fabric from the Hiatchi sweater jersey collection from Fabric.com and I made another twinset.  Same patterns as before (Linda McPhee and Kwik Sew 3752)

I love these colors!  I think that this twinset looks better than the brown one (as a twinset).

Casual 'over the shoulder' pose - doesn't every photoshoot have one of these!!

Again with my plain black 'slinky' top.

More clothes for my wardrobe that will be great to wear to work.  I am one month in to my RTW fast, and I really have not missed buying clothes at all.

Again, it is interesting to see how I look in a photo and as a result I will be making changes to the cardigan (adding shaping via a centre back seam) and making shorter skirts.  But for now, I have a few outfits and my 'Twotoast Private Collection' is beginning to take hold in my closet!!

I think that I have pretty much satiated my 'quick and dirty' sewing, although I do have three more Hiatchi lengths to sew up, and I am looking forward to utilizing the knowledge gained from my recent alterations classes.  Watch this space!

and The Ugly

I was really rather disappointed with my version of the Slimming Jacket by Linda MacPhee.  I bought the slinky fabric, and sewed it up really quick.  I love the design - big rectangles that made up the most lovely of drapes at the front. 
 

The instructions are very basic, and I could not find anything that addressed the centre seam at the back of the neck.  As both sides would be seen due to the draped collar - which side should I sew the seam?  I chose to overlock/serge the seam on the 'outside' so that when the collar is folded back it cannot be seen.  But in reality, the collar does not fold back as well as I would like.

I sewed the seam down flat, but that only caused more problems - the knit fabric stretched and now it looks all bumpy and horrid.  What a pain,  I will have to do some unpicking and re-do the seam, maybe even sew down part of the collar around the neck, but in true Tim Gunn style - I will 'make it work'!  Hubby really liked this jacket, so that is a project for this week - until my lovely sweater knits arrive from Fabric.com!