Thursday, February 15, 2018

OT 18 blog tour, the Origami sweater



Today, the new One Thimble, OT 18* is releasing and it is an awesome issue again! I have already made six outfits (consisting of ten clothing pieces in total) and I still have several things on my to do list. Due to the release of OT 18, the Pattern Revolution OT blog tour is also starting today, and I am on it. It was hard to pick which of my sews I would show today, because they are all lovely, but I chose to show you the Origami sweater times two.



The Origami sweater is the newest pattern by Misusu. Misusu makes unique color blocked patterns, I have sewed two before, the Louise (I made two) and the Dia sweater. The new Origami clearly has the Misusu style. It has an eye catching neckline that screams color block and apparently looks very cool with piping as well. I learned when I sewed the Dia that although it looks daunting, it actually sews together rather quick. I did use my sewing machine this time and constructing the neckline (clearly the most challenging part of the sweater) did not take longer than half an hour. I first made the sweater for my son and it seems that I sewed the inner collar pieces reversed, the higher parts are in the front, so double check this when you sew your first.



The sweater comes in short and long sleeves and can be made in either dress and sweater length. The pattern is designed for sweater fabric, but I sewed the dress in jersey. The pattern pieces for the bands some in two versions, one for sweater and one for rib knit. I am expecting a growth spurt on out eldest over the summer, so I went for a rather long length. The pattern itself would have a slightly shorter length if I would have gone with her current length.



My fabric stash is located on the second floor of our house and I sew at the ground floor. I am a rather lazy sewist (which is why I skip pinning for example) and if I take down fabric to cut it,I put it one the corners of the couch and it usually stays there for a few days (to frustration of my husband). If there is a pile downstairs, I will be extra motivated to use the same fabric again. Today's sews are part of such "lazy"sewing. I used the same blue fabrics just because they were there on the couch.



I did not want to make clearly similar outfits, so I screen printed fish on the blue fabric. I spend almost an hour coming up with a perfect print (walking upstairs would have been much quicker, I know), but in the end I apparently was inspired by the color of the fabric, the sea is blue right? This time I printed the cutted pattern pieces and for me that works best. In the past I usually printed and then had to come up with what to make from the fabric. The fabric in that case just went in the closet (because I do sometimes clean up the piles from the couch). I have at least three printed pieces in my stash that still did not get a purpose.



My son clearly likes the sweater, he was actually dancing in it. You can buy the Origami sweater as a separate pattern*, but by buying it as part of the magazine* you will receive many more great patterns and articles. And as a bonus if you sign up for the newsletter you will get a 2 dollar discount code for the magazine which is valuable for four days until February 19 (keep in mind the Australian time zone). Over the next three weeks I will show you my other makes from this issue. One of the things that is still on my to do list is this super cute makeup set.


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Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian). If you buy anything through my affiliate links (*), I get a small commission (the price stays the same for you), I am very grateful for everything that feeds my fabric addiction.

8 comments:

  1. Ik zag al verschillende versies van de origamisweater voorbijwandelen op mijn scherm. Ik was niet onder de indruk. Maar de jurkversie is de eerste die ik wel leuk vind. De stoffencombinatie is echt geweldig!

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    1. Ik word altijd blij van oranje, voor mij echt een kleur voor het hele jaar!

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  2. These are so awesome! I loved reading about how you chose the fabrics - you made me chuckle!

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    1. Good thing that I did not go in detail about how I fixed the first sweater's tiny misaligned seam... you would have pied your pants, but I am still in the denial phase from that horrible three hour "small fix".... ;)

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  3. Ooo, die jurk !! Prachtige kleurencombinatie, en keileuke bedrukking !!!

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    1. Ik tekende en sneed hem helemaal met de hand deze keer, geen moeilijke print, dus duurde niet lang, maar toch een hele overwinning voor mezelf ;)

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  4. These sweaters are beautiful!!! I want to make some for my kids too.

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  5. Super die jurk! Tof om de sweater ook eens met korte mouwen te zien!

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