I thought after reviewing my 9 favourite creations of 2019 that it was quite hard to know what I had sewn over the year for lack of having sorted it all in time. I did have photos sorted in chronological order but I hadn’t taken the trouble to photograph everything… In short, I thought that making a little monthly summary of my finished sewing projects would be nice both for me and my memory and to share with you my ideas, tips, and discoveries…
So here I start with the creations from the past month.

Review of December 2019.
In December, I really wanted to be warm and I fell in love in spring with making sweatshirts. And for those who know me, you know that when I like something, I really like it, even if I risk seeming obsessive 😉
So I sewed 6 sweatshirts: 4 for myself and 2 as Christmas gifts.

For myself:
1. a Bloom sweatshirt from La Maison Victor May-June 2017 edition made in size 34.
I found a pretty fabric shop online while browsing Facebook, it is Lulu la luciole. I found some lovely jerseys there and I fell for 4 coupons. I was not disappointed at all when I received my package. It’s a great discovery and I will likely make some more purchases in their lovely shop.

Bloom sweatshirt - Image from LMV

Coupons from Lulu la Luciole

So here is the first sweatshirt in blue and white floral jersey and white ribbing (yes… yes, we are not afraid of stains) bought at the haberdashery Chipote et Papote in Etterbeek (feel free to check my article dedicated to haberdasheries in Brussels).

2. The second sweatshirt is the Lana model from La Maison Victor January-February 2019 edition also made in size 34. For this sweatshirt, I used:
- for the body, a black textured jersey with a large star pattern from tissus Toto (brought back from the Colmar shop)
- for the sleeves, a fabric with maneki neko (Japanese beckoning cat that brings good fortune to the shop where it is placed). For the little story, I thought it would be a bit thicker. However, since I used it for the sleeves, it was not really a problem.
- a black ribbing from Lulu la luciole

3. The third sweatshirt looks like the two previous ones because I merged the top of the Lana pattern and the bottom of the Bloom pattern to keep the raglan sleeves while shortening and slimming the model. I used the rest of my black coupon from Toto and black ribbing from Lulu la luciole.
For the sleeves, I used a fine floral jersey (comparable to the maneki neko) from the same shop. I really fell for this pretty floral pattern very feminine and rustic; it reminds me of my native countryside 😉

4. The fourth is a Bloom sweatshirt in fine blue “jeans” floral jersey which I will rather use for spring-summer 2020. I bought a pretty matching ribbing with sequins at Chipote et Papote.

For gifts:
For my little sister, I made a Bloom sweatshirt from La Maison Victor. Indeed, she had fallen for mine in the jungle version. I was lucky to find a remnant at Veritas of this famous fabric. I was very happy because unfortunately it is no longer produced.
The matching green ribbing also comes from Chipote et Papote which has a magnificent selection.

Mine

Version for Claire

For my dad, I made a Chess sweatshirt from La Maison Victor in the January-February 2015 edition and also available as a printed. I selected a burgundy brushed jersey and matching ribbing both from Chipote et Papote. I cut it in XXL and shortened the sleeves and the bottom of the garment by 7cm to fit his build.
That closes my sweatshirt craze of December.

Version for my dad

For the other pieces: I no longer present my circle skirt made for the holidays which I talked about in a previous article; I leave you to discover it if you haven’t read it yet.

I also made a pretty blue bath cape from a home pattern for the birth gift of my colleague’s son: Viggo.
The terry fabric comes from Chipote et Papote and the fox fabric from scraps of another project. Viggo adopted it and according to my colleague he loves the cuddles and massages with the terry fabric which is just the right size.

I also sewed the first skirt model offered in the book "Pass your sewing CAP with Artésane" written by Christine Charles. I’m not showing you the photos yet, and you will have a full article on this creation.

The last sewing project to present and which you may have seen the article about is my set of placemats made from a home pattern to brighten up my Christmas table but above all to use up my scraps; an excellent way to end the year beautifully.

I can’t wait to show you the first batch of 2020.
See you soon,
Eugénie