Scarlet Swing dress from Greenstyle

Boardshorts from 5oo4

Cadence dress from love notions

Greenstyle Moxi

Lengthen 

I love the moxi pattern but being over 50

I just dont feel comfortable in 

short shorts.  Been wanting to attempt

lengthening them for a while

and I finally got to it.

First thing you need is the pattern. 

https://greenstylecreations.refersion.com/c/b51e4

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For this you will need the front, lower back and 

upper back pieces only

Tape the lower back to the upper back overlapping

by 3/8 inch. Keep in mind the upper back is 3/8 smaller

for the fold at the center back

on a clean sheet of oversized paper draw a line for

the grainline.  line up the lower back on this 

line and draw the original piece as one back piece 

leaving room at the bottom of the paper to lengthen

Take the pattern piece and lower the desired 

amount ( mine is 2 inches) straight down the 

line you drew for a grainline. Trace the 

exact hemline (green line)

Connect the top of the crotch to your new hemline in 

a straight line. Do the same with the side seam

Now do the same with the front piece lowering
straight down a grainline. You want to make sure 
not the make the hemline any wider than the original
pattern.  This picture looks like i did!

 Cut out these 2 pieces and lay the side seams next to 
each other and make sure they line up.  I had to redraw
a little bit

Now I took these 2 pieces and made a mock up.  I'm glad
I did because the leg was too wide.  I ended up cutting a half
inch off the bottom of both front and back at the hem

Ok now you have to make the back shorts back into 
2 pieces.  Lay the original upper back on top of
your new back

You are going to be drawing a new curved line 

that connects to the new hem

Lay the front next to the back at the sides folding

out the seam allowance so you can see the curve

This should be a nice smooth curve

The red line is the one you just drew. Its for the upper back

Draw anothe line 3/8 above this for the lower back.

Trace the upper back onto another sheet of paper 

remember to take off the 3/8 inch at the center back 

and cut on the fold.

then you can cut this pattern on the green line and you

have your lower back pattern

Anza jumpsuit

This is the Anza Jumpsuit from itch-to-stitch. I've never worn a jumpsuit being 5'9". This one came together with some adjustments for me. I found the waistline to be to high for my comfort. Looks like it was drafted to land right on the natural waistline. I like mine to be lower than that.

After all my adjustments I ended up lowering the waistline 2 inches by taking that away from the rise of the bottom. Then I added that to the top along with 2 more inches for my height. Also added 2 inches to the leg.

LaPaz jacket

I was privileged to test the LaPaz jacket from Itch to stitch.  This testing went very smoothly for me. Most of the other testers did a Hong Kong finish on the seam allowances.

I used Ponte knit for both of mine and I love the fit . This is so my style!

Greenstyle Midway Bomber

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this one was made from Ponte body

and knit sleeves.  I added a piping down

the middle of the sleeve stripe. the bands

were from a stretchy ponte.  this one was 

size xs

I made this one from a heavy lined

faux leather for the body and a 

quilted knit for the arms. I made this one 

from size medium for an outerwear coat.

The sleeves needed a bit more room so 

I added about an inch to the sleeve seam. A 

zippered pocket was added to the sleeve.

It was lengthened by 2 inches in the body and

sleeves were lengthened 1 inch.  It was also 

lined on the inside for more warmth

this is a heavier weight french terry

fabric with heavy ribbing for bands.

I used size small since the fabric had 

little stretch and also lengthened the body

by 2 inches.

This one is made of a stretchy liverpool

border print fabric.  I made it in size small with 2

inches added to body length.  If I was to do it again it would be 

a size xs.  The liverpool needed extra interfacing in the waist

band extensions for body.