Trio of Turtlenecks

I love turtlenecks and this pattern is one of my favorites.  You have probably seen it here before, as it's my go-to turtleneck pattern.  It's a simple pattern that I got at Cloth World in 1995.  Cloth World has since gone out of business, but this pattern still works!

All of these fabrics were purchased at this year's Sewing Garage Sale.

The fabric on the left is a fairly thick knit - it was 2 yards for $4.00.

The middle turtleneck is made of of two different fabrics.  The main stripe was 1.5 yards for $3.50.  I didn't have enough of it to line up the stripes on the sleeves correctly due to the pattern repeat, so I decided to make the stripes go the length of the sleeves rather than have the stripes go around the arms.  The turtleneck and sleeve cuffs are made from a black crinkle knit that was originally from Peggy Sagers.  I have enough of it left over to make another t-shirt of some kind.  The crinkle knit was 2.25 yards for $4.00.

The fabric on the right is so soft it feels like butter!  It's from Emma One Sock and is a design from Theory.  It was 2 yards for $8.00 - a bit much for a garage sale purchase, but it feels glorious!  I have enough of this left over to make a small t-shirt, tank top or just an accent for another blouse too.

My total yardage spend on these three turtlenecks came to $19.50 - which does also include the amounts I still have left to squeek out a few t-shirts - so that's not too bad!  All three shirts were made in less than a day from cutting them out to final finishing.  The shirts are sewn entirely on the serger using 1/4" seam allowances and the hems were done on the coverstitch machine.  Since they were all the same colors, there was no need to change thread colors so that helped speed up the process too.

With a vacation coming up later this year, you can bet these will be packed in my case!

For everyone keeping track of my stashbustin quest - here are my latest stats:

These 3 shirts = 4.5 yards
YTD stats = 50.91 yards
This time last year I had sewn 71 yards so I'm a bit behind from last year, but it all counts!

Happy sewing everyone!

Star

2016 ASG Garage Sale

Yesterday was the ASG Sewing Garage Sale.  To say it was the perfect day, well, would just be fibbing - more on that later.  On to the fabulous fabrics I purchased at the sale!

Just look at this varied selection!

 
From the top, left to right:

- An old world graphic print knit - only 2 yards and 24 inches wide so not alot to work with here, but I'm hoping to squeeze Katherine Tilton's Butterick 5925 out of this one - hopefully.  If not, another t-shirt will work.
- A black and white rayon print - maybe a dress out of this one?
- A turquoise poly with a small print on it - this will make a nice lining for something.
- A blue poly small print - 5 yards of this one!  Maybe a long dress with ruffles or something?

Bottom row, left to right:
- A nice rayon print with pink, purple, green and tan squares on it.  I'm thinking Vogue 9077 with the longer skirt for this one.  Mimi G recently made a version of this that I really like with the placket extended in the front.
- A silky (probably poly) turquoise circle print - only 1/2 yard of this one but it will make a nice accent to something
- And lastly a purple knit - only 1 yard of this, but, I have some other purples I've been pulling together for a skirt and this just happened to match perfectly for a t-shirt top.

A total of 16.75 yards added to the stash yesterday at a cost of only $28.62.  That works out to $1.70 per yard.  Whoop!  Whoop!  I hadn't planned on buying alot of fabric and with the day not starting out ideal - this was easy for me to achieve.

So what happened to make a day of fabric shopping not perfect?

I arrived at my scheduled volunteer time of 8:00 a.m. to find about 10 shoppers already in line and the rest of the ASG staff waiting outside the building in the rain.  What were we waiting for - Someone from the North Highlands Community Center to arrive with the keys to open the building for us!!!!  We were supposed to open at 8:00 a.m. for the ASG staff to get to our stations and prep the area for the public and then open for the public shoppers at 9:00 a.m.  After several phone calls to anyone we could think of that could help (The Community Center refused to give us the number of a direct contact mind you), finally, someone arrived at 9:40 to open the building!  That's almost 2 hours late!!!

Thank you to all of our dedicated shoppers who stood outside in the rain, patiently waiting with us for the building to open.  I know several people gave up and left and I can't blame them, but thank you to those who stayed and there were a plenty!!

The Guild will be looking for a new venue next year to hold this event.  If you have any ideas for a location in the Sacramento, California area that could accommodate such an event, please leave your suggestion in a comment below.  It would be greatly appreciated!

Until next time - Happy sewing everyone!
Star