Simplicity 5840 - PatternFile

Earth Day Project: Recycled Material Garments

: Simplicity 5840 Back View

: Simplicity 5840 Side View

: Simplicity 5840 Front View

: Front of Simplicity 2777

: Back of Simplicity 2777

: Sleeve edge

: duvet cover

: Be creative visualize the finished product when laying out the pattern.

: Save the emboidery design fold in half and subtract seam allowance

: Use eboidered edges instead of hemming!

Happy Earth Day everyone! I thought it would be quite appropriate if I shared what I do in my costuming to not only be a little creative but help save the earth through recycling. I love going to Goodwill and picking up sheets and table cloths for yardage. Can’t beat $2.99 for almost three yards can you? Today’s projects are two types of costume blouses one is out of a comforter duvet cover and the other is out of a table cloth. I’ve even made a padded jacket out of a quilt. Perhaps I’ll post that later.

I wasn’t quite sure what designs I wanted to work with when starting these projects so I opened up PatternFile and started browsing my collection.

It does take a little longer to cut out the garments because it takes a lot of planning. I like to use embroidered lace edges for sleeve edges. Doing this saves you the time hemming and looks pretty. I added darts to Simplicity 5840 view D . I also folded the material for the front of Simplicity 2777 to remove the ugly seam that the designers put in the design on this pattern for some reason. It also allowed me to preserve the embroidered design on the front.

Simplicity 5840 Pattern Typo?

Cut 2...but the instructions require 4 plus interfacing

I was working with Simplicity Pattern 5840 this weekend and noticed a

discrepancy between what the pattern tells you to cut out and what the instructions call for. The pattern tells you to only cut 2 of the pattern. This usually means just cut two of fabric. When I read the directions, it mentions interfacing and facing. It also shows in the illustrations that the facing is folded over not that the band just folds in half, which is what one would expect by only cutting two of the pattern. They may have meant cut twice.

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Either-way, this is a heads up if working with Simplicity pattern 5840. Otherwise it’s an easy pattern to work with and very comfcomfortable shirt for you Cosplay enthusiasts.