Cat Lady Sweater and Gingham Emery Dress

This is Pickles – more commonly known as my house as Mr. Pickles though his wild kitten behavior rarely warrants the more formal of the two names. He was kind enough to mostly not claw my eyes out while I took some snaps of my Cat Lady Sewing Challenge project!

I have had this fabric for over three years and it took Erin’s genius challenge idea to get me finally sewing with it. This is some thin knit fabric I got on serious clearance from Joann’s.

I recently sewed up a striped Coppelia cardigan from Papercut Patterns and It was such a breeze I had to do it again but this time with KITTIES!!

I own two cats and somehow it still didn’t cross my mind that laying my project out neatly on the floor for some photos wouldn’t be as serene as I imagined – oh well.

I didn’t make any adjustments to the pattern but if I make it again with a thin knit I would probably take some out of the back bodice piece and lengthen the ties a bit.

I had to try to get my other kitty, Olive, involved as well though she was less enthusiastic about photos.

Under my sweater I’m wearing another emery cus duh, Emery dresses are the best thing to every happen to me. This was one of the items from my Fall Wardrobe sewing list and it is already getting a lot of use. I can’t wait til it drops a little in temperature around here and I can pair it with some tights and other cute cardigans!!

And lastly this is Diego, the original cat I purchased long ago when live cats were out of the question, and I couldn’t let him feel left out!!

Back to Fall Wardrobe sewing!