Making “Nerd” Clothing! Review of Simplicity Pattern 1325

​I admit it, I’m a nerd. And I’m proud of it! I love to sew, but in the last few years I’ve limited myself to making bags and purses instead of clothing. Or, let me re-phrase that: clothing I wear everyday. I’ve made a lot of cosplay clothing over the years, but I can’t really wear my Victorian Tardis dress out to the grocery store.
 
I’ve been a little obsessed lately making clothes for my geek chic wardrobe. Especially since I found a website called Spoonflower.com where I can create my own fabric with my own artwork! I’ll have a dedicated blog post on Spoonflower in the next week or two once I finish a few more projects.

As for now, I wanted to show some of the stuff I've done with licensed fabric. I used The Walking Dead and Doctor Who fabric for the jumpers.

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I found this Simplicity pattern and fell in love with it.
 
My review:
 
This pattern is actually quite easy. At first I was a little intimidated by the top of the jumper. For some reason, I couldn’t seem to wrap my head around turning something with arm holes inside out, but it was very simple.
 
The instructions were straightforward and easy to follow. I ended up making the jumper in less than two hours from cutting to final hem. 

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​​The only adjustment I made was to the length of the dress. I didn’t want it as long as View C, or as short as View D, so I made it somewhere in the middle.

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​​The shirt pattern was even easier! The only hard part was matching up the stripes, but that’s not the pattern’s fault, that’s my own OCD-everything-has-to-match-perfectly fault.
 
All-in-all I highly recommend this pattern. If you want to make a simple jumper, with a simple top underneath, then this pattern is perfect for you.

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​I chose to use nerdily awesome licensed fabric, but as you can see from the pattern’s cover, a solid color looks great too.
 
I went a little crazy in the sewing department, so I’ll be posting more reviews on other patterns I used and even some I made up myself!

Check out the video below to see how I made one these jumpers!