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Sep
17

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How to FLIP a Reese’s Cup {PR&P season 7, week 2}


The Candy Challenge for Project Run & Play, season 7, week 2 will definitely go down as one of our most thought-expending challenges to date.

You see, we’re S.L.O.W. sewists…..and can’t justify sewing something that is costume-esque, or an outfit that can only be worn once. Instead, we had to plan an outfit that would a) fit the required challenge and b) could get many other wearings – instead of always being viewed as an oversized piece of candy.

We eventually landed on our candy inspiration: 
The Reese’s Cup – one of our all-time favorites! 
When it was said and done, we considered it a win-win-win for us.
It fit the PR&P challenge.
 
It fit the “Flip this Pattern” September pattern challenge {Pattern Anthology, Alphabet Collection}.
It fit our personal challenge of wearability for other occasions.
Most candy begins in a wrapper, so that’s where we’ll start with ours. Beginning with the Recess Raglan {see kate sew}, we ‘flipped’ it into a cardigan. Why a cardigan?? 

Well, you KNOW you must take off the wrapper to get to the ‘good stuff’….just like you take off a cardigan. We used the bright orange as the main fabric of choice….as a nod to the Reese’s cup wrapper. 

The yellow accents of bias and cuffs were to double as the yellow print on the wrapper. Brown and yellow stacked buttons were used to replicate the design of the Reese’s text – yellow text with a brown outline.

The UNflipped Recess Raglan {see kate sew} was made in a light khaki knit – to replicate the yummy peanut butter found inside a reese cup. 
What began as the W Pants {blank slate patterns}….ended as a “flipped” skirt. The back details and welt pockets remained true to Melissa’s original pattern, as well as the waistband. We used light khaki fabric on the welt pockets and piping….think of it as oozing peanut butter from the inside of the Reese’s cup. 

The skirt was made to mimic an upside-down Reese’s cup….complete with ridging / edging around the entirety. 

How did we achieve this look?? By sewing medium-sized cording evenly around the skirt. Okay – we were pretty pleased with this concept, and look forward to using it on other sewing endeavors in the future!

So….EA hit the ‘candy challenge jackpot’ with this one!! She now has three functional wardrobe pieces – that can be worn together or separately….all without screaming: I’M A REESE’S CUP!!! 

Sister Momma is claiming ‘Halloween Costume Victory’ (of which we’ve sworn off since last year – blogged about here and here), but it is yet to be seen if we make CL a matching candy of choice!

Now…..LET’S EAT!!

*Please note: We’d love for you to sew-along with us through the year in our “Flip this Pattern” series. 
It is a year-long event….one with some fabulous prizes for the monthly competitors and sew-along winners. You can read more about it here, and still link up your flipped version of Pattern Anthology’s Alphabet Collection to compete for September’s prizes {linky party will remain open until Thursday, September 19 at 11:00 PM CST}!



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