 Hi, you guys welcome back to first impression Friday where I review an Entire sewing pattern collection. If you're new here, my name is Lindsay. Welcome. I am so glad you found me Be sure to leave a comment in the comment section below Introducing yourself so that I can give you a formal welcome Today we are gonna be reviewing half moon atelier. I have heard of them before And I'm excited to take a look at their entire collection Taking a look at the little about section here. This is a Megan half moon I half expected half moon to be just sort of some, you know, ethereal type of cute name for a Sewing pattern, but no, it's her last name and She is very very big on basics Sustainability both in you know Not contributing to fast fashion But also in the fabrics that we use to sew the garments at home very ethical Organic fair trade, you know, all of those kind of keywords. She is living the life She kind of believes that blesses more and then if you have more basics you get more out of your wardrobe So on and so forth. So that's what I'm expecting from this collection very basic buildable type of Patterns First things first we have her half moon 101 jeans around sixteen dollars not around it is exactly sixteen dollars and All right, it says reminiscent of my client classic the half moon 101 jeans are a lower rise Straight leg and designed for non-stretch denim designed to be snug around the hips and upper thighs the half moon 101s will curve nicely around your waist and hug your hips before straightening out from just above the knee toward the angle There's an option for a zipper or concealed button fly and the instructions will walk you through flat felling the seams to create a simple Look with truly individual fit Pattern is drafted for a five six female With full hip ranging from 33 and three-quarter inches up to 67. I don't know that it gets much more inclusive than that Right, I don't think we see 67 inch hips very often at all even among the pattern designers who claim to be You know Fully size inclusive. I think maybe 61 62 was about the highest. I recall seeing so a 67. That's that's incredible Step-by-step instructions for blah blah blah. Okay. We know all that already general info Da da da it comes in print at home AO and copy shop files are included Okay, you can layer your sizes 18 sizes approximately a US zero to 36 women's They do not follow standard sizing charts But newer patterns including the 101 jeans range again from the 33 and three-quarters to 67 inches numbered 1 to 18 But correspond to these sizes. So that's just sort of like explaining to the newbie sewer How sewing pattern sizes and ready to wear sizes are very different Okay, so fabric recommendations non-stretch denim 10 to 9 to 10 ounces denim 12 fabric The straight side seems make this pattern perfect for salvage denim if you're not familiar salvage denim Gosh, how do I even explain this? I really don't know a lot about it now that I'm thinking about it other than it has that little red thread going through the salvage itself Maybe someone out there who's a little bit more fabric savvy can explain the uniqueness and why salvage denim is so ideal for jeans Then there's a lining. I think this is for your pocket bags. Oh, yeah pocket bags fly shield and waist bag waistband lining and Then you'll need a jeans zipper jeans buttons midway interfacing thread and topstitching thread rivets and jeans machine needles Yeah difficulty. She's calling it intermediate That's that's bold. I would call it, you know More close to advance than intermediate, but maybe it's just like more tedious than difficult So, I don't know maybe she's right And then she has all these blog posts that you can check out too The jeans on different bodies fabric hardware and styling inspiration and a sew along for tips and tricks so lots of great Supplemental kind of information there. This does not get bigger and as I you know mouse over it It just moves the photo. So this is all we got This is a looks like a back view Where you can see the kind of well really you can see the straight-leggedness of it all You can see pocket placement, which is nice We've got this photo here Where you can see some of the details. I mean they look pretty professed to me These black ones are sort of hard to see. This is an example of what the instructions look like Here is the yellow version again Certainly some issues here in constructing this fly We don't ever want to see the zipper and all of these wrinkles are pulling maybe there needed to be some sort of full-belly adjustment There's the size chart that we already talked about Here is another cute version with a little frayed hem Right got great details with the yoke in the waistband belt carriers Pocket placement is something else. I look for in jeans. I like how this one is higher toward the Center and then it kind of drops down subtly toward the outer thigh That's good. And I think that the the space between them is also Nice and they're not too high not too low now. This is remember. She said a low rise. So That's something to keep in mind too, but that's something that you like Here are the back of the yellow ones again here are the gray ones again yellow from the side And then the blue jeans from the back. Alright, so not, you know, the most thorough detailed photos But they are really beautiful, I guess and then here's our line drawing Yeah, I guess the only thing I wish that I think is missing from these photos is truly what the low rise Means like how low rise are we talking? This is probably the closest photo we have of showing it looks like it's sitting kind of at her high hip, right? That won't work for me and my body tight, but But that's what I'm getting from this kind of like a high hip Situation so those are her jeans. There's lots of great indie jeans out there So she's just thrown her hat in the ring with this one now. We have the strand dress 14 bucks this design was inspired by simple summer daydreaming by vivid memories of long hot summer days The romantic narrative of dancing in a field of wildflowers by the second film in my all-time Favorite trilogy before sunset. Wow, what a what sort of visual imagery she gives us Before we even see the pattern It has a slight 70s vibe with the clean modern lines as a top it can be worn loose or tucked in The dress features inseam pockets and a drawstring Allowing you to easily adjust the fit and feel of the dress at any point in the day Okay, so this is really like kind of a lot of patterns in one This is the front and back of the top and then you can add on this little skirt with a tear And it's really two patterns in one, right? Okay, so here are our lovely ladies. This is the top and maybe some kind of gauze Then we've got the dress and maybe some kind of linen very beautiful easy to wear And then this is the top. I just love her smile. This is the top tucked in Out of maybe some kind of cotton or something But you've got a really beautiful kind of gathered detail here. I also love kind of the shape You know how the aren't the straps are kind of like curved in that's a really nice detail, too Yeah, I mean everybody has their arms down here This does look a little bit big on her, but that could just be because it wasn't made exactly for her Yeah, really pretty. I like that the drawstrings also are on the side I think that for those of us that have maybe a little bit of extra weight in the center Putting a little bow there and drawing attention to that maybe not be maybe not be the the most You know favorable thing to do so having them on the side is really nice because you still get the you know functionality of it But it's not distracting from the front of the dress Okay, here's a close-up of the bodice Yeah, it does look like this. Is that like a little mitered situation? Yeah, I think they executed it beautifully in this sample I don't know how hard it is to do on your own There's another close-up of it Here is another version. They did a little raw hem here. That's really cute one in a little print Yeah, here's the back. This is like the first view of the back that we get and then here's this view, too So my concern was with this little curvy strap situation How they were going to be how they were going to set into the to the back band It looks really nice and flat and straight and everything looks great cute little pattern My mom here's the size chart again for this one the full bust is most relevant and it looks like it goes from 31 and a half in a B cup up to 65 inches in a D cup So again very very inclusive Fabric is lightweight woven fabrics with some drape like cotton lawn double gauze linen silk You'll need some interfacing thread and then some twill tape for your drawstring and then this is The amount of interfacing you need What is oh, this is fabric requirements And this is an advanced beginner to intermediate Yeah, I'm assuming that these pieces these two pieces are sewn together first and then you sew on the strap That would make the most sense to me and when you do it that way Yeah, it seems like it would come together pretty easily All right now we're on to the La Brea tea I think this is the one that I've seen the most on like social media 14 bucks the La Brea tea is named after La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles a vintage shop where I found myself drawn to a rack of 80s throwback knit t-shirt who've grown on sleeves and bound necklines I remember this style as a child and I couldn't wait to get back home and so on up for myself. Okay? Um La Brea will fit your basic t-needs. It's got plenty of interesting details La Brea was drafted for both woven and knit fabrics each resulting completely different look raw edges are neatly worked away with French seams and bias finding great details And then 18 different layered and nested sizes with the ND cup options A little additional tips on fitting. Okay And here's our line drawing not much to it. I think this is the knit version and this is the woven version Fabric for view a is light to midweight knits without additional lycra or elastane like a hundred percent cotton linen hemp or modal knits If you prefer to use a stretch knit like a cotton and elastane blend size down one or two sizes Um Okay, and then VB the woven version midweight woven's like cotton linen rayon silk and double gauze The draper the fabric will change the look of the final garment Lots of good information here on fabrics Your notions you just need coordinating thread bias tape and a ballpoint or stretch needle if you're sewing with the knit version woven version you can just use a universal needle beginner or Adventurous beginner view B is suited most to beginners the woven version and then all of these little blog posts to help you your fabric requirements For the both of the views are in there as well. Okay, let's take a look at these photos You can see the top here. This is a maybe some kind of like Linen or something that she died herself. Remember when like Shibori with like DIY Shibori was like the thing on Instagram This might be a result of that. I love this detail on the knit version That's what all of this is That like extra little line there is like all of this little bias binding stuff It is there. I'm getting strong like when she says 80s throwback knit t-shirts. I'm getting that here I love that this is a grown-on tee like a grown-on sleeve tee But with this detail it makes it not seem so Like I don't know frumpy like sometimes those grown-on sleeves can just be like sort of bleh But this little detail of the little like almost like a tulip situation is just really really sweet I mean what a cool outfit, right? And then here it is with a little neckband from the side Yeah, good fit through the bust here straight side seam really nice You can also get an idea of the length of it there, too I mean it's going down almost to her full hip And then because the knit version has a little band at the bottom which is optional You can kind of scrunch it up to your high hip a little bit. All right. That's the LeBria tee Next we have the wrap dress top-and-dress Vondell Although very Parisian inspired wrap top Vondell is named after the Vondell Park in Amsterdam A park where I have spent countless blissful hours biking playing with my kids and relaxing on picnic blankets It is feminine easy to wear true wrap with a deep V and long waist tie to close features a one-piece shoulder yoke That's cool with a curved center back in front curved I'm sorry a curve get curved center back in front I'm not sure what that means And that gathers for shaping does she mean the I guess the yoke. We're still talking about the yoke Okay. Okay. Yeah with three sleeve length options cuff half and Seven eighths sleeve as well as three lengths top short dress and midi dress You can make a different Vondell for every occasion this pattern includes French seams the burrito method Which we love and other creative techniques to achieve a beautiful clean finish Thanks to detailed instructions the perfect pattern to learn French seams or to level up your sewing game Okay, so this is drafted for a B cup only And we might only have Sizes one through ten. Yeah, so it is only half of the size chart that we have been looking at before Which means a full bust of 30 to 44 inches and then a full hip of 34 to 48 So technically this doesn't even fit me so great to see that she has kind of Extended her size range fully to I mean like I said before very very extensive And hopefully she's going back and doing some of these older patterns, too Okay, so midway to woven fabric with drapes such as double gods crepes silk tinsel rayon linen shirting and wall again We talked about fabric a little bit in the beginning in the about section. She's always only going to Suggest fabrics that are Natural not man-made, you know things like that. So that's why we're seeing some of these repeat so often cottons and gauze and rayons and linen for sure okay Notions are minimal you do need a sew on snap for like the I guess the left side or whatever the inside of it opposite from the tie and She's calling this intermediate and then again. We have four different blog posts related to this pattern Something cool. She did here was put little like I guess like leather beads on her tassel. I love that detail Something simple we can all incorporate and then yeah, we've got the yoke that she's talking about is all in one So from front to back. It's one piece. There's no scene here It does extend to the end of your arm the end of your shoulder and then you've got a small Sleeve head because of that because it's not cut in at all You don't need a lot of like Gathering you don't need a lot of like, you know The shaping in this little area to create that ball for the ball of your shoulder And then this is the knee length maybe some kind of like scoopy him Yeah, like little scoopy him here. I love that Here is another version Sleeve less well What did she call it? Cough. Yeah, so it still is a sleeve and it still extends to the edge of your shoulder This is not technically sleeveless. I think that the height of the sleeve Opening is really good Maybe this so on snap goes here And it ties on the inside Here's another view of that all in one shoulder all in one yoke Here it is as a top and then more photos of the dress. Here's the back So again all one piece yoke and then this is the curved Center back that she was referring to you can get a good view of just how wide the shoulder goes all the way to The end of your shoulder and then it's like not even a sleeve cap It's just kind of sort of sewn in right there on the edge And then the top again, okay Cute simple little wrap With with really nice details Okay, this is the oh lord boat neck Onigata Named after the sparsely populated and northernmost of the British Virgin Islands I've never heard of the onigata island am I saying that wrong is a semi-fitted super basic T with an Unconventional feminine touch view a features a wider neckline Displaying a little extra shoulder the raw edge Allows the fabric to roll over nonchalantly and also very easy to sew because you aren't sewing Exposing the inside the fabric and creating a little cowl neckline depending on the I think this is supposed to save drape of the fabric The UB is a true everyday boat neck with mini box pleats Depending on your twist of fabric this universally flattering Simple pattern can take you from the gym to the opera and it's sure to become an absolute favorite any casual wardrobe I don't know about the opera, but I mean Maybe and again, this is the the more standard sizing 1 to 10 only Okay So is this where's the fabric information? Oh Lightweight to medium weight knits with some drape such as jersey bamboo ray on jersey interlock t-shirt weight merino French terry lightweight sweatshirting and 25 to 100 percent stretch Fabric requirements are based on the size 10 Okay Okay All right, so here she is. This is the view a And there is like a bit like you've known baby onesies how there's that little like crossover That's sort of what's happening there So it's not a traditional straight shoulder And again, you've got your arm size set in really close to the edge of the body an Elbow cuff and a cuff band down here cut on the bias both of those are You can tell that the sleeve is I don't know the technical term, but you can tell that the sleeve is the sleeve cap is not super bell shaped because Normally you'd have a stripe that goes like this and then this the sleeve stripe would kind of take off at an angle This is almost straight all the way across So pretty flat Sleeve head there I would imagine There's the back Kind of a lot of gathering here because the band is being kind of pulled up by the curves of her body There's a cute picture of the Neckline see how it rolls and I think she used a French terry too. So that is what is exposed. That's really cute detail I can see that like in a gap shirt or something, you know Here is it like flat-laid Are we gonna get any pictures of the other one? Oh, this is the other one. Okay, cool So this is the little box plates that she talked about it has an actual neck band and a little bit. I Mean she says one is really wide and one is narrow, but they're kind of the same to me Same with the stripes one's also emitting the band so you can see it kind of sits a little bit more relaxed on her lower bodice There's the neck band there Oh, here she is on the island Having her idyllic little picnic. What a life, right? Geez. I mean if that sewing this and wearing this pattern gets me all this Yes, please Okay, now we've got the del P valet top del P dress I think I'm gonna love this Ballet top del P is inspired in equal parts by Julie del P's character Selene in the film before sunrise, which she has mentioned before Maybe as we're sewing her patterns the half-moon patterns. We should all be watching these films That would be a fun little All like an immersive experience, right? Okay, and the ballet leotards I wore as a child a simple basic with flattering touch of elegance ballet top or dress del P Will become a versatile staple in your capsule wardrobe perfect on a warm summer day Or as a light layering piece under a cashmere cardigan on cooler days Delphi is easy to wear camisole top that is fitted in the bust and looser around the waist and hips as a dress and Loosely graces over your hips and has a unique rounded corner and slit Has a bust gather and thin straps with three options of back views including scoop straight and cross straps Allowing you to customize your top or dress to fit your own personal style. So from the waist up fully getting Ballet leotard vibes, right? It's this sort of like sweetheart situation Plus the little gathers here and the little thin straps so cute and then from here down is the combination that she's referring to But look how cool this is So unique, right? Like one one side seam is this little curved edge and the other side seam is straight And then here are our three backs All right Sizes one through ten again lightweight woven such as double gauze cotton lawn rayon or linen Also be lovely in a satin silk or velvet, especially if you were able to cut it on the cross grain. Oh my gosh Or on the bias The Delphi pattern can easily adopted to knits by simply dropping a full or partial size depending upon the stretch content. Okay lots of Tutorials and stuff. She's got a sew along. She's got a hack for bias bound seams Okay, um a partial button placket along the center front some kind of jazzy hack Um, this is how she made it into a knit dress So yeah, lots of information about this one. So here it is Pretty cool, right? I mean, obviously you could mimic the scoop on both sides, but I don't know. I just think it's kind of fun How it's like Got only one pocket, you know, it's unique Here's the top. I mean that's beautiful That looks genuinely stunning Here's the scoop back Maybe a little too tight on the hips here, which is why we're getting all of this Bunching So cute. Oh, there's also a little bust start here, which I missed in the line drawing, but it's definitely right there and then Here's her working on the flat lay. That's a fun photo This is also it from the inside No, she just left exposed serger um Finish that's cool Here's the top. I do like it with a little tie belt Scoot back again All right, that's it. That's all the photos we're going to get so I don't know this top is stunning Really really beautiful All right, that is the Delphi Next we have Super basic underpants, which I'm going to skip. I don't know a lot about lingerie um I just don't know how to review it, but she has been here We've got the midi skirt roma, which has a similar design detail as the dress we just looked at with the one scoop um elastic waist right not a lot to this modern minimalist pencil skirt, okay It has sizes one through ten again, and you're going to use your lightweight wovens like she has referred to Light to medium weight wovens like she's referred to in almost every other woven pattern um Yeah, and super deep elastic, which I really like not a lot of photos on this one either But she did all exposed serger Stuff, which is pretty cool Which I think is what this is illustrating Uh, I guess the only difference between b and a is that a is top stitch and b is not. I don't know. I can't really tell She doesn't go through each one of the views like she has in the past Okay Now we've got the summer jumpsuit. This one's called tofu Um summer jumpsuit tofu is ideal for long warm summer days Whether you're heading to the beach or park with the kids running around town or on a date with someone special This jumpsuit will work with you and your lifestyle all day long loose fitting pull-on short jumpsuit or romper or play suit featuring elastic back and waistband adjustable removable straps a knotted or bow tie belt and pockets I named it after stunning tofu mozan geek one of my favorite places on the planet where my family and I created Dear memories man this girl gets around world traveler um, okay, so you've got your little band That goes into elastic in the back and then you have strap options of either straight straps crisscross them in the back And then you've got belt carriers for this, but it is a drop waist This is all sitting at the high hip Little pockets and this looks like to be an itty bitty little inseam. We'll see how that transfers to the actual pattern Sizes one through ten again Mid to lightweight woven such as 10 cell twill, broadcloth, chambray, linen, seersucker, shirting um We'll work best with the summer jumpsuit Element of drape as an elegant touch and a touch of stretch may add additional comfort, but it's not required okay oh and the notions Wide braided elastic wide non-roll elastic one for the waistband one for the back six buttons that is to make the straps, uh removable which I wouldn't make mine removable. I would make mine permanent, but feasible interfacing and coordinating thread as well all right, so this is it It's kind of like a bandeau. You remember you remember those from like the early 2000s Where it's kind of like ruched through here But this is staying up somehow. So i'm not sure how that is being achieved Here's the back with the elastic back your big wide belt carriers That is what her like pattern covers look like. That's really pretty More of her crawling on the rocks. Here's her having some tea Oh, so Part of the elastic wraps around to the front. Is that what i'm seeing? Something is creating this little situation and then this actually genuinely curves up and somehow stays in place Maybe there's elastic in here in this part too. I don't I don't know how this is kind of happening But it is and you can see the drop waist sitting at her high hip and the inseam looks to be about I don't know two inches maybe The proportions are interesting. This is very long and this is very short um So I don't know does it make you look taller? Does it make you look shorter? We need like a full view from the front in order to tell which I don't think we're gonna get um There it is after she's come off the rocks and just kind of casually thrown it on the floor next to her sunglasses and magazine Oh, but here's the inseam for sure like two inches anybody inseam And then here she is looking over the rocks again So yeah drop wastes are not for me. Um Me neither is strapless. So I don't know that I would pick this one up but Looks good on her Here is a bikini pattern again. We're gonna skip over this just simply because I don't know how to review bikinis I don't know how they're supposed to fit. I don't know what's good about them And what's not like I've never made my own swimsuit. So then we have the super basic tank top You can get this for free somehow. Um, oh here we go for email subscribers So I think at the bottom like the foot it the footer of her thing Yeah, you can put your info in here and get this for free But it is just a super basic tank um All seasons climates belongs in every handmade wardrobe Striped or spotted version to wear with your gathered skirts cutoffs in the summer a solid version to wear under sweaters in the winter Nice lightweight tighter knit and wear it as an undershirt for bra free days And then use the scraps to make matching underpants It is only the size one through ten. I think all of these toward the end here are gonna be that but you can see here just, um Yeah, super basic tank it does look to be finished by bands A little band maybe But these little free patterns even though they're super basic are a great way to determine if you like her finishing If you like her instructions if you like, you know, just the way she does things This is a bundle of that knit bow neck top the ballet dress and the scoopy skirt and then we have the Oh, it looks like a fabric kit and pattern With some french cherry, so if you didn't want to source your own fabric for the anagata bow neck sweater It looks like you can choose from all these colors. That's really cool Yeah, I'd love a good kit. Oh, here's some more here are the colors, right? That's fun I love that mushroom color Yeah, that's a great way to take all the guesswork out of everything. You don't need to worry about sourcing anything She's got your thread and your needle and your um fabric and pattern and then this is the Bikini and the romper bundle So those are some fun like you're going on vacation. You could just get that one and make those two things So that's half moon atelier. What do we think? I think she really lived up to the idea of sort of the basic buildable wardrobe Very happy to see her most recent patterns being as inclusive as they are I really do hope that She will retroactively go back to some of these. I'd love to make this ballet top for example Or the dress Even the wrap dress I think is really stunning. So would love to know your thoughts on This collection if you've ever sewn one of their patterns before I love hearing from you as well because you know, you Have experienced it through and through so please leave a comment to let us know how that went what you thought You know, all those good things, but that is going to do it for me today I have last week's first impression friday linked here in the end slate So click on that if you want to have a little bin stash. Otherwise, I'll see you all very soon. Bye