I have lovingly kept this Book of Vogue patterns for years and drooled and dreamed over it many times. Now I'm sewing again, I'm trying not to add to my pattern stash before I use some of the ones I have already, but it's difficult when you see something you like and it's not in… Continue reading Through my eyes; I made a pattern from a photograph in Vogue
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Unrequited Sewing: The Pattern Stash gets busted
All of my sewing sisters will be guilty of stashing far more fabric than we know what to do with but since I've joined in with the wonderful world of the sewcialists I have had to concede that it's not just fabrics that I have a huge unused pile of but there is also a… Continue reading Unrequited Sewing: The Pattern Stash gets busted
Neither love or seams can keep you together…
Cloning My 'Wanderer' Jeans Every time I looked at them I knew this time had to be the last time we were together, but I couldn’t give them up. They were so good to me; they knew me so well and they knew how to make me feel good. I always ended up giving them… Continue reading Neither love or seams can keep you together…
The humble T-shirt was remade in its own image…
I'm setting out to copy an existing RTW item from my wardrobe. When I used to do this kind of thing as a teenager, I always thought was a bit of a knock-off because I hadn't bought a pattern, it didn't involve lots of Complicated Technique and it wasn't done 'properly'. However, since falling in love… Continue reading The humble T-shirt was remade in its own image…
Pattern testing: Sinclair Pattern’s Clementine dress
Once you get to a certain degree of proficiency, one of the key ambitions of many sewists is to take off the training wheels of commercial dress patterns and make your own. Once I had mastered seams and zips and darts and waistbands and had made a few tailored items, this idea began to form in my… Continue reading Pattern testing: Sinclair Pattern’s Clementine dress
Entering an uplifting universe …
In the days when I was a prolific maker, it was the acquisition of new skills which was always a key driver. Once I'd made a two piece T-shirt I had to learn how to insert sleeves, once I knew how to knit and purl, I had to learn how to do cable. This is… Continue reading Entering an uplifting universe …
Resurrection and revamping: the mannequin dossier – part three.
Well here we are ready to get a girl back on her feet. In part two I showed you how I re-covered both upper and lower parts of the dress-form. It now just leaves her tipsy stand to be sorted out. There's often that moment when you have dismantled something and you realise you don't quite… Continue reading Resurrection and revamping: the mannequin dossier – part three.
Resurrection and Revamping: the mannequin dossier – part two.
In part two of my mannequin restoration project, I'm now ready to start re-covering my Venus dressform. Having dithered for several weeks about how to do this and also being distracted by other activities, like holidays to Spain; de-cluttering my workspace and the many other projects on my to-do list I am finally there. Ah… Continue reading Resurrection and Revamping: the mannequin dossier – part two.
Resurrection and revamping: the mannequin dossier – part one.
Did I ever tell you about the time I performed a resurrection? Oh no? Well this is it. What do you with that once faithful friend who after more than a decade of neglect, you suddenly decide you need, only to discover that because you relegated her to that friendless zone of 'got-no-time-for-hobbies-now-work-obsessed' uselessness, she is shall we say, less than match fit.
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