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…
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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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