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LaineeMakes

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Telling the truth; how I made my own dress form and started to own my size.

My very first post here was a piece detailing how I refurbished my adjustable dress form. I bought Venus when I was in my late twenties and a size 10-12. Venus is an adjustable dress form that went from about a size UK 8 to UK 14 max. By the time I returned to sewing […]

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Welcome to my blog, I first intended to show the many hobbies I aimed to resume once I had the time. It's become predominantly a sewing blog. Come and share my sewing and now knitting adventures with me.

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Top Nine 2022.
Can you believe I only finished ONE item this month? Mainly beause I was coming down after my epic trip to Egypt. This is my Donna Karan-a-like, twist front, mock wrap dress that I made to enter #designindecember and #thelittlereddressproject22. I wore this on Xmas day and will be throwing it on again this evening for our NYE celebrations.
Everything (I think) that I finished this year. I had so many things I wanted to make this year and I managed to complete a lot of them. I also finished a lot of UFOs, made some holiday wear and frosting as usual and improved my fitting. My head is still bursting with ideas I want to try so there will be more in 2023. Thanks for your company, I appreciate you all. Have a great New Year everybody. 😘
Idk why IG is playing with me today. It only made me do another post because it wants to mess up the cropping on my previous one.
Here it is - my favourite end of year sewing challenge, Linda Maki's @nicedressthanksimadeit wonderful Designin' December this is my third time entering, I think. I've been a long time lover of Donna Karan and although I never have purchased one of their RTW items, I have a good selection of Donna Karan and DKNY sewing patterns from her collaboration with Vogue Patterns. I almost cried when I found out she had stopped licensing her patterns as I was not done creating my collection. Donna Karan has resurfaced in the retail world, reviving their "Seven Easy Pieces" idea. I saw the dress on the right and loved it. The twist front design reminded me of the gorgeous Eilidh Dress that I made a couple of years ago. I made a few modifications to the pattern, i.e. closing the back and making the front into a mock wrap and I added a collar. I also added a fuller sleeve and cuffs which I'm loving atm.
Here's a funny story. I kept seeing this McCalls M7969 pattern was being offered as a free download from @minervadotcom. Now I love a freebie and I meant to get a copy of this dress but I dithered for so long that I missed out on the download. Not to be deterred I decided, I was going to draft my own version. Using a digital pattern making system I'm trying out, @tailornova I made this dress using some lovely visose challis from Minerva's Exclusive range of fabrics, in the print Rainforest Rhythm. The maxi length version I made was perfect for my recent trip.
Hiya! If you’ve been around for a while you might remember #sewtogtherforsummer2019 when our assignment was to make a jumpsuit. I went a bit mad that year and created a total of five jumpsuits.
Hey there, it's time for #mymakesforthemonth I'm very pleased to join Lou @sewmuchtodesign to share my November projects with you. Here they are.
It's the last day (NO ITS NOT!) of #sewtogetherforwinter so it wouldn't be me if I wasn't doing a #lastminutedotcom post. Forgive the hasty photos taken just before I hit the road again.

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A blog about knitting and things that bring me joy.

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