Archive for the ‘Vogue’ Category
New fabric horizons
This dress is made from the most amazing polyester suede fabric. It’s so strokable that every time I put the project down I found myself missing the texture. It comes from Minerva Crafts in a range of colours. It was easy to sew. I needed to use a leather needle but otherwise it was just […]
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Tags: black, chado ralph rucci, dress, Dressmaking, Sewing, suede, Vogue
I’ve recently made two fairly serious, involved projects which definitely count as sewing cake; aka classic and versatile garments that underpin an outfit. So it was definitely time for a quick and frivolous project. Even better, I had one already planned and waiting to go: a knockoff of a Christopher Kane dress in some sparkly […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, Sewing, Style, Vogue
Vogue 2218 reveal
My sister’s dress has reached her now, so I can show the whole thing on the blog! It’s Vogue 2218, a two piece dress pattern with a lot of sleeve and neckline variations. We picked the sleeveless boat neck version. In passing, I found it really difficult to take decent photos on the dressform. Some […]
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Tags: dress, Dressmaking, Sewing, Vogue
What was I thinking?
So I said I’d make my sister a dress for her birthday. I did this last year and I think it was a success. It was the first time I’d ever made anything for someone else so we picked a knit dress pattern that has lots of good reviews online and I’d already made up […]
Filed under: Cutting, Dressmaking, Fabric, Sewing, Techniques, Vogue | 20 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing, Vogue
Oooh sparkly
This is about a dress that is coming about purely through luck. Back in November Marie and Kat organised a blogger meetup in Birmingham. It was a lot of fun and amongst other things I came back with this fabric, a doubleknit with a metallic fibre on one side. I didn’t spot it myself; Kat […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing, Style, Vogue
OMG new Vogues
My pattern stash is larger than my fabric stash. I have piles of patterns I haven’t made yet. There are only so many hours for sewing in the week, so the last thing I need is even more patterns. Therefore I promised myself I’d approach the winter Vogue patterns with common sense and restraint. Yeah […]
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Tags: vogue patterns sewing review
Almost every sewing blogger in the world has already made Vogue 1250. Some have made it as many as five times. It has two great properties: it’s easy and it looks good! I have read through all 91 reviews of it on Pattern Review so I reckon I know what I’m talking about there. I’ve […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, green, Sewing, Vogue
The psychedelic dress
Was it worth the wait? This dress has taken me a month to make. Now some of that is due to real life preventing me from sewing for a week or two, but even taking that into account this was a slow project. And I haven’t even hemmed it yet. The pattern is Vogue 8489. […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, green, Sewing, Vogue
Swirly thing alert
I had a day out in London with a friend yesterday. Now technically we were supposed to be looking for furnishing fabric, not dress fabric. But we found ourselves having a quick look in the shops down Berwick Street, and she pointed out this amazing viscose knit, and it was reasonably priced. So it had […]
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Tags: maxidress, Patterns, Sewing, Shopping, Vogue
The sewing blogosphere and its feline helpers have already reviewed the new Vogue patterns, and in the main the reaction has been one of disappointment. And on first glance at the collection I had to agree. It didn’t even strike me as particularly fugly, just uninspiring. There is one honourable exception in 1305. I don’t […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, Patterns, review, Sewing, Vogue
