Posts Tagged ‘fabric’
Knowing when to give up
There’s been a long silence from this blog. My latest project hasn’t been going all that well. It’s Vogue 8825. I fell in love with the design when it came out: the sleeves! I didn’t initially realize it was a pattern for knits so decided to make it up in the electric blue chiffon I […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, quitting, Sewing
Electric blue
Thanks for all the kind comments on my sparkly Vogue 8866. A few people said it was more wearable than I thought; I’m not sure but I’m now on the lookout for some non-sparkly wool doubleknit to make it up again as a warm dress for work. And in the meantime I’m sewing up another […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, electricity, fabric, Sewing, static
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
Thank-you secret Santa
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Kat’s been running a Sewists’ Secret Santa this year. It was fun shopping for a fellow sewist. I normally really struggle to think of Christmas present ideas but this was the opposite; so many things to pick from. And here’s what Secret Santa brought me: sweets, fabric, and […]
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Tags: christmas, fabric, secret santa
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 […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fabric, Inspiration, Planning, Sewing, Vogue | 15 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing, Style, Vogue
On changing my mind
The coat project rumbles on. But something far more exciting happened that I want to tell you about first: I was interviewed by Joanne of Stitch and Witter! She’s been doing a series of interviews with sewing bloggers about their personal style. I’ve been realy enjoying reading it, and I’m so flattered to be picked. […]
Filed under: Burda 104-12-2011 coat, Dressmaking, Fabric, Patterns, Planning, Sewing | 17 Comments
Tags: coat, Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing
Birmingham blogger meetup
Saturday was such a great day. Marie and Kat organised a sewing blogger meetup in Birmingham. Check out Marie’s blog post for pictures. We shopped, ate noodles, swapped a ton pf patterns and fabric, and then shopped some more. But absolutely the best bit was talking to like-minded sewists all day about fabric, sewing, and […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fabric, Planning, Sewing, Shopping, Vintage | 11 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Patterns, Sewing, Shopping
Now witness the firepower of this armed and fully operational shirt dress. Sorry, I couldn’t resist the quote because this is the second dress I have made out of Death Star fabric. Why is it Death Star fabric? Here it is close up. The design is meant to be glitter balls, but it looks like […]
Filed under: Burda, Dressmaking, Fabric, Finished, Sewing | 22 Comments
Tags: dress, Dressmaking, fabric, liberty, Sewing, shirtdress
Down but not out
Thanks so much for all the feedback on the stripy dress. It is really helpful to get unbiassed opinions! I’m not giving up; I’m going to look for a heavier and darker striped fabric (maybe navy and white?), change the direction of the stripes on the front bodice, and lower the neckline a bit. But […]
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Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing
Autumn sewing
Summer’s definitely over in my part of the UK. The schools have gone back for the autumn term, the nights are drawing in rapidly, and I even needed to get my winter coat out one evening last week. I’m sorry the summer’s gone, but on the other hand I really prefer the autumn and winter […]
Filed under: Fabric, Planning | 12 Comments
Tags: coat, Dressmaking, fabric, Sewing
