Posts Tagged ‘Sewing’
You can’t win them all
Last week I finally managed to complete a dress I started making at the beginning of May. It’s taken nearly a month – real life took over from sewing for a while! I tried the finished dress on with great excitement, only to realise that the project is a complete failure. It’s wearable enough to […]
Filed under: Burda, Fabric, Finished, Sewing | 38 Comments
Tags: blue, Burda, dress, Dressmaking, Sewing
I’ve worn my pink a-line dress so much I made it again! It’s the same fabric, a boiled wool jersey from Truro Fabrics, in a colourway called cream. Personally I think it is more of a beige than a cream. I’m really liking the modern, minimalist vibe of this version, which is very different to […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Finished, Notions, Sewing, Simplicity | 25 Comments
Tags: beige, Dressmaking, modern, Sewing, simplicity
I had visions of one of those geometric Courrèges designs with perfectly symmetrical single welt pockets on the front. So I added welt pocket markings to Simplicity 5320, a structured A-line style, and cut it out in camel-coloured boiled wool. The basic dress is an easy sew but I’ve never done this style of pocket […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Sewing, Simplicity, Techniques | 19 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, pockets, Sewing, simplicity, welt pockets
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 […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fabric, Fitting, Sewing, Vogue | 31 Comments
Tags: black, chado ralph rucci, dress, Dressmaking, Sewing, suede, Vogue
Rachel’s epic blogger meetup
What a weekend! Rachel of House of Pinheiro organised a truly epic blogger meetup in London. Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos…I was too busy talking sewing all day with the 45 or so sewists who turned up. We met in the Victoria and Albert museum where Rachel had organised photographs by a professional photographer. […]
Filed under: Fabric | 10 Comments
Tags: meetup, Sewing, Shopping
The weather in the UK has been so miserably cold that I decided what I needed to make next was a really warm cardigan. For one reason or another it took me a while to sew, and of course the very day I finished it the weather warmed up. Guess I should have sewed faster. […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Finished, Kimono, Sewing, Style | 20 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, kimono, Sewing
Shocking pink
It seems like a long time since I made this dress. I normally photograph new makes right away, but this one’s been sitting around for a few weeks while I’ve been unwell. Things are getting better now so I have slapped some makeup on and got photos of it at last. The pattern is Simplicity […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Finished, Simplicity, Style, Vintage | 41 Comments
Tags: 1970s, Dressmaking, pink, Sewing, simplicity, vintage
So in an attempt to beat the freezing cold UK weather I bought some wool jerseys to make warm winter dresses. This is the first; a repeat of Burda 122-09-2010 made in a very stable violet coloured wool blend from Ditto Fabrics. I think I must have had about the last of it because it’s […]
Filed under: Burda, Dressmaking, Finished, Sewing | 36 Comments
Tags: Burda, dress, Dressmaking, Sewing, violet
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 […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Fabric, Sewing | 15 Comments
Tags: Dressmaking, fabric, quitting, Sewing
When I started sewing I did lots of research about picking a machine. I knew I wanted something I could sew heavy fabrics on, and that I wouldn’t grow out of quickly. Various websites recommended getting one with a one-step buttonhole and stretch stitches for sewing knits. I ended up with an Elna 3210 which […]
Filed under: Dressmaking, Machines, Sewing | 18 Comments
Tags: elna, Sewing, sewing machine, singer
