Sewing adventures: learning as I go along.
Linen-viscose Lottie Dress – Christine Haynes
I had made this #LottieDress from #ChristineHaynes before and made three and a half muslins to get it to fit, so it was lovely to reuse the pattern without having to do any fitting. This fabric is a really flowy linen-viscose kindly gifted to me by Minerva. The colour is this are really rich and…
Christine Haynes Lottie Dress – the muslin and first dress
I’m so glad I tried one last muslin on this @christinehaynes #lottiedress because I love this final result in ‘real’ fabric. I did three and a half muslins!My issue was to get the dress to fit around my bum. In the end, I added a centre-back seam and curved it out over my posterior and…
Muna and Broad, Cobden Chore Jacket
This jacket was quite an adventure and I really enjoyed making it and I love the end result.I had been making these squares from linen scraps in my stash and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. I had been planning to make a Muna and Broad, Cobden Chore Jacket, and thought this…
Muna and Broad Shoalhaven Shacket
I’m really happy with this Shoalhaven Shacket from Muna and Broad – a mashup of three M&B patterns. This is my third version of the Shacket and while it’s a year or more since I made the last one, I could follow along easily with the instructions. The first time (2021) I had never made…
Irish wool tweed, September Coat
Finally finished the September Coat from Merchant and Mills, https://merchantandmills.com/eu/the-september which appropriately enough I sewed up during the month of September. And for those of you who followed along on Instagram, thanks a million, it was great to have your company.This is a wonderful pattern, extremely well drafted and with very good instructions. For the…
Covered buttons for September Coat
Quite a few people have remarked on the covered buttons for my recently finished Merchant and Mills September Coat so I have done this tutorial . https://merchantandmills.com/eu/the-september On a previous blog post you can also see how I made covered buttons for the @MunaAndBroad #Waikerie, which I made as a duster. Muna and Broad Waikerie…
Bias skirt is very satisfying sew
I saw this Clo Bias Skirt by Soften Studio on @_DiyDaisy and really liked it and I’d been wanting to make a bias skirt for a long time. I really love the finished skirt but there is a major caveat, it only goes up to 52.5” hip, which is a shame On this pattern, this…
Zero waste gives maximum flexibility
This is the @criswoodsews #criswoodsewsparasol dress and I really love it.Cris designs very clever zero-waste dresses, usually using rectangles. You may have noticed that I often make minor design alterations to patterns and being able to do that is one of the things I love about sewing.https://criswoodsews.com/I also learn from each pattern. In this dress,…
How to do perfect mitred corners
These pictures show napkins, but you can use the same technique for things like skirt splits. I also use it for the bottom corners of patch pockets before I sew them on. It reduces bulk and avoids sticky-out bits.
Style Arc Hope Extension Pack
I’m really happy with this StyleArc Hope dress and the recently released bodice extensions to the pattern.I made this up in a lovely yarn-dyed very dark navy gingham given to me by Minerva as a Minerva Ambassador. I washed and dried the fabric before cutting it out and it came out perfectly.I used the new…
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