I seem to have misplaced my pattern for this one. I made the trousers with the flap front, and a velvet jacket for my husband. He hasn’t worn them very often 🙁 a) It was summer, and the velvet jacket was TOO hot! b) No pockets in the trousers… This is obviously very disappointing, and …
May 2019 archive
May 16
Butterick B5696 (2014) – Tea Cups
I thought this would be something special for The Asylum, which I was attending for the first time this year. This would be for the Ball event in the Assembly Rooms in Lincoln. Construction of this skirt was very similar to the Simplicity 1819 skirt, but without the side cascades, and with a much bigger …
May 16
Simplicity 2172 (2015)
So I worked my way up to what must be THE most popular steampunk pattern. Nearly every event you go to, you will see someone wearing their variation on this, and that is one of the beauties about steampunk, everyone can do their take on something, it is down to their imagination and creativity. It …
May 10
Simplicity 2207 (2014)
This is another of the ‘popular’ steampunk patterns. I actually made ALL of this outfit. The skirt is really straightforward and even has an elasticated waist. However, it isn’t one of my favourites. I feel it lacks a certain amount of finish – the skirt and bustle edges are just overlocked, or even just finished …
May 10
Simplicity 1819 Bolero (2014)
The bolero is quite simple, having only 3 pattern pieces for this version (an extra one for the version with a collar made for my daughter – which was more complex to put together). The thing that was most difficult with this was hand sewing the trim on. I don’t have much patience when it …
May 10
Transport Day Dress (2014)
What better excuse to wear something different (and buy fabric) than a vintage event in your village? Lymm Historic Transport Day was started in 2014 and has been a resounding success. It brings into the village old boats / barges on the canal, vintage buses, old bicycles, motor bikes, steam engines, tractors and lots and …
May 10
Mini Simplicity 1819 (2014)
Once I had made myself a skirt, and husband and son waistcoats, I had to make daughter a skirt too. I decided to make the same Simplicity 1819 for her, but as she was only 10, she was too small for the pattern. I did a bit of educated guess work and rescaling of the …
May 10
Waistcoats (2013 and onwards)
I have seriously lost count of how many waistcoats I have made now. When I was looking through photos to start this blog I kept seeing them and saying ‘oooh I had forgotten that one!’ It was interesting that they made a waistcoat in the Great British Sewing Bee final this year. The construction was …
May 09
First Crocheted Blankets (2014/15)
I decided that next progress would be to crochet small things that could be put together to make something more significant. I picked a nice grey and blue wool. I remembered making a hexagon patchwork cushion as a child, so decided a hexagon would be a good plan. I found a hexagonal granny square (!) …
May 09
Crochet in the beginning
Mums and YouTube are the best!!! I saw what my Mum was making and thought they were so cute I really had to try and learn to crochet. She was using a YouTube video to teach herself how to do it, so I did the same. I had never got to grips with how I …
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