I had found a lovely cheap fabric browsing in Abakhan (while daughter trampolining probably – or that’s my excuse), so had to find something to make with it!! I chose this New Look Project Runway pattern, with different variants. There are some fiddly bits to this one, particularly where the front bits meet. This was …
June 2019 archive
Jun 17
Cold shoulder tops 2017 & 18
I had bought this first fabric a while back with no idea what to make with it (for a change!), but wanted to make something I could wear all the time. I love the sewing machines on it etc. I found this pattern which I thought was simple and stylish! It is okay, but the …
Jun 11
Teacup dress 2018
I got this offcut of fabric in Abakhan. Not much of it 🙁 I love china and teacups and saucers, so this was perfect for me, but what could I make with such a small amount? The lady in the shop suggested an apron, but somehow I managed to get a dress out of it, …
Jun 11
Patchwork 2017
I always like a new challenge, and decided to have a look at doing some patchwork for some reason! Possibly because every fabric shop you go into has those adorable fat quarters of co-ordinating fabrics!! Never enough to make something I would normally make i.e. clothes, but irresistible fabrics!! I had probably bought some so …
Jun 11
Sheriff of Nottingham – school play 2017
How many parents make a fully lined jacket with a fitted fur cape for a school play? I must admit I was quite pleased with it. After SATs the Year 6 class do a school production. When it was going to be Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies, I automatically assumed my son (Robin) would audition …
Jun 11
Lobster Bustles 2017
So one of the things with steampunk ladies seems to be competing to have the biggest bum!!! One of the other ‘Steamstresses’ had made this lobster bustle and I thought is was fab so wanted to have a go myself. Officially it is the Truly Victorian TV163 1887 Imperial Tournure rather than a ‘lobster’!! Basic …
Jun 11
Reversible Bolero plus embroidery 2017
I used the Simplicity 1819 again for this, but made it reversible this time. To go with two different outfits. This would go with the Truly Victorian skirt I had just made (from charity shop curtains), and re-use the embroidery designs I had done for ‘Time’. The new challenge here was positioning the embroidery designs …
Jun 11
Truly Victorian TV261-R 1885 Four Gore Underskirt
I acquired some bargain fabric in the form of some red curtains from a charity shop. I finally got round to washing them and unpicking all the seams and linings. Lots of fabric! The theory was that I could try a new pattern, and if it went wrong it wouldn’t matter much. I went for …
Jun 11
Alice through the Looking Glass – ‘Time’ – for Asylum 2017
This was probably my most adventurous make, and the first time as a known character – a cosplay. It seemed like a good idea at the time, when I was planning a ‘family’ theme. I managed to ‘sell’ it to Robin, but no-one else, and he still wanted to go as Time. For those of …
Jun 11
Plane blueprint shirts 2017
So we were on a long weekend in Margate and stopped in Canterbury on the way home. And I happen to spot a fabric shop – this happens a lot funnily enough! As usual the family traipse in after me, but then youngest spots this fantastic fabric – he is planes mad! His Dad approves …
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