Category: Sewing

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 …

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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 …

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Simplicity 1819 (2013)

So after getting some serious bustle envy at my first steampunk outing, I was determined to have something for the next event! There are some fairly ‘popular’ patterns classified as steampunk, and I thought this looked a good start (but bought at least 3 patterns at the time! You can never have too many patterns …

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