Tag: Clothes

King Cole Shine Jumper Ta-Da

This one has been quite slow going. I made the sleeves longer, as I hate sleeves being too short!! I probably didn’t need to though, as it has stretched quite a bit. I like the finished product and am wearing it a lot, but I am disappointed with a few things – the fact it …

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Evening Dress 2

Version 2 of this dress, using a dark green satin, View E of the design, for Milly. Hopefully, although the fronts are the same, they will look sufficiently different for the Dining-In. I am not very good at this blogging. I was so stressed out doing the straps I forgot to take any photos. In …

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Summer skirt and top

I bought this fabric to go with the Spirit of Life crochet wrap, but in the end I thought this was a bit too bright, and probably distracted from the wrap itself. I fancied frills, so a fair bit of ruffling, but I just simply overlocked the edges. Obviously it has POCKETS!!! The top was …

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Camo shorts and cropped trousers

I wanted some cropped trousers and couldn’t find any I liked in the shops. To be honest, I didn’t really look – I would much rather make my own!! I found some more camo fabric in Abakhan, and got this pattern to match. In hindsight I questioned my pattern choice – as the jeans pattern …

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Evening Dress

I knew about the Air Cadets annual Dining In when I had my ‘fabric day’ back in May. I didn’t find a suitable silk on my travels, which is what I really want. But I found this fabric that I liked the design on that I thought could be suitable. It was only £3.95 a …

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Camo jacket

This fabric was another find on my ‘fabric day’ I had had back in May. With my son having started in air cadets recently, these patterns were jumping out at me a bit more. I am not sure what they would call this pattern. They refer to ‘MTP’, which stands for Multi-Terrain Pattern. I had …

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Knitting – weird sizes

I have made a couple of things from this pattern booklet before and never noticed the weird sizing. I made a cardigan that I have made previously in a smaller size, this time in 2-3 years. But it came out tiny! I also made a jumper size 12-18 months which came out bigger than the …

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Crochet flower cardigan and another rainbow!

I stumbled across this pattern somehow and thought it would look good in a rainbow! I actually used the Sheepjes wool for this. I did the pattern for a 3 year old. It came out really quite big, but that’s not a bad thing. After this one I made another cardigan for my granddaughter, and …

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Historic Transport Day Outfit 2019

I wanted a new outfit for transport day this year. I was thinking something that I could wear normally as well if I wanted. I had found a really soft denim type fabric with a daisy pattern on it (the family have always liked daisies since my sister called her daughter Daisy 🙂 ), which …

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Jeans & Cords

How have I nearly forgotten about the pair of jeans I made? And even the cords before that for Milly. This pattern was picked because Milly likes ‘Mom jeans’. Although what the shops sell as mom jeans are not what I would wear! I find the shape most unflattering!! These weren’t quite right either – …

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