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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Sewing stuff and new old things
Sewing has been rather slow of late but I have been busy in the sewing room none the less. We have finally moved the spare bed out and I am in the middle of re-organising boxes and bags of fabric, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, not sewing
Tagged dress form, Enid Gilchrist, sewing room, sewing space, thrifty find
16 Comments
BurdaStyle 04-2011-104
My BurdaStyle pants are all calico’d up and ready to check. No alterations done yet and they are without fly front zipper or pockets. Oh, apologies for the creases – I wore them while setting up for the pictures. Overall … Continue reading
Posted in Sewing
Tagged BurdaStyle, calico, fitting, Muslin, sewing trousers, sway back alteration, Trouser, welt pockets
14 Comments
Catching up
Guess what? I’ve started making a pair of trouser for myself. Yes. Very exciting for me anyway. They’ve got a rear welt pocket, front flap pockets and a fly front. Cool. Anyway, I’ve traced and mostly sewn them up in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, magazines, Patterns, Sewing
Tagged BurdaStyle, frock, girl's dress, kids clothes, op shop, pants, Singer Sewing Book, thrifty find, Trousers
5 Comments
Ooo look what I found
I have been checking ‘my’ op shops regularly and haven’t found a single sewing book. Have I found needlework texts? Yes. Home crafts? Yes. Embroidery? Yep. Sewing? A resounding no. So, instead I have drooled over the thrifty finds of … Continue reading
Bodice block is on hold for the mo
A few evenings ago I climbed back into the bodice and stood very still while JJ carefully pinned me in (note to self, a centre back closure on a block is just daft). About ten minutes later he ever so … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Coverstitch, Patterns, Serger, Sewing
Tagged alterations, bodice block, Burda, fitting, kids tops, knit fabric, Kwik Sew, merino, New Look, SBA
8 Comments
