easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in fabric, inspiration, sewing, tops, trousers on Aug 25th, 2008
This is an action shot of Simplicity 2927 – up a tree! The leggings are from a pattern that I drafted myself – something that I want to do a lot more of in future. It’s taken me a long time to find a UK supplier of nice fine organic cotton jersey, so I’d like [...]
This is Simplicity 4050, sadly now out of print. The only change I made to the pattern was to add a tie belt to the waistband. The plain pink fabric is from my stash of Bishopston organic cottons, and the cupcakes are by Martha Negley for Rowan. Chloe had seen the photograph of a dress [...]
Earlier in the week I finished my latest corset – a pink tartan number made from a favourite pair of old trousers. I’d been hoarding the trousers for years and years, despite the fact that they were far too small. I’m glad I did, as I’m very pleased with this new lease of life for [...]
Posted in fabric on May 6th, 2008
Look what I’ve got! Paul’s Mum very kindly gave me a set of ten fat quarters. Aren’t they beautiful? They’re Rowan fabrics which were designed by Kaffe Fassett, and hand woven in India with the support of Oxfam. They go absolutely perfectly with the Bishopston fabrics, so at the moment I’m thinking of some lightweight [...]
This morning I received an email from Ananse Village. They’re a company based in California, who have a Fair Trade agreement with craftspeople in Africa. They sell clothing, musical instruments, jewellery, masks, baskets… all sorts of things. They contacted me specifically to draw my attention to the fabrics, which I have to say are absolutely [...]
Posted in fabric on Jan 27th, 2008
The fabrics that I ordered from Bishopston Trading back in October have now arrived! The enormous parcel was delivered on Friday, but I needed a bit of help to lift and unwrap it, so I had to wait a full twenty-four hours before I could look inside… Aren’t they beautiful? You can see all of [...]