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McCalls 9456

New job, new dress! I imagine this theme will continue for quite a while, until I’ve got a wardrobe full of clothes that I’m happy to wear to my new job.
This one is McCalls 9456. I’ve had the pattern for years - so long, in fact, that it’s now gone out of print. It’s just [...]

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Yesterday’s lesson turned out to be “Always Make A Toile”. The waistcoat didn’t fit. Not even slightly.
So, this morning I went on a mammoth wardrobe clear-out, and took out everything that doesn’t fit me any more. I then sorted the remaining clothes into “suitable for work” and “not suitable for work”. This led to the [...]

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New job, new waistcoat.

I start my new job next week, so I thought I should probably make myself something smart to wear. Hopefully I’ll have just enough time to finish this waistcoat and its matching trousers.
The pattern for this waistcoat is Style 1815 - it’s dated 1990, but I probably bought it in 1997 as I didn’t have [...]

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California Pants

This is what’s been keeping me busy for the past few days - Laughing Moon #106, California Pants.
These pieces are just the linings and facings for the pockets, waistband, gussets and fly.
As you can probably tell, I’ve still got a long way to go with these! My plan to try and make two pairs before [...]

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Bobbin Support.

This is why I’ve been quiet lately - my sewing machine’s been out of action, and I’ve only just got it back!
Before Christmas it had started acting up a bit - the upper thread would get caught in the bobbin mechanism, and I’d have to disentangle it all every few minutes. I mentioned this when [...]

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A year in pictures.

These are all the things I’ve made during 2009 - or at least all the ones I’ve remembered to photograph!
There doesn’t seem to be very much knitting in there, which surprises me, although I did spend most of the summer working on two large items which aren’t finished yet.
I also still haven’t really shown you [...]

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That’s better.

I find that most dresses can be improved by the addition of a polo neck. If it’s frilly, all the better.
Now I just wish I’d put pockets in it!
The pattern started out as Vogue 8145, with the addition of a modified polo neck based on the pattern piece from McCalls 5924. The dress is the shorter [...]

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A slight sewing difficulty.

I’ve been trying for the best part of a fortnight to make a dress. A dress which should be so easy that I thought it would only take me about four hours to make. And then my sewing machine stopped working, so I was going to use the overlocker, and then I didn’t have the [...]

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Simplicity 2777

This is Simplicity 2777.
I’m making the ankle length version of the top/dress (which I have rather unhelpfully cropped out of the picture), but I’m not entirely certain which size to make. Usually there are actual garments measurements given on the pattern, but there aren’t any on this one.
According to the pattern envelope I should be [...]

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Another Cherry Circle Skirt

The Art Market went really well on Sunday - I sold a few things, and came home with a lovely print of a girl with pink hair!
The skirt above is another cherry print circle skirt for Tiger Lilly in the Harris Arcade, to replace one that was sold a few weeks ago. I’m going to [...]

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