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 [...]
Category Archive for 'tops'
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here you go - these are the eight finished pieces that I’ve made for the Tiger Lilly boutique. I just need to sew in the labels, and then I can take them into town.
Just in case you’re wondering how you might order a circle skirt or a tunic dress for yourself, you can do that [...]
In case you’ve been wondering about the sudden flurry of sewing photographs that have been appearing on Flickr and Twitter - I’ve been asked to put together a few things for a local shop.
Tiger Lilly is an independent vintage and retro boutique in Reading’s Harris Arcade. Chloe has a lovely ever-changing collection of vintage clothes [...]
This evening I will be mostly rushing around like a lunatic, because I lost track of the time while I was making this fun little dress.
One of my colleagues is starting her maternity leave next week, so I thought it would be nice to make her a little gift for the baby. I didn’t think [...]
Ta-Daa!
The pattern is Butterick 5254, view C.
I had been planning to make view B which is much longer, but there turned out to be a printing flaw in the fabric, and I couldn’t quite maneouvre the pattern pieces around it. So I made the shorter version instead.
The jacket is lined with polar fleece, so it [...]
This is another tunic for Diane - a short hip-length one this time.
Diane’s online name is “Bloomeenee”, so you can imagine that she was very keen to have something made from this fabulous Beatles Yellow Submarine fabric!
Here’s a YouTube clip of the “Sea of Holes” part of the film.
While I was sending off to America [...]