easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in exhibitions, fabric, inspiration on Aug 12th, 2011
I managed to miss the Horrockses exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum, so I was delighted to pick up a leaflet for Basildon Park and find out that I could see them a little closer to home. The dresses were beautifully displayed throughout the house, but the highlight for me was this lobster-print skirt [...]
Posted in sewing on Mar 24th, 2009
This is the second incarnation of my new dress pattern – this time in a black and white polycotton gingham. This one’s a bit longer than the first one, and trimmed with black broderie anglais/eyelet. I’ve now worked out my pricing structure, and it looks like this: Reclaimed/recycled fabric: £90 Hand dyed organic cotton: £120 [...]
Posted in sewing on Mar 13th, 2009
This is what’s been keeping me busy this week – designing, drafting and making a new dress. Once I’ve sorted out a pricing structure and a size chart and some other information, I’ll be putting this up for sale, and taking orders. (Assuming that anybody else thinks it’s a nice dress, and that the credit [...]
Yesterday I finished off a dress that’s been almost done for far too long. It was mostly already finished. I just had to add the waistband, sew the top and bottom halves together, and add elastic and binding. Ta daa. I have a sneaky suspicion it’s going to be too long in the bodice for [...]