Oh, I have so many things that I’ve made and haven’t told you about yet… and I have a new job, and new ideas and new plans… but first of all I need to do a little bit of clearing out. It’s more than three years since my order of Bishopston Trading fabrics arrived, and [...]
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I spent yesterday afternoon developing the prototypes I made on Saturday – in fabrics that I’ll actually wear. The top is a pink tartan cotton and viscose blend shirting. I added sleeves, although they didn’t turn out quite how I meant them to. I was intending to make floaty butterfly sleeves, but these have come [...]
Butterick B5317
Posted in sewing on Aug 23rd, 2009
I started making this dress last weekend, but I’ve been so busy at the Museum this week that I didn’t have time to finish it until today. It’s Butterick B5317, made in black organic cotton from Bishopston Trading. The pattern is marked as “Fast & Easy”, and for the most part it was, but inserting [...]
I’ve been away from the blog recently on account of a Dreaded Lurgy, so I haven’t had a great deal to show you. Fortunately I have managed to drag myself out of my sick bed *cough* for long enough to make this: which is eventually going to be the front of a shirt, in organic [...]
New Bishopston Fabrics!
Posted in fabric, inspiration on Oct 2nd, 2008
Yes, it’s October, and the new Bishopston swatches have just arrived! The most exciting thing about this is that they’ve just introduced a new fabric weight – a Fair Trade cotton lawn! They’re the swatches on the left – the colours mostly match the regular cottons, but the fabric is a much lighter weight. The [...]
Here is incarnation number two of Simplicity 2927, this time in black and grey. This one’s for Claire, (no, not me!) who left me a comment when she saw the one I’d made for myself. It’s made using 100% organic cotton, from Bishopston Trading. I couldn’t find any grey, so I dyed a piece myself. [...]