This weekend I’ve been sewing the waistcoat to go with the Dorset buttons I made last Sunday. The pattern is McCalls 8285, and the fabric is a sage green cotton velvet. It’s almost finished – I just need to make the buttonholes, and sew a little silver buckle onto one of the straps at the [...]
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The black corduroy cloche that I showed you the other day has now been livened up by a lime green bias tape band. The red cloche is made from two layers of polar fleece. There’s also a black bias band on the inside, making it fully reversible. My brief for this one was to make [...]
This is my second cloche hat, with a symmetrical brim this time. (You’re looking at the side of the hat – front at the left of the photo.) It’s made from heavy black cord, and lined with black polar fleece. This hat’s going on a honeymoon to Iceland in a few weeks, so it should [...]