I haven’t been able to settle to anything for the past couple of days (I’ve been unwell again) so I made a very simple little dress. It’s McCalls 5924, which I’ve made before. The first incarnation came out a little on the generous side, so this time I trimmed the pattern down a size. This [...]
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The Easter weekend was very hot, so I thought it would be a good idea to sew a little pair of floaty shorts for the summer. (SInce then it’s been too cold to wear them. Typical.) They’re McCalls 6328, view D, and this is a link to a line drawing because you can’t really see [...]
Suddenly obsessed with ties.
Posted in sewing on Sep 28th, 2010
Not a bow tie this time, but a tie nonetheless. The pattern is McCalls 2447, cut to the shorter length. Although I love the way it looks, I have to say that quilting cotton is really not the best material for making a tie. Because it clings to itself, it’s difficult to make a decent [...]
…McCalls 6164! I saw a couple of incarnations of McCalls 6164 over at Gigi Sews, and couldn’t believe that this pattern had passed me by. I’m a huge fan of 80s-style pouffy sleeves, so I couldn’t resist grabbing the pattern and sewing view D, which seems to have the most ridiculous sleeves of them all. [...]
This is incarnation number two of McCalls 9456. (Here’s the first one.) As you can see, this is a knee-length version with short sleeves. The fabric is a viscose/cotton jersey which is just hovering around the edges of being too fiddly for me to work with. It’s very light and drapey, and even using the [...]
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 [...]
The reason I’ve been a bit quiet lately is because I’ve got a new job! As well as volunteering at the Museum of English Rural Life, I’m also working there as a Learning Assistant. This is a temporary position which lasts for the duration of the school holidays, so you’ll have to excuse me if [...]
Summer Shirt
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
Remember when I told you that McCalls 5433 was going to be my perfect summer wardrobe? Well, here’s my first summer shirt! The fabric is a lightweight quilting cotton – a vintage piece by Rose & Hubble. The print is called “Rosy Days”, and it looks a bit like an old-fashioned quilt. Inside the circles [...]
As well as taking over the world with tunics, I also want to make a couple of new additions to my summer wardrobe. This shirt is McCalls 5433, and it’s a Palmer Pletsch design. I was a bit startled to discover that the instructions ran to seven pages, and was worried that the shirt would [...]
Sewing Plans for this Autumn…
Posted in inspiration, sewing on Aug 17th, 2008
One of the perks of working in a fabric shop is that you find out in advance when the pattern companies are just about to have a special offer, or discontinue lots of styles. Now is the time of year when all of the autumn/winter pattern books appear, which means special offers galore! I have [...]