This is the toile for what will eventually be Simplicity 5303, the long beige version. Only not in beige.
Jenny’s coming over tomorrow, to bring the not-beige fabric that she’s chosen, and to try on the top.
I’ve only made the top half of the dress because the only part that needs fitting is to make sure that [...]

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So far I have made a grand total of seven and a half corsets. Two for me, four for friends, and one which is still under construction. The first one I made from a commercial sewing pattern, and it was such a ridiculous shape (even for a ridiculously-shaped garment like a corset) that I decided [...]

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Today’s important lesson is
ALWAYS LABEL YOUR PATTERNS.
Otherwise, when you come to repeat a pair of trousers for a friend after eighteen months, you may come to find a cryptic note pinned to the pattern, with no clues whatsoever as to what it means.

I can hazard a guess that this is the amount I had to [...]

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Today my plan was to draft some paper patterns for three or four different styles of skirt that I’ve been thinking about for a little while. I know the average sizes of myself, my friends and family, and my repeat customers, but I thought I’d better do a little bit of research and find out [...]

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