~the twist dress~

July 20, 2010.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve finally finished the twist dress! It has been sitting on the mannequin, conveniently concealed by my partially made trenchcoat, ever since I did this: Mmm. Moving right along… All I had to complete was the zip, armhole facings and hem, so really it was finished in no time. I tend procrastinate on projects that aren’t going as planned, […]

~who needs an excuse anyway~

July 11, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

Mmm… a Global Fabrics bag, this looks interesting… I wonder if I can squeeze in here… Oooh yes! There’s even room to turn around… Man this is g-r-o-o-v-y!… shake ~ shake ~ shake ~ scratch ~ chew ~ rip! …several minutes and out-of-focus photos later: Purr, purr…there’s a few holes in this bag now, I do hope she doesn’t […]

~trench coat progress~

July 4, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

It rained most of the day today, and my favourite way to spend a rainy day is at the sewing machine! I started sewing my trenchcoat, which I have been putting off because of buttonhole-size-and-type procrastination. I finally took the plunge and decided to do bound buttonholes, even though trenches usually have keyhole buttonholes, and […]

~tricks of the trade: all-in-one facings~

July 3, 2010.Reading time 7 minutes.

While I was making my grey tweed dress, I thought I’d also make a tutorial on how to sew an all-in-one neck and armhole facing. I have noticed a few facing-phobic sewers out there in blogland – so hopefully this will help someone! I am a big fan of facings – if they are well designed and correctly sewn they give […]

~twist and shout: another 60’s dress~

July 2, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

Is it just me, or has anyone else done this?!: I varied from my usual assembly method and followed the pattern instructions – and ended up in a right twist! Normally inserting the zip is one of first things I do, and if I had it would have been difficult to make this mistake. But in this 60’s shift dress […]