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 […]
Read MoreIt 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 […]
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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 […]
Read MoreIs 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 […]
Read MoreYesterday I finished Style 3109, a shift dress from 1971: I used some charcoal tweed from stash, and I just had enough to squeeze View B out minus the facings, so I cut them in a fine black wool instead. The tweed is a wool/silk and is so very soft, you could probably wear it […]
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