RTW Tailoring Sewalong #1 – Pattern Amendments – Outer Shell

April 1, 2011.Reading time 18 minutes.

Welcome to our first official RTW Tailoring Sewalong post! By now hopefully you have your toile/muslin fitted, and any pattern alterations done. If you are having any problems, post some photos in our Flickr pool or in the discussion board, and we’ll all do our best to give you helpful feedback. And if you’re not […]

~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 […]

~a trench coat~

May 25, 2010.Reading time 5 minutes.

Until now I have resisted making a trench coat for myself, as belted waistlines don’t really suit me-and-my-short-waist-that-is-not-getting-any-smaller, but rummaging through some of my fabrics I found some stone coloured stretch twill, and thought I’d give a slim-line trench coat a go. I thought I had a pattern somewhere for this one, circa 2000: We produced this one in viscose coated polyurethane […]