After making my emerald shift dress I found I was left with about 70cm of fabric, so I thought while the sewing machine is still threaded up with green thread, I would put this remainder to good use by making a camisole top – the #101 top from Burda 12/2006 to be exact! This style features an empire line seam with bust darts, […]
Read MoreI’ve finished my green dress, and I’m really pleased with the result: I haven’t pressed it at all since wearing it to the wedding, so considering this fabric is a very-easily-creased silk/viscose, I’m impressed – it just shows you the value of interlining! The fabric was a bit lighter than my green shoes, […]
Read MoreToday I constructed the main parts of the bodice and this is how it’s looking so far: The fabric is a silk chiffon/viscose burnout, so is slightly sheer where the viscose component is absent. I am underlining it in black viscose lining, partially to disguise the seam allowances, and partially so that it will match […]
Read MoreA couple of posts ago I briefly mentioned the curse word ‘buttonholes’ and alluded to a future blog post. Well here it is….. Meet the sewing machine I learnt to sew on: It is a 1950’s Elna Supermatic that my mother bought before she was married. Don’t you just love the kitchen green colour? It […]
Read MoreIt has been a productive weekend around here, sewing wise: I’m really short on tops at the moment, and thought this was a nice wearable design to use up another end-of-the-roll piece that I had saved. It turns out the whole piece was flawed with barring across it, but although it was really noticable on the […]
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