Sewing

Fitted a-line dress – finished at long last

Finished things 16 April 2011
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Oops, I just realised that I never got round to publishing this post – just a few bits and pieces to finish off the A-line dress stuff. I can’t quite believe that it took me three months to make the dress. OK, so I wasn’t exactly sewing continuously for all that time, but even so… […]

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Fitted A-line dress – method for making up

Making clothes 22 March 2011
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I’ve finally finished the wintry dress of doom and, surprisingly, am quite pleased with it. I even wore it to work last week. Here’s the method I used to sew it. The stitch length was 2.5mm except for the darts which I sewed with a 1.8mm stitch (this was overkill really as 2.5mm would have […]

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Spring flowers and the wintry dress of doom

Making clothes 14 February 2011
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I’m still sewing my winter dress though it definitely seems to be spring here. Snowdrops, crocuses, birds singing, that sort of thing… The dress has so far been an almighty pain in the arse to sew together, and it feels like it’s taking forever.  I’m trying to think of it as (another) learning experience. Things […]

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Fitted A-line dress design and pattern

Design & ideas 26 January 2011
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Design I want to make a fitted winter dress to wear to work – a sort of grown-up pinafore dress really. The style I’ve got in mind is sleeveless and made in a medium-weight fabric, worn with a long-sleeve top underneath it and combined with tights and long boots. There’s a dress (pattern 17) in […]

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The nightshirt – finally finished

Finished things 17 January 2011
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The fabric and pattern pieces for this nightshirt have unfortunately spent many months living in a cupboard. I got as far as working out a cutting layout and preparing the fabric. Then a friend came to stay and I needed to clear things away. Funny how things drift out of your mind once they’re out […]

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