tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76858783986962862022024-03-13T04:35:49.041+00:00pimp my curtainsTamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-11494521733373426792019-01-11T10:10:00.000+00:002019-01-11T10:10:01.833+00:00Simple Sew: Cara JumpsuitEarly in the summer I made a jumpsuit by another pattern designer and surprised myself by really liking it, so when it came to choosing the last of my Simple Sew makes for 2018, I thought that I would go for the <a href="https://www.simplesewpatterns.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-cara-jumpsuit">Cara Jumpsuit</a> and make it in a rather nice dark teal stretch velvet that I already had in my stash - perfect timing for party season.<br />
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The pattern would have been pretty straight forward to make up had I not changed several things while I was making it. I did note that there is no information on the pattern envelope about requiring bias binding. Luckily I read the instructions before I planned to start so was able to to go and get some the next time I was in town. If I had started this without reading the instructions first, it would have been very frustrating.<br />
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Because of my choice of fabric some parts were trickier than they would have been in a thinner fabric. Turning the tubes to create the ties was the first thing I did and turning stretch velvet in to tubes is not to be recommended!<br />
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Attaching the bias binding also took a while and I didn't want visible stitching on the outside of the garment, so I did a lot of hand stitching on this step.<br />
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At some point in the construction I thought it might be a good idea to have some pockets, so I used the pocket piece from the Lapwing Trousers to create in-seam pockets. I cut the pocket pieces from some lining fabric and then spent some considerable time trying to sew the pockets in. Because of the nap of the velvet and the slipperiness of the lining fabric, every time I tried to sew in the pockets they shifted.<br />
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When I did a baste fit of the whole garment the pockets ended up too far down my leg every time and I must have done them about 4 times! I decided that that was enough and just cut them out and sewed the side seams up as I should have done in the first place! They were such a disaster that I didn't even take any photos of this bit. In retrospect I should have altered the pocket pattern piece so that it would attach at the waistband as well as the side seam, then there would have been less shifting down the leg.<br />
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During baste fitting, I also decided that I didn't like the length or shape of the bodice on me and decided to separate the top and bottom again. The easiest way to do this was to just cut the waist channelling off - no faffing about trying to unpick overlocking on this fabric!<br />
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I finished off the trousers by creating a waistband for elastic from some spare fabric - basically just a rectangle of fabric that was the same length as the waist on the trousers, double the width of the elastic I wanted to use plus seam allowances. I joined the rectangle at the short end to create a loop, folded the loop in half along the length and attached the raw edges to the trousers leaving a short section unsewn so that I could feed the elastic through. Having fed the elastic through the waistband and got it to a comfortable length I joined the ends and then finished sewing the waistband. Again, no photos of this bit, but the waistband technique is detailed in the True Bias Hudson pants sew along.<br />
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I then tried the top on on its own and decided to take the sides in. I basted this step a couple of times until it looked how I wanted.<br />
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So this ended up being a two piece outfit. I will wear both pieces together as a faux jumpsuit, but I thought the versatility of separates might mean that it got worn more.<br />
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I had thought, at one point in the construction, that I would be able to wear this to the New Craft House Christmas party but that wasn't to be. I have yet to wear this as it turned out too fancy for both our Christmas and New Years celebrations, but I have plans for the Dressmaker's Ball in March!<br />
For now here are some finished photos in multiple locations trying to get decent lighting and representation of colour...<br />
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-27378610924403797322019-01-04T13:44:00.000+00:002019-01-04T13:44:24.143+00:00FO: Drapey Drop Dress in stripesSo it is the beginning of a new year and time for me to catch up on unblogged items. I don't think there are too many this year....<br />
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This dress was a spur of the moment make. It was blisteringly hot in the UK in the summer of 2018 and I decided that I wanted a simple jersey dress that I could just throw on and that wasn't too clingy. The pattern is the <a href="https://www.madeit-patterns.com/product/drop-dress-top-copy/">Madeit Patterns Drop Dress</a>. I had made the <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.com/2017/06/fo-drapey-drop-top-in-sparkles.html">Drop top</a> previously and had thought that I would make the dress sometime.<br />
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I had some stripey fabric in the stash, and I just about had enough and I mean just....<br />
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I concentrated on whether there was going to be enough fabric, rather than on any chance of stripe matching, but as it happened I think it matched reasonably well. The neck binding technique gives a great finish, but feels a bit bulky in this fabric. I toyed with the idea of taking off the neckband and just turning the neck under and stitching, but it clearly didn't bother me that much as I still haven't done anything about!<br />
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I think next time I make this I will look at doing a small forward shoulder adjustment as both this and my previous version pull to the back a little and make the neck feel tight when it isn't.<br />
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So, a very successful quick make that was perfect for the sunny Norfolk coast.<br />
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Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-39384263375888891512018-11-21T11:09:00.001+00:002018-11-27T18:00:24.221+00:00Wedding Guest accessoriesThis is a postscript to my last post to detail the accessories I made for us both for the wedding.<br />
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I made my husband a tie from the same fabric as my dress, and a little pocket square. I used the same pattern for the tie as I did for the grooms men's ties, and I think I even put one of the little labels in it as a reminder of the event.<br />
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At the last minute I realised that I didn't have a suitable bag. Having seen a lot of <a href="https://kylieandthemachine.com/introducing-the-ida-clutch/">Ida Clutches</a> on the Internet a little before this I thought that would be ideal. The pattern for the clutch is by <a href="https://kylieandthemachine.com/">Kylie and the Machine</a> and is a free download.<br />
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The Ida clutch is such a great little pattern. It is perfect for using up leftovers and with Christmas coming up ideal for quick and easy gifts. There is so much information in the <a href="http://kylieandthemachine.com/ida-clutch-sewing-instructions/">instructions</a> for this, with a <a href="https://kylieandthemachine.com/interfacing-ida-clutch/">whole post all about interfacing</a> adequately. The written instructions and the photographs are all very clear and easy to follow, so enough gushing, here is my version!<br />
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I pulled out various bits of fabric from the stash to see what would go with the dress and the sandals that I had bought. I ended up with a piece of fabric left over from making curtains for one of my girls last year - it is a blush pink furnishing fabric (middle piece in the picture below) with a fair bit of structure to it.<br />
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I decided to line it with fabric leftover from my dress. Even though the main fabric was reasonably stiff I followed the interfacing instructions and ended up double interfacing to get the stiffness I wanted.<br />
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I put in two little internal pockets and just followed the instructions<br />
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And as a finishing touch I put in one of the labels I had put in the ties<br />
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I could have made it a bit bigger given what I tried to fit in it, but this was a fantastic, quick make and I will be making more!<br />
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I was looking for a wrap style dress possibly with ruffles and I found the exact dress in the <a href="https://www.stylearc.com/shop/sewing-patterns/giselle-dress/">Style Arc Giselle</a>. However, when I looked at the line drawing I decided that it looked quite simple and that I could recreate it from the bodice block that I have drawn up in my pattern cutting class.<br />
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This obviously wasn't as simple as I thought it would be. I converted my bodice and skirt blocks into a wrap versions, drafted the circular ruffle, made up a toile and it was a disaster! The bones of it were there, but there was <i>waaay</i> too much fabric in the bodice and I couldn't work out why. I tried moving darts and taking it in, but it was turning into a bit of a dogs dinner.<br />
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For some reason I decided to check my measurements against the ones I had taken for my block 5 years ago and whilst I am roughly the same weight and size, my measurements were noticeably different, which accounted for the excess fabric in the toile. I decided to redraft my bodice block, so that I could then redraft the wrap dress. The redraft worked well and I made a second toile but it still didn't fit right.<br />
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At this point I was beginning to run out of time, so I gave in and bought the PDF of the Giselle. I compared the Giselle pattern pieces to mine and could see immediately what I had done wrong on the second toile - I had forgotten to true up the waist when I had moved a dart. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of any of this. <br />
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The fabric I used is viscose and it is lovely and floaty. I got the fabric from Geoff Rosenberg of Stitch Fabrics, off his remnant table at one of his Trumpington Village hall sales. I made a size 10 using the Style Arc pattern and it fitted really well. The instructions are pretty minimal, but having used Burdastyle magazine patterns in the past it was quite straight forward! I did struggle getting the waist tie on to the the dress neatly, but I think I mis-read something earlier in the construction. I manged to bodge it pretty well and you can't see that bit of the dress when it is being worn.When I was trying the dress on just before it was finished, I realised that the skirt was slightly see-through at the back, such that you could see the colour and shape of my underwear. I very quickly cut a lining out of some silk and just lined the back of the skirt by hand stitching it to the waistline and down the side seams. <br />
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Here I was finishing the edges of the ruffle/flounce. I tried using a rolled hem foot on a scrap of fabric but didn't get on very well, so I overlocked the edges, folded over the edge and sewed a very narrow hem<br />
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Checking out the finished dress<br />
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And finally, a more relaxed vibe at Camp Workroom Social, waiting for the fashion show:<br />
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So in the end a very successful make. I was a little disappointed that I hadn't persevered with the drafting when I realised how close I had got with my version, but the finished dress and how I felt wearing it, wiped away that disappointment!Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-60956063199979949062018-10-10T20:25:00.001+01:002018-10-10T20:25:31.514+01:00Simple Sew Kimono Dress<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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kept the length of the size 20 - I like my dressing gown/robes to be quite
long. This style has grown on sleeves which means that sleeve and the body are
all one piece. I quite wanted longer sleeves but the front pieces are quite big
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so having sewn the shoulder seams together, I pinned the side seams,
tried it on and worked out where I wanted to add the in seam pockets. My
winter dressing gown had large patch pockets, but I felt that wasn’t the look I
wanted for this. I used the pocket piece from the Lapwing trousers and placed
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pockets and sewn up the side seams the robe was looking pretty good. The
instructions have you finish the edge of the front, then turn and stitch down.
I thought this would not give the finish that I wanted, particularly
around the neckline - and this is where
this project started to take its time -
I decided to make some bias tape to finish the edge. I have
recently taken out of use a duvet set that was the exact pinky lilac colour of
the flamingos. I used a tutorial by Colette for </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://blog.colettehq.com/tutorials/continuous-bias-tape-tutorial"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">continuous
bias binding</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">. This technique is a bit fiddly but I find it much easier than joining
lots of strips of fabric. I didn’t think to take pictures of what I did so have
included the link. Quite a small square of fabric makes a surprisingly
long piece of bias tape! I machine stitched the bias on to the edge, then
folded it over and hand stitched all the
way around the front. Having done that, I then hand stitched the sleeve hems and the
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with it and a little bit disappointed that the weather has become much cooler,
so I won’t be wearing this properly until next summer. It is a very easy sew
and would be quite quick if you didn’t add bias tape and hand stitching to the
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<![endif]-->Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-70607504640218346382018-10-03T15:02:00.000+01:002018-10-03T15:02:35.102+01:00Very Special Wedding Sewing: TiesAt the beginning of the year we found out that one of our much loved cousins had just got engaged. There was much excitement and speculation about plans and clothes! The groom, Joe, got in contact and asked whether I would be prepared to either head up a working party or do it myself, to make him and his groomsmen ties for the wedding. His initial idea was to have bow ties for all, but on discussion with his mates and brothers decided that they would all have normal ties and he would have the bow tie.<br />
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We had a fantastic day shopping for fabric - he had a swatch of the fabric for his suit and had expressed a liking for Liberty style fabrics. I knew Joe was colour blind, but hadn't appreciated which colours he
can't 'see' - I spent a lot of time trying to explain what different
colours were and which ones were which, which made for quite an entertaining time. I took him to Fabric Galore as I had heard they have a range of Liberty fabric, but we didn't find anything that he liked. Our plan then was to go to Shaukat in Kensington, and if we didn't find anything there then we would aim for Liberty itself. Shaukat is a shop that sells exclusively Liberty fabric for less than Liberty, and it has masses of stock (much more than Liberty does) both of current fabrics and past. <br />
We got to Shaukat and couldn't believe the range of fabric there. After feeling a little overwhelmed we found the perfect fabric:<br />
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After leaving Shaukat, we went to MacCulloch and Wallace, where I had already scouted out the tie canvas for the lining of the ties and we also bought the silk for the tips of the ties.<br />
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Having made a tie for my husband a couple of years ago, using an old tie of his as the pattern I was ready to go. <br />
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I felt that I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing, but wanted to read a bit about tie making before I started. There are a lot of tutorials on how to make a machine sewn tie, but not much information on sewing a 'proper' tie. The most informative site that I found regard the making of ties was <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/">Thread Theory</a>, the Canadian menswear pattern company. They have a very useful tutorial for <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/blogs/tutorials/sew-a-silk-tie">making a silk tie</a>, complete with links to various sources that <i>they</i> had found useful.<br />
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I tidied up the pattern that I had made from the old tie and had taken on board the request from one of Joe's brothers that the ties not be 'kipper' ties! I had shown him the pattern piece and I think he thought that would be the finished size! There was a lengthy discussion on the finished width of the larger end of the tie - 2 3/4 inches/just under 7cm was the final decision.<br />
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I had done quite a bit of prep to try and work out how much fabric I would need for 9 ties and 2 bow ties (the second bow tie was for the brides dog!). As you can see above, ties are cut on the bias to allow some stretch when they are being tied. I had hoped that there would be a magic formula on the internet but I couldn't find much that was helpful. I ended up cutting multiple tie pieces from paper, laying them out and measuring the amount of space they took up. Unfortunately I did not make a note of the metreage I thought I would need, nor the amount that we actually bought.<br />
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Above are all the pieces for the ties - Each tie is made of three pieces, plus 2 lining pieces for the tips of the ties (the white triangular-ish bits) and the lining so that was 54 cut pieces of fabric for the ties and 6 cut pieces for the bow ties!<br />
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I batch sewed all the different tasks - so I sewed all the tie pieces together and pressed the seams, then sewed one side of the tips for all ties before sewing the other side of the tips. It sounds quite complex but the batch sewing really helped me keep organised with everything. <br />
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Having constructed all the ties and pressed all the tips, I then added the tie canvas - the strip of canvas is laid down the middle of the tie, then the edges are folded in. These edges can overlap slightly and this is the central seam down the back of a tie. This seam is hand sewn carefully so that the stitches are not too tight. If the stitches are too tight then the tie can pucker and not stretch sufficiently when it is being tied. <br />
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Having completed all the ties I was super pleased with how they had turned out, but I wanted a little extra to make them even more special. I thought it would be nice to put some sort of label in and spent quite some considerable time trying to find somewhere that could do a small quantity of printed fabric labels. After extensive search of the internet I found a company called <a href="https://www.bagsoflove.co.uk/fabric-labels">Bags of Love</a> whose minimum order was 20 (still more than I needed but much better than 50, 75, 100, 250 that all the other places I had found) for about £20. You can chose the size of your label from a selection, add text, colour of text, images etc. I chose to have the bride and grooms names and their wedding date in a colour that went with the tie. They looked perfect and I was almost as pleased with the labels as I was with the ties! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used a pattern for the bow tie that I had found on the internet - the one I ended up using was from <a href="https://sewlikemymom.com/mens-bow-tie-tutorial/">Sew Like My Mum</a>. This was one of very few patterns for tie-able bow ties, rather than a pre-tied nonadjustable bow tie. Making the bow ties was pretty simple, the trickiest bit was turning the ties right side out and making sure that the corners were nice and crisp. A good press made what started off looking like a crumpled rag look pretty smart!<br />
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So after all that, here are some pictures of the ties in action:<br />
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-38270372806530774102018-09-19T13:03:00.000+01:002018-09-19T13:03:56.507+01:00Fo: Coral sweatshirtStraight after finishing the <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.com/2018/08/fo-newlook-6471-aka-emergency-prom.html">Prom</a> top, I was straight into copying a rtw sweatshirt that middlest daughter had worn to shreds. The area around the cuffs is see through and it was looking a tiny bit small:<br />
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I offered to try and copy it and for a change Middlest seemed quite keen - she is not usually interested in mum made clothing. I had seen on the internet that <a href="https://www.higgsandhiggs.com/">Higgs & Higgs</a> had a good selection of 'embossed' looking or raised surface patterned jerseys, so I had a look, sent my daughter a link and she chose this coral colour<br />
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I copied this top by pinning it out on paper and pretty much drawing around all the relevant parts. I trued everything up as inevitably the pattern pieces were a little wonky. Just before I started making this the Tilly Stella Hoody pattern had come free with a sewing pattern, so I whipped that out and compared the pieces and they looked pretty good.<br />
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One of the things she liked about it was the large hood. The original had drawstrings, but I forgot about those when I was constructing it, so by the time I realised it was too late to add them!<br />
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This was a pretty quick and straightforward sew. The fabric got quite thick at the junctions of seams and I feared for my sew machine needle a couple of times. I top stitched the seam allowances down around the hem band, cuffs, neck opening and the seam on the hood. They wouldn't lie flat even with a bit of steam, so I thought this was the best thing to do. </div>
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The finished top was very gratefully received and worn quite a few times
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Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-47067711056340681142018-08-09T20:15:00.000+01:002018-08-09T20:15:35.189+01:00FO: NewLook 6471 - aka emergency prom sewingEldest daughter was adamant that she did not want to wear a dress to her 6th form prom this year, and bought herself a floral suit from H&M. We had some discussion at the time about the kind of top she would like to wear with it, with out really coming to a conclusion.<br />
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A month or so later I went to the Balenciaga exhibition with a crowd of sewists. After the exhibition we had a lovely lunch and then a small group of us went to Goldhawk Road. I was pretty tired and not really finding anything that I liked but in A One Fabrics I found what I thought would be the perfect fabric for a prom top. It was super cheap - I think £2 a metre so I bought 2 metres thinking it didn't really matter if Eldest didn't like it at that price!<br />
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I washed it and added it to my stash, then we kind of forgot about it. Suddenly it got to the end of April and we realised on the Monday that her prom was on the Friday of that week - we had a little bit of a panic then realised that it was completely doable in the time frame. Eldest went through all my patterns for tops and came across New Look 6471 which had come free with a sewing magazine.<br />
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She didn't want the cuffs or a tie neck on the pattern, both of which were easy to change. She had a rtw top that she had seen as a reference point, and it had shirring in places which she wanted.<br />
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I finished the raw edge of the sleeves, then did the shirring at the cuff. I think there are 5 or 6 rows. It was pretty straight forward to do - I put elastic thread in my bobbin and normal thread in the needle - as you sew the fabric ruches up. I was pretty sure I had some black shirring elastic but couldn't find it and had to make do with white. Of course as soon as I had completed the whole top I found the black elastic! <br />
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My machine didn't like the fabric very much so I used tissue paper between the fabric and the feed dogs, which made it much easier to handle. You just tear it away when you have finished the seam. I keep all the off cuts of tissue from commercial patterns for this purpose.<br />
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I did french seams throughout - the fabric was so sheer that any raw edges or overlocking would have been visible from the right side. Luckily the pattern was a raglan sleeve so I could french seam the sleeves easily too.<br />
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I initially put little buttons on the collar but they were too heavy so I swapped to a couple of lightweight plastic snaps instead.<br />
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The top was finished with a day to spare, it met all requirements of eldest and she received lots of compliments at her prom - win!<br />
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This time I bring you the Lapwing Culottes. This post went live on the Simple Sew Website a little while ago, but life seems to have got in the way of posting on here for a while.</div>
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After some confusion mostly from me I think, I received my
pattern and fabric for my culottes. The fabric is a lovely linen from Rainbow
Fabrics. I had thought that I might wear them as pyjama bottoms as I
could do with a pair for summer, but the linen is a bit crisper than would be
suitable for bed wear and will make a nice pair of trousers.</div>
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Again I managed to cut out quite economically and may have
enough for a little top too.</div>
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These trousers have lovely capacious in-seam pockets. I
have sewn in-seam pockets many times but I have to say the instructions for
these were not as straightforward as they could have been.<br />
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It took me a while
to get my head round the instructions for some reason and I feel that they
don’t sit quite as well as they could, but it is not annoying enough to do
anything about. In order for them to sit a bit better, ie keep the pocket
facing towards the front of the trousers, and to add some strength at that
point, I sewed a horizontal line above and below the pocket where they join the
trouser leg.</div>
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Because linen has quite a loose weave, I was a bit concerned
that the stitches might pull on the back crotch seam. I used a tip I picked up
at Camp Workroom Social last autumn and used stretch stay tape along that seam.
I placed it along the seam stitching line and sewed as normal.</div>
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I had decided to use elastic in the waist instead of a
drawstring as the pattern shows. When I tried on the trousers, I decided that
the crotch length was going to be a bit short for my liking if I followed the
instructions. I decided to add a facing to create a channel for the elastic and
to keep a bit of the crotch length. </div>
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I trimmed the seam in side the channel very carefully with
my new duck billed scissors - they were a recent birthday present and it was
the first time I had used them properly.</div>
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Once I had got the waistband and elastic sorted, I tried
them on to assess the leg length. As cut, they were comically long! They would
have looked amazing with very high heels, but as I seldom wear such heels, I
knew I would need to lop quite a bit off. </div>
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I initially pinned them to be a floor skimming full length,
but inspired by all the cropped trousers I have seen on the internet and in my
girls wardrobes I thought I would try the cropped length. </div>
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This is the finished length - having been very unsure about
them whilst making them, I am now very pleased with them. They are lovely and
cool in this extraordinarily hot weather we are currently having in the UK.<br />
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Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-90528400088120756862018-06-06T12:38:00.000+01:002018-06-06T12:38:36.675+01:00FO: Ginger JeansI have been sewing a lot in the first half of the year, and I am determined not to have a back log of projects to document so here is my second pair of <a href="https://store.closetcasepatterns.com/products/ginger-skinny-jeans-pattern">Ginger Jeans</a> by <a href="https://store.closetcasepatterns.com/">Closet Case Patterns</a>.<br />
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I made my <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.com/2016/02/fo-ginger-jeans.html">first pair </a>back in February of 2016 and have been meaning to make another pair ever since. I was very pleased with the first pair and they quickly became my favourite jeans. I loved the high waistband having avoided anything that high for years - the relief of not being cut in two every time I bent over was great. Over the two years that I have had them, the fabric, which wasn't quite as stretchy as it should have been has lost some of its stretch, and also they have shrunk in leg length a little as well. I can still wear them but they are not quite as comfortable as they were.<br />
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Last summer we had a family holiday to Paris and our Air BnB apartment was a few minutes walk from the fabric district at the base of the Sacre Cour. Naturally a few visits with and without the family were made, particularly to Tissue Reine. Here I found quite a lot of stretch denim - the piece I brought home was 65% cotton, 30% elasten and 5% lycra. I bought it specifically to make another pair of Gingers, it just took me seven months to get round to it!<br />
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When I was cutting out I cut in one layer which gives a very economical
lay out, so economical in fact that I have enough for a skirt -
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I cut the same size as before - even though I took it in quite a lot the first time. Having done the fly and the pockets, I used a tip that I learnt at Camp Workroom Social - namely to sew the inseam until about 4cm from the crotch, pin the outer seams together <i>wrong</i> sides together, then try them on.<br />
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This pin fitting refines the fit on the legs, and leaving the crotch open at this point means that fit in this area can be tweaked as as well. It is tricky to do on your own, but not impossible. I did one leg at a time and I think it worked really well. I was concerned about a lot of excess wrinkling on the back of the legs when I first started wearing them, but I think most of the issues were to do with the boots I was wearing them with.<br />
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Looking at these pictures, I think I need to lower the waist band at the back a little, and having worn them a lot I need to make the waistband a bit tighter on the next pair and to allow a bit more room in the calf area. I have noticed that they have shrunk in the leg length
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I have worn them a lot since I made them and they featured quite heavily
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-25459323182567539812018-05-15T15:12:00.000+01:002018-05-15T15:16:21.015+01:00McCalls 6886 - first finished item of 2018So this is the first of several finished items this year. If you follow me on instagram you will have seen this already. I am all out of order on my posting as I have already posted a couple of my Simple Sew makes, which I made since this dress.<br />
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I cut this out between Christmas and New Year, and made it up in the beginning of January, using a lovely ponti knit that I got from Geoff Rosenberg/Stitch Fabrics. I thought the pattern on the fabric would be best shown off in a simple style dress, and decided to use the <a href="https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6886">McCalls 6886</a> pattern that came free with a sewing magazine at some point last year. <br />
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It is a very simple dress with just the front, back and sleeves. The neck line finish was just a turn and stitch, but I decided I wanted a cleaner finish, so drafted a facing .<br />
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I also decided that I wanted pockets in it so I used the pocket piece from the jersey dress (Solange dress) in the first English issue of La Maison Victor magazine The pockets were great whilst I had my hands in them - which was most of the time really, but when I took my hands out I was constantly checking to see if the fabric and the skirt portion of the dress were sitting nicely. <br />
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After a lot of wears, I decided to take the pockets out. I have worn it a couple of times since doing this and have realised I need to just tweak the fit around the hips a bit more.<br />
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Overall I am very pleased with this dress and it got a lot of wear in the colder months earlier this year. It is a bit of a departure for me as the design is on a black back ground and I don't really have any black clothes. Because of the colours in it I can wear a russet coloured cardi and also a dark blue one with it, but here I am wearing a black textured fleece type fabric Lou Box Top. <br />
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I wanted a lightweight layer in the autumn to pop over one of my other
dresses, and came up with this.( I forgot to include it in my round up
of last years sewing). I was a pattern tester for this top a few years
ago, but haven't used the pattern since. I wasn't very keen on the top
that I had made as my test garment - most due to the fabric. For this
top I used the size I had originally cut for the shoulder/neckline then I
bought the underarm seam in to the smallest size. I wanted an droopy
collar so played around with the scraps until I had something I was
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Any way, thats about it for this make. I am sure I will make this again at some point - there are neckline and arm variations, so lots of scope for very different looking dresses. <br />
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This months make is the Classic Sweatshirt<br />
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I have made a sweatshirt style top a couple of times before, but have not been super happy with the fit of the neck, so when Gabby asked if anyone would like to use this pattern I was happy to say yes!<br />
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I looked at the finished garment measurements and decided to cut a size 8 for the shorter view B. This month my fabric came from <a href="https://www.doughtysonline.co.uk/">Doughty's Online</a> and I chose a textured floral print medium weight knit in a combination of pink, mustard, black & turquoise. The colour way I chose doesn't seem to available now but there is a blue version. I deliberately didn't choose the blue one as I am trying to get a bit more colour into my wardrobe.<br />
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I received the pattern just before Easter weekend and the fabric just after Easter, so I thought I had plenty of time to get this done. Unfortunately, I had done something to my back and have been pretty immobile until this last week, so have been doing 'last minute' sewing which I prefer not to do!<br />
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Having washed the fabric, and finally got around to laying out the pattern pieces I found that unusually, the stretch went down the length of the fabric rather than across the width. I thought about what to do for a little while and then decided to completely ignore the lay plan in the pattern instructions and cut the pieces with the stretch going across them (selvages at the top and bottom of of my layout rather than down the sides).<br />
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Fortunately for my 'last minute sewing' this sweatshirt is a pretty simple sew - see what I did there? The raglan sleeves make putting this together very easy - all the notches matched and I very quickly had something that looked like a top.<br />
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The pattern recommends using ribbing for the neckband, sleeve cuffs and hem band. I didn't think that I wanted the look of contrasting colour for those, so decided to use self fabric.<br />
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I haven't used ribbing before, but I am guessing that it is pretty stretchy. I really struggled to get the neckband on using the method in the instructions and I suspect that the fabric just isn't quite stretchy enough.<br />
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I wangled it on in the end, completed the sleeve cuffs and hem band, then tried it on - disaster - I really didn't like it. It was too long in the body, the sleeve were too long and the cuffs were too tight despite trying them on before attaching them. Rather than try to fix it then and there, I went to bed and had a proper look at it in the morning.<br />
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I ended up cutting about 10cm off the length of the body and reattached the hem band. I cut the cuffs off the sleeves, shortened the sleeves by about 4cm, cut new cuffs 2 sizes larger (my unorthodox cutting had left me with quite a big remnant) and attached the new cuffs.<br />
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This fixed all my 'problems' and hey presto I have a new top that I really like!<br />
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Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-65355040210355680752018-03-12T16:53:00.001+00:002018-03-12T16:53:17.230+00:002017 catch up - part 3Continuing on with the recap of my makes for 2017:<br />
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I had seen a lot of versions of the <a href="http://shop.truebias.com/product/ogden-cami">True Bias Odgen Cami</a> on the internet last summer and rather randomly I decided to make one for myself. The fabric was leftover from a dress I made to wear to a wedding in 2016. There was just enough to squeeze out this top. I quite like and wore it quite a bit, but I felt very exposed. If I were to make it again I might try to make the straps a little wider to give me a bit more coverage. True Bias's instructions are very good and it was a pretty simple sew. In order to fit the top in the fabric that I had, I had to cut the back in two pieces, which makes it easy to tell the back from the front! <br />
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Both of my older girls decided to redecorate their bedrooms last summer which involved replacing their curtains. The previous curtains had been made in a rather sweet, but childish print from the Designers Guild, by my mother-in-law about 15 years ago. They were showing their age and the girls wanted something that would go with their 'new' rooms. Middlest's bedroom is a warm white with a feature wall papered in a blush colour with a rose gold crackle effect over the top. A lot of accessories are rose gold and the new curtains are a blush pink that match the wallpaper pretty well. Eldest's room is light and dark grey with a feature wall of a petrol/teal colour, with accents of yellow The curtain fabric is Sanderson 'Finches' in yellow which has all of the colours of her room in it. We had looked at this locally and it was very expensive - I looked online and found just over three metres for less than the price of two in the shop. Because of the shape of the window, the curtain rails pivot in order to let in as much light as possible meaning that the curtain's needed to be double sided. The previous curtains had been lined with blackout lining and both girls said that they would still like this. I put off doing this for ages, but once I got going they were extremely simple even with the blackout lining!<br />
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I have made the<a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/fo-ginger-jeans.html"> Closet Case Files Ginger Jeans </a>and have plans to make more, but I wanted to try the looser fit of the <a href="https://store.closetcasepatterns.com/products/morgan-boyfriend-jeans-pattern">Morgan jeans</a>. I thought that I had the perfect denim, but it was far too stretchy, then I found some olivey green corduroy in my stash that I had originally bought to make a <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/catalog/beignet">Colette Beignet</a> skirt. I have had the fabric for sometime and you can see in the collage the sun damage - thankfully on the reverse - from storing it near a window! I used the pattern instructions and the Jeans e-booklet when putting them together. They are a much looser fit than I am used to - which is to be expected as that is the style, but I am not sure how they look on me. I have decide that I much prefer the higher waistline of the Ginger jeans - these feel a bit low, particularly in the back and I feel a bit frumpy in them. They are a useful addition to my wardrobe so I will continue to wear them for a while - and they are not blue - as many of my garments seem to be!<br />
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As an aside, having worn these quite a lot recently - they have bagged
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Having made Eldest a second pinafore dress out of some lovely ochre/mustard denim earlier in the year, I was left with a sizable leftover. I had seen the Sew Over It Erin skirt when Lisa Comfort released it as part of her <a href="https://sewoverit.co.uk/product/capsule-wardrobe-city-break-ebook/">City Break Capsule Wardrobe E-book</a>, then it was released as a pull out pattern with a sewing magazine (possibly Simply Sewing). I had in mind that I would make the long version, but I did not have enough of the leftover fabric, but there was plenty for the short version. It was a pretty straight forward make - although I found that the centre back notches on the waistband did not line up. Because I have been sewing for a long time I realised that this was an error and ignored it, but I felt that a less experienced sewist may not have realised and continued to try to match them resulting in a twisted waistband. I really like the finished garment and colour wise it is quite a departure for me!<br />
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A lot of my friends in the village where I live know that I sew. One day I got a call from one of them asking if I could make a pair of pj's for the favourite toy of her youngest son. Apparently DeeDoo goes everywhere with him and despite being washed, was looking somewhat the worse for wear! I invited DeeDoo for a measuring and showed them the fabric I thought might be suitable. I drew up a little pattern and made a very tiny pair of pj's. My friends son was very pleased with them and even wrote me a very sweet little thank you letter - he is 6!<br />
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In October I went to <a href="http://campworkroomsocial.com/">Camp Workroom Social</a> and took part in the Pant Fitting Intensive class that was taught by Melissa Watson using the Palmer Pletch tissue fitting technique. That experience merits its own post - I can't quite believe I haven't done yet! The whole trip was amazing and I ended up with a 95% finished pair of trousers by the end of the weekend. I finished the trousers a couple of weekends after I got back and the trouser fitted me completely differently from how they had in class - I know my shape fluctuates during the month but I hadn't expected such a difference. I tweaked them to fit and they are now finished, but I haven't worn them and I haven't any photos of then as yet. However I liked the idea of that style of trousers and proceeded to make a second pair affectionately called my Party trousers. I used a stretch cotton sateen that I bought in Metro Textiles in New York and after discussing making a dress I decided pretty quickly that it would be trousers. I used the techniques we were taught in class and end up with a fab pair of trousers that got a lot of wear over Christmas and New Year. I also made the top to go with the trousers. It is one of my favourite top patterns - MyImage Cowl Neck top made in a navy slinky, possibly viscose, jersey. This time I decided to crop the pattern and put on a band at the bottom with a tie at one side. I also opted for three quarter length sleeves- again finished with a small band. A normal hem on this fabric was pretty tricky so I gave up! <br />
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You may know that I have made my Husband a number of shirts over the years as a Christmas present. At 6'3" he has always been, what he would describe as a 'big unit'. He has always been fit and exercised a lot but decided that 2017 was the year to loose weight. He has lost around 22kg and because of this he has slimmed out of the shirt pattern that I usually use for him (<a href="https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6044">McCalls 6044</a>) . Rather than buy the same shirt in the smaller size range I thought I would try a different pattern. I have been following the progress of the <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/">Thread Theory</a> patterns over the years, and thought I would try out their <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/collections/sewing-patterns/products/fairfield-button-up-shirt-pdf">Fairfield shirt</a>. It has a different technique for the button band and also tower plackets on the sleeves. Because alot of Husbands height is in his back I used to lengthen the McCalls pattern by about 5cm and I think I lengthened the sleeves a fraction. For this shirt I also lengthened it by 5 cm. I didn't lengthen the sleeves as they seemed a bit longer any way. The fabric came from one of the shops at the base of the Sacre Coeur in Paris, where they sell predominately pre-cut lengths of 3 metres. I cut the back yoke and the pocket on the bias for a bit of visual interest. I cut the inner yoke on the straight grain for stability and in a fine white cotton that I had in my stash, so that the pattern didn't show through on the the main fabric. The tower placket instructions were fab and having a gridded fabric also helped tremendously! I, and Husband, are both really pleased with it and it has already seen quite a bit of wear. However after a few wears Husband asked that I lengthen the sleeves next time I make it - probably only by about 2.5cm though.<br />
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After the success of the previous waistcoat that I made Husband, I decided to go the whole hog and make another one for Christmas. I wasn't super impressed with the Burda pattern I used previously so tried the <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/collections/sewing-patterns/products/belvedere-waistcoat">Thread Theory Belvedere Waistcoat</a>. I bought the fabric from <a href="https://www.doughtysonline.co.uk/">Doughty and Sons</a> stand at the Great British Sewing Bee Live and it was lovely to work with. I was very pleased with the pattern, the instructions were great and I have some very neat welt pockets. I made the more complex view with all the pockets and the little side vents. However, there is a BUT!!! Knowing that Husbands height is in his back, I completely didn't think to lengthen the pattern at all (this was just after making the shirt above, where I did lengthen it!) and you may notice that it is too short on him. The fit is great - it just needs to be about 5cm(!) longer. I did feel pretty stupid for not doing that. I contacted Doughty and Sons and sent them a swatch recently to see if they by any chance had any more but they didn't. They did find something similar in a slightly different colour which I have since bought, but I haven't done anything with it yet. <br />
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After some procrastination I have cut out and am about half way through a new pair of ginger jeans, and I have been asked to do a bit of wedding sewing for later in the year!Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-73955126661577106552018-02-09T11:09:00.000+00:002018-02-09T11:09:01.906+00:00Simple Sew Bella Dress <div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e22f0877-75c6-e25a-dab0-5d9f0dbc3ef9" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Gabby asked us to have a look at the patterns available on the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.simplesewpatterns.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Simple Sew website</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and choose some that
we would like to sew. I realised that I already had several of the
patterns as they had come free with Love Sewing magazines over the last couple
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am normally a jeans and cosy top kind of person as it fits my day to
day life of being a stay-at-home mum. However, every now and then I feel a bit
bored with the mum uniform and want to wear something different. Recently
that ‘something different’ has been jersey/knit dresses, so having looked
through my pattern collection I thought that my first Simple Sew make would be
the Bella Dress. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I really liked the shape of the dress and the collar, but wasn’t so sure
about the shape of the sleeves. I decided pretty quickly to slim down the
sleeves and at the same time Iengthened them by about 9 cms to make them full
length - I hate being cold so full length sleeves are a must in winter! </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The fabric I chose is some kind of slightly embossed heavyish knit that
I bought from M.Rosenberg/Stitch Fabrics at the Knitting and Stitching Show,
Ally Pally in October 2016.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I had always envisioned this as a long sleeve top (to go with my jeans!)
but thought that it would be a good choice for the Bella dress. I think I only
bought a metre and a half, and surprisingly this was plenty for the dress due
to the width of the fabric. I didn’t really use the lay plan but managed to get
the dress cut out perfectly with minimal fuss. I even managed to cut the
collar piece about 5cm deeper for more slouchiness.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have made many garments in jersey, but this was the first time that I
have sewn darts in a knit fabric, and also the first time I have put a zip into
a knit. The instructions didn’t specify what type of stitch to use to sew
the darts, so I did a couple of practice ones on some scraps using both a small
zigzag stitch and a slightly longer than usual straight stitch. I tried the
zigzag stitch to try to keep the stretch of the fabric but it didn’t really
make much difference and it also made a slightly lumpier looking dart, so I
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I made the dress up on my sewing machine using a zigzag stitch (apart
from the darts). I normally finish the seams on a knit by overlocking the seam
allowances together, but this made for quite a bulky seam in this fabric so I
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Once I had cut out the dress, I did a quick hand baste together to check
the fit. I was slightly alarmed to find that it was rather more form
fitting than I had thought, and thought it was a good job that there was a zip
in it. However once I made it up properly I realised that the fit was ok and
that actually I probably don’t need the zip - I managed to get the dress on
this morning without undoing the zip! I may take the zip out just to get a
slightly sleeker fit on that side seam, but I don’t notice the fit when I am
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Sew!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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First up are some self drafted linen trousers. I have been taking a patterncutting class for some time and was very excited to get to making trousers. I made one pair form my block that were ok, but still not great so last spring I decided to revisit my block and make some more, better fitting trousers. I ended up making 4 muslin/toiles for these and whilst they are much better than the other ones, they are still not quite right - the waistband is far too high at the front so to make it comfortable I have on occasion folded the band over at the front. I need to take it off and lower it by about 2cms<br />
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My Eldest bought some cheap trousers on the internet from some where like Boohoo (brown pair). When they arrived they looked nice, but she had the problem of them being too big on the waist even with an elastic waistband. I managed to adjust them to fit better which involved adding a couple of darts in the back and shortening the elastic. The elastic was interesting as it was sewn into the trousers as if it were a facing. Eldest decided that she really liked the style and asked me if I could copy it - which I managed to do (blue pair) and I used up some poly crepe from my stash.<br />
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One of my girls bought a playsuit from somewhere like New Look a while ago and whilst it doesn't get a huge amount of wear, Eldest decided that she really liked the style of the top and could I copy that too please? I traced off the pattern as well as I could and made a muslin from an old jersey skirt to check the fit. It was proclaimed perfect, so I then cut into the fabric she had chosen. The fabric was one of abut 5 or 6 knit fabrics that I won as a raffle prize at the Dressmakers Ball in May! I tried the top on having thought that the fabric colours wouldn't suit me but I think I might make something for me out of it too!<br />
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Around the same time as making the top above, I signed up to pattern test a skirt for <a href="https://sinclairpatterns.com/">Sinclair Patterns</a>. It was the <a href="https://sinclairpatterns.com/product/amaya-asymmetrical-knit-pencil-skirt-pdf-sewing-pattern/">Amaya Asymmetrical Pencil Skirt</a>. I made it in a mystery textured knit that I picked up at a fabric swap a couple of years ago. I made it up exactly as the instructions said, then ended up shaving some width off at the hips, as my hip curve was not as defined as the pattern. I believe that the final pattern had some of this width taken off, as other testers had done the same thing. I wasn't sure that I liked it on me when I first finished it, but it actually got quite a lot of wear over the summer.<br />
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A while ago my Mum had been going through stuff at her house and had found a couple of patterns that I used when I was a teenager. One of them was the dress pattern that I used for my textile GCSE in 1986. It was <a href="http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Butterick_6603">Butterick 6603</a> which now qualifies as vintage. It still looks a nice dress, so I thought I would try it again - it actually reminds me of the <a href="http://shop.truebias.com/product/southport-dress">True Bias Southport dress</a>. I made the flared skirt version for my GCSE so thought I would try the slimmer version this time. I made the same size as before (!), managed to cut the front out wrong but saved it by adding a button placket, and covered my own buttons. It felt like a never ending project at the time but I think it worked out OK in the end.<br />
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After a rather unsuccessful shopping trip early last summer I made a <a href="https://www.paulinealicepatterns.com/en/sewing-patterns/14-falda-rosari.html">Pauline Alice Rosari skirt</a> for my middle daughter. She had had the problem of trying skirts and trousers on, only to find if she could get them over her hips then they were massively too big on the waist. Rather demoralised by this I offered to make her a skirt - the Rosari was almost identical to one she had grown out of and I was - surprise surprise - able to make it fit her properly! The denim is a rather stiff, very black denim so at one point I was experimenting with distressing scraps with sand paper and bleach! None of my experiments met with approval though.<br />
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Over the last year or so interesting sleeves seem to have a moment in the spotlight. I was pondering various patterns with flouncy sleeves and realised that a peasant shirt that I have made before, had the type of sleeve I had been thinking of trying (<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.simplicitynewlook.com/6179/#.U3KK5igXLAo">New Look 6179</a></span>). I shortened the main bit of the sleeve so that the flouncy bit finished at my wrist and I made metres <i>and metres</i> of bias binding for the neckline. I have tons of binding left over! A very successful light summer top that actually went rather well with the self drafted trousers (above) and the Amaya Asymmetric skirt (also above)<br />
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This next make is one of my rare fails. The pattern, <a href="https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7094">McCalls 7094</a> came free with one of the sewing magazine that are now available on the high street. I liked the look of the shirt and had what I thought would be the perfect fabric. However, the pattern came up massively too big for me. I felt that the collar and placket instructions were particularly fiddly. I took some width out of the sides and stitched down the pleats at the shoulder, which both made the top better to wear. I wore it a couple times but didn't really like it on. I packed it away with my summer stuff so when it warms up I will give it another chance, but I may see if my mum is interested in having it as she had admired the pattern envelope. <br />
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I am going to cut it short here as otherwise this will be super long. I have several more makes to share, so look out for part 3! Oh, and I also have an exciting post for tomorrow!Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-82036688907403974212017-07-13T14:05:00.001+01:002017-07-13T14:05:45.479+01:002017 catch-up...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So, I have been doing lots of sewing recently, did Me-Made-May again, went to a fantastic sewing party, celebrated several family birthdays, did some pattern testing... and haven't blogged about any of it! Instagram has made it very easy to post makes straight away, but I still get great enjoyment out of reading other peoples blogs, with a bit more detail about the makes - in fact I added quite a few new blogs throughout May as I discovered new people in the sewing community. With this in mind I am going to try and post a bit more, but for now here are some of this years makes. This is going to be quite a long catch up post I feel....<br />
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The last thing I posted was my sparkly Drop top, which I actually made in March but posted in June. Straight after I made that top, I made another <a href="http://www.welcometothemousehouse.com/product/julia-womens-cardigan">Mouse House Creations Julia Cardigan</a> in a loose sweater knit fabric that I bought from the Girl Charlee stand at the Knitting and Stitching show in October. It was not very seasonally appropriate when I made it and I wasn't sure I liked it when it was finished, but I did find myself wearing it quite a lot for Me-Made-May. I have also had quite a few compliments on it which is always nice!<br />
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The next make was more PJ's for Youngest daughter. The fabric was a gift from my sister-in-law, who had been to Hong Kong and Singapore with her husband just before Christmas, and found herself in the fabric district of one of them at some point. I made <a href="http://shop.truebias.com/product/hudson-pant">True Bias Hudson pants</a> again (and spent a long time stripe matching when cutting out), but this time she wanted short sleeves, so I made a <a href="https://www.mariadenmark.com/2012/05/kimono-t-shirt-pattern-free/">Kristen Kimono Tee</a> by Maria Denmark:<br />
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Next up I cut out multiple projects to get me over the 'starting a project' hump. I cut out a <a href="http://www.basteandgather.com/shop/syrah-skirt">Syrah Skirt</a> from Lauren Dahl/Baste and Gather. This is a flared skirt with a yoga style waistband that I made in some lovely navy cotton/spandex jersey, from <a href="https://www.girlcharlee.co.uk/">Girl Charlee UK</a> online. The pattern doesn't include pockets so I used a pocket piece form another pattern and just did simple side seam pockets. I also added some elastic to the waistband as I wasn't sure how secure it would be without!<br />
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The other garments I cut out were two tops for me and a denim pinafore dress for Eldest. If you can bear to do it, it is definitely worth cutting out more than one project at a time. You can dive straight in after finishing one project, or you can try something different if you hit a stumbling block with another project.<br />
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For the tops, I made my two usual styles, the Burda raglan top and the MyImage cowl neck top. I have made both of these quite a lot, and whilst I still like them I feel it is probably time to choose a new favourite!<br />
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A while ago I made a pinafore/dungaree dress for Eldest using the <a href="http://www.simplysewingmag.com/pattern-shop/sunday-set/">Cotton+Chalk Sunday Set</a> pattern that came free with a sewing magazine last year (I think). She has wanted another for some time, but I wanted her to have some input in to the choice of fabric. Whilst clicking around instagram one day I found what I thought would be the perfect fabric from @SewMeSomething. Eldest agreed (it is her favourite colour) so I placed an order and amazingly it arrived the next day! When I made the previous dungaree dress I had to draft a half circle skirt due to fabric limits. I used the same pattern pieces for the skirt again and then had to try and remember the modifications I made to the cutting out and construction. Even with the notes I have made in my makers workbook it took me a while to work through what I had done! She was very pleased with it and has got lots of compliments from her friends.<br />
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Well I haven't even got half way through yet so I am am going to stop here and continue in another post! I hope you have all been making lovely things over the last few months.<br />
<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-42212537300841158552017-06-05T17:40:00.002+01:002017-06-05T17:40:48.319+01:00FO: Drapey Drop Top in sparklesEarlier this year I noticed quite a few interesting draped tops around the internet and discovered the <a href="http://www.madeit-patterns.com/product/drop-dress-top-copy/dkhjfljkd">Drop Dress and Top</a> by Made-it Patterns. I made this back in March.<br />
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I had a couple of fabrics that I wanted use, but it took me ages to choose! I ended up with this sparkly jersey that I bought on Goldhawk Road a couple of years ago. It has sparkles stuck to the surface of the fabric and also a silvery thread going through the yarn on the knit. At the time I bought it was planning to make a version of a dress in Crew Clothing, but I decided that it would be too Star Trek-y for me. <br />
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The instructions for the top were easy to follow, and they included doing a type of neckline binding that I hadn't done for a long time. I was a bit concerned it would be too bulky, but it actually turned out really nicely.<br />
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Here are a few pictures of me wearing it - we went out for dinner and to
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If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen these pictures already. Very excitingly, Made-it Patterns saw it and asked if they could repost!<br />
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I am looking forward to making it in a more light weight fabric for the summer, although with the sudden change in the weather I could easily be wearing this one today.<br />
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It is that time of year again where we sewists celebrate our makes throughout the month of May. Me-Made-May was started Zoe of <a href="http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.co.uk/">Sozowhatdoyouknow</a> fame, eight years ago!<br />
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This time I am actually signing up before May starts ( although only just!). If you click on the #MMMay17 button in the side bar, that will take you to Zoe's 'sign up post' on her blog. Here is my pledge:<br />
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<b><i> 'I, Tamsin from <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.co.uk/">Pimp my Curtains</a> blog or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tamsinwp_pmc">Tamsinwp_pmc</a> on Instagram, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '17. I will endeavour to wear at least one me-made item of clothing </i></b><b><i><b><i>each day
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Nothing ground breaking. I removed rtw from my wardrobe for my pledge last year, which seemed to work quite well. I shall enjoy the challenge of not reaching for jeans everyday (unless I make some new ones - which are on my list!) </div>
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-17662838307217851992017-04-21T14:39:00.002+01:002017-04-21T14:39:13.596+01:00FO: Pj's for meSome time ago, when visiting friends, I realised that the ancient rtw pyjamas I was wearing were actually not really worth wearing. Fortunately I realised this before exposing myself in an embarrassing way, but resolved to make myself some new pj's when I got home. <br />
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I knew which fabrics I wanted to use, The plain slightly crinkley purple jersey I got from the first ever sewing meet up I went to back in 2012 and the stripey patterned fabric I got at a fabric swap meet-up in London last summer. I had offered Eldest and Youngest pjs using these but neither seemed that bothered so I thought I would use it myself.<br />
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I used the true Bias Hudson Pants pattern for the trousers. I have made this several times already and didn't have any problems putting them together. The top was a pattern taken from a rtw top from H&M, which I have used a couple of times before. Fitting it on the fabric was a bit tricky as I didn't have a huge amount and I wanted the stripes to match as much as possible. I just about managed to to it as you can see here:<br />
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In order to fit the pieces, I felt I needed to slim down the sides of the top, but looking at this lay out it looks like that was unnecessary. I also used the stripey fabric as a contrast on the trousers.<br />
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After I had finished, I gave the pj set a final press and some how managed to slightly melt the waist band of the trousers, pretty much at centre front: <br />
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The melted waist band isn't noticeable when I wear them, but I'm guessing the fabric isn't the 100% cotton that I thought it was!<br />
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I wasn't sure about them straight after I had finished them, but now I really like them!<br />
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So, the Sew Over It Heather dress has been all over the Internet recently. I believe that it was initially only available if you took a class at Sew Over It, but it was released as a pdf pattern in the autumn of 2016.<br />
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I have been looking at it off and on as it is very similar to a rtw dress that I bought from Cos a couple of years ago.<br />
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The Cos dress is still fine and I wear it alot, but it seems to shrink in length when I wash it and it seems considerably shorter than when I bought it. I had considered taking a pattern from the Cos dress, but the Heather dress is close enough in style for the time being.<br />
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The fabric I wanted to use is a double knit and has been in my stash for a year, from MRosenberg/Stitch Fabrics at their Trumpington fabric sale. When I laid it out I realised that there is quite an obvious white stripe going vertically down the fabric, but also that the horizontal pattern had quite an obvious repeat. I decided to cut on the single layer so that I could see the stripes and I could actually fit the pattern pieces on better than if I had tried to cut on the fold. <br />
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I think I spent the best part of a day trying to work out the stripes vs layout conundrum in the end. Portia from <a href="http://www.makery.uk/">Makery</a> suggested just sewing a swatch together to see what it looked like unmatched:<br />
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I decided that it was good enough and started cutting!<br />
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For an easy sew, this took me a while. I made the size (10) I thought I would be comfortable with from the finished garment measurements, but I lengthen the torso by 5cm (2") just above where the pockets started. I copied <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenheartssewing/">@jenheartssewing</a> on Instagram (you should look at her makes, she has some lovely stuff!) by doing this. I am not as tall as her, but have a reasonably long torso and didn't want the pockets starting just under my boobs! When I tried it on, I found quite a lot of excess fabric in the waist area at the back <br />
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As you can see in the picture above I ended up taking the back seams in by about 1.5cms on each side. I also took about 3cm off each of the side seams at the hip, in several goes. This does mean that the back and front seams don't quite meet up on the side seam, but it is really not noticeable in this fabric. I found that the side seam where the pockets and panel seam meet is very bulky and I have had trouble getting the seam to lie flat when I am wearing it.<br />
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The pockets are fab and I can't keep my hands out of them! The construction of the pockets could seem a little tricky, but having done similar pockets in my Lisette Portfolio dress years ago and in Youngest's Sunki Tunic dresses, they were a piece of cake. It was much easier to put these in with a stretch fabric than in stiff denim! <br />
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I had a little trouble with the neckband this time... it was too loose the first time I put it on, so I trimmed it down by 10% and that seemed to work.<br />
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By the time I got to hemming it I was getting a little fed up with the whole thing, I just turned up 5 or 6 cms and hand stitched it - couldn't be bothered with wrestling with my machines! I left it hanging in one of my photo spots for at least a week before I felt I could wear it, and then wore it about four times in one week! I can safely say that I love it now!<br />
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This is the first time I have made a Sew Over It pattern. The pdf
was easy to put together and not too big, but I was quite surprised
that there weren't any lengthen/shorten lines on the pattern. I am wondering how I can alter the pattern a bit to accommodate the alterations I made. I think I may start with cutting a smaller size and see how that goes, or may be take a sliver out of the centre front and back...<br />
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I could easily wear dresses like this all the time, even though I usually tend towards jeans and me-made tops. I have some more fabric that I picked up from MRosenberg at the Knitting and Stitching Show, which would be ideal, but I was thinking of trying the Made it Patterns Drop Dress with it too - decisions, decisions!<br /><br />
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-87522424534412375662017-01-28T11:51:00.000+00:002017-01-28T11:51:59.071+00:00FO: Faux Fur Bell Town Vest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This fabric was part of the little haul that I bought at Trumpington Hall in early December. I had about 90cm of about 150cm width and I knew that I was going to make a vest/gilet type top out of it. I had planned to make a pattern from a vest top/gilet that I currently own, but I was reading the <a href="http://chainstitcher.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/december-indie-pattern-update.html">December Indie Pattern Review</a> that Fiona from <a href="http://chainstitcher.blogspot.co.uk/">Diary of a Chain Stitcher</a> puts together every month and there she mentioned a free vest top pattern from <a href="http://www.straightstitchdesigns.com/">Straight Stitch Designs</a>, the <a href="http://www.straightstitchdesigns.com/bell-town-vest-free-pattern/">Bell Town Vest</a>. I had a quick look and immediately downloaded and printed it out.<br />
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I followed various pieces of advice that I had read on the Internet
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The vest is lined and I used a lot of pins to keep the slippery lining and the shifty fur together. <br />
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The pattern doesn't include pockets, but I wanted them in mine. I used the same pattern piece for the in seam pockets in my Minoru jacket and estimated where I wanted to put them. Unfortunately I sewed them beautifully to the lining of the jacket and somehow only realised this after I had sewn up the side seams of the faux fur. I spent a long time unpicking.... perfectly matching thread that sinks into the fabric is great until you need to remove it!<br />
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I managed to get the pockets in the right place with out unpicking the <i>whole</i> seam, but the pocket openings are a fraction smaller that they should be.<br />
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So here is my little ensemble on Lola. <br />
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I had planned to get the tops, skirt and gilet sewn ready for Christmas
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-56513584912048423312017-01-20T14:31:00.001+00:002017-01-20T14:31:32.439+00:00FO: Burdastyle skirt 11/2016 #102I saw this <a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/flounce-skirt-112016">skirt</a> in the November issue of the BurdaStyle magazine and thought it was quite a nice variation on a simple skirt. My plan was to make it out of the shimmery beige fabric at top left in the picture below.<br />
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I didn't want to mess up the shimmery stuff, so very sensibly made a muslin using a greyish blue poly crepe fabric from the depths of my stash. I tend to find that Burda patterns run big on me and the muslin showed this to be true again. I should probably just cut a smaller size. I took off the seam allowances on the side seams, put it back together and it fitted perfectly. The muslin also gave me a chance to construct the flounce. I couldn't get my head around the instructions and basted everything slightly wrong a couple of times. <br />
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Having got the muslin fitting nicely, I tackled the shimmery fabric. I can't decide if it is a stretch woven or stable knit and it is really had to tell from either side of the fabric. It feels like faux suede and drapes beautifully, but was surprisingly hard sew - it was really hard to pin and it felt a bit 'sticky' going through the sewing machine. I have since bought some wonder clips to try if I come across the like again. Despite how tricky it was to handle, the invisible zip went in perfectly<br />
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Despite trying on at various stages of construction, the finished item has turned out to be a bit big in the waist - I think it stretched out with being handled. It would be a pretty easy fix if I wanted to sort it out. I am unlikely to wear it with a tucked in top, so may leave it. <br />
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Having had a very specific vision in my head of the finished skirt, I am not sure that this skirt lives up to that vision and due to the shimmery aspect, I am not sure that it is very flattering. I have worn it, it was ok. I am wondering, looking at various photos, whether it needs to be shorter, in which case I will definitely sort out the fit at the waist as that will hoick it up a bit!<br />
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-87350679439911000292017-01-19T12:56:00.001+00:002017-01-19T12:56:51.026+00:00FO: Jersey tops for me...At the beginning of December I went to the Stitch Fabric/MRosenberg fabric sale at Trumpington Village Hall. I wasn't sure that I would buy anything - goodness know I don't <i>need</i> more fabric! However I came away with a number of fabrics that all go together and a plan forming in my head.<br />
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I washed sample pieces of each fabric to see how they would react. There were no adverse effects so I washed everything on a normal wash and line dried them. The jersey I thought would make a nice wrap dress or top, but it had quite a few flaws in it (It had been in the remnant pile and I knew the flaws were there) <br />
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Once I laid it out I decided to cut out a couple of tops rather than a dress, and opted for my trusty Burdastyle Raglan top<br />
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This top has gathering on the raglan sleeves, which looks lovely, but I forget how fiddly this is every.single.time! The neckband was really tricky this time - I normally top stitch the seam allowance of the neckband to get it to stay flat, but the fabric did not like that, so after a couple of attempts I gave up. I finished the sleeves and the bottom hem with bands, but I think I may take off the hem band as the top is very long.<br />
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I also made a MyImage magazine cowl neck top that I have made a few times before,<br />
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For some reason this top was a much easier sew than the other one, and possibly because of that I prefer this one out of the two! <br />
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I am hoping that these two tops will be quite versatile - there are so many colours in them that they will co-ordinate with a number of things already in my wardrobe.Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-67102008019089625272017-01-12T18:22:00.000+00:002017-01-12T18:22:05.616+00:00Catching up with 2016....I *still* haven't caught up with all the blog posts I wanted to write, about all the items I made in 2016. This post is going to be the catch up post so get ready for a long one, probably with lots of pictures! If you follow me on IG you may have seen some of these already.<br />
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<b><i>Tie and bag for summer wedding</i></b>:<br />
I have done a couple posts already about my garments for this wedding. I also made Husband a tie to match my dress, using an old tie of his as the pattern <br />
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I also made myself a little bag for wedding day essentials, lippy and tissues! I basically made it up as I went along, lined it with the green silk I had used for the sleeves of the jacket, stitched the handles to make them feel more substantial and fashioned a little tassley thing to make it pretty<br />
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<b><i>Pinafore dress for Eldest</i></b><br />
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She likes to keep her phone in the front pocket, which forces the bib down when being worn. We have just this week bought some dungaree clips so that I didn't have to bodge shortening the straps for her!<br />
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<b><i>PJ's for Youngest</i></b><br />
Youngest was in desperate need of more nightwear but was adamant that she wanted shop pj's. I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandria Palace in early October and bought some lovely jersey that that I thought might appeal. As soon as she saw it she asked for pj's out of it in exactly the combo that I had envisioned!<br />
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I almost had a disaster when trimming down the neckband, in that I nicked a tiny, but obvious hole in the centre back of the top. I made a quick fix with some fray check and sewed a contrasting patch over it. I used the True Bias Hudson pants and the Sewaholic Renfrew top <br />
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<i><b>Skirt for my friend</b></i><br />
Earlier in the year I made a skirt for a friend of mine who has trouble getting skirts to fit properly. I finished it just in time for the weather to warm up so didn't get any photos until a few weeks ago. The fabric was a great find from MRosenberg (Stitch Fabrics) and I drafted the skirt from her measurements<br />
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<b><i>Skirt and top for me</i></b><br />
I made a jersey skirt using the free Lindy Petal Skirt pattern by Itch to Stitch. I had quite a bit of this blue marly knit that I think is ex-Paul Smith left from other projects (Hudson pants, skater skirt, skater dress) so used it for this skirt and for a raglan sleeved top, pattern Newlook 6230, with some more leftovers as a feature in the front. I can't remember what size I cut for the skirt. It fitted pretty well straightaway but I did trim a little off the side seams in the hip area to get a smoother fit.<br />
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<b><i>Fancy dress party</i></b><br />
Husband and I were invited to a friend and her husbands joint 40th and 50th birthday party in November, the theme being Dead Famous. There were many variations on a theme, but I decided to go as Prince from a specific video. I made my jacket, the frilly cravat thing and at the very last minute, stretch crushed velvet leggings from a skirt from a local charity shop. The jacket pattern was McCalls 6844. I made a medium (12-14) but could heave easily gone down to a small or even extra small. The front is supposed to meet at the centre front, but mine overlapped considerably. I made view C with a high/low peplum.<br />
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<i><b>Self drafted shift dress</b></i><br />
I have been attending pattern cutting classes for a few years now and haven't used many of the patterns that we have drafted. I thought it was about time I did, and wanted a simple dress to show off some fabric. I decided that I wanted french darts in the front, which we hadn't actually covered in class, but I used my block and found a tutorial on the Internet (can't remember where though) and worked it out. I am very pleased with the result, although it needs taking in a little<br />
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<i><b> Pink sweatshirt for Eldest</b></i><br />
I picked up some lovely sweatshirt fabric from a fabric swap earlier this year without much thought about what to do with it. Eldest saw it when I was looking for something else in my stash and asked it I could make her something. The piece was quite small but I managed to get a cropped version of the Newlook 6230 raglan top out of it. The edges rolled like crazy, but Eldest liked that and asked that I leave the edges unfinished so that they curled up<br />
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Late night photos means the colour is a bit off, but it is a lovely soft pink.<br />
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<i><b>Husbands Christmas present</b></i><br />
For the last 5 or so years I have made Husband a shirt for Christmas. We both felt it was time for a change so I started making him a waistcoat. Unfortunately, I got really poorly just before Christmas and was sent to bed by Husband so that I would be well in time for the festivities. Spending the best part of a week in bed threw all my plans out of the window re sewing and everything else really. I got as far as I could, wrapped it up and gave it to him with an IOU! Even though I had checked his measurements and checked the finished garment measurements it is a fraction too small. However, I am going to finish it as it has the best welt pockets on that I have ever done, and Husband is on a mission to fit into it!<br />
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<i><b>Top for New Year</b></i><br />
Having had my sewing plans scuppered in the run up to Christmas I was determined to whip up some thing for the new year. I made a couple of tops, a Burda raglan top ( Raglan shirt 02/2013 #127) that I have made a lot before, and a MyImage cowl neck top that I have also made a few times already. Both of these tops are out of the same fabric. I picked it up from MRosenberg pretty cheaply just before Christmas, but it was full of flaws (this was reflected in the price!) that required some creative layouts. I currently only have a picture of one of the tops, but may blog them both properly in the next week or so.<br />
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I really like this picture! I looks like I have put s crazy filter on it, but it is just the lighting in my sewing room.<br />
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Phew, that is it for last year. I have been sewing nonstop in the last week, so hopefully will have some finished items to show soon. Happy New Year and Happy sewing!<br />
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<br />Tamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677719122673211109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685878398696286202.post-12120108340502814552016-12-05T13:20:00.000+00:002016-12-05T13:20:00.361+00:00FO: Mouse house creations Julia Cardigan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this cardigan/jacket to wear with my <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/fo-bhl-wedding-outfit-part-one-anna.html">BHL Anna Dress</a> that I wore for a wedding earlier this year.<br />
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The fabric is a navy blue ponte knit that I bought locally and have had for a couple of years. I bought it to try and knock off a dress that I had seen in Crew Clothing and had never got round to making (I even have the sparkly fabric too).<br />
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The pattern is the <a href="http://www.welcometothemousehouse.com/2013/12/the-julia-womens-cardigan-its-here.html">Julia Cardigan</a> from Mouse House Creations, which I bought as part a pattern bundle a couple of years ago. It is a downloadable pdf. I quite enjoy putting these together, unlike many people! It takes me back to living in NZ and rediscovering sewing with free downloads from the Burdastyle magazine. <br />
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I just about managed to squeeze the pattern out of the quantity of fabric that I had. I think I had about 1.5 metres and the pattern calls for considerably more than that. I employed some creative cutting and ended up piecing the inside of the back edge. I choose the view that has the double layer at the collar/edge as it doesn't need hemming and I wanted it to look good with my dress - I wasn't sure that turning the edge under and stitching would look as nice. <br />
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I really like the pattern, it was an easy sew and the instructions were fine. I am pretty sure that I put it all together with my overlocker and just did a spot of top stitching on my sewing machine. Once done, I tried it on with the dress and even ordered some shoes and a bag to go with it all. It looked good, but I felt it was a bit casual and I had in the back of my head that I wanted something a bit more striking - and the <a href="http://pimpmycurtains.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/fo-bhl-wedding-outfit-part-2-victoria.html">BHL Victoria Blazer</a> was born!<br />
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Having worn it as a cardigan alot over the summer I really like it and would like to try it in a different fabric for a more slouchy version. If I make it again I think that I would grade up to a bigger size across the back of the shoulders. I feel that this one is a little tight and the back of the armscye is distorted when I wear it.<br />
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