I had been looking at this pattern for a while and I love wrap-arounds, skirts, dresses, tops - The duvet had two lovely faded shades and the blue over-lock edge suited so to include this detail in the dress I made some with blue piping with bias from some blue scrap I had and and yarn (which … Continue reading Ann Adams 4602 – duvet to dress
Month: September 2014
Simplicity 1178 halters and weskits – from pillowcase to halterneck
More pillowcases to tops. I did some rough sews of these two as I liked the look of the halter. The cream halter has a low back and the blue halter/weskit has none! I did make up a halter for a friend since and brought the back up more, so to allow for bra. Cute … Continue reading Simplicity 1178 halters and weskits – from pillowcase to halterneck
Butterick 2704 – pillowcase to top
Butterick 2704 -so much in one pattern. I have made the coat, top, beach dress, and trews (so only skirt, shorts, and jacket to go). I saw these 2 pillowcases, and adored the vivid design, what I hadn't factored, was that the design and grain would not run true to each other, and in order to … Continue reading Butterick 2704 – pillowcase to top
Simplicity 8203 – trousers to tennis dress
The athena poster dress was auctioned earlier this year and got 15k! It well exceeded the guide price and the back story is a good read. Its a home-made dress and is from a simplicity pattern (is supposed to be from Simplicity 8203). I like square necklines, and decided to give it a go. The pattern allows … Continue reading Simplicity 8203 – trousers to tennis dress
Butterick 2704 – green cloak to green coat
When I saw this green cloak in the charity shop - I truly could not resist it.. It reminded me of the original Irish Air Hostess uniform. Its a full-on kelly-green woven wool cloak with hood. My feeling is that it was probably made for either a primary school play or float about St Patrick, and also … Continue reading Butterick 2704 – green cloak to green coat
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