I am finally getting to make my way into remaking some of VdeP textile waste. One of the motivations was Frocktails, and this year it was going to be 'up the river', on a large tourist river cruiser, going up to Loch Corrib in Galway. Frocktails was on last Saturday night and the weather was … Continue reading Bow Shirt, and Frocktails
Whenever I see random gloves on the street, I tend to pick them up and put on a nearby ledge in case the owner comes back…. I don’t know if they do, but at this stage its now a habit. Some weeks ago, I was walking home from work and I saw a scarf on … Continue reading Paddington Top – Scarf Upcycle
I have been meaning to post this for a few months now - and while technically I do have more making time now that I am working a part week, I am getting distracted by more projects than ever and my latest will be umbrellas (so I have now become the person who takes broken … Continue reading linen remakes
so after the last few months of being house obsessed - I now have my workroom nearly back and the house stuff that was stored there is making its way back to the rooms of the house, and I am finding it rather slow to get back sewing again as I am still trying to … Continue reading Sewing and Sanding
It is also technically still winter (Met Eireann/our weather board class December January and February as winter in Ireland) so I also see it as a time of semi-hibernation and taking it easy - January is definitely my tiredest month, probably because if also feels like the darkest one. So rather than try and make … Continue reading so many plans – so many patterns
Cate at Vintage Gal had a wonderful post about Anna Sui in September. I loved the dress she made from the Anna Sui pattern (vogue 1619). I have looked (unsucessfully) for this pattern, but did get Vogue 1789. I have started working full time and decided to make a few pieces of winter work as … Continue reading Anna Sui Denim Dress, Cynthia Rowley Black Blouse
I have been sewing a lot, and blogging less. Some of my sewing has really been going in circles - normally I like to make something, finish and move on to the next but the last few months I have been sewing a few things at the same time, and dawdling on the finish. … Continue reading Bianca 1 and Bianca 2 – skirt and shirt upcycle
I am developing a habit of justifying buying from the one euro rail on the basis that they are all moments away from landfill...... and am equally surprised at the amount of 'good' stuff that ends up there. The downside is, I have to sew a bit faster so I am not hoarding. I did … Continue reading culottes to blouse – one euro buy
While I have been sewing for years, that doesn't mean it been anyway consistent, or even improving, if anything, in the in-between times when I was no longer sewing regularly or our of necessity, I had gotten worse, and this fabric was a case in point. I picked it up some years ago on a … Continue reading McCalls 7241 – A simple sew
I am sure I am not the only one who either buys too much or too little fabric. Some time ago, I bought 3/4 metre of this Liberty Silk (because it was relatively expensive I bought 'too little'). Its really lovely. I could not figure out what to make with it, but eventually tried out … Continue reading 1 metre make – Advance 5232 Liberty Silk
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