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
I started this post on 28th May and today is 13th November. Things have been busy, but not that busy. I still blame Covid for twisting time! Of course, there is also the fact that Bloglovin only works here and there and that used be my main blog reader so now as I am not … Continue reading Summer Makes – dresses, coat and sweater
There were three reasons to make this coat - its a coat - I love coatsthe sleeve / elbow detail is unusual, and I liked the casual cut as well as it being sufficiently different from my other coatsI had this purple hand-woven tweed, probably from the 80s for a long time. It's a fairly … Continue reading burda hi-viz purple coat
I have been working on some upcycled knits for Fashion Revolution week this year, so a lot of sewing is getting put to one side for 'after April'. I had been meaning to make a new coat for a while and had a navy 80s 'Jimmy Hourinan' (high end Irish clothing brand) coat that I … Continue reading New Coat New Year
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
I don't know if this is a general habit for others, but often if I am working on a long/boring/difficult project I start to plan a nice/interesting project in my head and this project becomes the treat that I can look forward to. So while I was plodding away with the Irish dance costume, wondering … Continue reading embroidered wool coat
I really have far more than I can re-sew currently, and yet when my friend Petra mentioned she saw a coat in her local charity shop she thought I would like, and I liked the sound of it (wool), and so the next time she was at the shop, it was still there and she got … Continue reading blue coat with embroidered sleeves – and MeMadeMay makes
I have had these patterns for a while, and a wedding invite last January was a bit of an excuse to make them. It was for an April wedding, (last weekend) in the very west of Ireland (connemara). Both patterns are very simple, and were relatively quick makes (my favourite type). I am … Continue reading simonetta dress 1587 – vogue coat 7514
Probably one of the more exciting things that happened this week was whenever I got to change flavours in cough sweets. I have been rather bogged down by a sore throat/lost voice all week, so sounding like Kathleen Turner (how cool) but punctuated by hacking cough (how not cool) and feeling a bit peeved by … Continue reading red coat remake
So theres a coat, reduced from 20 to 10 to 5..... its wool cashmere, no pocket shaping dart getting in the way, long, navy, and although a mans coat, there was sufficient fabric around the hips for a remake. I got this coat last spring and put in to the 'to do' side. There a … Continue reading a coat for a fiver
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