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 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
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
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
We went for a midsummer picnic this year. It was rather brave as it was well wet and very windy. Some years ago a group of us went one amazing midsummer picnic in the Burren (Limestone hills in neighbouring county) and it was a spectacular sunset, and every year since we have tried to do … Continue reading a summer jacket (from a euro coat)
...........so ............this is the jacket that started it all and now that I have finally started working on it one year later, I am wondering how I picked up such an odd one! It was 2euro, the colour of my old school uniform and it's like wearing 1983 - you may not be able to … Continue reading green car coat to ‘racing green’ coat with a hood
The best part on drawing, is not at the beginning or the end but something is often right in the middle, and the same goes for sewing! This little project had its own moments, good and bad, but there was a point just after the sleeves set in, that I knew it was going to … Continue reading blue coat remake to blue tunic
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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