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January sewing stats
This will probably be of limited interest to anyone, but I find keeping track of things on my blog is the most reliable method for me. I'm going to keep track each month of garment sewn, fabric bought...
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Simple dress in stripes: Vogue 2659
I live a pretty casual lifestyle - apart from corporate wear for work, the rest of my wardrobe needs are for simple, casual and comfortable clothes. Of course that's what I rarely sew! After making...
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Burda 9/2007 #128: simple skirt in a stunning floral
Sometimes a project is all about the fabric, and not the pattern. It certainly is the case for my latest finished project - a simple straight skirt:Nothing too groundbreaking about the skirt style, but...
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Burda of the Month: 2/2015 #128 the seam crazy top
My February issue of Burda was really late in being delivered this month - it didn't arrive in my letter box until the 21st of February which was really annoying. It wasn't worth the wait though,...
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February Sewing Stats
This month I am very pleased to announce that I bought NO fabric or patterns at all! In fact I only bought 1 black zipper and some white overlocking thread. Admittedly, February is the shortest month...
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Vogue 1826 - the leftover top
I've nearly finished setting up my newly revamped sewing room - all that is left is a new cutting table and a few bits and pieces such as shelving and hooks etc. It's taken quite a lot of trips to my...
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March sewing roundup and winter 1961 vintage sewing patterns
So here I am breaking my blogging drought with a blog post that will be boring to practically everyone apart from myself - but since I don't keep records of my sewing beyond my blog it must be here I'm...
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March Burda of the Month: 03/2015 #118 piped seam dress in lovely Liberty fabric
Once again I'm posting my monthly Burda project late although I did actually finish sewing it in March so I squeaked it in. I had no excuses either since the issue arrived in my letter box in the first...
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McCalls 5815: brilliant blue jacket
This latest finished project of mine was such a hard journey, and I'm so pleased I've finally finished it. Let me introduce McCalls 5815 in a brilliant blue colour:This is the Nanette Lepore bow-collar...
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Burda of the Month: 4/2015 #137 - a miniature French style jacket
I struggled a bit with picking out a pattern to make from the April issue of the Burda Style magazine - there isn't much in there that jumped out as needing to be in my wardrobe. I contemplated making...
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Dress Up Party: Simplicity 2724 review
Something a little different from me today - I'm participating in a 'Dress Up Party' hosted by Sara over at Sew Sweetness and have written a guest post reviewing Simplicity 2724. This is a great dress...
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Vintage Vogue 6056: Houndstooth top
What an awful saying "killing two birds with one stone" really is when you break it down. I was trying to explain to Anna the figurative meaning of the saying, but being 6 years old she couldn't quite...
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Simplicity 1467: from 15 year old UFO to wearable muslin
After my disappointment with the fit of the blue jacket from a few posts back (which I've pulled apart but haven't finished yet) I decided the wise thing would be to make muslins for jacket patterns at...
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So, I've been busily sewing....
At the risk of sounding like a trashy 1980s style souvenir t-shirt (you know the ones: my grandma went to Singapore and all I got was this lousy t-shirt), but I have to say it: I've been sewing like a...
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Sewing in the polar vortex: Kwik Sew 3740 cowl neck top
It's been so chilly here in Sydney lately that the single digit overnight temperatures have made the 6pm news (apparently we're in a polar vortex) and prominently in our major metropolitan newspaper....
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Burda of the month: 6/2015 #116 draped top
Those of you that have been paying close attention may have noticed that I haven't posted a Burda of the month project for the last, oh, 3 months. I got very annoyed because the May issue didn't arrive...
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Burda of the Month: 07/2015 #115 - sometimes you just want something easy
I'm still fiddling around with the fit on my May Burda project so I decided to move on ahead with the July project so at least I could say I sewed it within the same month of issue. This was another...
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Vogue 9716 - tailored white wool jacket
I've had a terrible case of start-everything-but-finish-very-little lately - I think I currently have about 5 projects in varying stages of progress (not to mention a rather large box of UFOs that have...
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When sad things happen to nice fabric: vintage McCalls 5700 chambray polka...
One of the reasons I think many of us have beautiful and lovely fabrics sitting in our stashes unused is because of a fear of ruining it. I know it's certainly the case for me - many times I've either...
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August Burda of the Month: 8/2015 #120 another pink drape top
In my last post I was lamenting doing horrible things to a nice fabric - in this post I will lament doing nice things to horrible fabric! I picked a long term resident from my stash because I liked the...
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