tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20708736194655546782024-03-05T07:52:50.900+00:00Rolling EyeballsPostings from the nicer side of the Internet...Fluffrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236228337341747947noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-59984725668699518782017-04-30T20:14:00.000+01:002017-04-30T20:14:24.262+01:00Me Made May 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I, Katrina of RollingEyeballs pledge to wear only me made clothes including underwear and outerwear as far as is possible for the duration of the month of May 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I needed this to be a challenge, and as I wear me made clothes most of the time, including underwear and outerwear makes it a challenge. I currently only have one me made bra, but I do have 3 UFO bras needing to be finished. I should be able to do this relatively quickly as I only wear softcup bras, I don't have enough bust to warrant a structure that resembles the Forth Bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course you'll have to take my word for it that I'm wearing me made underwear as I certainly don't plan posting pictures of me in my underwear.</span>Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-1859166129950437562017-02-28T20:12:00.000+00:002017-02-28T20:12:40.952+00:00The decade that style forgot - oh no I wasn't born in the 80s<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme this month on The Monthly Stitch was to make something from or inspired by the decade of your birth. I know it will seem hard to believe but I was born in the 1970s, it's official I'm vintage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say I have never felt the need to revisit the 70s (let alone the 80s, been there done that, still having the nightmares) as I was only nine years old by the time the 80s rolled around, so I had very little say in what I worn in the 70s. I remember a lot of polyester and nylon, I think I must have had a static charge for the whole decade, so I was a little stumped as to what to make, then I remembered Clothkits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wore a lot of Clothkits clothes in the 70s that my Mum made for me, I think it is where my love of sewing started. I bought a vintage Clothkits Maxi skirt from Ebay a couple of years ago and it has sat not being sewn since then. When Jennifer Lauren released the Ivy Pinafore last year, it made me think of this Clothkits kit sitting in my stash, and so the Clothkits Ivy was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not that easy to see but there is a navy printed pattern along the bottom of the hem, printed corduroy (or cotton for that matter) was a trademark of Clothkits. I'm wearing the pinafore here with the Jennifer Lauren Gable Top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a short swing dress and I have to remember not to bend over or I will be flashing my nickers. Getting pictures in February is not that easy, this is how I was dressed for the rest of the walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-50484153767769414122017-02-03T15:30:00.000+00:002017-02-13T10:41:18.713+00:00What I did on my Winter Holiday<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fluffrick and I (and the two dogs of course) have just spent the last week on the lovely Isle of Arran, at the <a href="http://www.auchrannie.co.uk/" target="_blank">Auchrannie</a> resort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I brought nine projects with me (maybe a little over the top) and I have managed to finish seven of them, not bad going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So first of all I completed my second <a href="http://shop.grainlinestudio.com/products/moss-skirt" target="_blank">Grainline Moss Mini</a> (I got this pattern in the Indie Pattern Swap last year in IPM on <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Monthly Stitch</a>). I have no idea what the fabric it, it has been in my stash a long time, but I thought it was a good neutral colour that would go with lots of things (and it goes with my stripey tights).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm wearing it with my next make a Navy<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/469337691/the-gable-knit-top-slash-neckline-womens" target="_blank"> Jennifer Lauren Handmade Gable Top</a>. This top is so quick to make and I don't even have an overlocker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next is another <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/product/the-susanne-cardigan-for-teens-and-women/" target="_blank">Compagnie M Susanne Cardigan</a>. This is my forth time making this pattern (first time blogging about) and I just love it. I also have it in a purple marl ponte, a teal boiled wool and a cycles jersey. As with most Compagnie M patterns there are wonderful feature pockets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did do a little unselfish sewing, I made a wallet for my goodie bag swap for the next Yorkshire Spoolettes meet-up - so no photo yet. And I made another pair of <a href="https://threadtheory.ca/products/jedediah" target="_blank">Thread Theory Jedediah Pants</a> for Fluffrick from a lovely soft corduroy. Fluffrick says these are the most comfortable trousers he owns, this is the third pair I have made for him, a forth will be on the way soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And my final two makes are <a href="http://www.blueprintsforsewing.com/shop/saltbox-pdf-pattern" target="_blank">Blueprints for Sewing Saltbox Top</a> and a third pair of <a href="http://itch-to-stitch.com/product/liana-stretch-jeans-digital-sewing-pattern-pdf/" target="_blank">Itch to Stitch Liana Jeans</a>. The Saltbox Top has been on my to make list for over a year now and I'm glad I finally got round to making it. It's quite a loose fitting top, so I may go down a size next time. The Liana Jeans are definitely my go to jeans pattern and I made this pair out of only 1m of fabric (the fabric was 1.6m wide). These jeans aren't quite finish, they only have one back pocket at the moment. These jeans were already half made before the holiday and when I was trying to get all my supplies together last Saturday morning I couldn't find the second rear pocket. I'll put it on when we get back home, as it does look a little weird with only one pocket.</span><br />
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yourself up to fail (me cynical, no).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many a diary has been started on January 1</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, only to be
discarded before the month is out.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So
this is in no way shape for form a New Year’s Resolution; but I do need to get
control of my stash.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sew therefore I
stash.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not so much my fabric stash
that disturbs me (although it is considerable and has been slowly multiplying
over 30 years), but my pattern stash, especially the PDF patterns.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most are printed off, stuck together and cut
to my size, that’s a lot of work for me then not to be using them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me most PDF sewing patterns (or the Big 4 printed
patterns for that matter) are impulse buys.
See pretty thing, buy pretty thing, all too often do not make pretty
thing. Last November Sew Over It
released the Heather Dress, a snugly ponte winter dress with all important
integrated pockets and it was only £7.
However, for once I resisted the temptation, I thought those design
lines look not dissimilar to the Muse Philippa Dress, I already have the
pattern for the Muse Philippa Dress, I have had it for months and not made it
up, I know I will make a snugly ponte Philippa winter dress. Of course I had to buy new fabric to make it,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a little longer and a little looser fitting than the
Heather dress, but really comfy and very snugly. I used the Narrow sleeves from the Muse
Sleeve Pattern pack, I self drafted a neck band (85% of the neck
circumference), also I didn’t insert a zip, I can get it on and off without one. I stabilised the pocket opening with some
elastic, but it was maybe a little too bulky and in hindsight unnecessary, I
don’t think the pockets will stretch out.
The only other change and the reason for the dress being looser fitting,
is I cut the side back and centre back out together to eliminate the curved
seam, which probably added a few centimetres of ease at the waist, I did
contemplate removing the ease with a fisheye dart, bit I’m ok with it being on
the loose side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's loose enough to give Bonnie Hugs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that’s one PDF pattern used and likely to be used again,
many more to go. Top of the list are two
Blueprints for Sewing Patterns, the Saltbox Top and the A-Frame Skirt, the
Rosari Skirt by Pauline Alice and the Tahi Skirt by Muse Patterns. Not to mention, The Jutland Pants by Thread
Theory, the Jasper Top by Paprika Patterns and the Gable Top by Jennifer Lauren
Handmade. That should keep my busy for a
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-15292660757939071512017-01-13T17:45:00.000+00:002017-01-25T18:32:26.832+00:00Age Appropriate Sewing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today is the 29th anniversary of me passing my driving test, I passed when I was 17, so you can do the maths. So what should someone of my advancing years, sew and wear - answer, what ever the hell they want.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do have a fondness for novelty prints and as I'm not much of a dress wearer, skirts it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this skirt at the end of 2015 (I may be a little behind on my blogging) to wear to a screening of Star Wars - The Force Awakens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the ever trusty <a href="http://www.simplicitynewlook.com/6106/" target="_blank">New Look 6106</a>. I can now make this skirt out of only 1 metre (or in this case 1 yard) of fabric and add a bit of fullness to the front, just by setting the front as far away from the fold as the fabric will allow. I need to do the waist and pocket facings in a co-ordinating fabric, but as they are not seen, I don't have a problem with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time I used Megan Nielsen's <a href="http://megannielsen.com/products/brumby-skirt-sewing-pattern?variant=1322829524" target="_blank">Brumby Skirt</a>, slightly modified to fit into 1.25 metres of 115cm wide fabric. I had to reduce the width of the skirt slightly and make the pockets a tad less vast, but it's still swooshy enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the skirts are suitable for dog walking (very important) and suitable for work (I maybe work in a more laid back office than most) and entirely age appropriate I feel. </span>Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-77290072506949768902016-10-26T18:11:00.000+01:002016-10-26T18:11:03.805+01:00The Seamstress Tag<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katrina, I’m 46 and live in lovely green Sheffield, with my
husband Fluffrick our two rescue dogs Hagrid and Bonnie and my Mum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t really remember a time when I didn’t sew. I know I already knew my way around a sewing
machine when I started sewing lesson at Secondary school when I was 12. My Mum used to sew clothes (often Clothkits)
for me and my brother when we were little, so there was always sewing in our
house. I then took an ‘O’ level in
Sewing (I’m that old I did ‘O’ levels not GCSE’s), but I kept on sewing as a
teenager and into my twenties to save money.
Comparatively clothes were not that cheap in the late Eighties, early
Nineties, so I could make clothes much more cheaply than buying RTW</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t really think of any truly disastrous makes. I tried to make my brother a suit for his
eighteenth birthday, grey trousers and a tweedy jacket and my first time every
using a Vogue pattern. He had already
worn out the trousers by the time I got around the finishing the jacket,
sometime around his twenty first birthday.
I don’t know if he ever really wore the jacket. I do have about 20 items in my wardrobe that
I have made that just need a tweak to make them more wearable, but I wouldn’t
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you accumulate a lot of stuff - Fabric, more fabric, even more fabric, zips,
buttons, thread, patterns, pattern magazines, sewing books. I do like John Lewis, but these days only buy
fabric in the sale and there is Fine Fabrics in Hillsborough that is good for a
rummage. Where possible I like to re-purpose fabric from existing RTW garments, so charity shops are great for
that. I do love <a href="http://www.fabworks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fabworks</a> in Dewsbury, I just really glas it is in Dewsbury and not just round the corner.</span></div>
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at least 12 different iterations (<a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/one-week-one-pattern-onyx-shirt.html" target="_blank">as seen in OWOP 2016</a>). I have
also used <a href="http://www.simplicitynewlook.com/6106/" target="_blank">New Look 6106</a> many, many times (<a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/one-week-one-pattern-summery-summary.html" target="_blank">as seen in OWOP 2014</a>) and I have 8 different versions of the
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bear, which are ridiculous pattern layouts and excessive fabric requirements. I love playing a life sized game of Tetris to
try and fit the pattern pieces onto the smallest amount of fabric, whilst
maintaining grainline or choosing to place pattern pieces on the cross grain,
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exciting happens there is always an action replay. Tonight I will be watching the second day of
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my very first version of the Onyx Shirt, that I made from recycling a man's shirt. However, it was my least worn, as it was a little tight and looked like scrubs. OWOP made me try and resolve these issues, so I added a bit of width to the back and made the cuffs in a contract colour. I will now wear it a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love this red version, it's a lovely quality cotton (I also have it in a blue colour ways) and is definitely a dressier iteration. This may not be the best picture, but it had added Bonnie in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Better weather today, so the top that looks like I made it from a tablecloth came out. In person the green cardigan didn't look out of place as there is a green check next to the red check, the photo just doesn't pick it up very well. This photo with added Hagrid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My subtle stripe dress version today. I liked the split hem on the Inari Tee, so I copied it. What you can't see are my matching purple Vans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't think I would be able to post anything during Hack It week on the Monthly Stitch, hacking patterns is not something I generally do. I might add the odd pocket or turn a top into a dress, but nothing really big.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then Marte at <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/" target="_blank">Compangie M.</a> released the <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/product/the-noa-pants/" target="_blank">Noa Pant</a> pattern for kids for 1-10 years and I just loved the pocket detail and I really wanted a pair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So how do you change a kids pattern into an adult pattern. A printer, a photocopier and a lot of sticky tape. I also used an existing pattern that I knew fitted to compare and contrast. I enlarged the pocket and top half of the trouser pattern by 120% and extended the crotch at the front and the back. </span></div>
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-1472152429410748012016-06-14T12:55:00.002+01:002016-06-14T12:55:46.663+01:00How many tops, it too many?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My love of the </span><a href="https://www.paprikapatterns.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paprika
Patterns</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.paprikapatterns.com/shop/onyx-shirt/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Onyx
Top</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> continues, these two version are actually the ninth and tenth time I
have made this pattern (those ten versions weren’t all for me, one was for my
Mum), it is my go to pattern for a woven top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let me </span><s><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gush</span></s><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> talk about the pattern first, it’s only
available as a pdf, but I’m one of those strange people who actually finds
cutting and taping pdf patterns together therapeutic. For me the added bonus of a pdf pattern is I
can print it out again if I misplace my pattern (between cutting out the top
version on Friday and the dress version on Monday I had misplaced the pattern
and had to print it out again). The pdf
is layered so you only have to print out the size you want and the size range
is generous from an 80cm to 124cm bust.
And the largest size only used 15 sheets of paper, with the instructions
only using 7 sheets. Lisa’s instructions
are clear and concise, with additional tutorials on the website, if needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For both versions I made a size 6 at the shoulders and bust,
grading down to a size 5 at the hips. In
previous versions I have lengthened the bodice by 5cm (I have a strangely long
back), but for the blue version I left it at the original length because I had
only bought 1 metre of fabric, 112cm wide.
Anyway let me tell you about the fabric, it’s from </span><a href="http://faberwood.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Faberwood</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, who I found through the Paprika
Pattern website, but who are actually based here in Sheffield about ten minutes
from where I live. I emailed the lovely
Fiona who runs Faberwood and asked if I could collect my order rather than have
it posted, she said yes, and I got to meet her and chat about sewing and fabric,
whilst my patient husband and not so patient dog waited in the car. It is a dangerous thing having such lovely
fabric right on my doorstep. Check them
out, but bear in mind Fiona is an enabler, she included swatches of all their
lovely fabrics with my order. The fabric
I choose was a </span><a href="http://faberwood.com/collections/frontpage/products/blue-indian-block-print-fabric-for-dressmaking"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blue
Indian block print</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that is kind of the soft lightweight cotton I have been
looking for for ages. It has a border
print, but only on one edge, which I tried to use to its best advantage. I would have loved to feature it on the front
hem, but as the hem on the Onyx top if slightly curved, I don’t think it would
have looked right. I could say the
pattern on the cuffs going in the opposite direction was a design feature, but
that was the only way I could fit all the pattern pieces in 1 metre of fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On to the dress, this fabric doesn’t have an interesting
back story; it was from </span><a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/thetextilecentre/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
Textile Centre</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on ebay and is a lovely viscose. All I did to change to top into a dress was
extend the pattern by approximately 35cm, I just eyeballed it when I was
cutting it out. I liked the idea of the
split hem as seen on the </span><a href="http://www.namedclothing.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Named Clothing</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><a href="http://www.namedclothing.com/shop/inari-tee-dress/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inari Tee Dress</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
which was very easy to do, especially with the broad stripe to follow on the
fabric. I just have to say how happy I
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't usually make sewing plans, I'm more see pretty fabric, see pretty pattern, buy, sew, or all too frequently buy add to stash. That's not to say I don't make lists, I just don't usually do very much with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Another example of giving into temptation is this selection of lovely fabric below. This is a <a href="http://www.organiccotton.biz/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=216&product_id=127" target="_blank">remnant bundle</a> from the <a href="http://www.organiccotton.biz/store/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank">Organic Textile Company</a>. £39.50 for 10 metres of lovely surprise fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest piece of fabric in the bunch is this red/blue/beige/green check, as I have about 2 metres. I was tempted to make some kind on pinafore dress, but then realised that I am 45 not 5 years old and I'm going to try and adapt the Onyx top into a dress. The green and pink retro print I think may become a Brumby skirt, so that it can be toned down with plain tops. </span></div>
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-9528445864946415342015-08-21T12:46:00.000+01:002015-08-21T12:46:00.363+01:00The Sky Skirt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we actually took these photos on August the 5th, but life has a habit it getting in the way of the best laid plans. As I set myself this sewing challenge to tie in with the <a href="http://www.letour.fr/us/" target="_blank">Tour de France</a>, I felt I should finally do this post as the next big cycling grand tour la <a href="http://www.lavuelta.com/la-vuelta/2015/es/" target="_blank">Vuelta Espan</a>a starts tomorrow. I did say at the start that I wasn't going to put any unreasonable deadline on myself, but this may be cutting it a little fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So here is my Sky Skirt, because of course <a href="http://www.chris-froome.com/" target="_blank">Chris Froome</a> of <a href="http://www.teamsky.com/teamsky/home#WYiQ0qhFSa14xeTj.97" target="_blank">Team Sky</a> won the Tour de France this year for the second time. If you don't know, the Team Sky strip is black with a turquoise stripe down it, but as I don't wear a lot of black (because of a very blonde dog who likes cuddles), I made the skirt turquoise with a black stripe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the second time I have made this skirt, the first was for the New to Me challenge during Indie Sew Month, over at The Monthly Stitch. Blogged about <a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/is-this-too-formal-for-walking-dogs.html" target="_blank">here</a>. After the oh so clingy nature of my first version, I decided to line this one. I don't think I completely followed the instructions, as my comprehension of French is still rather poor, but I think it turned out fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again I added pockets, I've got to have pockets. The turquoise fabric is from <a href="http://www.dfwcurtains.com/" target="_blank">Direct Fabric Warehouse</a> and was £5.99 a metre. The fabric is 100% Linen, hence all the wrinkles. I didn't really need a whole metre, but they only sell fabric in 50cm increments and 50cm was not quite enough. I also bought some black polyester lining there. So I now have a 40cm remnant of turquoise linen and black polyester, needing to be used. The zip was from a haul of haberdashery a got at a charity shop in Buxton several years ago. The black fabric was salvaged from a pair of trousers, purchased at a charity shop, that I obviously used one leg for another project many moons ago. It is a Linen/Ramine mix, so washing these fabric together for the first time could be fun. I'm a rebel, I very seldom prewash my fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I really like this skirt, but I don't know who often it will get worn, as I just don't have many tops that go with it. Maybe I will get around to finally changing the buttons on the black linen blouse I made over a decade ago and I can wear them together and be all kind of wrinkly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I do seem to have an addiction to making skirts, the way some bloggers are addicted to making dresses. Maybe I need to focus more on making tops, so that I have something to wear with my many many handmade skirts?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So <a href="http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/" target="_blank">le Tour</a> has made it's from the high mountains of the Pyrenees and is heading for the Alps, so I have made a polka dot <a href="http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/classifications.html" target="_blank">K.O.M.</a> dress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes I know, the polka dot jersey is supposed to be red and white, but I worried about looking like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mouse" target="_blank">Minnie Mouse</a>. And I could find any red and white polka dot fabric that I liked. The fabric is a wonderfully drapey viscose from <a href="http://www.dfwcurtains.com/" target="_blank">Direct Fabric Warehouse</a>, for £5.99 a metre and I bought 1.5m of fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pattern is the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/238726076/lou-lou-dress-womens-sewing-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">Lou Lou Dress</a> by Charlotte at <a href="http://englishgirlathome.com/" target="_blank">English Girl at Home</a>. Doesn't it have a lovely pattern illustration?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my Mellow Yellow Challenge was meant to be a gentle easy going, not challenging challenge. However, as le Tour de France leaves Belgium today, I did give myself a rather short self imposed deadline of posting my Belgian inspired creation today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's nice to find a new Indie Pattern maker to go to, I definately have my eye on the <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/product/the-lotta-skirt-pattern-tw/" target="_blank">Lotta skirt</a>, but a need another skirt pattern like a hole in the head - didn't I say that when I bought the Vanessa Pouzet <a href="http://www.vanessapouzet.com/en/patterns/195-fatale-sister.html" target="_blank">Fatale Sister Skirt</a>.</span></div>
<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-83324102736268072572015-07-04T19:02:00.001+01:002015-07-04T19:02:37.391+01:00It seemed like a good idea at the time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may be an excess of I<a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/indie-pattern-month-2015/" target="_blank">ndie Pattern Month</a> over at <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Monthly Stitch</a>, but the start of <a href="http://www.letour.com/us/" target="_blank">le Tour de France</a> today, got me thinking. I am a huge cycling fan, I have to admit I'm not quite as excited about this years tour as last years, but then they're not riding through my home town this year. Having driven (not walked or ridden) up <a href="http://blog.veloviewer.com/le-cote-de-jenkin-road/" target="_blank">le Cote de Jenkin Road</a>, I can tell you it is an absolute bugger. Anyway that's beside the point, but it did get me thinking about how I could combine my love of sewing and cycling. Last year I made a <a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/tour-de-yorkshire.html" target="_blank">skirt</a> specifically to go and watch le Tour de France come through Sheffield, but what to do this year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It helps that I'm currently obsessed with the <a href="https://www.paprikapatterns.com/shop/onyx-shirt/" target="_blank">Onyx Top</a> by <a href="https://www.paprikapatterns.com/" target="_blank">Paprika Patterns</a> from the Netherlands, where le Tour has it's Grande Depart this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But this is a challenge, not just one outfit for one day, what else can I do. Well the race is in France, so I can sew my french (currently I own 3) patterns, that's fine. But then I looked at the route of le Tour and it starts in the Netherlands, then goes through Belgium before getting to France. Belgium, what can I do for Belgium???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Google. After a little searching I found out that <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/" target="_blank">Compagnie M.</a> is a Belgium Indie Sewing Pattern maker. So the <a href="https://compagnie-m.com/product/the-julia-sweater-pattern-for-teens-and-women/" target="_blank">Julia Sweater</a> is now in my inbox. A long sleeve t-shirt is perfect for this atypical British weather we are having.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I can make up a Indie pattern from all the countries visited by le Tour this year. I have some other ideas percolating, but I'm not going to put pressure on myself, this is meant to be a fun challenge. Which is why I'm calling it Mellow Yellow. For those of you not familiar with le Tour de France the leader of the race wears a Yellow Jersey (or Yellow Jumper as <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Won-Yellow-Jumper-Dispatches/dp/0224083368" target="_blank">Ned Boulting</a> would call it).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just had <a href="https://www.netto.co.uk/" target="_blank">Netto</a> open a branch down the road, so I went to have a look round on Friday, I do love my budget supermarkets. And look what I found...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what pattern to use? I did make a Jean Jacket before in my late teens out of a green drill fabric with an Aztec accent fabric. Fortunately I don't think there is any photographic evidence of this garment and it had been gifted to charity long ago. But the pattern may still be somewhere in the house - but do I want to waste a week of my life searching for it only to find pieces missing (I have never been good at putting my pattern pieces back in the envelope).</span></div>
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-71718222294059815062015-06-28T12:13:00.000+01:002015-06-28T12:13:44.859+01:00One Melissa, Two Melissa, soon to Three and Four<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know when you find a pattern that just fits. I have quite broad shoulders and a long back, so usually have to tweek patterns to get them to fit, but not with Melissa, if fits straight off the printer. I made a blouse and skirt with this patterm for <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/let-the-separates-contest-begin-june-8th-14th/" target="_blank">Separates</a> week over at The Monthly Stitch and decided to make another blouse for <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/indie-pattern-month-2015-the-contests/" target="_blank">One Pattern Two Takes</a>. I previously blogged about my adventures with Melissa <a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/today-i-will-mostly-be-making-seperates.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making this for a second time, did make the process a whole lot faster. The only fiddly bit was of my own making, as I had to bind the collar with a bias strip as I wasn't utilising the facings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I already have plans to make this blouse again with some not so subtle red gingham for <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/2015/05/30/announcing-the-july-challenge/" target="_blank">Check it Out Month</a>. </span></div>
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-34236914759514760782015-06-20T20:38:00.000+01:002015-06-20T21:26:16.341+01:00Is this too formal for walking the dogs?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's still Indie Pattern Month over at the Monthly Stitch and this week is dedicated to "New to Me". Sew an Indie pattern from a designer you have never sew before, it's not hard for to find an Indie designer I have not sewn before. I've only sewn from a handful of Indie designers, although I own patterns from several more just waiting to be sewn. So did I pick one of those patterns to sew? No. Did I sew my "Secret Santa Swap" pattern? No (technically I couldn't, as I have bought and sewn the Onyx top from Paprika Patterns since being given the Jade skirt in the swap). No I bought a new pattern after reading <a href="http://chainstitcher.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Diary of a Chainstitcher</a>, there is a regular update of new Indie pattern releases and news on this blog. The pattern in questions is the <a href="http://www.vanessapouzet.com/en/patterns/195-fatale-sister.html" target="_blank">Fatale Sister Skirt</a> by <a href="http://www.vanessapouzet.com/" target="_blank">Vanessa Pouzet</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pattern consists of only two pieces and prints in only 12 pages. Some patterns on this site are in English, but this one was only available in French (I haven't studied French in over 30 years). Fortunately the picture instructions were good and with the dubious help of Google translate I was able to work out what I needed to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it it too formal to walk the dogs? I don't think so.</span></div>
<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-30415009956077355262015-06-13T15:19:00.001+01:002015-06-13T16:42:51.626+01:00Today I will mostly be making seperates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If Me Made May showed me anything, it's that I wear mostly separates. Out of the 31 days, I only wore dresses on 4 days, the other 27 days I wore separates. I just find them much more versatile, I can happily wear the same skirt 3 days out of a week, pairing it with different tops, but would feel self conscious if I wore the same dress twice in a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Monthly Stitch</a> announced a <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/let-the-separates-contest-begin-june-8th-14th/" target="_blank">Separates Week</a> during Indie Pattern Month, I knew it was the challenge for me. But what pattern to choose... I eventually opted for the Melissa Dress/Blouse/Skirt by <a href="http://sewingmuse.com/products/melissa-dress-blouse-and-skirt" target="_blank">Muse Patterns</a>. I bought the pattern not long after release (unusual for me, I don't tend to be an early adopter), because the 40s/50s aesthetic appeals to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep trying to use fabric from stash, rather than going our and buying new and found a remnant of red denim that I have had for at least four years begging to be used. The only problem was, the pattern calls for 1.8m of fabric either 114 or 150 wide and I had 1m of 1.2 wide. A couple of modifications were required. I decided to omit the button front and insert a side zip instead, I also omitted the centre back seam. As you can see from the picture above, my Tetris skills came to the fore when positioning the pattern pieces. I didn't think my fabric had any sort of a nap, but just to be on the safe side put all the front pieces in one direction and all the back pieces in the other direction. I also didn't have enough fabric for a waistband, but as I'm not a huge fan of straight waistbands anyway, I opted to finish the waist off with petersham ribbon and a large hook and eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fabric for the blouse is also from my stash, it's a dress weight cotton from Ikea, with a copyright date on the selvedge of 2007, so I've had it a while. I love the pockets on this pattern, they may not hold a lot, bit I think the chevron details is lovely. I replaced the button and buttonholes with poppers, partly because I liked the look, but mostly because my sewing machine has recently been having a strop whenever I try to do buttonholes. My sewing machine has now had a service after 5 years of abuse and I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear is feeling much better. There will be buttonholes in my future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not going to miss the daily photo session, but it is nice to wear some things I haven't worn in a while. Below is a Coco that I actually had to make twice. Originally it was not colour-blocked, but the fabric shrunk quote dramatically, so I took it apart and added a black yoke. The skirt was made a couple of years ago from a charity shop find and I must have lost weight since I made it as it now site on my hips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may not see why, but this is one of my favourite dresses and one I have actually <a href="http://rollingeyeballs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/inspiration-pattern-result.html" target="_blank">blogged </a>about, maybe it could have used an iron.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally the 31st. My jeans again (this month has just been too damn cold) here with a top I copied from a favourite White Stuff top. I had a hell of a job finding a light enough material, this is actually the lining from a Per Una skirt that is awaiting refashioning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So another me made may done and dusted, I can't help but think this would have been easier if I had already blogged about the things I had made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first Bronte t-shirt, which is nice in person but looks rather blah in these pictures. I made it by refashioning an large striped grey man's t-shirt. This is such a quick t-shirt to make, I made it as a last minute sew to take on holiday last year and sewed it together in one evening. It's teamed with a Raspberry Chambray Newlook 6106.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my many Amy Butler "Lotus" tops, this one refashioned from a man's shirt (that way you can cheat and use the buttons and buttonholes that are already there). The colour hasn't come out well in these photos, it is a little more subtle in person. It is paired with <a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-6379-learn-to-sew-misses-knit-and-woven-pants.aspx" target="_blank">Simplicity 2061 </a>trousers, that I made last week using some linen/cotton fabric that has been in my stash for years. They are so comfortable it is like wearing PJs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just after this lovely complimentary pattern landed on my doormat, so did a Boden catalogue and the <a href="http://www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-Tops-T-shirts/3_4-Sleeved-Tops/WA588/Womens-Ursula-Top.html" target="_blank">Ursula Top</a> jumped out a me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then a lucky find of some beautiful vintage fabric at the British Heart Foundation shop in Chesterfield, turned my plans on their head.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The simple lines of the vintage pattern and the easy style of the Ursula Top, just seem the perfect combination to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The construction was relatively stress-free. I simplified the construction slightly by setting the sleeve on the flat, before sewing the side seams. I did my usual pattern adjustment, by adding an inch to the length and droping the bust drats a little. I ended up adding side vents, as it was a little snug around my hips, which I found surprising as I am decidedly not pear-shaped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the top was all finished and the facing slip stiched at the shoulders and tried it on...and oh no. The neck line was just too high. It looked nice, but was not going to be comfortable to wear. So the slip stitches we unpicked and the understitching of the front half of the facing undone and I droped the front neckline by an inch at the front, tapering up to the shoulders. The result of this, was a very narrow facing (about half the normal width) at the front, so to make sure the facing didn't pop out I did a row of topstitching about 1cm from the edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it met the ultimate test of wearability, it's good for walking the dogs. </span><br />
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232926759698394482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070873619465554678.post-59852133888100383522015-05-12T14:31:00.004+01:002015-05-12T14:31:41.718+01:00Me Made May - Days 5, 6 and 7<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather is still reeking havoc with my Me Made May plans. It can be sunny in the morning, raining by lunchtime and perrising in the afternoon. This is an everyday problem, but it has been excentuated by a lack of me made layers, this is certainly something that needs rectifying. Anyway, that's enough complaining, on to the outfits and the doggy photo-bombing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this dress on holiday in February (doesn't everyone take their sewing machine on holiday with them?). Again it was for a challenge from The Monthly Stitch, but never posted. This is the same Coco - Plantain pattern mash up that I used for my Simmons dress, but this the collar omitted and contrast neck and cuffs applied. The green body of the dress is a heavy polyester jersey, I don't have very many man made fibers in my wardrobe, I do prefer natural fibers, but I had been wearing this dress all day and no wrinkles. I'm wearing this with my favourite boots, something of an inpulse buy when on holiday in Scotland. These are the most expensive shoes I have ever bought (and they were in the sale), but as I have worn then more days then not, since I bought them, they are going to end up really good value for money. It's a pity I can't make my own shoes, as I pretty much spent my annual shoe budget on these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the first appearance of my Bronte tops (I now have 3 and I'm sure I will make more). This is such a quick pattern to sew and the binding at the neckline gives it a very prefessional looking finish. It's hard to see the jersey fabric here, but it's a marl cream with two tone blue flowers, so I accented it with navy bindings. I seldon pre-wash my fabric (I like to live dangerously) and I do think this has got a little shorter and a tad wider, but it's still very wearable. I'm wearing my jeans again, I've now done a little research and the pattern I used was Knipmode May '07 10b, so it won't be that long now before that pattern is vintage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather decided not to cooperate with what I wanted to wear this weekend. Yorkshire has been hosting the inaugural <a href="http://letour.yorkshire.com/" target="_blank">Tour de Yorkshire</a> this weekend and I thought it a wonderful time to wear my Tour de France skirt, but a cotton summer skirt was not suitable for freezing cold and heavy rain, hopefully I will get a warmer day later in the month when I can wear it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are the more weather appropriate clothes I worn this weekend...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Jeans I made early last year, using a pattern from Knipmode magazine that I bought in the Netherlands when we were on holiday there in 2008. It's a stretch denim with quite a bit of lycra, so they are really comfortable. One thing this picture does not show the mile of topstitching I did, they look like real Jeans. The Hoody I must have made at least 15 year ago, I have no idea what the pattern was. Up until about a month ago I rarely wore it, as it was baggy and buckled around the zip. So I took in the side and sleeve seams by a couple of inchs, added some pockets (a must when you have dogs to walk), removed the zip, put a little interfacing down the front and re-inserted the zip. Now I have worn it more times in the last month and I had in the preceding 15 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So on Sunday we went to see Avengers:Age of Ultron and as I'd already worn my Simmons Dress on Friday, this is my other Marvel appropriate outfit. The skirt is made using the Be My Goth Sibylle pattern, which I pattern tested last year. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Parnuuna the designer was inspired my Loki when designing the skirt, I don't think the pattern is currently available, but hopefully will be at some point. Here is a close up of the inset and pleat detail of the skirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The t-shirt I made on Saturday using Deer and Doe Plantain, with fabric I bought at the <a href="https://thimberlina.wordpress.com/2015/4/8/" target="_blank">Yorkshire Spoolettes</a> meet up in Dewsbury last month. I knew I was going to need a plain purple t-shirt if I wanted to only wear me made clothes this month, I have a lot of purple skirts, doesn't everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then the sun came out. I made the denim skirt last year, just after I'd made my jeans, in fact using the material I had left over. I used Simplicity 9825, which is now out of print. It's just a simple yoked skirt with a zip at the back, I changed the pattern to add pockets and put in a fly front and then went crazy with the topstitching. This skirt has been worn a lot over the winter with my myriad of coloured tights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't walk the dogs in there usual park this morning, as it was being used for a <a href="http://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/dms-connect/search?dms=3&feature=1001&venue=2163997&easi=true&search=highland+fling&type=events&srchtyp=N&townid=1241&pvieflag=e" target="_blank">Highland Fling</a> so we took the walk to Meersbrook Park. This park is no where near as big as Graves Park, but it does have a great vista of the city. Maybe I could make my Me Made May photos more interesting by visiting different park in Sheffield?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Me Made May is here once more and I am determined to actually document my participation this year, so that I actually feel like I am participating. It will also be the first year I will be having my photo taken wearing my glasses, maybe I can hide behind them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the Simmons Dress, which I made in December, for <a href="https://themonthlystitch.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/announcing-the-december-challenge/" target="_blank">The Monthly Stitch</a> challenge but never got around to posting (this will probably be a recurring theme in the coming month). The fabric I actually bought especially for this project from <a href="http://www.backstitch.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Backstitch</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, because I didn't have anything suitable in my stash, they are both really stable Ponte Roma knits, which were a pleasure to sew up. This is a picture of the inspiration garment...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When this challenge cam up, I just had to pick Jemma Simmons as my inspiration because firstly I am a huge <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/" target="_blank">Joss Whedon </a>fan and secondly the actress who plays Jemma is from Sheffield (when I live). As we were taking these photos, Fluffrick commented that I should have saved this dress to wear on Sunday, as that is when we plan to go to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/" target="_blank">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a>. I'll have to see If I have anything else Marvel appropriate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The pattern is a mash up between Tilly and the Buttons <a href="http://shop.tillyandthebuttons.com/products/coco" target="_blank">Coco</a> and Deer and Doe free t-shirt pattern <a href="http://boutique.deer-and-doe.fr/29-tops-plantain-t-shirt.html" target="_blank">Plantain</a>. The body is from Coco and the yoke and sleeves from Plantain, with the neckline raised several inches and the addition of a self drafted collar. I am not quite sure about the length of the sleeves (I am my own worst critic), because I am cost conscious I only bought 1/2 metre of the spot fabric, so the sleeves are a tad short for my liking, but I can live with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is only the second time I have worn this dress even though I really like it. One of the main reasons for this is below...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't expect to get through the day without being covered in cream fur. I know it is a staple in many wardrobes but, I very rarely wear black</span>, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would much rather wear colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So one day down, 30 more outfits to be worn and enjoyed.</span></div>
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