Still been blowing an absolute gale around here; with the tail end of cyclone Bianca lingering about. A plus; the stiff breezes have thankfully kept the temperatures down with pleasantly glorious days of around 32C, which is (imo) the perfect summer’s day temperature, and a deliciously cool change for us lately!
It was nice to catch up with ma Monday morning gals again, after the summer hols had had us all off to different parts of the globe for our various family breaks. Today we resumed our standing appointment, met up for morning tea and exchanged all our latest goss within the group…hehe.
Now, I am always up for a challenge. Although I do, yes, get mired sometimes in the bread and butter sewing of necessary clothing I do like to stretch my sewing wings once in a while and attempt something quite unexpected and frivolous… and late last year I bought a glove pattern; Vogue 7949. Lauriana expressed an interest in us doing a sew-along together, would anyone else like to join in? I am planning to use this particular pattern, but obviously others wouldn’t have to use the exact same pattern but one of their own choosing if you like. Since this is a complete first for me I plan to work through step by step and will document my progress, for fun… this actually could be a huge disaster, or I could end up with some lovely new gloves for winter. Sitting in my stash is an old lilac suede skirt I found in an op shop. This has sadly developed an unsightly bulge-y “bottom” from sitting down in it as well as some ugly “polished” spots, but most of the suede is in really good nick and I would really like to refashion it into some dreamy and unusually coloured gloves… thus the purchase of the glove pattern. Anyone keen? If so, drop me a comment and together we’ll see how we go.
And in other news from in the sewing/blogging world, as another little challenge for next month I am going to take part in this:
‘I, Carolyn of Handmade by Carolyn, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-March ’11. I endeavour to wear
all handmade clothing each day for the duration of March 2011′
Details:
Dress; Vogue 1152 with fitting modifications, chambray cotton
Scarf; gift from my parents, from their trip to Italy
Sandals; Akiel, found in an op shop
Nail varnish; Fools Paradise, OPI
You look adorable in this outfit. The scarf really adds to it just the right amount of color and interest.
I've enjoyed all of the posts from your trip. I found the post on knitting in planes very interesting and informative.
Lovely outfit in an amazing setting. I agree, the scarf really sets it off.
Ooooh, I am looking forward to seeing your progress on both of these! fun! I don't t hink I'll do me-made this time, I don't have enough new things or old things I didn't remix so it would be too much repetition, but will love seeing yours!
What a lovely park-like background. Beautiful.
The "Me Made March" challenge sounds very tempting. Don't know why I have such a problem committing to these things. Probably the thought of having to take pictures on a daily basis. It's still a ways off – I'll do some thinking.
I'm in for the glove sew-along!
Looking forward to your challenge's. I'm taking part in Me Made March this time too 🙂
I look forward to this foray into glove-making. Are they machine stitched?
I would love to take part in the glove sewing so I can have a new pair to take to France
Hi Carolyn, sorry for my late answer, but of course I'm still up for a glove sew-along. I'll post about it on my blog today as well. I'm much busier than before, but in the grand scale of things, this is not such a big project and I still like doing it as a sew-along.
And it's fun to read your ideas about material for these gloves, I also have some to-be-refashioned suede lined up as a glove-making option…
To answer Terri's question, yes, these gloves are to be machine stitched, albeit on much smaller seam allowances than we're used to. That may just be a large part of the challenge of sewing this.
It's great to have you back in the blogging world, and I'm glad to read you had such a nice holiday. You can also reach me at aicha_hockxAThotmailDOTcom as a more direct route for discussing the sew-along
I have that pattern too. I would love to do a sew-a-long, but the timing? There is too much work-interrupting-sewing going on here….
The dress looks beautiful on you.
Those gloves sound wonderful! Here is a link to Threads tute from an article they had in 09, too. Thank you for all your reviews – lovely sewings! Hugs.
This dress is so lovely!
I commend you for participating in Me-Made-March. I think that's such an awesome idea!
Hello Carolyn, I found your blog through the Me Made March board and it has so many beautiful things! I love this dress, the shape and the chambray fabric go together very well 🙂