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Cassie’s work wardrobe; finished!

30/01/2022 4:41 pm \ 8 Comments \

Phew! I’ve finished the capsule work wardrobe that I’ve been making for Cassie over the past few months…!  Most of these things have been previously blogged, and I’m just rounding up here with the last three pieces…

item 1; limoncello top; based upon NewLook 6483, with widened shoulder line, and slimmed down body.  I did have a small amount of leftovers that I hoped would be enough to get a skirt out of, but actually it wasn’t…   *sad face* but hey, the plan was just for a top and it is a pretty one after all!  Fabric from Spotlight, button from stash.

I finished the armholes and neckline with pink cotton voile cut on the bias, simply because I had no yellow or even yellow-ish fabric that would do…  The same pink voile was used to make the little skinny button loop in each of these two tops.

item 2; pale pink top; same NewLook 6483 pattern, but a narrower shoulder line, same body as pattern.  Fabric from Spotlight and the same pink cotton voile used to finish the armhole and neckline edges.  btw, I did a tutorial on how to do a bias binding finish like these, here

item 3; pink “banksia” skirt; based upon my heavily modified Vogue 8363.  I know I always cite this pattern, but I think I really shouldn’t because I really have modified it so extensively that you couldn’t make this skirt using the pattern, actually.  Fabric is a beautiful Jocelyn Proust print from Spotlight, and it’s lined using a pink lining fabric from my stash.

We bought these fabrics together last year, back when we first started planning her back-to-work wardrobe as a new Mum, and I estimate that with the lining, and not including a small amount of leftovers that I *think* I can squeeze a little skirt out of, or maybe “something”: I used 2.5m to make these items; bringing my yearly total up to 4m at this point;

but in addition to that….!

Cassie and I are working on a new pattern right now, and I have used another extra 4m of some of my “junky” fabrics recently in sewing samples and testing garments.  I may or may not actually wear some of these at some point, but I hope to wear them a few times, at least!   Anyway; even though I haven’t blogged those things, my real “fabric used” total is actually up up to 8m and in my #use30from stash challenge: I have 22m to go!

Thoughts!  I have some… this is more like a diary entry, more than anything else…  so I know this is besides the point really; but I popped into Spotlight the other day to pick up a zip and was sorely tempted to buy some fabric!  It was really hard to just walk out with my zip!  but I’m determined to use 30m first.  Ideally; I would love to get my stash down to a very small amount of beautiful fabrics that I’m really excited to use, rather than being full of donated fabrics that I didn’t choose for myself, or buy, and really don’t “want” to use at all, to be perfectly honest.  I don’t want to just toss things out willy nilly though, and am really keen to use the 30m from my stash gainfully.

That’s it!  See you soon!

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some more stuff…

29/12/2021 12:50 pm \ 1 Comment \

just a few more things! I’m trying to get everything that I’ve made this year, also blogged this year, and so far there have been a few things that have fallen through the cracks!

I made another romper for Theo recently.  It’s the same design as the previous few I’ve made for him, just sized up a bit so he can wear it through into autumn..  Seems only fitting, given the very autumnal themed fabric, don’t you think?

Oh! The fabric! it’s very special!  It is designed by Cassie herself, called “Autumn tree swirl” and is one of the suite of autumn designs that she has in her Spoonflower shop, here.  This is the organic cotton jersey.

I also made another top for Cassie’s new work wardrobe, that I’m working on for her… the fabric is the same inherited vintage suiting as the skirt I made for her recently, here. and the pattern is NewLook 6483.  Such a great pattern, I’ve made it loads of times for myself and she has a copy of the pattern for herself too.  She wanted an oversized look so I cut a size 12, but I think it turned out a bit too oversized though…  so will go down to a 10 next time,I think  🙂

I made her skirt too previously; using my heavily modified V 8363 and crackle printed cotton drill from The Fabric Store in Melbourne, bought during one of our girly trips over there… aaah, happy times.  I wonder if we will ever do something like that again…??

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knots and crosses

14/05/2020 8:55 pm \ 13 Comments \

I made this crazy outfit!  I know; it doesn’t “look” too crazy.. but it is, because it was a super-fiddly process and took aaaaaages.  Not content with just using what was actually very nice fabric as is; I, of course, made life more difficult for myself by instead cutting it up to make new fabric.  Crazy..  Yep.

But I’m getting ahead of myself…. this is actually my entrant into the Tessuti Sewing competition… the idea is that you get some of the nominated competition fabric and make something with it… pretty simple huh? but the kicker is that nothing else other than the competition fabric can be visible and you cannot dye it either.  Tessuti nominated a family of six fabrics, which was pretty awesome! three colour ways of two related eyelet fabrics; one is Knots, the other is, naturellement, Crosses.  I bought the Natural colour way of both fabrics and got to work!

My thought was to cut the fabrics up “creatively” to make a multi-layered, multi-textured sort of a thing, like a layered lace kind of a look…

For the top; I cut the fabric into 3 types of fabric strips; the knots fabric on the bias, snipping out the backing fabric to make the pretty embroidery design into an edging.   The crosses fabric I cut strips on both the bias and the straight; in each case snipping out the backing fabric carefully to leave the embroidery forming a pretty border.  I arranged these strips over a pale pink lining bodice and stitched them in place with double rows of stitching…

the sleeves are in the knots fabric, and I cut the edging “lace” like so; just the very edge of the crosses fabric cut on the straight made the outer, lace-like edging.  The neckline edge is made from two different cuts of the same Knots fabric, one on both the bias and one on the straight.  The eyelet with the “ribbon” thread through is one diagonal arm of the knots fabric, and the lace edging was the same fabric cut on the straight; the two were stitched together to make the neckline edging.  The blue “ribbon” threaded through the neckline edge; well you might be thinking, ah, but that’s not the competition fabric?  Fail!  But it IS the competition fabric!  The selvedge had these pretty blue striped borders printed along the edge… I carefully stitched very very close to the blue with tiny, 1mm stitches to stabilise and help prevent it from fraying, and cut off the excess to make a ribbon to thread through my created eyelet.

The skirt is relatively simple, sort of… I dug out a favourite old skirt pattern Vogue 7880, which has multiple, asymmetric layers.  It’s such a lovely pattern, I haven’t made it for ages but I think about it every now and then.  Now, as before; I lengthened the skirt stay pieces to make a full lining for the skirt, otherwise just made it up as normal.  The lining is the same pale pink lining fabric I used for the top.  I used a “natural”-coloured invisible zip in the left side seam.

 

It’s looking very pressed and neat in these pictures, but what I’m really looking forward to is washing it and letting it crease and rumple naturally, which I think will look really charming.  And better, I think…   I really should have done this before taking my pictures here but I literally forgot about the competition until the last minute and had to take my pictures here on the very last day.  Which is today.  Gah!  I hate being incompetent!!

So.  I actually do really like this outfit…

however!!  I purposely did not look at the tessuti pinterest board with everyone else’s entries in the lead-up to the competition, because I did not want to be influenced by anyone else’s design decisions.  I just wanted to come up with my own ideas purely unaided and unabetted – is that even a word? Never mind… stream of consciousness blogging!!  Well, as I was saying, I finished my outfit, quite oblivious; took a bunch of pictures and sent in my entry, THEN I went over and had a look at the pinterest board of entries.  And immediately saw that I had not the proverbial snowflake’s chance in hell.  There were SO MANY beautiful and fantastic entries!  It was wonderful to see so much creativity! even though mine is kinda ordinary, but I can live with that.  I think the top’s kinda pretty and as a whole it’s ok!

Details:

Top; kinda based upon New Look 6483, except completely different and with nothing of the original remaining.
Skirt; Vogue 7880
Tights, made by me, details here
Shoes; made by me, details here

 

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an optimistic splash of colour and sunshine

10/01/2018 1:39 pm \ 51 Comments \

Making this piñata, I mean… outfit was a random, didn’t really care about the outcome, “just because” bit of experimental fun… so of course it turned out perfect.  I love it.

So, we were going down to our beach house for the week between Christmas and New Year … and I have this teeny tiny dinky little sewing machine that I keep there and was thinking it was high time to give it a little workout.  Other than one other time I made a “real” garment, a pair of shorts, it’s been a strictly curtain-hemming and minor mending jobber.  btw, I gave those shorts to Cassie recently, she looks so much better in them!

This cheap little sewing kit that I bought from Coles a few years ago lives in the beach house too; it’s pretty much perfect…

So I packed some stuff to take down with me…. fabric, patterns, thread, zip and a button.  I even remembered white cotton for facings, and interfacing.  Who IS this efficient creature? I don’t even know.  Oh, and pompoms!!  Why pompoms??  WHY NOT POMPOMS, is more like the question!

I’d bought the fabric from the upholstery section in Spotlight last year; at the time I’d picked it up to cut so I could pay for my things at the cutting counter rather than at the all-inclusive checkout counter, which I had noticed on the way in was HUGE.  The things we do sometimes….  #stashenabler  Well played Spotlight, oh very well played…  I’m sure they sell a lot more fabric that way.  I’d also bought the burnt orange pompom trim a few years ago for something else that never got realised… I’d put them both in the “red” cubby hole in my new storage system and thought they looked quite nice together… so fortuitous!  My new system is proving itself already!

Clara says hi…  #soBIGnow

I chose the simplest and most featureless of patterns, because the super-loud colours plus pompoms is already a busy enough story on its own…  The skirt is basically Vogue 1247 stripped back; I lengthened it by about ?10cm? roughly… this pattern always needs lengthening.  Also, eliminated the pockets and horizontal seams, and flared out towards the hem a little more to be more A-line.  I think unlined summer skirts do need a little more flare to them, makes them cooler and breezier.  The top is yet another riff on New Look 6483, a great basic pattern for a simple shell with a whole lot of variations for the sleeve/armhole and neckline.  I’ve had it for years and used it loads of times.  This is view B, cropped a LOT.

Everything came from my stash; #stashbustingwin  and this button!  It’s been in my stash for so long, and there’s never been just the right project for it.  As soon as I spotted it again in my button bag, I knew its time had come!

My little holiday-house machine is so very un-serious, like using a toy sewing machine, you can’t help yourself but feel like you’re playing while you’re using it.  It’s so clunky and little.  It doesn’t even do buttonholes.  I actually tricked it into doing a sort of buttonhole, by careful zig-zagging, and manipulation of the stitch length and width, and careful realigning of the fabric to do each side.

I had so much fun making this crazy carefree little number!  I was on holiday, just having total fun with it, and so making it felt like a holiday too.  I think it even looks like a holiday!

  

Details:

Top; New Look 6483, cropped
Skirt; modified Vogue 1247
Clogs; designed and made by me, details here

my favourite bit… the pompoms!

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Cassie’s Christmas ensemble

29/12/2014 6:04 am \ 44 Comments \

So, this year I asked Cassie what she would like for Christmas and she replied without hesitation, a long, white skirt.
Alrighty then!
I bought both fabrics at my local Spotlight; I considered buying Melbourne fabric like I did for the boys but reasoned that I could probably find nice enough white fabric at home.  So fortunate then that I did!  I was particularly thrilled with these finds.  The overlayer is a sheer cotton muslin and the lining/underlayer is a cotton voile; both light and airy and quite beautifully soft.  I really like how the layers of sheers and seams give a kind of “striped” effect to the outfit.
Honestly, Spotlight really can be such a hit or miss affair, so thank goodness for a hit.  A very palpable hit!  Random pop quiz; Can you name that quote…?
I used Butterick 3134; a very useful basic multi-gored skirt pattern and selected the six-gore option.  I cut it longer and flared out the lower edge a little more, for a nice swish.  I cut the lining/underlayer skirt using the spliced together pieces of Vogue 1247, lengthened, and put an invisible zip in the left side seam.  All French seams throughout, including that zip seam.  
Incidentally, I took a few pictures of doing the zip French seam in a sheer fabric, and can write a tut for anyone who is interested?  
I had enough fabric leftover to cut out a little blouse/top for her also, so she has a complete ensemble.  The little cropped blouse is a cut down version of NewLook 6483 with the sleeves lengthened.
Only the bodice of the top is lined and also French seams everywhere with only the armscye seams of the little top finished on the overlocker.  I’ve found that I’m really enjoying finishing my seams using more traditional methods lately and resorting to using the overlocker less and less.
Phew!  I have to confess I started making this outfit at the crack of dawn on Christmas Eve and finished it at about 6.30pm that evening.  It was a frantic race to the finish!  But it was worth it to see Cassie looking so lovely and summery and fresh and pretty in her outfit on Christmas Day.

Details:
Top; NewLook 6483 modified by cropping bodice and lengthening sleeves, white muslin and voile
Skirt; Butterick 3134, lengthened and lined with spliced-together Vogue 1247 lining, white muslin and voile
Sandals; 2 baia vista, from Zomp shoes

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nani IRO blouse

28/11/2014 4:29 pm \ 37 Comments \
I’ve made a new top.  It is a plain little top, but to my eyes the lovely thing about it is the fabric; a beautifully soft cotton gauze, and the charming hand-painted look to its print.
A short story…
About
a month ago I was meeting with some friends, and one friend was a little late.  When she arrived, she explained that on the
way she had spotted a cute top in the window of a shop, and just had to screech to a stop and check it
out.  She tried it on and then bought it,
totally on the spur of the moment.  We
all duly admired the top and chatted about the pros and cons of spontaneous vs
carefully planned purchases.  Important, life
altering stuff, I know!
Anyway,
after our get-together, which happened to be in Glyde Street where Calico and
Ivy is situated, I popped in to check out the offerings.  Saw the range of nani IRO double gauze, fell hopelessly
in love all over again, as I always do when I go in and see it there.  It occurred to me that maybe I could buy
myself a little top too.  Except of
course that my version of buying a little top is buying a piece of fabric.  Inspired by my friend I just decided to
spontaneously go for it. 
And bammo, new top!   Woot!
I wanted the print to be the star so wanted for a very plain, simple and relaxed silhouette.  I used New Look 6483, one of my really old old old tried and trues that I’ve had for many years.  Not exciting, but a real goodie nonetheless.  There are probably tonnes of patterns identical to this one.
This
print is called Painting Check.  My very favourite
thing of all about it is the way the print fades away towards the selvedge and
I wanted to use this feature as a sort of “border print”,
although obviously it isn’t actually a border print but the complete opposite.  It’s a reverse border print!
But
I like ideas that are turned on their head so it’s definitely my kind of border
print.  To keep this feature firmly in
focus I left the selvedges unhemmed.  It’s an uncommon choice but I think it works really well for this particular fabric, and I really like how it looks!
The
two body pieces are cut from one selvedge edge and the two sleeves were cut
from the other.  The sleeves still have
the fabric ID on them, which I find quite charming.
There was only 1m left on the roll, which wasn’t quite enough for the hip width required for my pattern pieces.  So I cut them as wide as possible and just left the side seams open in a slit from the lower waist down.  
Side,
sleeve and shoulder seams are flat-felled, the armscye seam is overlocked and
the neckline is finished with a narrow strip of bias cut cotton voile,
stitched, understitched and then topstitched.
Details:
Top;
New Look 6483, nani IRO double gauze “painting check”
Shorts;
Burda 7723, white linen, details and my review of this pattern here
Thongs;
Havaianas
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Comfort dressing

12/09/2010 2:41 am \ 6 Comments \

Self-Stitched September day 12:
Woohee, taking one’s photo everyday has been quite a challenge, not to mention the embargo on reaching for the same old same old favourites from the wardrobe.  Everybody has favourites and comfort zones and there are some things you just feel like putting on more than other things… fortunately for me today’s garments fall into that category, (yay!)
My new rusty cords; well, my love for corduroy jeans is a permanent.  Actually I’ve just finished a new pair for myself, sure to be wearing them soon…
My top; another favourite, this one an oldie I made quite a few years ago.  This based on New Look 6483, but you only have to look at the illustration on the pattern envelope to see my version is heavily modified and the pattern was but a starting point here.  In fact the top ended up completely different from the pattern, not even the bust darts were retained.  It is made out of quilting cotton and with inserts of crocheted lace.  I can’t see myself ever getting rid of this top.  Occasionally I see sage advice from dressmaking experts telling us never ever to use quilting fabric to sew garments; well rules are made to be broken in my book and this top is living proof that that particular no-no is just a load of hogwash, imo…  It’s been hardwearing and a real goodie.
My scarf; chenille.  Cosy.  Gorgeous colours.  One can ask no more of a scarf!
Socks; my favourite pair, handknit and also in favourite colours.

Details:
Jeans; Burda 7863 with minor modifications, rusty corduroy
Top; my own design, based on New Look 6483, cream cotton with cream crochet lace inserts
Scarf; Colinette Chenille, 3 balls, 80 stitches, garter stitch
Socks; handknit by me
Shoes; Florsheim men’s, found in an op shop last week!!  WIN!
Mug; made by my brother David, a very talented and handy craftsman…

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Black with rose-pink accents

28/07/2010 4:50 am \ 4 Comments \

My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he  cheeky…  It’s my hat.  But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans.  “Amish menswear chic”?  I hope not.  I prefer to think I look more …err, “kind of equestrian”?… yeah, well maybe.
 Yesterday I visited a second hand shop and op shop with my friend E, or “went thrifting” as Americans say…! (lol, I’m already imagining my grandmother, a stickler for correct English, giving me a strict grammar lesson on that one!  But hey, language is supposed to be an organic ever-changing tool for communication, right?  Right.)
Oh, back to the haul.  I got this hat in an op-shop, it’s of stiff felt and lovely.  I also picked up two Metalicus cardigans and a lovely beaded Wheels and Doll-baby cardigan second hand, the latter only needs a few buttons stitching on more firmly to be perfect.  Score!!  And I’m so thrilled I got my Metalicus fix without having to break my Wardrobe Re-fashion pledge!
This morning I noticed for the first time that this scarf actually goes beautifully with the little silk chiffon pockets on my cardigan.  A small detail.  Just a touch of rosy pink to warm up the black elsewhere.
And since lately we are having reasonably warm sunny weather today I’m wearing a summer top, a little white lacy short-sleeved thing, last seen here.  Believe it or not I still have three lengths of different white lace in my stash, awaiting my attention…  I’m really being very good about my stash.  I’ve cut out four more projects ready to go.  Unfortunately three of them still require a visit to the fabric shop, to pick up some needed extras such as a bit of extra lining for one, some matching braid or ribbon for another and some buttons and braid for the other.  I just hope I can escape from the store without succumbing to the siren call of all the new spring fabrics that I know will be there… wish me strength…

Details:
Top; my own design variations on New Look 6483, ivory cotton and crocheted lace inset strips
Cardigan; Alannah Hill
Scarf; knitted using 3 balls Colinette chenille
Jeans; Burda 7863, black denim
Boots; Andrea and Joen, from Uggies
Hat;  op shop

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