I made this tobacco wool-mix dress using Burda 8511, with fitting modifications about two years ago. The modifications were namely creating two long and deep front darts, deepening and lengthening the back darts, and bringing in the side seams. I…
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Adding a lining to a finished skirt
My bottle green basic skirt has had an update! Well, not one you’d see, but one that will make it tons more wearable in my winter repertoire; I’ve added a lining. The first few times I wore this in autumn…
Splitting up a suit, 2
Here finally is the jacket from the suit I made a few years ago (see here and here)… made from free fabric and using Simplicity 4698 … again. Yes, I do re-use patterns a lot, glad you noticed! We had…
Family room curtains
Boring curtain alert: As previously warned I do have a preference for the simple and uncluttered look in my house, so my curtains are not going to win any awards for innovation here… that being said I feel these curtains…
Retroswirly tights
So I made myself some tights! What do you think?! Pretty chuffed myself actually; self-drafted, and I did make up a paper pattern for next time although of course not all stretch fabrics are created equal and I think each…
Olive and grape
Hilariously I started out this morning dressing with a view to wearing my suit jacket I’ve been talking about. But it didn’t look as good over this dress as well as I’d envisioned in my head, and a few discarded…
Flowerpatch socks
Knitted to use up the leftovers of this colourful wool, and also using some Patonyle’s sock wool in airforce blue; the colours on these socks remind me of a springtime flower bed against a stormy blue sky. Such a pretty…
Splitting up a suit
Challenging myself to wear everything in my wardrobe: I’m still coming across old winter skirts that have seen more fashionable days, but are still perfectly good. Today’s is another one. Do you remember this skirt? I had got a lot…
