Here is my tip for aligning horizontal seams on either side of a zip… after sewing in the left side of the zip, zip it up, fold the seam allowance in for the right side and line the seam up exactly…
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Wedgwood blue damask, reworked
With the fingers of spring tickling at the edges of our days, I’ve been renovating my wardrobe. And came across this dress… Although the dress had a sorta sporty feel to it and I think my style is vaguely sorta sporty? maybe?…
Screen-printing: murky blocks
Well … screen-printing, whoar! You guys. I’m totally sucked in. Somebody stop me! So yesterday everyone was out except for me … but I had fabric. I had a design and paint and I had a screen. I had…
Poppies lingerie set
My first screen-printing effort obviously lent itself best to something comprised of smaller pieces that could be cut to avoid the more glaring imperfections in the print, ahem! A set of lingerie sounded like a plan 🙂 My poppies print…
Screen-printing; a field of poppies
Hello! I am doing a screen printing course! I have tonnes of pretty patterns gleaned from Pinterest that I would loooove to print onto my own fabric, but I think my aspirations might be a tad more ambitious than my abilities, hehe.…
Bruised blue top thingie
Hello 🙂 I have made this once before… this is top “p” from Shape Shape, (previously referred to on my blog as Unique Clothes Any Way You Like) by Natsuno Hiraiwa. It’s a clever little design, like a cross between…
the paper doll project
(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary. I’m calling this the paper doll project) 21st-26th July from left: petrol corduroy skirt, iceberg knitted cardigan, white Tshirt, beige…
The Alessa hoodie
… so called because Alessa of Farbenfreude gave this fabric to me in a recent giveaway… thank you so much Alessa! It is very nice fabric, a largish piece of soft fluffy charcoal grey non-stretchy knit stuff with a diagonally…
