Working with tiered fabric can bring you undone. The fabric has some give but not as much as you need - just look at the picture above. It's stretch over my chest and that's not the look I was after.The pattern is a basic top that I've done before so I used it as a … Continue reading McCalls 8777 – Tiered fabric
Month: April 2009
McCalls 8557 – tunic to dress
Being short is always a design challenge. This season there are some great prints out there and I just love them when the fabric quality is also available. We (the girls) recently went on a fabric shopping trip to Melbourne and we had a jam-packed three and a half days of scouring the fabric stores … Continue reading McCalls 8557 – tunic to dress
Vogue 8379 – $4 dress
This year my aim is to use my unused patterns. Last year I bought a few patterns because I felt I needed to update my style a bit. My height and weight dictates the type of styles I wear but I love colour. When I saw this wrap dress pattern, the diagram on the envelope … Continue reading Vogue 8379 – $4 dress
Easter flaounes
try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7221807-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {} These are the first flauones I made this year for Greek Easter. There are 90 in total and I couldn't have done this without my godparents and two aunties. Yes. Greek cooking is handed down from generation and making Easter foods is a tradition that takes lots of … Continue reading Easter flaounes
kwik sew 3617 – dress version
When I recently made up this pattern in the v-neck top, there were a few comments of how some sewers had overlooked this pattern.I had also overlooked this pattern until I attended a knitwit showing last year and I fell for the version of this top that was part of the showing.Spot the belt...I've now … Continue reading kwik sew 3617 – dress version
Vogue 7610 – Jeans jacket
One of my very experienced sewing buddies discovered this jacket pattern a few years ago and made it in a pink denim. It looked great. She put lots of effort into choosing the notions and the features to include/exclude from her jacket. On my first attempt I used size 12 pattern and only adjusted the … Continue reading Vogue 7610 – Jeans jacket
More stash catchup pieces
With blue skies above, I made up this dress with matching fold over elastic. I can't remember where I got the elastic from or when, but a most sewers, when you see fabric trims that you think could be useful, you buy them, knowing that you'll use it one day.I tightened up the neckline so … Continue reading More stash catchup pieces
