Posted in corsages, sewing, tagged corsages, suffolk puffs on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’d never made a Suffolk Puff before today, and now I’ve made a dozen:
They’re made from offcuts of the Bishopston organic cottons, with a little bit of Fair Trade batik thrown in for good measure. The centres are made from self-cover buttons.
These particular puffs are going to be sewn on to organic cotton tote bags, [...]
Posted in sewing, tops, tagged organic cotton, Simplicity 2927 on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning I had a very productive time drafting a pattern for a pair of leggings. By lunchtime I’d transformed a piece of lovely cotton jersey that I bought from The Cloth House several years ago, and in the afternoon I started on a simple tunic to go with them.
Say hello to Simplicity 2927:
It’s not [...]
Posted in nature, photos, tagged nature, photos on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paul and I went for a little walk in the field closest to our house, so that Paul could take some photographs of me wearing the skirt that I drafted and made today.
Just as we were going home again, he pointed out this little white egg.
Posted in corsets, inspiration, tagged corsets, fabric on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I took on four new corset orders, to be completed during August. In order that people could choose the fabric that they wanted, I decided to organise a gallery.
All of the fabrics shown below are part of my very own fabric stash, which I’ve been collecting since approximately 2004. This is only a small [...]
Posted in sewing, tagged pattern drafting, size charts on July 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today my plan was to draft some paper patterns for three or four different styles of skirt that I’ve been thinking about for a little while. I know the average sizes of myself, my friends and family, and my repeat customers, but I thought I’d better do a little bit of research and find out [...]
Posted in culture, tagged books on July 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I think it might be safe to say that my bedside reading mountain is getting a little out of control!
As you can see from this picture, I don’t tend to read a lot of fiction these days. This makes the book on the very top of the pile a bit intimidating.
I signed up to Blog [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged cardigan, knitting, simply knitting on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It can’t be, surely? I haven’t finished knitting the socks from last month’s Simply Knitting, and Issue 44 has just dropped through my door!
Actually it didn’t so much drop through the door as fight with the postman to be wrestled through the letterbox, as the free gift this issue was a set of butterfly clips. [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting, tagged spinning, weaving on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today Paul and I went to our local Fun Day, organised by the Lions Club. We go every year, primarily to see the ferrets. The Hants and Berks Ferret Club bring lots of ferrets with them, and they have races, which are hilarious! The ferrets run through an obstacle course of pipes and bridges and [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting, regia, silk, simply knitting, magic loop, socks on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a confession to make.
I am in love with my new socks. And they’re not even socks yet!
I honestly thought I’d be bored by the monotony of knitting every single row, but the self-striping yarn is absolutely fascinating to watch. How wide will my stripes be? Which colour’s coming next? I also thought I’d [...]
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