Interrupted Sutures

[...] Kwik Sew 2848 Kwik Sew 2875 Kwik Sew 2875 I was never one of those girls who could keep an up to date diary and blogging is the same [...]

[...] Continuing on from my small remnants stash buster I sewed another Kwik Sew 2694. I love the grey and black print knit left over from making a totoro hat .What you don`t [...]

[...] in some ways. The shorts open by the flap in the front unlike your usual pants. As per usual the Kwik Sew instructions were excellent = clear and concise with good diagrams. They clearly explain about [...]

[...] to have this photo taken ( after my youngest tricked her and took a photo anyway !) I used Kwik Sew 3637 , a yoked circle skirt . The fabric is a Japanese cotton lawn from Spotlight - it actually [...]

[...] I added sleeve tabs so I can the wear the top with sleeves up or down. Last year my eldest daughter took a gap year after finishing secondary school  and travelled to Japan for several months , [...]

[...] the stripes but in the completely opposite way ! Verdict - FAIL- sort of.  (  given to my eldest daughter who likes it , fits her better  and has worn it ) PS - The T-Shirt project also refers to a [...]

[...] What is the saying - If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. My eldest daughter left home last week to start university after a gap year mostly spent overseas - in Japan and [...]

[...] practitioner so I can never ever talk about work on my blog. My husband is also a doctor. Our eldest daughter is now studying medicine at the same university we went to which really makes me proud and [...]

[...] I think I might need to start getting my daughters to give me some fashion/ sewing advice ! Happy Sewing Janine. [...]

[...] - yay -  Now I just need to  ignore that large pile of mending glaring at me . Happy Sewing Janine. PS - I`ve been told by Bruna from sewing group  that the front flap is actually to [...]

[...] them it saves precious seconds ( and as you get older those seconds get more precious !) Happy Sewing Janine. [...]

[...]  will pull it out for Xmas Day - the stretchy waist band will be rather handy as well ;) . Happy Sewing Janine [...]

[...] - I am going through serious selfish  sewing DTs so once I finish up some PJ pants for my eldest DD I will get going with a skirt which is just a little bit different to the usual. My middle [...]

[...] rayon . The real pair of shorts with my annoying pathetic attempt at pattern matching . Now my eldest DD wants a pair just like above and because I bought a ridiculous amount of fabric there is enough [...]

[...] sewing - except then I look at the above photo ! I have also made some home dec projects for my eldest DD and have just started on curtains as well - ugh.  I have four more projects to blog about - I [...]

[...] for myself this year ( the T shirt project was completed last year ) but made curtains for my eldest DD and  a T shirt for my husband and  multiple toiles for my youngest DD . I am missing selfish [...]

[...] and one day ( those famous well intentioned words ) I will unpick this and compare the pattern pieces. This is a very unexciting garment but I sew for  my real life and not my imagined life - so [...]

[...] fitting and short so I went up one size and added 6 cm to the length after comparing the pattern pieces to my other Ts. Thankyou so much to people who do reviews of patterns otherwise I would have [...]

[...] plaids ) . For the singlet or tank top I used Kwik Sew 2845 dated 1999  which uses only two pattern pieces. The fabric is a thin soft blush coloured cotton interlock also from my mother and also [...]

[...] pieces as she wanted from the remnant . I thought I had been careful in tracing out all the pattern pieces but  it  seems my skills in counting are as good as my talents in trying to persuade my [...]

[...] until I could match the stripes  : o To spruce up the top I sewed navy bias binding over the shoulder seams  ( I had just enough of the bias trim  to bind the neck and decorate the shoulders - love [...]

[...] with pleats in the front and back skirt and small pleats in the sleeves where they meet the shoulder seams. I did make a few changes with this pattern - I raised the neckline by 3cm , lengthened the [...]

[...] trick is knowing what you are doing ) . Apart from the front placket there is stabilising the shoulder seams with cotton tape, interfacing the placket bands, under stitching and stitching and top [...]

[...] but there just was not enough. After handstitching the lace the top was a breeze to sew - shoulder seams, add the sleeves, side seams, centre back seam , hems , add a button and it is done. I think [...]

[...] the pattern from a dress to a top I did not alter the pattern. And thus concludes my T shirt Project for now. Ciao ! [...]

[...] about 15 years old ! )  so the situation was getting a little desperate hence the T shirt project  was born. And since I have fabric and patterns stashed I got the sewing machines [...]

[...] has taken up more time than I expected. SO far this year I have only sewn two garments ( my T shirt project was actually all completed in 2013). I have also made toile after toile for my youngest [...]

[...] we sold our horse last year. 3. I have only sewn one item for myself this year ( the T shirt project was completed last year ) but made curtains for my eldest DD and  a T shirt for my [...]

[...]  given to my eldest daughter who likes it , fits her better  and has worn it ) PS - The T-Shirt project also refers to a book called The Rosie Project - highly recommended if you want to read [...]

New Look 6405. The second of the Ts as a result of the T Shirt Marathon Project . New Look 6405 combined with what I call the hypnotist* fabric or th [...]

KnipMode Feb 2012 - pattern  27. This is by far the best of a bad bunch of photos . My photographer charges by the nanosecond so you have to be quic [...]

[...] is that I have been sewing shirts . For everyone except me. First up  a blouse for  middle DD . I used New Look 6647. This is a really sweet pattern with a bib inset front - either [...]

[...] Bonjour!  This is the second of my projects for my middle DD using some cotton voile from Spotlight ( actually quite alot of cotton voile - four metres !) . [...]

[...] but  it  seems my skills in counting are as good as my talents in trying to persuade my middle DD to model the shorts. I had not cut out the main pocket piece that is on show and I did not [...]

[...] we sew ? Sewing this skirt ticks lots of boxes for me . 1.  I finally got to use of of my Knipmode magazines. This skirt pattern comes from the supplement to May 2012 `s edition. The supplement was [...]

[...] are basically large and boxy and shapeless ) . I also wanted to actually use some of my knipmode magazines rather than just look at them  so I found this pattern in the  February 2012 issue. It was [...]