I, Len, pledge that I shall abstain from the purchase of "new" manufactured items of clothing, for the period of 2 months. I pledge that I shall refashion, renovate, recycle preloved items for myself with my own hands in fabric, yarn or other medium for the term of my contract. I pledge that I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sewing'
It has begun!
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’d like to thank the Academy… and SewIThought…
February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
To use a word that is oft in the casual conversation of Team Fabelhaft – I’m CHEESING that Angela from Sew I Thought nominated me for this award! (Cheesing means that you’re chuffed to bits… no wait, is that a British term too? I’m really happy anyway!)
The rules of the award are as follows:
1) [...]
Tags: fun things·sewing
Und am ende der Strasse steht ein Haus am See
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Been listening to a lot of Eins Live lately while sewing, and this was one of the songs that came on as I finished this project last night. Thought it would be an appropriate title, the song talks about a house by the lake, orange trees and the sun shining – I couldn’t help [...]
German Wednesday : Sewing auf Deutsch
February 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Sorry it’s a day late!
I thought I’d use this edition of German Wednesday to talk about my sewing course at the Volkshochschule (community college).
It’s been really enjoyable so far, though I am moving at a snail’s pace, or so it seems! I’m creating View C of Butterick 6582, and I think it’s going [...]
Tags: german wednesday·Germany·music·sewing
Taking the plunge
February 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
So I’ve signed myself up for a 2 month pledge over at Wardrobe Refashion…
For those of you that don’t know about Wardrobe Refashion, now’s the time to find out! Wardrobe Refashion is about giving up buying mass-manufactured clothing in favour of crafting your own clothing and refashioning preloved items. A few of the bloggers [...]
Project fail
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The version of the Night Flurries dress has officially FLOPPED.
I’m beyond irritated. Been working on it for ages, the skirt came out crappy, scrapped it and then attempted to just make a bustier out of the remaining fabric, but that has also flopped. I’m not having a good sewing day
In fact, [...]
Tags: sewing
That’s a first!
January 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This dress is the first time I used my Christmas overlocker, the first time I spent a disgusting amount on fabric*, the first time I bought fabric from John Lewis, the first time I’ve worked with a nice jersey and the first dress that I wore to my first real sewing lesson today!
Whew, that’s [...]
Tags: finished projects·sewing
THAT WILL BE TWO POUNDS AND A BUTTON PLEASE
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I think any girl will recognise that feeling of dread when they approach a checkout after a mad shopping spree in their favourite clothing store. Just pick up what you want, don’t bother to check the price tag, and leave the cringing for that moment you see the total and hand over your credit [...]
Painfully slow progress
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
When I decided to undertake a version of Modcloth’s Night Flurries dress, I thought it would be a fairly simple endeavour, but it’s seemed to be one of those projects which has taken FOREVER.
This was sometime last week, when I pinned all the pieces on Sally to get a feel of the garment. The bottom [...]
Tags: sewing
Goodies!
January 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I got this gorgeous fabric at John Lewis for £2.75 a metre! Say whaaat? I was lusting after it all Christmas, which isn’t surprising. Open my closet and you’ll find the majority of my clothes are floral. In fact, I showed my Mum and she rolled her eyes and said ‘why does it ALWAYS [...]
Tags: future projects·sewing
