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Author Archives: jay
Silk Velvet
It’s been a while since the last post. Difficult and sad family events took me away from making things, taking photos and writing. I made one dress. A beautiful deep blue silk velvet bought from Angus International before they ceased … Continue reading
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Drafting a Larger Block (aka sloper)
Last post I touched on a possible approach to drafting a block in a size larger than the given size chart in Aldrich. Size 12 is used as an example in the instructions, here’s the 12 with the 30. The … Continue reading
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More Scraps and Bigger Block Drafts
Real Life is still curtailing sewing here, so I contented myself with using scraps for bags. This shopper (cut last week) is also from Sew Serendipity bags, more or less made up per pattern. The differences were to shorten the … Continue reading
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French Patrones and Scrappy Sewing
Sewing time is still in short supply, I made a couple of bags scrappily. The first is from a really nice fabric remnant gifted to me, combined with some furnishing fabric left overs. This pattern was made up on the … Continue reading
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The Best Laid Schemes
2016 is going down as the reality check year. Another month of lo-sew, a few bits were completed in between real life emergencies and damage control efforts, but the big plans of turning the fabric stash into lovely projects are … Continue reading
Bits and Pieces
Burda Jacket. The idea of doing a step by step account of this pattern was abandoned when I took the cut pieces with me to London. Sewing there was like taking a step back in time – basic machine balanced … Continue reading
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Absentee
Life threw a couple of curveballs, I’ve been in London and uncommunicative for three and a bit weeks trying to field them, or whatever one does. The navy jacket with the interesting pockets is done. There should be a photo … Continue reading
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