… or “What I did on my summer vacation (Part I)”. I managed to get in a bit of sewing while on vacation. I finished the third skirt of my Sister’s Sewing Projects. I offered to sew up for my sister three skirts and three dresses AND the dress she is going to be wearing to…
Category: Skirts
Picasso’s flowers.
This is my second garment in my Sister’s Sewing Projects. A skirt we call Picasso’s flowers. When you plan on making three skirts and four dresses for you sister, you better be really organized – patterns, fabrics, notions, etc. – so from the start we gave all the fabrics names. Now although this 100% polyester…
The Clark Gable
Hello! This is the first of my “Sister’s Sewing Projects”. In the past, I haven’t named the clothes I made, but each of the garments in this project has definitely earned a name. I remember going through the fabric shops with my sister. We spent hours holding up bolts of fabric, wrinkling them, matching them with others, dragging…
When is a Sewaholic Hollyburn, not a Sewaholic Hollyburn?
Perhaps, when you almost don’t have enough fabric to finish it! I’ve been bustin’ through my stash and so far, have made a flowered vintage dress and a red Sewaholic Hollyburn. Next I thought I would make a black Sewaholic Hollyburn – you can see the link to the pattern company here: Sewaholic Hollyburn. I…
A Sewaholic Hollyburn… and the Evils of having a Fabric Stash!
It’s Indie Pattern Month at the Monthly Stitch. As is my tradition, this is the month that I dive into the Indie Patterns that I have collected over the last year. I have always wanted to try Sewaholic’s Hollyburn skirt but was always looking for the right fabric. Me Made May showed me that I do not have…
More studying! … Skirt Fitting Shell …
It’s not really my first garment of 2015, I certainly wouldn’t wear it outside the house, but it is a really important one. A while ago I measured and drafted my Bodice Fitting Shell from Vogue pattern V1004. During my time off work over Christmas, I continued with my studies using my Craftsy courses “Fast-Track Fitting” and…