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30 DECEMBER 2010
NEW YEAR RE-SEW-LUTIONS!
2011 is set to be an exciting year for me. I won't bore you with the details but
I'm lucky enough to be part of a fellowship scheme which will allow me to take
a few months off work to go on an amazing secondment, to attend workshops and to
write research papers. I'm so excited - particularly about the secondment (will
I resist the urge to tell you where I'll be working? Probably not!) - that I
keep doing little jigs on the spot. I'm determined not to let my sewing suffer
though, as in the last year it has brought me pleasure, perspective and
confidence in my own creativity. So to keep me focused over the next few months,
here are my new year resolutions - or re-sew-lutions, if you will - for 2011.
Any excuse to write a list!
1. Ease off on the deadlines
I have a habit of turning any activity into a chore, but next year more than
ever I will need relaxing hobbies to get me into the zone and to give my brain a
rest. So no more sewing deadlines for me. I will slow it down and take pleasure
in a leisurely pace, rather than always trying to get one project finished so I
can tick it off my list.
2. Make clothes I can wear every day
I love 1950s full skirted dresses, but I rarely wear them. I want to stitch some
staple garments for my wardrobe that I'll wear again and again. First on the
list is a corduroy button-down skirt. I've bought some soft yellow needlecord
that might make a nice Beignet with wooden buttons.
3. Start embroidery
I love drawing and I love sewing. Combining the two sounds heavenly! I
devoured Sublime Stitching in about five minutes and can't wait for my next trip
to John Lewis to stock up on supplies. I'm thinking of starting with a tote bag
and progressing to embellished cardigans. Grandma and proud!
4. Expand my fabric repertory
Sewing with anything other than cotton, gabardine or denim is something I've
been rubbish at so far, through a combination of ignorance and fear. I'm hoping
that this fabric guide will give me the confidence to branch out, but it's sold
out in the UK so I'll have to wait a little longer. If you know of any other
fabric swatch books, I'd love to hear about them!
5. Sew trousers
Remember these?
They're festering atop my sewing shelves. I dived in with too much confidence
and no thought for trouser-specific measurements like the "back crotch curve"
and other unmentionables. Oh Sew Brixton run a promising-sounding 'Trousers that
fit' workshop which I'm planning to take when I have a bit more free time. I'm
also keeping an eye on The Cupcake Goddess trouser sewalong and might even join
in retrospectively.
6. Serge!
Taking it out of the box will be a step in the right direction.
7. Learn the fundamentals of pattern drafting
I'm enrolled on a weekend course to master the basics, which I'm really excited
about. I'd love to have the skills and confidence to design my own patterns some
day... a five year goal, perhaps!
That's enough for goals me. What about you? Do you have any new year
re-sew-lutions?
[Soundtrack: 'Futile Devices' by Sufjan Stevens -
"And when you crochet
I feel mesmerized and proud"]
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29 DECEMBER 2010
HANDMADE CHRISTMAS ROUND UP
In case you never made it over to Crafty Christmas Club (where were you?!),
here's a quick round up in pictures of the things I made.
- Handbag from Buttercup Bag pattern
- Zippered make up bags adapted from the same pattern
- Felt rose brooches made using Marie's tutorial
- Poppy beaded necklace made under instruction from my friend Anna
- Baby quilt made using Saints & Pinners Forest Friends Super Quick Quilt pack
- Chocolate orange and hazelnut biscotti made under instruction from Anna
- Lebkuchen made using this recipe
- Felt stuck willy nilly all over wrapped prezzies - yay!
I won't say it wasn't hard work making lots of Christmas prezzies myself, and
there were definitely times when I felt like jacking it in going down Pound
Land, but it was definitely worth it to avoid the soul-sapping routine of racing
round John Lewis ticking people's names off a list. The recipients seemed
grateful that I spent time and thought hand making their gifts, although I did
make the mistake of telling my brother not to examine the stitching on the baby
quilt right after I'd given him a USB microscope (didn't make that myself -
maybe next year). The rest of my family seemed to find it screamingly funny as
he uploaded the magnified images of my wonky stitching onto the laptop, but
personally I couldn't see the funny side. I threatened to sew him something next
year instead of buying him a gadget as his punishment - ha! That'll teach him!
[Soundtrack: 'Breakfast in Bed' by Dusty Springfield]
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28 DECEMBER 2010
LOVELY PREZZIES!
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We spent a busy few days cooking,
hosting, visiting various family groups and eating lots of scrummy food. Today
we're doing bits and bobs around the house and ticking things off our never
ending to do list. But before I get back to it, do indulge me for a minute while
I show off some of the lovely prezzies I received...
My brother and sister-in-law got me this adorable Cath Kidston sewing box. I
went extremely high pitched while examining its features, which include cute
little felt apple trees and a pin cushion chimney!
My step-sister gave me these incredible vintage swim suits. Can't wait for the
lido to reopen so I can get posing!
My mum got me this wonderful book on Edith Head, and my boyfriend's parents got
me this delightful Sublime Stitching book, which I've already read from cover to
cover.
I now know what it's like to be on the receiving end of a homemade gift -
wonderful! My sister-in-law's mum knitted me these fingerless mittens. I feel so
honoured that she spent all that time creating something lovely especially for
me.
And finally, my dad got me an overlocker as a joint Christmas and birthday
prezzie (birthday in a few days' time). Yay! Although I haven't quite mustered
the courage to take it out of the box yet. I think I'll wait until my brain has
woken up after the post-Christmas slump.
What a lucky lady I am!
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25 DECEMBER 2010
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Hope you have a lovely day!
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24 DECEMBER 2010
FRIDAY FINDS NO.2
I hope you're all having a lovely time winding down for the holidays. I'm
suffering from a cold :( so trying to balance rest and recuperation with
preparing to host my first Christmas lunch! Luckily I've finished crafting and
wrapping gifts, just need to muster the strength to clean the flat and bake some
last minute goodies for various family friends we'll be seeing over the next few
days.
Convalescence may not be compatible with a flat full of family, but it is
compatible with lazing about reading blogs - hurrah! Here are some of the lovely
things I've found this week:
- Mena (above) made this adorable dress out of a vintage poinsettia tablecloth
- Keeping on the poinsettia theme, Kate showed us how to make a stunning felt
poinsettia wrapping embellishment
- Stitchybritt crocheted a too-cute-for-words beer tree ornament for her
boyfriend
- Zoe added some lace cuffs and hem to an A-line dress to get that vintage look
- In other news, Christine from What's Up Cupcake? interviewed me for her blog.
Hope you all have a delightful Christmas, full of the taste of sherry, the smell
of cinnamon and the sound of Darlene Love. Enjoy!
[Soundtrack: 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' by Darlene Love]
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21 DECEMBER 2010
IN THE BLUE ROOM
Images from Woman's Journal 1927, found in my boyfriend's great auntie's attic.
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19 DECEMBER 2010
STASH AMNESTY! FEATURING CASEY'S ELEGANT MUSINGS
In this month's Stash Amnesty! post, I interview the adorable Casey from Elegant
Musings. I'm so excited about this as Casey was the very first sewing blog I
ever found, and this fortuitous discovery was one of the catalysts that prompted
me to take up sewing. And blogging. I'm always excited when a post by Casey pops
up in my blog reader - her blog is beautifully designed and her handmade,
vintage-style clothes are always so swoonsome. If, for some bizarre reason, you
haven't come across Casey's blog before, go and make yourself a cup of tea, put
your pyjamas on, and prepare to be sucked in for hours... But first! The
interview...
How is your sewing stash organised?
Casey: "Up until the past year things were pretty spread out and disorganized -
I admit I am not the most organized seamstress in the world! My personality is
such that I like a little bit of creative chaos. Though complete and total mess
is more discouraging to creativity. lol.
I generally keep my patterns divided among three boxes: modern/self drafted,
pre-1950 and pre-1990. I also have been scanning in all my pattern covers to a
file folder on my computer so I can digitally browse them and not have to pull
the boxes out each time the sewing urge hits!
Keeping my fabric neat is a bit harder - right now I have about half my stash on
the shelves and the other half in two boxes. The boxes generally hold the
smaller pieces, things that are too bulky to keep on the shelves, and scraps. I
also keep all my interfacings, laces and tapes in boxes on the shelves for ease
of accessibility.
As far as notions go, those are something I'm still working on devising a
streamlined system for; they're pretty much divided between the Ikea mini-drawer
unit on my sewing desk (marking/cutting tools, pins, hand sewing needles,
thread), boxes on the shelves (serger supplies), and the drawers in the treadle
machine base (miscellaneous bits). I have all my buttons in a plastic hardware
storage unit that I got years ago, divided by color. But I really want to find a
prettier way to store those - and possibly sort and organize them even further!"
Please talk us through some of your favourite things in your stash...
Casey: "Oh golly... this feels a bit like asking a mother to choose her favorite
child! I think perhaps my most prized patterns would be my box of pre-1950 ones;
especially my collection of Dubarry and Hollywood patterns. I just love the
designs so much and they're becoming harder to find. I find so much inspiration
in flipping through those and sewing with them!
Fabric wise, right now my favorite pieces are a light silk print that I thrifted
and a length of a kitschy tropical print linen I bought last year. The silk is
such a tiny piece; I'm still looking for the right project to use it as an
accent on - a blouse perhaps? Or maybe constrast collar and pockets on a dress?
Knowing me I'll probably hang on to it for a couple years before I decide to cut
it up! The linen was supposed to be a playsuit or dress this past summer, but I
never could decide on which I wanted to use it for, so I'm saving it for my
spring sewing in 2011. It'll probably become a little 40s dress... or not! (Yes,
I can be horridly indecisive about sewing projects!)
Favorite notions would have to be my beloved Ginger dressmaking shears (I bought
those when I was 18/19 and it was a revelation getting good quality shears!),
the vintage Dritz bound buttonhole tool (makes bound buttonholes a breeze) and
the vintage "Tack It" marking tool I picked up over the summer (no more pesky
tailors tacks!)."
How long has your fabric stash been accumulating? Are you a hoarder or do you
tend to use fabric up quite quickly?
Casey: "I've been 'stashing' since I was a teenager - and maybe even before!
Between the prospect of moving around a lot (my husband is in the US Navy) and
being overwhelmed easily, having a smallish stash is key. I can't just acquire
loads of fabric with no set plan - oddly enough having too much fabric makes me
cranky and feel like my stuff is starting to own me - not the other way around!
However, I do have a stash of sorts - but it's mostly fabrics that either I got
for such a good price I couldn't pass them up or for future projects. So in
other words, I try not to buy just for the sake of buying. I will definitely not
even place in the 'she who dies with the most fabric wins' contest. lol. But I
do admire seasmtresses who have vast stashes to pull from - one bad side to not
having a lot of fabric on hand is that if I want to make something particular, I
have to hunt it down in the shops or online!"
Do you have a system for matching up patterns, fabrics and project ideas?
Casey: "Not really... Sometimes I make up a little spreadsheet of seasonal
sewing projects I'd like to accomplish. It usually includes pattern information,
fabric I want to use (and if it needs to be purchased), fitting notes, design
changes to be made, notions to be bought, and listed by priority. Now sticking
with that is a totally different matter! Otherwise things tend to be a happy
accident of having a pattern that inspires me to find or use fabric, or more
often than not a sketch in my sketchbook gets me going on a certain project and
things go from there!"
What are your favourite places for sourcing fabric?
Casey: "Locally things aren't that great, although there are a couple local
shops that are nice, they just don't have a huge selection and more often then
not don't have enough of what I need in stock! When I lived in Virginia my
favorite fabric store was GStreet Fabrics - talk about sewing heaven. Otherwise
I do a lot of fabric shopping online: Denver Fabrics, Fabric.com and FabricMart
Fabrics are jumping off places. Occasionally I'll thrift something too, although
this is totally hit or miss and can't be counted on! Though I do prefer doing
that - I like to recycle and reuse old textiles when possible!"
You're an expert seamstress, but are there any advanced sewing techniques you're
itching to learn?
Casey: "Aw, thank you! I have to admit, I don't consider myself an expert at
all--sewing is one of those skills you never stop learning new things or
refining your techniques. Why, just last week I learned a new (and frankly
brilliant) way to bag line a vented pencil skirt - it totally revolutionized how
I look at lining skirts, I have to admit! I've been tinkering with tailoring
lately, thanks to Gertie's sew-along for the Lady Grey pattern (which yes, I'm
still working on - it's a project that I'm taking my time with!), and am
mesmerized by that and would love to learn more.
Leather work, as odd as it sounds, is an aspect of sewing I'd like to delve more
into. Learning how to sew with leather and work with it would open up a lot of
creative possibilities for accessory - making as well as eventually making my
dream jacket (based on a 40s bomber style jacket).
I think I'd also like to learn more about pattern making and fitting - one of my
dreams is to one day take one of Susan Khalje's couture classes that she holds
in Baltimore, MD. To learn from someone whose books I've read and talents I
admire, as well as learn a bunch of new techniques, would be amazing!"
Can you tell us about any future projects (whether impending or dream!) that you
have lined up?
Casey: "Oh golly... You've caught me right at a time when I'm scheming my winter
sewing! This past fall was pretty sparse as far as sewing accomplishments went,
mostly due to a lot of personal projects. So I'm looking forward to some new
sewing come January! Definitely finishing up my Lady Grey jacket is top on the
list. Other than that, I'd like to make some late 40s/early 50s jeans. Those
have long been on my list, and is now at a point where I have to replace my old,
store bought jeans. Lauren of Wearing History made jeans last year and I've been
itching to do this ever since! I also would like to make a jacket from her
recently released hooded jacket pattern - have I ever mentioned on my blog I
have a thing for jackets? lol. Other than that, I have a few surprise projects
of a sewing nature in the works, as well as some "everyday" type sewing to
replace some skirts and dresses in my wardrobe. I definitely want to start using
more of my pattern stash; that is one stash that I can't say no to adding new
things to -especially when I find a bargain on Ebay or Etsy!"
Thanks, Casey, and I can't wait to see your surprise sewing projects!
Previous Stash Amnesty interviews can be found here.
Readers, are you as disciplined as Casey when it comes to fabric stashing? Or do
you need to 'fess up?!
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17 DECEMBER 2010
FRIDAY FINDS NO.1
How much time do you spend browsing blogs each week? For me it can be up to 10
hours. I know! And when you find something great that you don't want to forget,
what do you do with it? If it's a gorgeous sewing project that sparks off ideas
in my head, I bookmark it in my 'ideas and inspiration' folder. When I read a
post that I know is going to help me later, I bookmark it in my 'sewing tips'
folder. But I've realised that this process goes against the spirit of sharing
that we're so lucky to have in the sewing blog community (love you guys), hence
the reason some bloggers have a "weekly inspiration" series. So I'm going to
follow suit and start a regular post linking to some of the things I've
bookmarked recently, in the hope that they might prove inspiring or useful to
you too.
To kick things off...
- Sherry has written a comprehensive post on adjusting patterns for a sway back
- Natasha made a beautiful variation of Macaron, in a sheer fabric with A-line
skirt and button-down back (pic above!)
- Lizajane shows us how to make sweet little fabric origami gift boxes
- How to be a Retronaut posted some striking colour photos of Nazi-occupied
Paris, many of which use glamorous ladies for propaganda purposes
- Miss P made some teacup candles, you know, the kind they sell in Liberty for
£40.
What interesting and lovely things have you found this week?
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12 DECEMBER 2010
CHRISTMAS CRAFTING
Hello friends, I hope you're having a good weekend. Today I made a Christmas
present, but as you know you'll have to jump over to Crafty Christmas Club to
see the finished project - BUT if you're expecting a prezzie from me, stop right
there!!! The photo above gives you a sneaky peek in any case.
Right, better go, I'm off to Croatia tomorrow for some work meetings so I'd
better pack (anyone know any good fabric shops in Zagreb, by any chance?!). So
long!
[Soundtrack: 'Country Pie' by Bob Dylan]
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11 DECEMBER 2010
RENÉ GRUAU FASHION DRAWINGS
I spent last Sunday swooning over fashion illustration exhibitions with my mum.
First stop was Drawing Fashion at the Design Museum, a whistlestop tour through
a range of work, beginning with shy and precise pencil sketches by Erté from
1915, right through to present day with Aurore de la Morinerie's impressionistic
silhouettes. I was disappointed that the exhibition panels didn't give more
pointers on the differences in drawing style, yet it was well worth a visit for
the range of gorgeous works on view.
The highlight of the exhibition for me was the work of René Gruau in the 1950s
and 1960s, the artist responsible for the images in this post. Bizarrely,
however, the second exhibition we went to - Dior Illustrated at Somerset House -
was entirely dedicated to Gruau, yet as far as I could tell there was no
cooperation or cross-promotion between the two venues, which seemed like a
wasted opportunity. The second exhibition gave visitors much more comprehensive
information, yet suffered from Dior perfume promotion overkill. Nonetheless, it
was a great opportunity to admire a range of work by a bold artist with a knack
for capturing a moment or a gesture in a few sweeping lines.
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