So farewell Sam Cam!
Last week we lost our Prime Minister David Cameron. This is not a party political blog, so I will not comment. This is style and stitching blog so I will comment on his wife Samantha, who is both very pretty … Continued
Making vintage hats at Morley college
Regular readers will know that I am always on the search for new knowledge and I frequent – as often as time and money allow – various educational institutions across London. Last summer I did a two-day course on Indigo … Continued
Introduction to Knitting
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I have never knitted a garment in my life. Well I made a few items for Esme, when she was a baby, using very simple patterns, the odd scarf and a granny squares blanket. I know how to knit, but I … Continued
From cling film to pattern: making a bodice block directly from the body
Following our recent adventures with plastic food wrap I wanted to test the outcome. My fitting buddy Pia suggested I draw round the pattern, including the darts, and then make a fabric toile. She also advised a CF zip so … Continued
Six Napoleon dress update
Since drafting and testing the pattern I made what I hoped would be a wearable toile. I used some purple cotton with appliqued, embroidered flowers on it. The motifs remind me of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. And here I am wearing … Continued
The easy fitting dress – Intermediate pattern cutting 0.7
Right at the beginning of our course we were asked to draft an easy fitting dress block. If you have already drafted a dress block, making it looser and easier to wear is very easy. You basically reduce the bust … Continued
Contemporary, authoritative, appropriate – How to do “Business Casual”
I’m a fifty-something woman working in high tech in Seattle, where the dress code is casual and the culture youthful (and where there are, as in is most tech companies, fewer than 20% women in product development). As a result, … Continued
Casual wardrobe planning No 1 #The pants
Introduction Recently I wrote about putting together and making a casual wardrobe. I decided to take up Joyce’s exciting challenge of creating a capsule collection that would be inspired by, and suit, my “Lakeside Lifestyle”. I was very interested in, and … Continued
Making a block with Cling Film (Saran Wrap)
It started with a blog post from Marianna about her Mummification, in which my friend got her new husband to wrap her torso in plastic food wrap. Nice. I was intrigued! I had heard of people making “duct tape dummies” … Continued
Thinking about the casual wardrobe Part 3
My friend Joyce made a great suggestion. Why don’t you make your weekend wear to suit your new house on the water front? Why not have this setting for your next collection? A wardrobe that suits the location and lifestyle … Continued