Making Life more Beautiful
My green camisole dress is finished. It epitomises spring – especially when worn with a large bunch of daffodils. And a pineapple! I wore this dress for my birthday, with a piece of yellow vintage silk velvet ribbon around my … Continued
Linde Carr, Notting Hill Housing board member, has already been featured on this blog. She told me she was going to see Dior and I with her daughter so I asked her to review it. I remember the first time I … Continued
I have just been making a 1967 jacket. Prior to that a 1981 jumpsuit. It occurred to me that even if I didn’t know exactly what I was making, not having access to the pattern envelope fashion drawings, I would … Continued
It’s April Fools Day. Here is Lee McQueen fooling around with a scull and a fag. But perhaps making a serious point about death. But today is good day to discuss Bumsters. See below, as it were. For me the … Continued
I have been having some fun with my camisole-skirts. The pattern calls for a zip at the CB. However when trying on my green one during construction I found it was loose enough to be pulled on over the head. … Continued
I have decided to change the name of my blog from “Fit and Flare” to “Fabrickated”. The main reason is that having two names can be confusing. I called the blog Fit and Flare to try to get across my … Continued
I mentioned that I wanted to do another version of this dress. And, having experimented with the discharge paste I couldn’t wait for the weekend! This time I have decided to make the skirt with green wool, and to use … Continued
Making another Pencil skirt – for the Roland Mouret Squiggle suit To match my Roland Mouret Kimono jacket I wanted to make a plain skirt that would co-ordinate with it, but might also work with my Fuchsia and navy jackets. … Continued
Recently high profile Italian gay designers Dolce and Gabbana had a go at couples who had created “synthetic” children by way of IVF. As a result Elton John and David Furnish posted happy family pictures on Twitter said they would … Continued
I had this idea, after watching a few episodes of the Great British Sewing Bee on my iPlayer, that I might try to sew against the clock. On GBSB they usually get three hours to make a garment. I asked … Continued
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