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Review of Savage Beauty at the Victoria and Albert Museum
25 Mar 2015

Review of Savage Beauty at the Victoria and Albert Museum

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 11

If you can, do go and see this exhibition. It is startling, shocking and visceral. Featuring a vast selection of clothes and accessories designed by the late British designer Alexander McQueen, arranged artfully in themed rooms, soundtracked and lit to … Continued

Clothing the Russian Revolution
16 Mar 2015

Clothing the Russian Revolution

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 2

I have always been interested in the impact of the Russian Revolution on art, music, textiles and clothes. It was such a radical break with Tsarism that for a while culture really flowered. Some of these designs remain strikingly modern … Continued

constructivism, Popova, Rodchencko, Russian revolution, Stepanova, Tatlin, V&A
Did you notice? Can’t you read?
23 Feb 2015

Did you notice? Can’t you read?

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 19

I go to the Mary Ward Centre once a week to print textiles. The centre, teaching staff, and courses are wonderful. What I find difficult to stomach is the wide variety of notices telling you what to do. And more … Continued

First Impressions, Mary Ward Centre, notices
New Sewing Space on the Operating Theatre model (well almost!)
6 Jan 2015

New Sewing Space on the Operating Theatre model (well almost!)

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 10

Here are the before pictures. And here are the after photographs. The  Christmas tree (it’s a living tree) is about to have its lights taken away as it is 12th Night. Finally I am ready to start my 2015 sewing challenge!

order, project management, sewing area, sewing space, tidiness
More trouser experiments – making trousers from the Curvy Pencil skirt pattern
4 Jan 2015

More trouser experiments – making trousers from the Curvy Pencil skirt pattern

by fabrickated | posted in: Pattern cutting, SWAP, Uncategorized | 4

I have been doing what Corecouture calls “forensic” work on trouser styles and patterns. It might be a bit of an overstatement, but my view is if you want to wear trousers you have to get the style, fit, proportions … Continued

1940s, calico, Curvy Pencil, ease, grown on waistband, muslin, pattern cutting, trousers
This blog is 7 months old – which were the best posts?
1 Dec 2014

This blog is 7 months old – which were the best posts?

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 11

This blog is about seven months old (just a baby really) and I have finally discovered the wonderful world of stats. The amazingly powerful software that is WordPress allows us to discover which of our posts are most popular. What … Continued

blogging, menswear, style advice
1967 Simplicity suit – making the jacket
30 Nov 2014

1967 Simplicity suit – making the jacket

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 15

I have been making a few items to test the patterns and silhouettes I have chosen for my SWAP and this is one of the jackets. View 1, with buttons and button holes. This is a wearable toile – not … Continued

blue, boiled wool, easing in a sleeve, hand painted silk, jacket, jersey, leather buttons, silk lining, Simplicity 7305, vintage pattern, wool
Making a butcher’s shop
17 Nov 2014

Making a butcher’s shop

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized, WIP (work in progress) | 4

While I am sewing my husband can get a bit bored. So he has started a long term craft project of his own. Nick loves Victorian “toys” and fancied making a butcher’s shop diorama. You can see many of these … Continued

butcher's shop, diorama, dolls house, dressing dolls, model making, model shop
Fashion is Political!
14 Nov 2014

Fashion is Political!

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 4

Whereas men in business think nothing of discussion the football/rugby/cricket results, it would be a brave woman who started a discussion on Milan Fashion week, Sarah Burton’s design aesthetic or the Orla Kiely for Clarks collection. The topic of fashion is … Continued

feminism, football, humour, politics, politics of dress, semiotics, sexism, sport
A trinity of DVF wrap dresses – Vogue 8379
6 Nov 2014

A trinity of DVF wrap dresses – Vogue 8379

by fabrickated | posted in: Uncategorized | 18

If you like a pattern, and have altered it to fit you well, and it looks nice on you, and you wear it a lot, why not make it again? This is Vogue 1749, a Diane Von Furstenberg dress. I … Continued

Diane von Furstenberg, fabric glue, shaped bodyline, tried and tested, Vogue 1549, wrap dress

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