1967 Simplicity suit – making the jacket
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
Sewing with a Plan 2015 0.4
The Plan to date I am making progress as most of the ten garments are now decided. Here is a summary of my sewing plan, so far. Each of the ten hand-made items needs a fabric and a pattern by … Continued
Burda Tailored trousers 11/2012 #107D: style and construction notes
SWAP plans You may remember I am thinking about a number of trouser options for my SWAP. a good pair of jeans (although I have two or three already) a second pair of the Simplicity 6087 trousers but in a … Continued
Sewing with a Plan 2015 0.3
Fabric choices This is the week I examined the fabrics that I already owned and my new purchases. I have enough fabric to complete two or three SWAPs to be honest and sometimes you have to know when to stop. … Continued
Sewing with a Plan 2015 0.2
Last week I announced I was participating in this year’s Sewing With a Plan (SWAP) challenge. I said I would make ten items, and buy one. two suits, each with a matching blouse skirt and blouse trousers and purchased knitwear … Continued
Experimenting with a reversible skirt
In preparation for the SWAP I have been experimenting with a reversible skirt. You might ask – what’s the point? an interesting challenge two skirts in one (good to take on holiday if you have a tiny suitcase) the pleasure … Continued
The 60cm Vest – using a remnant to make a waistcoat
This is one of my patterns that I want to use for my new Winter Wardrobe. Its Butterick 7865 from 1968. In my mind I had a yellow waistcoat with perhaps a brown skirt and a white blouse. Or maybe … Continued
The right fabric for the job (or the job for the right fabric)?
My fabric history I was brought up surrounded by cloth. My father, and his father before him, were involved in the Lancashire cotton industry. Rainshore Ltd, Overtown Rd, Nordon, Rochdale, stared off weaving ribbons on narrow looms, later moved onto bleaching … Continued
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