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al climate it was only just sturdy enough for the full length button placket though and i did tear one button hole but this dress did also have to withstand some gruelling conditions think six hour bus journeys squeezed on a sweaty plastic seat next to a pile of crates and with a sleeping child on my lap or cycling through ruined buddhist temples in the jungle dusty jeep looking at elephants that kind of thing it also enjoyed a trip to heaven this beach on the south coast of sri lanka where the sea was azure the sand pink and gold the hammock was always free in the tiny beach bar and it only cost 20 a night in our guesthouse ask me nicely and i may tell you where it was oh it s good to be back on the blog i mean i can hardly remember how to do this so do please bear with me as i try to figure out my new look blog but i will be doing more of this i have a lot to say and sew 3 comments share inespiration how my friends and a little nani iro inspire me by victoria as it seams 04 04 what inspires you all kinds of things inspire me firstly fabulous fabric and then fabulous friends my sewing friendships have been incredible there are the online sewing buddies in japan the us across europe who i know feel are old mates i ve watched their children grow up in their hand mades and their sewing their lives and their blogs evolve we chat like old friends and i ve had the delight of meeting up with my sewing buddies in paris amsterdam london and even enjoying a beachy holiday in portugal thanks to the wonderful generosity of one of my sewing buddies but that is another story so when ines of la folie sewing booth joined us for a freezing weekend in london her smile and sense of fun drove away the chills so i m thrilled to be part of the inespired series inspired title huh sewing for this was easy because ines style and taste are so likeable she sews knits a lot and i am still a novice knit sewist but a year or so a go she made this incredible tamarack jacket in nani iro and i was filled with envy simple lines and lovely fabric that seems to be ines style so i started sewing and actually i have another blouse in mind but i ran out of time this one is my wearable muslin yes i know it s sewn in incredibly precious nani iro double gauze that i totally love but i have another nani iro which i love even more and so i thought i d experiment with this first and it s actually a remnant i had left over from this dress i had two pieces left over one 50cm the other perhaps 80cm but randomly shaped but i was determined to eek a blouse out of it the pattern is the simplest and lovely pattern the high low shirt from melly sews which i ve used as a basis several times now i didn t have enough for fabric so the back is cut from two pieces and not in the same direction do you think anyone will notice because it s in two pieces it meant i could borrow an inspiration from another of my dear blogger friends gioia from dotta sews who has joined the gang in london paris and amsterdam when we met up in amsterdam she looked stunning in another blouse in a wonderful nani iro print with the cutest keyhole detail on the back and neck ties guess which fabric i m sewing next gioia i didn t have enough fabric for gioia s blouse pattern but did have enough for this hybrid melly sews high low shirt these are the photos unedited taken by my son when he came home from school in the fading light i begged him to take them before he ran round to his friend s house unironed because i d been wearing it all day i couldn t resist mummy what s it worth he asked anything name your price i thought because i didn t want to miss ines surprise party for anything love your style sewing and your smile ines there s a few of us doing the inespiration thing today sewing like mad made by toya needle and ted just add fabric coffee thread groovy baby and mama bless by tone s is for sewing straightgrain do guincho in a manner of sewing my cozy co chalk and notch petit à petit and family huisje boompje boefjes pequeno mundo a 3 craftstorming fairies bubbles co as it seams made by sara pienkel 9 comments share sunshine and sheep back blogging with bohemian baby doll dress by victoria as it seams 14 57 look i m back on the blog just because i haven t been blogging doesn t mean i haven t been sewing i ve sewn quite a lot catch glimpses over on my instagram and i have so much to catch up on not just sewing but life stuff september always feels a little like a new year and this year especially so my boy has started secondary school my missy is growing up fast too hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago we were running around in the adriatic this is croatia zadar to be precise and in the week that the heat wave which became known as lucifer sat like a blanket over southern europe the heat pushed over 40 degrees 104f i think never dipping below 30 degrees 86f even at night for us northerners it was both a delight and a shock i loved slowing down spending most of our days around and in water mr as it seams and my boy slept every night outside under the stars on our terrace missy found a new rhythm sleeping somewhere on the floor on our lovely apartment with just sheet she spent every minute she could in the water as did i it was heavenly and this dress was just about perfect for the climate like so many dresses this has been in my head for so long it s the bohemian babydoll pattern by elegance and elephants no closures just pull this over your head a lovely dipped hem and yoke panel and faced hems the fabric is airy double gauze bought years ago from miss matatabi it s cotorienne s whimisical design sheeeep which makes me smile those sheep that collie sheepdog it s so english for a japanese fabric so non sensical so summery and fun it glinted in the golden sun easy to wear a perfect dress for impossible summer evenings she wore on the promenade at zadar where the waves blow through the sea piano producing unearthly harmonies and the light is perfect i so loved strolling there sharing this place with my missy she is the best travelling companion fun and curious and this year i have had the joy of exploring with her if i get it together i ll be catching up on blogging sewing travelling watch this space for more croatia a bit of portugal some amsterdam and a little england thrown in right now to get my act together next blog post will be on this red dress sneak peak picture taken by random passing tourist sigh it will have to do ps travel details we stayed here it was just perfect a minute from the beach spacious cheap my top tip 8 comments share coffee and thread tour 2017 when everything works out perfectly by victoria as it seams 15 36 sometimes everything comes together not often but sometimes usually when i have a vision it fails to become reality but this little project delivered the vision a girl in a floral dress in the spring sunshine on a sunday afternoon but let s go back to the beginning this is the ania tunic sewn dress length for the coffee and thread pattern tour 2017 i don t blog very often and when i do i need a good reason i like being part of something special like the coffee and thread tour olga who designs coffee and thread patterns is the most beautiful sewist and photographer and i love to join in anything she s involved with it s the thinking that takes me the longest with any sewing project trying to choose fabric takes me days a couple of weeks ago i visited my parents in scotland and my mother very sheepishly showed me her fabric stash hidden in a drawer i know all families have secrets but my mother s are particularly awesome she has a drawer full of unsewn liberty and a few other vintage lawns that didn t stop us potentially shopping for more together here she is eyeing up some more liberty at discount pricesat edinburgh s remnant kings but we resisted buying more we vowed unsewn fabric must be sewn first so in the interest of thrift i persuaded her to let me borrow this blue floral lawn it s not liberty but has the silky feel of high quality lawn i remember my mum buying metres of this an end of roll bargain from the same shop nearly 30 years ago i sewed a blouse from this when i was about 16 so i have a kind of nostalgic fondness for it and i knew it would make a lovely ania and didn t it it s an easy pattern with simple nostalgic lines my only modifications were to add piping to the yoke and i hemmed the sleeves and the skirt with pink bias binding you can just see it peeking out of the hem missy wore it for a sunday afternoon stroll this is the common miles of open grass land just five minutes walk from our house i felt so blessed that afternoon missy was happy loved her dress picked flowers played with my friend s beautiful baby the simple things the ania tunic is just one of coffee and thread s lovely patterns and olga is offering a 20 discount this week with the code coffeeandthreadtour there s also a big blog showcase of all her patterns click around the links below april 3 enjoyful makes idle sunshine zowiezo handmade angie burgett april 4 handmade frenzy replicate then deviate fairies bubbles co coral co april 5 made by sara naeh connection the bag of unexpected circle meets line april 6 skirt fixation sewing like mad hello holli buzzmills april 7 little cumquat thread bear garments pearl berry lane plus 2 is 5 sew chibi april 10 stahlarbeit knee socks and goldilocks bonnie and lottie sew sophielynn april 11 mouse house creations while she was sleeping mix it make it by dagbjort april 12 gaafmachine beletoile lbg studio my cozy co as it seams april 13 moineau petit pois just add fabric sweeter than cupcakes frances suzanne sew liberated april 14 stitched together s is for sewing boevenbende lafolie sewing booth sew pony with love by eva and there s a giveaway olga has got tons of fantastic prizes too much to list but let s just say it involves fabric more fabric and patterns full details are here a rafflecopter giveaway 9 comments share make it mine waterfall raglan tour real life real clothes by victoria as it seams 05 15 consider this post a triumph of reality over fantasy i m thrilled to be part of the make it mine waterfall raglan tour showcasing chalk and notch s amazingly versatile pattern but i do feel a bit like cinderella i had visions for this top all kinds of ideas in fact i signed up for the tour for two reasons firstly because i spotted the most beautiful red marle sweatshirting in my local shop and a waterfall raglan in my mind was born and secondly i want to try to kick start this blog a bit and focus on clothes that i know i will wear such as the waterfall raglan but life conspired against my vision the gorgeous red marle was gone when i went back to the shop and my job got stressful with lots of meetings in our head office in the big town near our home i had no time only just enough to run out on my lunch break in the big town to the one other fabric store and buy this pink jersey in two seconds no choice no messing this is my life i wanted to sew a waterfall raglan dress for my daughter it s a cute wearable dress but also she livens up a blogpost and i feel less self conscious posing as a two some it s a quick sew but even so i only finished her dress on the sunday morning before this our one daylight window for pix together don t look closely it s not hemmed shhh we took a sunday afternoon stroll up the valley near us to the beautiful valley immortalised by english writer laurie lee in cider with rosie it s a gorgeous spot with a cosy pub too cosy in fact because i had to drag mr as it seams out of it into the cold and fading light and beg him to take some pix missy of course refused to take her cardigan off pick your battles right but i do kind of like the cardigan over raglan look it s a bit bo ho right so this is us in our natural environment sunday afternoon muddy boots trying to squeeze too much into our days and lives and these are the kind of everyday clothes we do it in comfortable easy to sew and wear but with a sense of style those raglan sleeves that frill it all feels so feminine pretty and easy to throw on i m a novice when it comes to sewing knits but i m slowly getting there and i think this is one pattern i m going to return to check out all of these wonderful creations today real women in real clothes real life there are more tomorrow with date night looks and then some great hacks on friday and gabriela has put together a great prize with two giveaways happening during the tour heidi handmade frenzy zoe zowiezo handmade indu kaleidothought maria creative needle and threads verinne boeven bende mie sewing like mad victoria as it seams you can enter to win this great prize including these 5 pdf patterns valued at over 55 a huge thank you to adrianna sarah lauren delia papercut patterns a rafflecopter giveaway 12 comments share clothes that create smiles the groove dress by victoria as it seams 03 32 clothes make me happy sewing makes me more happy and i love it when that happiness is spread around when my missy skips down the street i see her make strangers smile i think it s her joy at being six years old which is unbearably precious and quite rare which is quite simply infectious certainly she makes me smile all the time and drives me a bit crazy too and i like to think that it s the clothes that spread smiles too i mean who could not help but smile at this overdose of pandas especially when these pandas are swinging around on an a line dress with a super duper amount of swing to it these gorgeous pandas were a gift by fabric company poppy to all the participants in the london sew social back in the spring yes i know i take forever to sew and blog the delay was partly because i was a teeny bit scared i m a novice with knit fabrics i don t have an overlocker serger yet and fumble around with my very simple machine but because i joined the groovement and sewed an ever so simple groove dress by made it patterns even a knit wit novice like me could create something super cute and wearable don t look too carefully you ll see that hem rippling the groove dress is an a line swing dress but i didn t have quite enough fabric to get a full groove on i had to tone down the angles of the dress so this has less fullness than a proper groove dress it s a panda groovette i think though because this fabric has a substantial weight to it the loss of fullness doesn t impact too much isn t this hat also adorable it was a gift from a friend and is an original vintage velvet beret i m guessing from the 1950s it s just gorgeous and red and mustard i would never have thought it but when missy ran off after barely two seconds posing for photos we headed into town for saturday shopping she skipped along the pavement in her red beret mustard pandas and i swear i could see random strangers smiling 6 comments share older stories about me i m victoria an occasional seamstress a sometimes journalist other times a political 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