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w thoughts in mind for my spring summer sewing and my plans this month reflect that a little i did so much last year that i don t think i ll need all that much that s new but more on that later this month my sewing plans for may are i think a realistic take on what i think i can get done this month chris and i are going to portland for the last weekend in may memorial day over here so i ve tried to plan accordingly multiple pairs of helen s closet avery leggings i m really into running at the moment but the thing i find frustrating is that i can hardly find leggings that fit me properly it s the age old problem that if they fit round the waist they stretch too much over my hips rear and go see through if they fit me around the hips they re too loose around the waist and they fall down i ve already muslined the avery leggings and i m pretty pleased with the results i just need to get them sewn up in fabric i want to wear luckily i have awesome fabric up my sleeve or rather in my stash so i m looking forward to finally running in complete comfort this will be my make it happen project for the month white linen alex shirt i know i just can t quite quit this pattern but with summer approaching i can t get a loose white shirt out of my head i want to use it as a normal shirt but also something to throw on as an extra layer on cooler evenings i already have a white shirt but that s a bit more fitted this should be a good casual basic like this but in white i might put the pockets on this one too red helen s closet winslow culottes remember last year i had these wonderful red culottes that i loved but then managed to irredeemably rip the fabric on a nail on a trip to the pub well i loved them so much that i m making them again those culottes were awesome i obviously need more the winslows are a quick uncomplicated sew so i should be able to rustle these up in no time they will be mine again oh yes they will be mine again what are you sewing this month how are your ss18 plans working out share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading the eyes have it march 18 2018 leave a comment hola i know i said last time that i d be back into regular blogging since i d settled down into the new job but i lied i d do it again dammit it s taken me longer than i thought it would to get back into working life turns out that after spending all day at a computer i don t really want to sit and write blog posts about what i ve been sewing in my off time and i have been doing a little bit of sewing i have a small backlog to tell you about and i have actually started making a pair of jeans more on those once i ve finished them but for today let s take a look at something a bit more simple a sew over it molly top can you believe that this is only the second pattern i ve made from the city break ebook after all my fangirling i ve made all the alex shirts but so far i haven t ventured further the molly is the first pattern in the book and it s probably the simplest with only four pattern pieces a front a back a sleeve and a neckband it s designed for knits which is probably why i ve ignored it so far but now i ve made my peace with jersey it s time to give it a go it is simple to put together too i ve made quite a few easy t shirts over the last six months the tatb agnes and the deer doe plantain and this one s probably the easiest due to the sleeve construction the kimono shoulder means that there are no fiddly sleeve heads to contend with not that sleeve heads are that complicated in knits it s more that these are super simple by comparison and you insert them on the flat so it s a single straight seam otherwise i cut a 12 and blended out to a 16 at the hips as usual but i also reduced the seam allowance a bit on the sleeves when i pinned it together it looked like it would be a smidge too snug i m glad i did too as they feel quite comfy all told though i d maybe take a little out of the length next time i feel like i don t have that many light coloured tops at the moment so i cracked out this funky eye print jersey which i bought at drygoods design a month or two ago looks like it might be sold out now chris doesn t like it he thinks the eyes are a bit creepy i can maybe see his point perhaps it s a bit much to have a whole top out of it i m thinking it might be better as a highlight fabric i m looking forward to the new tilly the buttons book stretch being released over here there s a raglan t shirt in there that i d like to try the frankie and i have enough of this stuff left over to get the sleeves out of it and then i d do the body in a contrast colour anyway the fabric is lovely and soft and although it s quite light it also feels quite snuggly and it was a pleasure to work with so yeah the molly was a nice quick sew and i m sure it ll see plenty of wear over the spring but i m not entirely convinced by it if it was a toss up between this and the plantain right now i think the plantain would win i m not sure the combination of the sleeves and the drop shoulder suit me and i don t think the front view photo is the most flattering pic of me but maybe i just need to let it grow on me i printed off the entire pdf so i have the dress extension maybe i should give that a go and see what happens share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading ice cold in alex february 13 2018 3 comments hiya hope you ve all had a lovely weekend chris and i went up to vancouver for a couple of days to see what s going on and i think it might be love it helped that it was a beautiful couple of days but man what a nice place it reminded me a lot of sydney a modern city built around water that s full of friendly people we spent saturday exploring stanley park and gastown then yesterday we went on a tasting tour of granville island public market if you ever find yourself in vancouver get yourself on one of those tours we emerged from it feeling stuffed to christmas day levels but so satisfied vancouver recommended i took my latest finished project with me in the hopes of getting some decent pictures but while it was lovely and sunny outside it was damn cold too and this alex shirt does not lend itself to colder climes i made it out of this gorgeous sand washed rayon which i waited ages for i spotted it on the hart s fabric website over the summer and knew that it had to be mine but alas it had all gone i was a little despondent because in my experience a lot of fabric shops won t restock once they re out but this time my luck was in they got more a month or two later and i swooped like a fabric obsessed magpie it was worth the wait this blush pink stuff is beautiful it s soft it s flowy and it s everything i could want to bring my year of obsessive shirt making to an end it s the perfect vehicle for an alex shirt lending itself brilliantly to the slouchy look i began sewing it in november and then i left it until last weekend to finish i got to the point where you have to hand stitch the collar closed and decided i d leave it for the next day that day never really came i got busy with sewing a few things for our trip to hawaii and i discovered that knits weren t so bad after all and the shirt languished in a pile for a month or two i know i m an awful person anyway once you stitch the collar closed the end is in sight with this project it s just the sleeves hem and buttonholes left and then you re done so i got on with it and sewed the last button on in front of the super bowl now don t get me wrong some american sports can be exciting chris and i have been to the ice hockey a couple of times and had great fun but i m just not seeing it with american football it was a good job i had something to do whilst it was on cos i would have been bored to tears otherwise i don t really have much to say about this one it is my fourth version of the alex see here here and here for previous attempts and i think i ve pretty much got it down pat now i left off the pockets this time but i did do buttonholes i don t usually bother since it s so loose i can get it on over my head without any trouble but i might want to use it as a layering piece in the summer and maybe tie it over a dress so i thought it was worth it this time and for once my machine behaved beautifully and i had a completely zen buttonhole experience win it s lovely to wear too it feels so soft against my skin and the loose fit means i will always be able to have a big dinner and not feel a thing this fabric was worth holding out for and i m glad i ve finally managed to make it into something that ll see heavy rotation in my wardrobe yay share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading on the cutting table february february 7 2018 1 comment well it s been a little while hasn t it life s been pretty busy over the last few weeks and lately my blogging time has been greatly reduced i started my new job three weeks ago so instead of being a lady of leisure i m now gainfully employed and getting stuck in it feels good to be working again and to have a real routine having ten months off sounds amazing but it s definitely time for me to be earning my keep i put the blog on hold for a few weeks while i ve been settling in but now i m keen to get back on it i have a couple of finished projects to share but since it s the first wednesday of the month only just it s time to share my february plans considering february s a short month i still have a bunch of stuff i want to achieve we re off to vancouver this weekend but we have the presidents day weekend coming up and i m planning on spending it at my sewing machine getting on with this little lot it s gonna be awesome start my ginger jeans so i was going to do this in january as part of my make it happen course at drygoods design it didn t happen i was completely disorganized and couldn t get my act together to print the pattern off and assemble my supplies and i ended up working on a couple of ufos that s going to change i have a lesson booked in and my fabric and notions kit are on order ginger jeans i am coming for you and i mean it this time brindille twig pocket romper yet another of my friends has just had a baby she lives in australia which is currently enjoying its long hot summer so my traditional gift of a crocheted cardi just isn t going to work i wanted something lightweight and potentially short and this seems to fit the bill i ve never sewn a b t pattern before either so this ll be my new to me sew for the month i can t ditch the baby crochet completely so this one is also going to get a crocheted blanket i figured it ll have a longer shelf life than a cardigan and can be cracked out in the winter too i ve been furiously crocheting squares recently and i ve found that i can pretty much complete one on the bus to and from work i didn t get to it in january so the grainline morris blazer is still on my list my work has a casual dress code but it ll be nice to have something to throw on over jeans that makes everything look a bit more pulled together i m just hoping that the jacket and jeans look doesn t make look like jeremy clarkson too much i have been looking for a flowy top with a pleated neckline for ages after spotting this one on pinterest i think it s a burda pattern but the link was broken or something and i couldn t find it on the burda website someone s fixed it now though that s ok because a similar one was on the cover of love sewing last month i know i said last summer that i m not a fan of the magazine but i m not above sourcing a copy thank you mum when there s something in particular i want to make anyway i m thinking this will be lovely in a nice rayon and i m looking forward to whipping it up source what are you making this month share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading new to me papercut patterns coppélia wrap top january 14 2018 4 comments sometimes when you sew everything just goes right your invisible zip goes in first time you put a sleeve in without getting any tucks in the fabric you finish a seam just before your bobbin thread runs out this is not one of those times and just so we re clear from the off it s all my own fault and not that of the pattern i made a fundamental stupid mistake which threw everything out and meant that my first papercut coppélia top was a disaster can you spot one of my mistakes before we get into that let s wind the clock back a little bit the coppélia has been on my sewing list since october but i didn t manage it in 2017 this year i want to try more new to me pattern companies and this resolution seemed like the kick up the rear i needed to get this top made i m not a huge one for novelty prints although i have been known to dabble but i spotted this cute silver polar bear print knit in my local joann and thought it d be a good match for the pattern i had visions of it being a christmas jumper with a longer shelf life anyway i decided version b the faux wrap top would be the perfect pattern to kick off my sewing for 2018 i had to make my usual adjustments based on my measurements blending out a couple of sizes to accommodate my hips this was where i made my mistake in hindsight there were plenty of clues that would tell me which way up the front wrap pattern piece should go notches grainline the cutting line for version a but i missed them all because all i saw was the pattern title which ran perpendicular to everything else of course i just assumed that that was the right way up so i went on my merry way and began cutting everything out of course i only realised that i d altered the wrong side after i cut everything out and had run out of usable fabric arrgh so my mistake meant that my polar bears were running vertically rather than horizontally on the front two panels and those panels weren t quite wide enough to meet the back panel at the side seams it meant that my snuggly polar bear jumper was not meant to be but i did decide to treat it as a muslin and managed to stretch the jersey to fit at the side seams then i decided to put the cuffs on the sleeves i had a complete brain fart with them and ended up sewing them every way but the right way unpicking them at least three times and putting a hole in them in the process not to mention when i got one caught in the feed dogs still i persevered and i managed to get the muslin done it was fine to check the fit but not really wearable outside take two take two was more successful though i ve realised i ve basically done a copycat version of sew sarah smith s coppélia check her s out here it s gorgeous on her despite all that i was determine...