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gs and made infinity scarves like absolute legends but they hadn t made any other clothing so hence the next step i was more than happy to host the class but haven t really taught sewing before so i emphasized the diy heavily to all my sewing skills and we talked about lazyseamstressing a bit too the day was 4 hours of 3 students and definitely using the blogs of the sewing community world i came up with the few steps below measure your waist measure the length from your waist to where you like the hem to be really puffy full at least three times your waist measurement only a little puffy at least two times your waist measurement the skirt has 2 rectangles one piece is your waist measurement plus 2 5 cm for ease 2cm for seam allowance second piece is the skirt with the width being your preferred measurement and the length being your length with added at least 4 10 cm for the hem allowance seam allowance sew it all up following these tutorials gertie s gathered skirt and by hand london before the class i made this skirt as a test to check it all worked and 100 it s a skirt so i think the method worked and by the end of the craft d class there were at least 3 skirts close to finishing so yay i was going to make it fuller but opted for a longer swishy skirt and used the actual width of the fabric as my measurment so it was just two times my waist lazy seamstressing but less fiddling around the 2 5 ease also might be a little toooooo much ease for this doesn t sit on my waist properly so i ll try a little less next time it looks so short on the windowbench like this i must be quite petite for it feels so long when it s on me for the first set of photos i paired it with the lilith eve top i made in wintertime it s a little wonky on the hem because i sew ed it up terribly but still lovely and light for the spring humidity but yes pretty much the fabric is from dongmen lu fabric market here in shanghai it s light cotton rayon or something and i cannot walk past a print like this without purchasing i love it it was probably 35rmb a metre so maybe 6 australian lovely for springtime wow it s been a busy year for me so far i ve loved being part of our women s society and all the other busy bee things and we re just about to move house i m keeping my instagram updated on the day to day things and fingers crossed we won t be without internet again my modem router died a few weeks back cannot even while we shift hoping the china telecom peeps will be connecting it tomorrow hope you re well miss you and hope to see what you re sewing for spring autumn when i get to read my bloglovin tonight at may 11 2016 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels diy skirt friday 29 april 2016 voila long silk scarf for springtime hi how are you i m sitting in my blogging cafe today catching up on a bunch of emails and different work projects for the internet is broken at my place so sad the router died and we re all waiting for the next option fingers crossed i have kept this scarf in my blog drafts section for a little while and would love your thoughts it s super long right maybe a little too long for people under 5 foot but i love this floaty silk fabric i d sewn it up a little while ago and haven t decided if it s for me or for a customer so it s in the little studio with my girlfriends right now the fabric is from my favourite dongmen lu fabric market and the last two metres from the roll so it was cheaper than other fabrics maybe 100rmb around 18 dollars so while not super cheap compared to other scarf fabric it s so luxurious i love it as usual it s my loopy scarf pattern you sew the ends together and then hem the edges very simple the underside of the leopard print silk isn t too ugly but i don t think this style is for everyone i love loop scarves for looser looks or wrapped up warmer looks and you ll never loose it while on the scooter for some reason riding bikes with a scarf flying off has become a fear of mine strange having a forever loopy scarf prevents losing it guess what tomorrow i ve been asked by the lovely girls at craft d shanghai to host a sewing workshop to teach a simple gathered skirt with a zip so excited to meet the blossoming seamstresses of shanghai at april 29 2016 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels accessories thursday 31 march 2016 talking sharpening my skills as a sewing blogger the hardest thing for me is when you don t sew things what do you blog about i have some projects i ll show you this next week that aren t garment sewing exactly fun relaxing kind of sewing like my millions of rope bowls last year i have started some new ways to sew and make things art dare i say it but actually i feel throughout march i spent a lot of time sharpening my skills and rather like my son s lovely collection of pencils above the more i m sharpening the more colours and pointy pieces of my career personality are coming through it s been a funny month career wise and full of more personal professional development instead of getting paid but i guess that s where i m at right now here in shanghai here s a hilarious to me list of things i ve been up to in march started being a filmmaker documenting aspects of chinese weddings recording audio video for the first time seriously not just for youtube at work blogging workshopwise with m glam and shanghai bloggers i launched m blog club as part of the shanghai international literary festival very happy and made a blog about blog tips in shanghai hosted a 10 minute presentation at a corporate conference on the subject of wechat social media at work moderated a q a session with author joshua scher as part of the litfest channeling my radio interview skills dream inspo being zan rowe made a website for my organisation ipws where i m a board member in sponsorship but now a web admin guru i ve been a guest judge for the china international comedy festival at the very funny kung fu komedy club here in shanghai ran a speed networking event through my group last night and was almost going to run a sewing skirts for beginners class but with easter weekend they had to postponse busy city i m a bit pooped on this last day of march but i ll head out for more judging laughs at the suzhou leg of the comedy festival should be fun plus i ve never been to suzhou before what have you been doing in march keeping busy hiding until springtime autumn i hope you ve been keeping well and happy whatever you re up to at march 31 2016 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mama lyf thoughts thursday 17 march 2016 voila briar top with tiny spots yay so happy to show you my sewing today last week i had a little window for sewing i d traced the briar top pattern size s the week before and so i jumped quickly into cutting sewing this megan neilsen pattern if you look through any of my sewing creations from 2009 you ll see how much i love sewing with knits peak knit sewing year for me 2009 when i sew ed and sew ed all the stretchy things they are so quick and while i ve never sewn this briar top pattern before i just knew an hour of cutting and sewing would be enough and i was spot on with the estimate love a quick project so the briar top is definitely a popular pattern and i ve seen so many great results with it but i only bought it last year after thinking about sewing with knits again i m a little stranded without my sewing books here in shanghai however maybe i gave the sew u stretch away can t remember what s in storage anymore so bought this pattern to try out for winter and as always the season passed quickly so now it s a springtime top the fabric is a taobao purchase and feels lovely and healthy cotton the cotton i used to sew my venus bay kimono has a synthetic mix and i get a bit hot while wearing it this black cotton was a punt ordering fabric on chinese websites can absolutely be a gamble but it s lovely great to sew with great width so i got most of this top in under a metre of fabric it was quick to cut and then super quick to sew up thank you meg for the best tip iron a lot because the clean finish on knit tops especially the neckline is all in the pressing i pressed every seam after overlocking the hems were finished with my twin needle and while aren t exactly perfect so many missed stitches on the right needle have no idea why it s not that noticable i didn t stitch the neckline down just the armholes and hem i love the curves of the hemline i definitely need to wear a top underneath for it is short but might be nice over a tight dress i m on a megan neilsen pattern kick my last sewn up skirt was the brumby skirt at the moment and will probably make another briar top maybe even try a dress version next but before i dash off i m so happy i finally found a friendly photography spot near my house the sun came out yesterday and i was wearing the top for the second time just in case the weather turned i packed my tripod just in case and turned around the corner behind my house into another apartment block s garden and voila a lovely little spot where the sun came through at a lovely direction and amazingly no one was around in shanghai there s always people around so happy but man now i have to find a remote control clicker for my camera because it looks like i m completely phone obsessed but actually i m trying to see the shoot button on the screen so daggy but i m happy to find a nice outfit spot in a nearby garden in case husbie s not around at march 17 2016 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels megan nielsen patterns top monday 14 march 2016 talking update on spring blogging workshops hi there happy monday just quickly wanted to update you on the springtime blogging workshops here in shanghai so if you re not local skip over today s post and i ll bring you my megan nielsen t shirt later this week in january i was knuckling down the details for a springtime session of blogging workshops that i wrote about here and just wanted to announce that my workshop is now included in the mini march litfest along with a bunch of other actual authors interesting talks so happy our first workshop will be about food blogs there are amazing foodie bloggers in shanghai the restaurant scene is as you can imagine diverse plentiful and my first guest will be the delightful nancy of plus ate six we ll host a little q a with nancy and run over some ideas that make a good food blog thank you again for your comments about blog ads last week i m firmly on the fence about them however with some time we ll see food blogs are a great genre to start our 2016 workshops because m on the bund is a very beautiful setting the view from its balcony above and the menu changes with the season but it s also a very photography focussed blog genre while recipes foodie talk is great for sharing information photography in food blogs can be critical to a successful following professionalism what do you think do you follow food bloggers as well as sewing bloggers personally i google up my most of my recipes so find a lot of new bloggers this way would love your thoughts but have a great week and i ll catch you soon at march 14 2016 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blogging shanghai bloggers society monday 7 march 2016 making a giant crochet toy bag so here s another funny thing i ve made recently i noticed a lot of dress ups floating around our apartment recently a pirate costume from halloween a backson outfit i made for our winnie the pooh loving child and lots of accessories like dinosaur tails and binoculars always on the floor time for a dress up basket without ever wanting to spend money on anything i decided to try some large scale crocheting with my rope that was too thick for my normal sewing machine and using a small rope as the main crochet or weaver material it was a long process but it s a fun and easy accessible basket for the small boy i used the large crochet hook and used the thinner rope as the main crochet thread and crocheted around the big rope i didn t really know where i was going so just went around in circles for ages and then adjusted it for the sides as i went around and around after lots of sewn zig zag machine stitched rope bowls my domestic machine isn t keen on sewing this thick rope i think an industrial one would do a better job but i can t really justify getting one especially since i m not really bringing in stacks of dosh just a few voice over jobs here and there isn t really a regular pay day anyways when we get more dress ups i think i ll unravel it but felix likes it for now and his favourite dress ups are the tiger costume a cheapie chinese made synthetic mess and the backson costume that i made last year and never blogged about and his pirate hat at march 07 2016 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 100 things crochet house friday 4 march 2016 talking blogging workshop ads on blogs hey there if you read my blog in a browser or through bloglovin you ll see i ve added some google ad things and an amazon ad thing recently just in the side banner bit of my blog of course this has nothing to do with sewing however i hope they re showing content that relates to sewing or educating ones life but a little to do with what i m up to in shanghai this year i ve been elected lol blogging workshop guru by the shanghai blogging app group and personally requested by the awesomely gorgeous michelle at m on the bund glam bar to run the workshops with them it s a lovely setting and perfect for afternoon gatherings um and cocktails at night time but while i ve been blogging and working in media making content creation for around 14 years i haven t really tried affiliated links or ads and lots of bloggers or potential bloggers are keen to talk about monetizing some even begin without a following and some use it to grow a following but while in my heart i m very independent and that s what happens from working at a place like the abc with strong ethics values and editorial policies i m feeling like there are gaps in my knowledge so i m testing out the things testing out the ads but i m curious about your experience are you into them or dislike ads on blogs i have been happy just writing and sewing and not really into earning money from this blog sometimes i think about starting a new blog oh really maybe i have done that already that exists entirely about products and ads and monetising just so i can learn more about it but it s not really me so a little here and there to check and to help point people in that direction when they ask i really enjoyed heather s how to monetize your blog post a few years back and have shared that with people here i know it s not for everyone but if you re thinking of starting a blog especially in shanghai...