Bottoms: Skirts, jumpsuits, trousers and shorts
Pants aren’t necessarily the easiest garments to make, but also not the hardest. In fact the hardest part is getting the fit right.
In the Spring when we couldn’t leave the house and anxiety was at an all time high and I was turning to online retail therapy window-shopping, I came across a pair of high waisted, belted, kind of bleached denim shorts.
Writing honestly about patterns can be a bit of a minefield, particularly when writing about independent pattern designers.
I’ve started doing something I aways swore I’d never do. I’ve been making clothes for other people.
Earlier this year, Michelle from Stylemaker Fabrics contacted me asking if I would like to be part of a blog tour.
Today, I finished sewing the buttons onto this jumpsuit, slapped on some make up, grabbed the camera and .
As with so many of the clothes I make, I saw an image of some teal-coloured jumbo cord wide-legged trousers and had to have them.
You may or may not be aware (or indeed care), that a significant amount of my sewing over the past couple of years
Refashion, a definition: taking an existing garment and turning it into something else - usually another garment.
Does anyone else hear that phrase and start singing it to the tune of 'Paperback Writer' in their head?
I had a boyfriend when I was at university who used to find it amusing to call me 'Jumble Bum'. Nice, right?
Oh woe, oh woe. The last few months have been an unutterable fetid quagmire of sewing angst.
I haven't really been sure how to write this post. I absolutely want to tell all the lovely people who relate
I claim here and in other conversations that I only really got back into sewing three years ago.
Every time I look at the above photo I can't help but think of Bowie and Jagger Dancing in the Street.
That thing on social media of the lady declaring her hatred for leggings being worn as trousers. Yes. Yes and Yes.
I think the last time I wore an A-line skirt I was 11. It was my school uniform and even then I hated the shape of it.
Ah, Dominique, je t’adore. And there endeth the extent of my hazy recollections of A Level French.
So, I think approximately 15 years ago, I wrote this post about my next planned copycat,
The design is wonderful. I love the pleat / pintuck on the back bodice, that not only makes it really comfortable to wear, but adds a kind of utilitarian feel to it and specifically fits with the ‘flight suit’ naming.