‘Meditations in a Sewing Emergency’ Ensemble
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of lightweight wool £10, 2 metres mystery lining material £1 and 2 metres of blue cotton sateen £10 Pattern: [...]
Debi Fry LOVES vintage patterns. She started sewing in 2009 and has been going since. In 2011, she participated in the Sew Weekly challenge and looks forward to the new challenges that lie in store!
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of lightweight wool £10, 2 metres mystery lining material £1 and 2 metres of blue cotton sateen £10 Pattern: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of red velvet from a curtain £8 from a charity shop Pattern: Butterick 8131 from the Sew Weekly Sewing [...]
The Facts Fabric: barely over 1/2 yard of mystery fabric (some sort of synthetic) £0.25, Pattern: Moi! Year: Current Notions: blue seam binding, £0.25 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1.5 metres of purple and blue wool from a charity shop, £2 Pattern: Simplicity 2154 Year: c. early 60′s Notions: purple [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 pair of long velvet curtains from charity shop £10, Pattern: McCall 3456Year: 1939Notions: 9 self-covered buttons from etsy, £2 Time [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of mystery fabric (some sort of synthetic) bought from JoAnn’s sale bin two years ago, £5 Pattern: StylePrint 1283 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 metre of Japanese Kokka cotton from Retrosaria fabric store in Lisbon £8, 1.5 metres of blue twill (ebay UK score) [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 metres of cotton 'Jardin, Sandy Klop, American Jane, Moda' from Stonemountain Fabric in Oakland, £18Pattern: McCall's 8947Year: c. 1952Notions: 1 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3.5 metres of cotton 'Nutmeg Seeds Orange, SE1 for Robert Kaufman' fabric gift from Fancy Moon Pattern: Style Print 1283Year: c. [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 metre baby blue houndstooth fabric that I won in a giveaway, .10 metres of lightweight wool fabric for collar (a [...]
If you’re still on the fence about participating in this week’s challenge (don’t have any vintage patterns, don’t know where to start), here are [...]
Next week’s theme call for a creation inspired by the 1940s. The 1940s happen to be (at least, at the moment) my favorite fashion [...]
This week’s 10 Things comes from Loran. Her point “8″ is particular relevant to me — I met her first at the Alameda Point [...]
Last Saturday was the Art Deco Society Preservation Ball and while my friend, Libett, and I didn’t make our gowns, I’m pretty certain that [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to sew something using at least two different prints. I have a pretty difficult time when it comes [...]
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