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Tag Archives: Dressmaking
Three for Two
I was pretty busy last week in the sewing room, I managed to make two coats, both simple patterns so fairly quick to do. I’ve been trying to use up fabric from my stash which is particularly bulky – makes … Continue reading
Summer Frock Take 2
Well I did say I was on a bit of a roll! I’ve just finished another summer dress using McCall’s 6958. I cut this one out as soon as I finished the first one… This time I used a length … Continue reading
Summer Frock Time
I’m on a bit of a roll now, I’ve just finished another dress, this time it’s a pretty summer cotton frock. I do like my summer dresses. I used McCall’s 6958 which is labelled as ‘easy, make it today!’ I … Continue reading
A Touch of the 80’s!
Last night I finally finished a jacket to go with my white rose dress. I needed something smart to go to a family funeral and managed to find everything except lining in my stash for the whole outfit – though … Continue reading
Cinema Dress
I’ve finally got round to doing some dressmaking! I’ve made myself a summer dress… In my stash I had this length of teal blue fine cotton lawn with a little feather design on it. It feels like Liberty Tana lawn, … Continue reading
Damsons and Plums
Purple is one of my favourite colours, so I do have a fair bit of the colour in my stash, in all hues and shades. When I started rearranging my sewing room recently my stash storage space was reduced somewhat, … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Serendipity, Sewing
Tagged Cardigan, Coatigan Sylvia, Dressmaking
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Liberty Summer Dress
In the recent hot weather I’ve found the outfits I feel most comfortable in are my long cotton dresses, especially the teal one I made in February for our holiday and a Liberty one I made last year, both just … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Serendipity
Tagged Dressmaking, Liberty tana lawn, Simplicity 2917, summer dresses
23 Comments
Chanel Jacket
After about nine months of faffing about I finally knuckled down and finished my Chanel jacket last night. It’s not exactly the weather for wearing it at the moment, but I needed it crossing off my to do list! So … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Serendipity
Tagged Chanel Jacket, Dressmaking, Yorkshire School of Sewing
36 Comments
My Malayan Silk Dress
We had a big holiday in March which include two days in Kuala Lumpar visiting family. I managed to include a trip to the quarter with all the fabric shops in. Of course I had to buy a few lengths… … Continue reading
Ogden Cami
Last summer I saw a few blog posts about the Ogden Cami pattern by True Bias. I decided to buy the pdf pattern, much as I hate sticking all the sheets together, I reasoned that there can’t be that many pages … Continue reading


