Here she finally is, my finished Vogue 1537 in Olive Green wool. I’ve been dragging my heels all winter with this one but she’s finally done! When I made my first version of this coat it was LOVE. In fact I still love it…. I just can’t button it up any more. But I might in …
“So what did you do this weekend?” “Oh I went shopping in London with 50 strangers off the Internet and we took over a Lebenese restaurant. What did you do?” I want to say that this weekend’s meetup in London was so tremendous that I’m finding it hard to describe. I tried to summarise proceedings …
This is part 3 of my mini series on the Chanel jacket course I attended in March. See here for part 1 about inspiration and here for part 2 on materials! Today I’m sharing my progress from day 1 of the course. I packed up my machine, pattern, fabric, notions and a travel sewing kit …
This is second part of my mini series on the Chanel jacket course I am attending in March. See part 1 about inspiration here! Today is all about materials! The course is based around Vogue pattern V7975. (I’ve heard people rave about Vogue 8804 from the Claire Shaeffer Collection but believe its out of print …
This is the first post of a mini series that will cover my attempts at making a jacket. Gasp! horror! On March 23rd and 24th I will be attending a 2-day course on making a Chanel inspired jacket, hosted by the Yorkshire sewing school. And I’m rather nervous… well that’s putting it mildly. I’m chuffing …
Everyone knows how lame English weather is. Sometimes it feels like we jump straight from Summer to Winter. But something that is different this year is that I’m embracing sewing a Winter wardrobe! I pretended Winter wasn’t happening last year by sewing sundresses but I can’t kid myself much longer. I’ve got some quite ambitious …