tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74684930985408386052024-03-19T03:46:02.710+00:00Little Sewing CornerThe day dreams and after thoughts of a sewist, crafter and top class procrastinator.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134241671074006985noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468493098540838605.post-46345554417674339582014-09-17T18:06:00.000+01:002014-09-18T08:07:03.372+01:00Favourite Paris Outfit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel like it has been a life time since I book my holidays this year. My wait has made even more enduring as all my favorite bloggers seemed to make it on their holl's before me. So I have been reading every-bodies lovely Paris stories whilst waiting patiently for my turn to experience the city. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whilst waiting I used my down time to sew up a storm. So much so that it took over blogging for a little while. My aim was to have my own Me Made Holiday and wear at least one thing me made every day. After having a good look at my potential holiday wardrobe I decided to fill in some of the gaps with some everyday basics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By the time my man and I jetted off, I had two additional </span><a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/renfrew-top/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Renfrews</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, a self drafted circle skirt, a </span><a href="http://kitschycoo.bigcartel.com/product/the-lady-skater-sewing-pattern-for-teens-and-women" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lady Skater Dress</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and my first ever Kimono (as per </span><a href="http://byhandlondon.com/blogs/by-hand-london/15132413-diy-kimono-the-lazy-sewists-guide-to-the-art-of-distraction" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By Hand London</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">). I am sure I will post about some of my other makes in the next couple of weeks but for now I want to share with you my favorite holiday ensemble. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This one is a really simple combination of my new lilac needlecord self drafted circle skirt and my shameless "I''m going to Paris so I need a stripy top" </span><a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/renfrew-top/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Renfrew</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (I literally couldn't help myself). I think the Velib bike (i.e. French Boris bike) and coordinating lilac beret (a bargain €3.50 at a random souvenir shop) finish the look perfectly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The dark navy and white striped cotton jersey came from the John Lewis end of 2013 sale. Clearly I have been holding on to it for some time but I think it's true destiny has always been to become my french inspired Renfrew. I made exactly the same version as </span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/my-first-renfrew.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">my first one</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> which meant the pattern was already traced and it was cut out super fast. To cut this lovely knit I used my new Olfa rotary cutter which I bough at the Festival of Quilts Show last month. Wow this guy is leagues ahead of the old unbranded excuse for a rotary cutter that I used to use. So, with the speedy cutting and the aid of another shiny new toy (more to come on that one) I had my stripy Renfrew finished off in a couple of hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the bottom half, my circle skirt was traced directly from my </span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/fun-with-tartan.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">last circle skirt</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> which cut out all the need to do the maths again. The needlecord was bought even longer ago I think in 2012 in Mandors Glasgow. I had originally planned to make a Kelly Skirt with it but I think I became frigntened of the nap and it just never happened. Never</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">mind, now it is a wonderful circle skirt with a nice weight behind it which I hope will transition well </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">into Autumn. Plus, it's just so spinny !!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last time I was in Birmingham I sadly missed the chance to go to the <a href="http://www.ragmarket.com/">Rag Market</a>, so this time it was at the top of my list. One word...WOW! This place is incredible. I think it could be summed up as being a slightly chaotic mix of chiffon, bananas and fish. It is a little treasure trove of goodies and for people (like me) who love to have a thorough rummage whilst shopping this market is perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have found that in a lot of markets the stall holders can be really pushy and pester you to buy thing however this was not the case in Birmingham. Everyone was very chilled out and there was no hard sale. As for the prices yikes! After spending the previous day at the festival of quilts looking at designer cottons prints some of which were going for nearly £25/m I nearly jumped for joy when I saw lace for £7/m, cottons for £3/m, net for £2/m and even some jersey for £1/m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Needless to say a made a few purchases. I wont bother detailing everything but I bought several solid colour stretch fabrics, some chiffon to have a play with, several zips because you just never know when you'll need one and also a dozen buttons because I just can't help myself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also popped in to the <a href="http://www.fancysilkstore.co.uk/">Fancy Silk Store</a> across the road from the market. I was totally overwhelmed by the volume of fabric. It went all the way to the ceiling! I only had a quick look in the shop as I didn't want to be tempted in to buying even more but they looked like they had a fantastic selection of cottons and jerseys as well as a large selection of wool and suiting fabrics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't take any photos but I did hop on the number 50 bus out to Mosley to visit <a href="http://www.guthrie-ghani.co.uk/">Guthrie and Ghani</a>. I took the same trip in March so I knew what to expect and I already had my shopping list together. My plan was to buy the Colette <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/hawthorn">Hawthorn</a> and <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/macaron">Macaroon</a> patterns, however, by the time I arrived at the shop I decided (mainly because it was howling a gale) that instead of the Macaroon I was Colette <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/anise">Anise Jacket</a> instead (sorry macaroon maybe next time). I am waiting for the fabric shops at home to get their winter stock in before I buy fabric for the Anise so for just now I only bought fabric for the Hawthorn. The Hawthorn as a dress requires quite a large meterage so I decided to just buy enough for the top version. I figured that way I ca work on any fit issues I might have with the bodice befor I invest in a larger quantity of fabric. So in the end I settled on this bluey grey linen effect cotton, which I think will make a lovely crisp top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also I was really excited to see that GandG are stocking <a href="http://www.deer-and-doe.fr/">Deer and Doe</a> patterns now, I think they might be on the list for net time too. Also I just want to say thanks to the great staff at GandG I was given some excellent recommendations for breakfast (<a href="http://www.cherryreds.com/">Cherry Reds</a>) and coffee (<a href="http://www.yorksbakerycafe.co.uk/">Yorks Bakery Cafe</a>) in the city centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the uninitiated, the world of quilting is pretty daunting. I found that narrowing down the choice of fabric and design was definitely the most difficult part of the process. My first dilemma was obviously not knowing if baby was a boy of a girl so for the first few months I just had to wait patiently. Fortunately mum to be was soon told that there was a high probability that she was expecting a girl. After this exciting news I decided to go for the <a href="http://www.cottonpatch.co.uk/acatalog/Moda-Charm-Pack--storybook.html#SID=151">Moda Storybook charm pack</a> as my main fabric choice. Storybook contains a wonderful mix of dreamy prints including hot air balloons, princess castles and little birds, perfect for a little girl (although I have seen some wonderful boys quilts made from the range too).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Seeing as this was my first ever quilting project, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted the design to be fairly straight forward. I knew I wanted to stick with a design based around charm squares as I think they are a great size for small quilts. Each square is small enough to be in scale with the small quilt but is still large enough to display the fabric and prints nicely. So with that in mind and after a lot of pinning I found <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/40602834115728576/">this pin</a> which had a list of perfect tutorials from <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/quilt-patterns-1.html">ohfranson</a>. The I settled on <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2014/05/charm-squares-quilt-redux.html">Charm Squares Quild Redux</a> for my final design as it is an ideal pattern for beginners with no complicated angles, curves or difficult cutting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To give me a kick start and guide me through the world of quilting my Mum very kindly came over to my flat for the weekend to help me piece together the quilt top. It was the first time that my mum and I have both worked on the same project and it was a lovely experience to produce something together. With my mums experience in quilt making we made quick progress with the piecing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was our sewing setup. Mum at the front and me at the back. You might recognise the blue <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/birthday-present-quiltofax.html">Quiltofax</a> that I made my mum for her birthday earlier this year. It has been working great for her and she has had some lovely comments from sewing friends (one of whom is even planning to make her own).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One thing I found whist making the quilt, there is absolutely no where to hide! Sometimes, in dressmaking, you might have a slightly dodgy seam, wonky hem or just can't be bothered finishing all those raw edges. However, when making a quilt, these little details can't be hidden with a belt or taken in at a later date, everything has to be exact! To add to this you also can't get away from needing to press every little seam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Shortly after baby Catherine was born I created this little label for the back of the quilt with her name and date of birth. I also embroidered a pair of baby feet inspired by one of the designs in my <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doodle-Stitching-Collection-Aimee-Ray/dp/1600595812">Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection</a> book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stitched the label in to one of the corners at the back of the quilt and then hand stitched the rest of the binding. Normally I am not a big fan of hand stitching but in this case I found it quite exciting. I found that hand stitching the binding was the very last step and was akin to framing a new piece of art. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like the look of the hand finished binding my only concern is how it will stand up against frequent washing. I guess if is starts to unravel it can either be hand stitched again or I can run round it with the machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here is the finished article. I am really pleased with the way it turned out. I wouldn't say that am a quilt making convert but I did really enjoy making this little one. Also, I think as it is a gift for a friend and a project that my mum and I both worked on that makes it even more special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought you might all like to see a quick pic of little Catherine. She is sooooo cute! So Catherine,I hope you like your new quilt. Hopefully, it will keep you cosy in the colder months and give you comfort for many more years to come :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first challenge with OPOW is obviously which pattern to choose. I found it really interesting reading Tilly of <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/">Tilly and the buttons</a> finding from the last OPOW (check out </span><a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2012/03/one-week-one-pattern-fascinating.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">these graphs</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">!). Last time found that tops in particular the Colette Sorbetto came out as most popular. However I decided that skirts were the way to go for me. I narrowed it down to my TNT Kelly by Megan Nielsen or new to me Delphine from Tilly's Love at First Stitch book. In the end I opted for something new and so after the success of my first one, the Delphine won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I picked up this mid weight stretch floral denim on Goldhawk Road during my London trip. It has a wonderful ready embroidered selvage along one side. To be honest this was my first purchase on my Goldhawk Rd shopping trip as as the day went on I kinda fell out of love with it. I bought it with many great ideas but after carting it about all day (it was pretty heavy folded up) I was beginning to loath it and wonder why the hell I had bought it. In hindsight it was a good purchase and it is now a very comfy and fun Delphine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Mainly due to the fabric choice I ended up having to make a few changes to the pattern. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: start;">On the whole it is the same pattern but I did lengthen it by around 1.5 inches as I was concerned it might be a bit short for me. As the denim came with a pre-embroidered hem I also too into consideration that the bottom of the skirt could not curve up at the sides as per the original design. Therefore I straightened the hemline so I didn't have to cut into the embroidery. I hope that these alterations have not taken away too much from Tilly's original design. I think for my next Delphines I will be sticking more true to the pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My photos were all taken on a fab day out in Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. It has been so sunny lately that a trip to the gardens was a must. Also check out this gorgeous world war 1 commemorative poppy field. I love seeing the wild flowers, too often they are being weeded out of manicured gardens, so it was great seeing them being embraced in such a large flower bed in the middle of the botanics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you all had a great weekend and stay tuned for more Delphines and other Love at First Stitch garments (including one with a lot of bunnies). Also have you heard that Tilly is having a 20% off sale you can find the discount code in her <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2014/07/omg-sale.html">announcement here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Talk about leaving things to the last minute... my friends birthday was on Friday night and in my infinite wisdom I decided, on the way home from work, on Thursday that I was going to make a new dress for the occasion. I don't really know what got in to me but when I got home that evening, I threw all caution to the wind and started chopping into my lovely spotty fabric. After all the pattern said that it was my exact size so why wouldn't it fit me brilliantly (certainly</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> not something I would usually say)! Thankfully the end result was pretty true size and actually fit me pretty well. B</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">y the time I went to sleep I had everything sewn up and was ready for the zipper and hem.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The next day I sewed the buttons on the bus on the way to the office and then rushed home at the end of the day to put in my zipper and hem before running out again for the party. I know I'm crazy but the end result was a lovely night in my brand new <a href="http://sewladidavintage.com/index.php/1950s-rose-english-tea-dress">1950's Rose English Tea</a> dress from <a href="http://www.sewladidavintage.com/">Sew La Di Da</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 1950's Rose is another one of my pattern finds from the</span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sewing-for-pleasure-show.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Sewing for Pleasure show</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> that I went to back in March. Sew La Di Da had a stand at the show and had brought along a sample display of each of their vintage inspired dresses. The samples were mainly all in a plain calico type fabric which really let you appreciate the details of the patterns and let your imagination fill in the blanks for the fabric options. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Speaking of fabric... I chose this lovely cotton from a nearby stand at the show. I really wish I had taken a note of the name of the shop as I bought some of my most favorite purchases of the show from it (including the fabric for my </span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/minerva-crafts-meet-up-and-dress.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hummingbird Cambie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">). Anyway, I think the choice of cotton was a good one for the Rose as it holds all of the pleats nice and crisp. The cotton also gives the skirt a little body when you choose to wear it without a petticoat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In terms of difficulty, I think that once you get your head round the construction of the first pleat then it is really straight forward from there. I quite enjoyed the method for creating the pleats. It involved a permanent line of stitching to hold the seam at the back of the pleat and a line of temporary stitches at the front of the pleat. This essentially created a series of tubes in the skirt which were closed at the top with two short rows of stitches. With everything held neatly in place it made pressing the pleats a piece of cake and also had the added advantage of reducing the bulk of fabric you are wrestling with until right at the end. This method of creating the pleats means that right before sewing the hem you get the satisfaction of removing all of the long temporary stitches to reveal your beautifully pleated full skirt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, I have a new respect for the folk out there who manage to capture good "twirly" photos. I tried a couple of times and this was the best I could get. Good fun trying though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally, I just wanted to add how much I love the way the Sew La Di Da instruction have been written. You get a real feel for the character of the designer. I particularly liked the use of the word frock! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So to sum it up, I love the, construction sequence, real style paper pattern, neckline, pleats, princess seams and all in one bodice/skirt pattern pieces. I don't really have anything that I dislike but it would be nice to see, some more pattern related information on the pattern envelope and perhaps some colour or slightly clearer photos in the instruction. That said, I really enjoyed making this dress and I look forward to trying more of the Sew La Di Da patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">In other news, I must be on some kind of lucky streak as I have been fortunate enough to have my name drawn by Fiona of <a href="http://chainstitcher.blogspot.co.uk/">Diary of a Chainstitcher</a> in her </span><a href="http://www.capitalchicpatterns.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Capital Chic Patterns</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;"> competition. So stay tuned for my interpretation of Sally's wonderful </span><a href="http://www.capitalchicpatterns.com/collections/frontpage/products/white-russian" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">White Russian</a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> sweatshirt pattern<span style="text-align: center;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple of months ago I decided to join in with the <a href="http://www.kestrelmakes.com/search/label/Spring%20Sewing%20Swap%202014">SpringSewing Swap</a> organised by Kerry from <a href="http://www.kestrelmakes.com/">Kestrel Makes</a>. I thought it would be a
great opportunity to get to know someone new from the sewing and blogging community
as well as a chance for some selfless shopping and a chance to gain an understanding
of what sort of image I present from my blog. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was partnered up with Rachel from <a href="http://astudyinstitching.blogspot.co.uk/">A Study in Stitching</a>. I had a whale of a time snooping through Rachel's blog. She has a wonderful tab all about her <a href="http://astudyinstitching.blogspot.co.uk/p/stash-diet-2014-pledge-patterns-and.html" style="text-align: center;">Stash Diet Pledge</a> which carefully details all of the patterns that she own and has a photo of all the fabric in her stash. This was a great help when I was trying to suss out what she might like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Check out all of these lovely goodies that Rachel sent me. As well as snooping through her blog, Rachel and I were also lucky enough to meet at the <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/minerva-crafts-meet-up-and-dress.html">Minerva Crafts Meet-up</a>. This gave us both a great opportunity to work out each others style and chat about our upcoming project plans. When we were at the meet up Rachel made a very astute observation (I think based on the bundles of fabric in my arms and my meet up dress) that I like small prints and blue. I had to admit that she was totally correct but that it would be nice to have something different in my wardrobe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So when I opened my parcel and found this small print fabric in red I was delighted. Its still in my happy zone but a lovely change from all that blue. With matching thread to boot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have to admit that I spied this pattern in Rachel's </span><a href="http://astudyinstitching.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/stash-diet-2014-patterns.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">pattern stash</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and I did fall for it somewhat. This is<a href="http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Simplicity_5107"> Simplicity 5107</a>, I believe it was printed in the early 60's. It comes with two options: the dress as shown in the middle drawings; and a "jumper" as shown in the two smaller drawings. I'm not entirely sure I would describe this view as a jumper but never the less this is the option that intrigues me the most. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really like these buttons. I have been planning on making another <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/viola-skirt-sew-me-something.html">Viola Skirt</a> which is more office appropriate since finishing my last one. Luckily there are just enough of these lovely buttons to add to a Viola and give it a bit of interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rachel also gave me a <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/clchaco-clover-chaco-liner-chalk-pen-style-full-range-of-colours.html">Clover chaco pen style liner</a>, I have had a chance to use one of these before and they are ideal. I find that they don't distort the fabric as much as solid chalk and give a much more precise line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To see what I sent to Rachel in return check out </span><a href="http://astudyinstitching.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/spring-sewing-swap.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rachel's swap post</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Huge thanks again to Rachel for sending me such lovely things and a massive thanks to Kerry for hosting the swap. I have really enjoyed taking part and will be keeping an eye out for swaps in the future.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, there was a brand new sewing machine from <a href="http://janome.co.uk/janome_products/model-cxl301/">Janome</a>, a <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/612823-prym-premium-quality-craft-storage-black-leather-look-trolley.html">Prym </a>storage trolley and a big <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/itemlist.html?searchquery=hemline">Hemline</a> haberdashery bundle worth a grand total of around £600. I am still having a hard time believing that I have won it all. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am super excited about everything in the prize bundle. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't want to go though everything but here are a few of my favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have heard great things about this <a href="http://janome.co.uk/janome_products/model-cxl301/">Janome CXL301</a> sewing machine. My mum tells me that it is the same machine that she used at her quilting class. It certainly did a fab job of tackling the intricate piecing and quilting through all those layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I saw this tailor's <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/h4161-hemline-tailors-dressmkaing-sleeve-roll.html">sausage</a> and <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/h4160-hemline-tailors-dressmkaing-press-ham.html">ham</a> from Hemline in the box I nearly did a happy dance (I was in the office so it wasn't really appropriate)! It seems a little sad to be so excited about a couple of saw dust filled blobs but I have heard such rave reviews about these, that been looking at buying/making a pair of these for months now. I'm sure that all the sewists out there understand my excitement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also received all of these wonderful Hemline goodies too. I feel very lucky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A massive thank you to Minerva Crafts, Janome, Hemline and Prym for supporting the prize draw. Also, a big thanks to </span><a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/blog/author/vicki-(minerva-crafts)/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Vicki</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from Minerva Crafts, who made sure everything was delivered safely and did a fantastic job during the Meet-up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally, if you are interested in seeing more of the purple spotty dress I am wearing, I will be talking about it in an upcoming post. So, remember to follow me so you can read all about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a fantastic time a the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh this weekend. My man and I hadn't planned on going to the show but unfortunately we had to cancel our original plans for the weekend at short notice. So instead of having a wasted day we decided to take the opportunity to spend it at the show. For those of you who are not familiar with the Highland Show it is Scotland's annual farming and countryside extravaganza and it is HUGE! Not only is there every type of farm animal you can think of but there is also an impressive range of agricultural equipment, entertainment, shopping and a fab food hall (with so many samples on sticks we didn't need lunch).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not long after we decided to go I remembered that I had picked up a fat quarter with a fantastically wild farm print when I was a the <a href="http://www.grosvenorshows.co.uk/html/spring_edinburgh.html">Spring Quilt Festival</a> earlier this year. How many opportunities do you get to use farm print fabric, I thought? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I knew that I wanted to make a bag from this fat quarter so I went online a searched for simple fat quarter bag ideas. One of the first that I found was the </span><a href="http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2012/07/easy-fat-quarter-bag-tutorial.html?m=1" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fat Quarter Bag Tutorial</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from Amy Smart of </span><a href="http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Diary of a Quilter</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. What I created was based roughly on Amy's tutorial but was a bit larger so I could fit my purse and other essential in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bag is fully lined using another fat quarter which I bought as a spare when I made my Aunt a tote bag for Christmas. I also coppied Amy's idea and included a strip of ribbon on the front of the bag. Altogether it was finished in a jiffy (ie started after dinner and finished before bed) and served as a lovely farm themed handbag for the day. I think now that the show is over, my little bag will spend the rest of its life carrying my lunch to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So... here is my bag at the show along with some of the competitors we met throughout the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As promised in my Minerva Crafts <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/minerva-crafts-meet-up-and-dress.html">meetup post</a> here is a quick run down of the goodies that I bought on the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decided that if I went to the meetup without having a specific plan of what I was looking to buy then I would quickly find myself bankrupted with the desire to buy everything. To make the temptation even worse <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/minerva-craft-club.html">Minerva Craft Cub</a> Members also received 20% off all purchases made on the day. So as a bit of a guide I went with the intention of buying the following: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Simple Sew - <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/ssew-pleated-back-high-waisted-pencil-skirt-simple-sew-easy-beginner-sewing-pattern-pleated-back-high-waisted-pencil-skirt.html">Pencil Skirt</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of the day I think I stuck to my plan pretty well and only returned with a couple of things which I hadn't planned on buying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cotton Poplin, I can't seem to find this online but it is very similar to this <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/13.e-6554-turq-creamturquoise-miniature-floral-cotton-poplin-fabric-per-metre.html">version in turquoise</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clearly this is for my BHL Victoria blazer. I am planning to make the cropped version in time to take on holiday with me at the beginning of September.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is almost exactly what I had in mind or my <a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/alma-blouse/">Sewaholic Alma</a>. I think it will look great with a cream contrast collar. It is a lovely soft lawn which should be nice and light for the summer.I spent a little while carrying this bolt around the store, there was too much interest in it so I had to grab it and carry it around the store in fear of never being able to find it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the ponte from my shopping list. It is a lovely weight and has quite a denim-esque look to it. I haven't worked with a ponte before but I think as is has less tendency to curl that the other knits I have worked with it should be a pleasure to sew with. Some day in the near future this will be transformed in to a lovely casual <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2014/05/love-at-first-stitch-patterns.html">Megan dress</a> with perhaps a contrast bow belt similar to <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/minerva-crafts-meet-up-and-dress.html">my last one</a> or maybe a button placket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of curly knits this teal jersey is such a lovely colour I just had to get some. This was the first thing not on my list. I think I was lured in having just finished a very successful lady Skater dress. Also the idea of working with a solid colour and therefore not needing to match stripes and patterns really appealed to me. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the purchase that I am most excited about. It is a gorgeous creamy white stretch cotton with a bold abstract flower print in fuchsia and purple. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This will be the first time I have used a stretch woven so it will be a bit of an experiment but I am excited to give it a crack. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have always stayed away from fabric with light backgrounds as I feel it can wash me out a bit. However, with such a vibrant print I think it will be fine. Also, hopefully it will go well with my mauve Victoria blazer. I hadn't planned on buying anything like this but after I decided to buy the <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/bhl-flora-by-hand-london-sewing-pattern-flora-dress.html">BHL Flora dress</a> pattern I thought that I might as well pick up some fabric to go with it. Apart from the two patterns on my list I wasn't even going to look at any others, however, after listening to the BHL girls presentation and seeing some of the other ladies on the day wearing their wonderful versions, I gave in and bought it. I am leaning towards the tank bodice just now but I am really struggling to decide if I could pull off the hi-low skirt or not. My heart is saying go for it, it's totally different from anything I have ever worn before so will be a really unique piece in my wardrobe, plus I can really see it with some fuchsia lining at the back. On the flip side, my head is saying I would get a lot more wear from the straight hem and would be less self conscious of my legs when wearing it. Any thought? I might make a toile of both and see which I feel most comfy wearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other news, I have been doing a bit of work to the blog in an attempt to make it more user friendly and easier for folk to subscribe and follow. So hopefully now you will find it easy as pie to follow by Bloglovin, email and various other readers. If anyone has any suggestions of other potential improvement to Little Sewing Corner please let me know in the comments :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before I talk about the meet up and my dress...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...I won the <a href="http://www.minervacrafts.com/meet-up.html">Minerva Craft Meet-up</a> £600 prize draw!!!!!!!! I am really sad that I had to leave before the winners of the various competitions were announced but I had to get my train back to Edinburgh. However, I actually squealed when I read that I had won on my phone, on the bus, on my way home from work last night (embarrassing). I am super excited about all the cool stuff coming my way (I even had a little(ish) glass of wine to celebrate). I think I am going to have to start having a de-clutter so I can fit everything in to my Little Sewing Corner. I will be sure to post about what is in the mystery prize package when it arrives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had such a fab day at the meet up. It did start super early though, with a 6am train from Edinburgh to Darwen. I was a bit worried about finding the center when I arrived but I had been assured that it was just round the corner from the station. That really was no exaggeration any closer and it would have been the station! The early start was soon forgotten when on arrival I has handed a glass of Bucks Fizz and given a very warm welcome. The day was full of action with workshops, talks and quizzes. There was also loads and loads of bloggers there and at some points it was quite surreal walking around the store bumping into people that you read about everyday. Karen from <a href="http://didyoumakethat.com/2014/06/16/minerva-crafts-meet-up/">Did you make that</a> gave a great presentation on the lessons she has learnt from when she started sewing to now. I also took part in a covered button necklace workshop lead by Claire-Louise Hardie of <a href="http://thethriftystitcher.co.uk/">Thrifty Stitcher</a> (more on that later).</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The centre its self was a treasure trove brimming with goodies. I also have to comment on the excellent job that the staff did. There was loads of them on hand and they were more than willing to give you all the help that you needed. I even got a special visit to the warehouse after asking for some help identifying what bengaline is. It was like the Ikea of fabric warehouses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One thing that I really enjoyed was the talk from Elisalex and Victoria of By Hand London. The girls gave us a breakdown of the typical pattern release process, there day to day routine, the background of the creation of By Hand London as well as an update of the their latest venture into on demand fabric printing. We also got a sneak peek of their latest pattern which looks pretty cool and if I remember rightly they said it is at the printers just so it should be released in the next month or so. Their talk was really inspiring and made me immediately want to great create some more BHL garments. I already have plans for a couple of Anna dresses as well as a Victoria blazer but I decided to also buy a Flora dress pattern whilst at the meetup. I have a post coming soon on my plans for these along with some of the other things I bought on the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I decided to make a </span><a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/cambie-dress/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sewaholic Cambie</a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> to wear for the meet up. I have been holding on to the pattern for a while now waiting for the right fabric and a good excuse to get making it. There is nothing terribly complicated about the dress and luckily I didn't need to make too many alterations to the pattern to get a nice fit. I did find that I needed to shorten the straps a little though but, that was pretty easy as the straps/sleeves are the last thing to be sewn into the dress and in my case it was easy enough to just pull them into the dress a little further before sewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here is a close up of the fabric I used. It is a fantastic navy cotton with little white bows and turquoise hummingbirds. The hummingbirds are flying about the dress in every direction which adds interest and made cutting out a simpler task. I picked this fabric up from the same stall at the <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sewing-for-pleasure-show.html">Sewing for Pleasure Show</a> as I got the fabric and buttons for my recently made </span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/viola-skirt-sew-me-something.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Viola skirt</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To finish off my outfit I also made a cute blue bow belt to match the hummingbirds on the dress. I had plenty of cotton left over from the lining so I used that to create my belt. You might recognise that it was made using Tilly of Tilly and the Buttons bow belt pattern. The instructions are available from her blog <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2010/06/bow-belt-tutorial.html">here</a> and are also featured in her new book <a href="http://shop.tillyandthebuttons.com/collections/all/products/love-at-first-stitch">Love at First Stitch</a>. I highly recommend this belt to beginners and anyone who is looking to use up fabric scraps. It is super simple and looks great. I whipped this up in an evening much to the entertainment of my man who was half watching me sew and half watching the telly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In other news, I also recently purchased these gorgeous</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> shoes at </span><a href="http://sultanamalik.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/bettys-boutique-secret-pop-up/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Betty's Boutique</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> secret pop up shop. I don't usually go near second had shoes but these looked like they had never been worn and were just too cute not to try on. Once I tried them on there was no going back and at only £12 I just had to buy them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Say hello to my first <a href="http://kitschycoo.bigcartel.com/product/the-lady-skater-sewing-pattern-for-teens-and-women">Lady Skater dress from Kitschy Coo</a>. I always think it is kinda funny when I write that this is my first of something as it comes with the obvious connotation that there will be a second, third and so on. Sometimes after making something and wearing it out for the day you come back just knowing that you will never wear or more often make it again. The Lady Skater is the complete opposite of that. I knew from the second I put it on that it would be the start of things to come. I will definitely be making more of these, I already have some more knit fabric looked out for my next one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in September 2013 I used a PDF pattern for the first time when making my <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-flutterby-sorbetto-top.html">FlutterBy Sorbetto top</a>. In my post I said that I would hate to imagine what it would be like to have to tape together loads of A4 sheets to make a full dress as opposed to just a top. Well... the jury is back... turns out, it's really not that bad. There are only 22 A4 pages to the Lady Skater dress so they take up quite fast. I also like the fact that because you can print it as many times as you want you don't need to worry about chopping right in to the pattern and making a mistake with the sizing as you can just print another one out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been looking at this dress for quite a long time but I wanted to wait until I had some more experience working with knits before I gave it a go. So with a <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/stripy-plantain.html">Deer and Doe Plantain</a> and a <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/my-first-renfrew.html">Sewaholic Renfrew</a>
under my belt I felt now was a good time to move on to a whole garment made of
knit. The construction of the Lady Skater is very similar to the Renfrew it
just replaces the waist band with a skirt (basically). The one thing that I hadn't thought about was needing to stabilise the waist seam. I used the same
clear elastic that I had used for the shoulder seams. However, I think I will
need to do a bit of research about the best way to do this as now that I have
worn it a few times I have found the elastic a bit annoying and is seems to
have a mind of its own with regard to whether it wants to lie up or down. I
will need to review that situation for my next one. I also think that I will shorten the bodice by an inch or so as it feel just a bit too long. Kitschy Coo has a<a href="http://kitschycoo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-lady-skater-fitting-and-adjustments.html"> fantastic post </a>explaining the process for altering the bodice and where the correct "zone" for the waist is located.</span></div>
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idea! That little gap in the white stripe right in the centre front is going to
annoy me forever. Having said that the fabric itself is one of the many pieces
that I picked up from Goldhawk Road on my holiday in London at the end of last
year. It was really cheap, something like £3.99 a metre. I believe it is cotton
jersey but as practically nothing has a label on it on Goldhawk Road its quite
difficult to know. I would say that it is medium weight with lots of drape
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It also layers up nicely and looks pretty good with my boots so, I think it will be a good piece to transition into autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I love it when you can finish making something then put it straight on and head out for the day.That was exactly what I did last Sunday when I hemmed my dress in my pajamas and then put it straight on and headed out to the </span><a href="http://www.meadowsfestival.org/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Meadows Festival</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, in the heart of Edinburgh</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The festival had music, food stalls, merchandise and even a carnival. There were lots of random things on the stalls some antiques/vintage, random household and loads of clothing. These were my favourite two finds though. A brilliant suitcase full of old buttons and the cutest little sewing machine I have ever seen. I can't find a huge amount of information on it but it is an Electric Little Modiste Japanese made toy sewing machine. I have no idea how much it was being sold for but there was lots of interest in it and it was sold not long after I saw it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love, love, love this pattern!! It was fun from start of finish. This is from a fairly new pattern company called Sew Me Something. At the moment they have two dress and one skirt pattern. I bought my copy at the <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sewing-for-pleasure-show.html" target="_blank">Sewing for Pleasure show at the NEC</a> but their patterns are more readily available on their<a href="http://folksy.com/items/5819091-Sew-Me-Something-The-Viola-Reversible-Skirt-Pattern" target="_blank"> Folksy page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Viola pattern is a super easy reversible skirt. Like I said I discovered this pattern at the Sewing For Pleasure Show that I went to back in March. The lovely ladies at Sew Me Something had a stand at the show to launch their patterns. They had samples of all their garments on display to tempt everyone in and it worked as the patters were flying off the shelves. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Viola skirt(s) is a really flattering shape and has a lovely shaped waistband which, personally, fits me great. The Viola skirt is a great garment to play with fun fabrics as there are so many combinations between the long and short skirts as well as the waistband bias trim and the contrast hem. I think the pattern is quite versatile too, for example, if you put a zip in instead of the button placket then you would have a fab lined skirt. Although I think what makes the Viola skirt so special is all it's reversible fun. I really love the way that you get a little peek of the longer skirt to match the bias trimmed waistband. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I chose a lovely vintage-esqe/Cath Kidson inspired 100% cotton for my shorter skirt. It is one of those shades of greeny teal that is very difficult to get a photo showing the true colour. It is quite a different colour to what I am used to wearing but I think it ties in nicely with my wanting to get more </span><a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/colour-palette.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">colour in my wardrobe</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Now I need to make a couple of tops to go with it, I'm thinking a pink </span><a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/renfrew-top/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Renfrew</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to match the flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the flip side I chose a simple red and white polka dot cotton for the longer skirt. I kept this side pretty simple as I wanted to be able to wear it to work. I think the reversible style of skirt is such a good idea. It takes just about the same amount of time as making a fully lined skirt but you get the reward of having two skirts at the end of it. Plus it is also great for holidays as you don't need to pack as much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It has a double sided button placket which sits lovely against the hip. In order to achieve the double sided joy of this skirt you need buttons on both sides of the placket. This means that there are 12 buttons needed in total. I managed to get half of my buttons from the same stall at sewing for pleasure as I got the fabric for my short skirt. These Vogue Star buttons were in a mix n match bucket 5 for £2 if I remember right. At the time I couldn't decide if I wanted the green or pink so I bought them both. I ended up going with the pink as they and a similar size to the red and white buttons which I bought for the red side. As both buttons have to go through the same hole I thought it would be better that they were the same size so the button hole wasn't too big on one side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Tip* don't sew the buttons on too tight! As they are sewn on back to back they can be a bit tricky to fasten if they and sewn on too tight to each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. The cutting layout plan suggests that you should cut x4 bias strip from the long skirt fabric. However this will mean that you have a bias strip on the long skirt which is exactly the same as the actual skirt. So, remember to cut one from each fabric if you want a contrast on both skirts. Or like I did, just cut x2 bias strip and leave the longer skirt plain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. This is a pretty minor point, there is a slight miss print on the pattern envelope. The sizing chart says that a size 14 has a finished waist of 23 1/2'' but in reality it is actually 33 1/2''. I'm sure most people would be able to work this out but just thought I would say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have worn this skirt loads since finishing it. I can definitely see me making another Viola skirts. Especially as I am going on holiday with my man and we are sharing a suitcase, I will need all the space saving clothing I can get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other news I have just treated myself to a pair of Fiskars pinking shears. I pinked all of the internal seams on my Viola skirt and I think they look great. I am going to be pinking everything I can from now on :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other news, I have finished my Sew Me Something Viola Skirt and now I just need to take some photos. To help with the photos I have just treated myself to a remote control for my camera which is currently in transit and should be arriving any minute now. I have also nearly finished my first every Sewaholic Cambie. I just need to buy an invisible zip and I will be able to finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought I would share one of my very first makes. This is the Simplicity 2638 maxi dress which is part of the "It's so easy" range. I bought it last year just before I went on holiday to Turkey. I really like the close fitting empire line shape and the sort of racer style back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really like the pattern itself but I really hate the fabric. Basically it was a bed sheet that I bought at a local thrift shop. It is covered in little blue flowers which grade between light and dark blue. I decided I wanted the darker colour at the top which it turn meant that they are all upside down. I just cant really get past the bed sheet thing and I think it has missed the cool boho look and it ended up more like a granny nightie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The zip is a bit dodgy too but I think that just comes with practice. Having said that as a first attempt at a concealed zip it was actually not too bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyhoo, I still have hope for this pattern and although the the next maxi dress I make will probably be the </span><a href="http://byhandlondon.com/products/anna-dress" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">BHL Anna</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, I think I will still try it again for this years holiday. However, this time I will be keeping an eye out for some more modern and funky looking fabric so my wardrobe doesn't remind me of old ladies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As part of the Festival of Museums event last weekend I took part in a "Make Do and Mend" themed Jewellery of the 1940s evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The idea behind the evening was to give people a taste of the 1940 spirit of refashioning. We learnt a little about the days when things were scarce and people took everyday objects such as metal washers, machine parts and old glassware and turned them into beautiful pieces of jewellery. Then we were given a chance to create our own interpretation of a 1940's brooch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We were each given a choice of curtain rings, different colours of fine gauge electrical wire and a good rumage through a tin full of random buttons. O</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ur teacher for the evening used a hoola hoop and a couple of skipping ropes to teach us how to weave the wire around the ring. After carefully selecting our button of choice and coordinating wire we got to create our own brooches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started writing this post ages ago...I first mentioned this skirt in my FESA plans post and I did actually start it around that time however I couldn't really decide if I liked it so it ended up sitting in my wardrobe un-hemmed for ages. However whilst I was getting ready for a party at my friends flat a couple of weeks ago I decided that I was going to whack on a bit of bias binding round the hem and wear it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> My </span><a href="http://bakesnmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/fall-essentials-sew-along.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">original plan</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> was to make it up in a mystery green fabric which I picked up at </span><a href="http://bakesnmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/borders-scraps-store-musselburgh.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Borders Scrap Store</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. At the time however I was trying to streamline my storage and the fabric taking up the most space ended up being to one for the chop. So the plan was changed and I ended up using a creamy coloured curtain that I picked up ages ago in the shame shop I bought my little sewing box, blogged </span><a href="http://bakesnmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/fab-charity-shop-find.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I think it looks like it has little bows all over it. Being decor weight it is quite heavy but it does have a nice movement to it. As per the original plan I still think it would be suitable as an autumn/winter skirt.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As for the pattern, I picked this up from another charity shop just round the corner from my office. I think it cost about 20p. When I first saw it I was immediately reminded of </span><a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/miette.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Tilly's (TATB) Miette wrap skirt</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I like this version as it does not have the long ties that Tilly's has so it uses less fabric. I also think the buttons make a nice feature and keep it good and secure. The only problem with the buttons is that unlike Tilly's there is no flexibility in the sizing. At least with the long ties you can adjust a cm or so tighter or looser depending on how tight you pull it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My original plan for this skirt also involved pockets, I think they would have made this a more practical skirt. Unfortunately, anybody who knows me can attest to the fact that I am not the tidiest person in the word and sadly some time between taking it out of the envelope and pinning it to the fabric my pocket pattern piece went missing. Personally I think it was a distant cousin of the sock monster (who also resides in my flat) who has snuck in to my room and stolen it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The skirt has quite a lot of fabric in it however I still feel I run the risk of being exposed in the bottom region if I was caught in a gust of wind or such like. I have never worn a wrap skirt before so that could be the reason for my insecurity. Still, I think if I was to make it again I would add a bit more to the back skirt panels just to be on the safe side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All in all, I think this skirt looks better on the envelope than it does on me. If I was to ever try it again (I don't imagine I will but you never know) I will definitely use a different fabric perhaps a denim or corduroy. To be honest though I think if I was to make another wrap skirt I would probably just buy Tilly's </span><a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/miette.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Miette</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> pattern. I have a lot more confidence in its drafting and think it would not only look better on me but also provide a little more coverage at the back. Plus I have seen so many </span><a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/miette-maker-gallery.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">lovely versions</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> online I would quite like to create my own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's the official launch of Tilly's (<a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/" target="_blank">Tilly and the Buttons</a>) book <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2014/01/first-look-at-my-book.html" target="_blank">Love at First Stitch</a>. I had mine on pre-order with Amazon and after much anticipation it arrived on release day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sadly I am trying to prepare for a presentation at work next week so I am having to try very hard not to start reading. I am trying to tell myself that it is a reward for doing my presentation. So, come the middle of next week I will be able to get really stuck into it. Having said that I have had a little peek at it and what I have seen is fab. I am particularly excited about the Mimi blouse and the Megan dress but I could also do with some nice summer PJ bottoms so I am also loving Margot. I don't know where I will start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since I couldn't joint the book launch next week at Guthrie and Ghani I thought the next best thing would be to join everyone else online at the #LoveAtFirstStitch online party. Therefore, I made my Brigitte Scarf and a matching Picnic Blanket Skirt to wear for the occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Brigitte Scarf is a great first project for beginners. The fabric you use depends on the final result you will get. I decided to use the same lightweight giant gingham print cotton which I also used to make a matching </span><a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/picnic-blanket-skirt.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Picnic Blanket Skirt</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> following Tilly's instructions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This has been on my project to do list for a very long time. The start of my sewing experience unintentionally happened to coincide with the first series of the Great British Sewing Bee. Obviously one of the first things I did when the series started was to check out Tilly's blog, where I found Tilly's tutorial to draft your own skirt. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was a really quick make and I think it will make a great addition to my summer wardrobe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think this was a pretty cool find. Edinburgh Fabrics has a box of these in the front of the shop. I believe they are old sample cards for when new ranges of buttons are brought out. This lot cost me £3 which I think is not to bad for 12 buttons. I was originally planning to recreate Tilly's skirt exactly with the wooden buttons but all the wooden one I found were really expensive. These give a similar look but with a little flash of colour. Obviously the fact that none of the buttons are the same makes this unsuitable for a lot of things but I think the subtle flash of different colours works quite well with this skirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A great big congratulations to Tilly on all her patterns and her fab book, I can't wait to start sewing them :-)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134241671074006985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468493098540838605.post-59552005599479002562014-05-03T23:21:00.000+01:002014-05-13T16:29:13.816+01:00Birthday present - Quiltofax<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This make has been such a roller-coaster. I loved it, I loathed it but in the end it was a really great make. As I mentioned in my '<a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-little-bit-of-everything.html" target="_blank">a little bit of everything' post</a>, it was my mums birthday a few weeks ago and this year I decided to make her something with my new found sewing skills. It ended up being a somewhat belated present as I have been so busy at the weekends lately that I just didn't have an opportunity to make it before the big day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily back in February my mum and I went to the <a href="https://www.grosvenorshows.co.uk/html/Spring_Edinburgh.html" target="_blank">Spring Quilt Festival</a> at the Royal Highland Showground just outside Edinburgh. As a non quilter I still found the event really interesting, inspiring and I gained a huge respect for all those quilters who had entered the Scottish Quilt Championships. Their quilts were all on display at the show and even will my limited knowledge of quilting I coul</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">d still see the amount of time and hard work that had gone in to every one of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyhoo, whilst we were having a look around the stands I came across <a href="http://quiltingantics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Quilting Antics</a> who were selling patterns for the Quiltofax by Denise Maguire. With all is pockets and even a little needle case this was the exact pattern I was looking for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although this came together fairly easily I would say that this is not a pattern for the easily baffled. It took me an entire afternoon to cut everything out and label it all. Looking at all the pieces they made no sense to me at all. Normally you can tell the pattern pieces apart front, back, yolk, skirt etc. However, this was just a bunch of rectangles. having said that I managed to put it all together with a little logical thinking and reading the instructions very carefully it actually came together pretty well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For some reason I didn't take any photos of the finished Quiltofax with the needle case open so I thought I would put this one in so you can see it. I like the way that is is off set from the center a little so when it is open it lays flat and still looks really neat and tidy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ended up having to resort to hair pins to hold everything together whilst I attached the binding. The edge at the bottom of this photo had a total of 12 layers of fabric plus the wadding. With all this bulk my standard pins just weren't cutting the mustard as they were distorting all the layers (you can kinda see it in the next photo up). The hair pins worked great though and nothing moved out of place whilst I was stitching everything together. Also, this was the most I had ever sewn with my machine so, I was really pleased when it had no problem with it at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first instruction in the pattern is to decide what design you are going to have on the front. I knew instantly what I wanted. I know it is not the first thing you think of when making sewing storage but I wanted a whale on the front of the Quiltofax. My mum has always loved whales and a couple of years ago we all went on a family holiday to Hermanus in South Africa where we did some whale watching. Therefore, I did my best to recreate the Southern Right Whale (the ones we saw on holiday) in felt and thread. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, here is my little whale in pride of place on the front of the Quiltofax. I used some flat sequins for eyes and some carefully placed french knots to look like barnacles. I think he looks great swimming through the fishy fabric. Also, this was my first time using blanket stitch, I think it turned out quite well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the quiltofax half open. This reveals the small and large scissor pockets on the right with the strap to secure them. On the left there is several pouches for holding pens, fabric markers, rullers etc. as well as a large zipped pocket. The pattern also included instructions for a small pin cushion and a take measure strap. I decided not to add these as I didn't think my mum would really need them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the inside of the finished Quiltofax. You can see how many pockets there are in this photo, not forgetting the zipped pocket and the other two big middle and side ones. This photo also shows the needle case after I trimmed the felt back a little and attached the press stud. The needle case is not very big but is good for those needles that you need to keep on hand. I can see a larger needle case being made from the left over fabric some time in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To finish off, here is a quick pic that was taken of my mum and I when we were whale watching on a family holiday in South Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Happy Birthday Mum, Love you loads xx</b></span></div>
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style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After buying the Colette sewing handbook, I knew for sure that the Meringue skirt was going to be the fist thing that I would make from it. Out of everything in the book it is definitely that one that I would be most likely to wear on a regular basis. So, in the hope of getting it right and so I can make an even better version of it in the future, I decided to first make it up in this black cotton as a skirt for work before making it up in some nicer fabric (I guess it is what some would call a wearable toile). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well I am so glad I went. I had some great chat with the other sewers and the Singer sewing machines that we were using were perfect, plus they had all the machine feet you could want (my pet peeve at the moment is my dressmaking class not having zipper feet). It was really refreshing to meet like minded people who knew about indie patterns, read blogs and had some really cool sewing ideas and projects. All helped along with some snacks, tea, wine and even a little bubbly (although we were told that was just to celebrate the first meeting). My skirt turned out to be a great project to take to the class as there wasn't to many parts to it. Someone even recognised what I was making just from the shape of the pattern pieces as she had made one last year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After being inspired by a skirt that I saw on display at the <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sewing-for-pleasure-show.html" target="_blank">Sewing for Pleasure show</a> and also after the suggestion of one of the lovely ladies at the <a href="http://www.lovematerialise.com/calendar-a-booking.html?task=view_event&event_id=266&Itemid=153" target="_blank">Materialise Sewing Club</a> I decided to topstitch the edge of the scallops. Since getting my new machine at Christmas I haven't used any of the fancy stitches. So, to help decide which one was going to work best with the tight turns and curves of the scallop I made a little sampler of all the "fancy" stitches the machine has to offer. I quite like the effect of the all the stitches together so I am thinking that I might make another sampler in colours that will match my living room and then I can put it in a hoop and make it part of <a href="http://littlesewingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/cross-stitchthe-big-reveal.html" target="_blank">my hoop wall</a>. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the end I went with this little daisy stitch in a contrasting white thread. I just sewed slowly and managed to do it all in one go avoiding all need to unpick. I think it turned out pretty fab.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, this is a great skirt and I will definitely make it again. I really like Lauren's (Lladybird) <a href="http://lladybird.com/2011/11/23/completed-the-colette-meringue/" target="_blank">version</a> with the piping along the waistband. The Colette <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/books/tutorial-how-to-add-a-waistband-to-the-meringue-skirt" target="_blank">how to draft a waistband for the Meringue skirt tutorial</a> looks reasonably easy to follow so I think next time I will have to give it a try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making good use of my Easter weekend I am spending it painting my living room with some assistance from my dad. As I have said in previous posts, decor wise I haven't touched my flat since moving in almost 5 months ago. So, I am really excited to put my stamp on it a little. I have already started to sand and paint my door frame and skirting and it is looking great. Also, it's amazing how therapeutic painting can be. I will hopefully have some before and after pictures coming soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other news, I have planted some herbs so I can have a little greenery in my kitchen. The kit was a fiver from Tesco and came with everything needed including compost, seeds and cute metal buckets. I have planted chives, basil and parsley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the moment they are still living in darkness in my hall cupboard but as of yesterday they are showing some signs of life. I will move them out of the cupboard and onto my kitchen window sill when all the paint fumes have gone and they look a little more sturdy. I hope they work out alright, I have always wanted my own little herb garden that I can have on hand when cooking. I will do another update in a few weeks to track how everything is growing or not growing</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the sewing front with all the decorating I haven't had much room to really get sewing. However, before the rearranging of furniture started, I had a lovely crafternoon with one of my friends where I started making a slightly belated birthday present for my mum. It is nearly finished and hopefully I will be able to give her it on Easter Monday and then I can post it. I also have my next project waiting in the wings and I am hoping that at the next Materialise sewing club night I will make some progress with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also related to sewing, last year I loved reading everyone's Me Made May posts and I had really hoped to join in this year. Unfortunately, I just don't think that I have enough handmade items for it to not get really repetitive. So my new hope is for next may and over the next year I will aim to make lots of fab wearable pieces suitable for Me-Made-May15. Good luck to everyone taking part this year I look forward to reading all about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, this is the </span><a href="http://boutique.deer-and-doe.fr/29-tops-plantain-t-shirt.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Plantain t-shirt by Dear and Doe</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> which I immediately loved as it is free (which is always my fav kind). After making my first Sewaholic Renfrew I found the construction of this one pretty easy. I guess the only real difference in the construction is that the Renfrew has bands on the cuffs and bottom and the Plantain doesn't. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can see in the photo above I spent some time trying to work out if I could half the neckband and use the main and contrast fabric to make it a bit more interesting. In the end I just chicken out and just went for the contrast for the whole thing but I think it could look pretty cool, maybe next time. As I had mentioned in my Renfrew post I used a different technique to attach this neckband. I followed t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">his</span><a href="http://blog.megannielsen.com/2013/02/briar-sewalong-neckline-binding/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"> tutorial </a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">from <a href="http://blog.megannielsen.com/" target="_blank">Megan Nielsen</a> which is actually part of her Briar <a href="http://blog.megannielsen.com/category/sewing-creations/sewing-patterns/sewalongs/" target="_blank">sewalong</a>. I like the way that it encases all of the raw edges and doesn't need a zig zag top stitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyone who has heard of the Plantain t-shirt knows that it is all about the elbow patched. I hear that everyone is doing elbow patches these days. Well its news to me and before this top I have never owned anything with them. I am really loving them though! They were really east to add you can see from my photo I wasn't that precise with my tracing the pattern on to the fabric but they are still nice and even on each sleeve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish I could say more about the fabric but I feel my knowledge of fabric leaves a lot to the imagination. All I know is that I bought it in John Lewis during their New Years sale. It is a bit thicker and heavier weight than what I used for my Renfrew, which is actually the fabric I used for the collar and patches. Although I really light the weight of the fabric, (it is far less likely to cling to the wobbly bits) I thing it is going to be too warm a top to wear during the summer months especially with it being long sleeved. I guess that gives me an excuse to make a lighter weight one for summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I realise that this photo doesn't actually show the twin needle hem but trust me it is there. Question, do you ever feel intimadated when asking for things in sewing shops? So, when I went along to the haberdashery shop I had a very specific request - "one ball point twin needle suitable for knit fabric, please". In reply to my request I received a very puzzled look and the return question (from the shops owner) "what are you planning to do with that?". This sent me in to an instant panic but, I explained my plan to hem my top. The owner of the shop gave me a smile and a nod as if to say well done, correct answer, and then went on the hunt for my needle. I am all for having a chat about my makes with folk in shops they always have a great knowledge of their products and have often given me some great advise and hint. Sadly, on this occasion it felt a little more like a test of my knowledge than helpful curiosity. After this I was left a little concerned about using my twin needle, it was almost as if it had come with a warning or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway, I finally decided to bite the bullet and I added my extra thread holder to my machine, read the instruction booklet and watched some youtube videos on twin needling. All I can say is IT IS SOOOOO EASY! I have no idea why I got so worked up about it. It is really no different than sewing with one needle. I am really pleased with the result. So happy that when I was at the Sewing for Pleasure show I bought another three twin needles of varying widths for my next projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would really like to try more Deer and Doe patterns in the future, in particular the <a href="http://boutique.deer-and-doe.fr/2-dresses-belladone-dress.html" target="_blank">Beladone Dress</a> and I am also loving the versions of the new <a href="http://boutique.deer-and-doe.fr/30-bottoms-anemone-skirt.html" target="_blank">Anemone Skirt</a> which I have seen popping up online. Maybe some time in the future I will make them but at the moment I have enough in the pipeline to keep me going. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think the pattern calls for DK and a 3mm crochet hook. However, I only have 3 hooks so I just used my smallest one which I think was a 4mm. I also fancied using this chocolate brown and beige Rowan tweed which is an aran weight and not DK. As a result the flower is probably a different size than it is meant to be but I think it looks fab and it is perfectly suitable for what I am using it for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The buttons came from a little stash I picked up at one of the Edinburgh thrift shops. Unfortunately, I have been in so many recently that I cant remember which one they came from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst making my </span><a href="http://bakesnmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/cross-stitchthe-big-reveal.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Home Sweet Home</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> cross stitch I became increasingly frustrated with the disorganisation of </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> my thread. Every time I went to use a new colour it would take ages to round them all up and even longer to read the number on every single skein. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So... when I was at the sewing for pleasure show the other weekend I purchases this organiser box for a bargain £2.50 and bunch of card bobbins for £1 for 50. At a guess I think the box will hold about 180 full skeins wrapped on to the card bobbins. It also has a longer compartment which could be used for needles, thimble, scissors</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After a couple of evenings and some mild RSI in my wrist I had all my threads tidied up. My man even took pity on me one evening and we both sat in front of the telly watching the first series of Breaking Bad whilst untangling thread. The vast majority of my threads are Anchor so we just wrote the colour number on the top of the bobbin. For any other brand ie. DMC, I just wrote the brand name too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the finished result. I still have plenty of card bobbins left over so if I happen to acquire any more embroidery floss I can just rewind it immediately from now on. No more tangled mess for me :-) Right, what can I stitch now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is actually a make from last year but for some reason I never wrote about it. I haven't skied much this season but a couple of weeks ago I finally managed to get up to <a href="http://www.ski-glenshee.co.uk/" target="_blank">Glenshee Ski Centre</a> for a solid day of skiing fun. This obviously reminded me of my hat as so I thought better late than never... so, here is my hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was one of the first practical things that I actually made which I wore and which also fitted well. Thinking about it it was also the first time that I had used stretchy fabric. At the time I didn't really give that fact much thought but I guess it was quite a big jump from the cotton and old curtains I had been sewing with prior to that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pattern is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Crafty Gemini's </span><a href="http://craftygemini.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/fleece-hat-with-ear-flaps-diy-tutorial.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">fleece hat with ear flaps</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Vanessa (Crafty Gemini) is mainly a youtuber but she also has a <a href="http://craftygemini.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a> where she links to all of her videos and shares other cooking, sewing and gardening tips. The hat was a really quick make and the fleece was surprisingly easy to work with. As with knit fabric, fleece does not fray when cut so there was no need to finish the raw edges. Also the fully lined and totally reversible so it is super cosy and warm (great for skiing). I finnished my hat with a couple of pleated tassels on the ear flaps to give it a real ski hat look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That about all I have to say really. Simple, quick and warm. Watch Vanessa's <a href="http://craftygemini.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/fleece-hat-with-ear-flaps-diy-tutorial.html" target="_blank">video</a> for more details. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am bound to mention this a lot over the next few posts. Last weekend I went down to Birmingham for the Sewing for Pleasure and Fashion, Embroidery & Stitching shows at the NEC. It was really good although I have to say I didn't really think that it was anything particularly different. I have been to a few of shows like these before but these were held in the biggest venue I had been to and were dedicated to sewing. I had hoped that this might have meant</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> that there would have been some more unusual things as well as some great bargains and show offers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes there was lots of fabric but, almost all of it was cotton and there just wasn't an overwhelming amount of variety. There were some stands selling great fabrics though, there was one in particular which had a fantastic range of Liberty fabrics for about £12 a meter as well as loads of out there prints (I'm thinking day of the dead, cowboy, and spiders) in a <a href="http://dollyclackett.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sew Dolly Clacket</a> style. Apart from the fabric and the odd indie pattern seller most of what else that was on offer was the sort of thing that could be picked up at my local haberdashery store. However, I did manage to pick up a few nice pieces for a couple of skits and dresses which I already had plans to make including, <a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/cambie-dress/" target="_blank">Sewaholic Cambie</a> and <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/ginger" target="_blank">Colette Ginger</a>. Actually on the subject of future makes I have added an <a href="http://bakesnmakes.blogspot.co.uk/p/2014-sewing-patterns.html" target="_blank">Upcoming 2014</a> page at the top of my blog to highlight some of the plans I have for this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Branching away from dressmaking for a sec I also picked up some great fun fabric to make roman blinds for my kitchen and bathroom. I haven't had much of a chance to put my stamp on my flat yet as I didn't decorate when I first moved in and I am picking up pieces of furniture pretty slowly. However, I think the addition of these new blinds will really help warm the place up a bit and make the flat a bit more personal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is something that I am really excited about! One of my non fabric purchases (actually a gift from my mum) was the Viola Skirt Pattern. The ladies from <a href="http://sewmesomething.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sew Me Something</a> were on their stand launching there new dress patterns along with the Viola Reversible Skirt. Yes, reversible! I'm not going to say too much about it just now as there should be a post for it in the near future. I bought fabric for it at the show and it is at the top of my project list so hopefully I will have it posted up soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, Stuart from GBSB was giving talks throughout the weekend on how to customise your wardrobe and I rather shamelessly asked Stuart for a cheeky photo after he had finished his talk. (I realise I now have a photo with Lauren and Stuart but, I swear I am not stalking the GBSB Series one 1 contestants!) </span></div>
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