Monday, June 30, 2008

We interrupt this for a message from our sponsor (me)

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Last day of June and my Dad's 80th birthday! Happy birthday, Dad (even though I am pretty sure you are not reading my sewing blog). I ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Silk top

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While I was (still am) thinking about the buttons for the linen jacket, I made the silk top. I used a modified Butterick 4056 pattern. I fo...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Linen outfit, jacket

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On to finishing touches. I am hemming the skirt tonight but that's a simple proposition. I have put on all the seam binding and hemmed ...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Linen outfit, jacket

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The sleeves are on! After I sewed them on, I finished that seam with bias tape. It was kind of fiddly work. There were places along the se...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Linen outfit, jacket

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This just goes to show that even after sewing for 30 years, you can still miss stuff. You know how I mentioned that there was nothing in th...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Linen outfit, getting on with the sewing

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Things are proceeding apace. Everything is cut out and things are going together. Although I knew the jacket was unlined, it wasn't unt...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Linen outfit

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It takes me a while to get comfortable enough with the fabric to start cutting it. The linen was draped over my cutting table for a few da...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Linen outfit

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I've ironed the linen and it looks great. I took out and ironed the pattern pieces for the jacket and noticed for the first time that n...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Linen outfit

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I want to thank everyone for their great guesses as to what the ceramic cigale was for. I think it is too small to put water and flowers i...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Provencal fabrics

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Here are the fabrics I bought in Arles. I bought about 2 meters of each except for the small prints on the right - the ones that coordinate ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I'm back!

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Great time! Will expound on the subject over at my other blog , some time soon. In the meantime, I learned some more (clothing) lessons on...
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Ready to rock 'n roll (almost)

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I'll wear this on the plane with pants, I think. Warmer on the legs than a skirt. Now to pack!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Brown outfit done!

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Whew! I have to cut the buttonholes open and sew on the buttons but I have time to do that tomorrow morning. The skirt I finished earlier t...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

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Peter came home as I was toiling away and snapped this photo for me. Why is my face always so red? Anyway, I was putting the pocket flaps ...
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The brown outfit

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I'm doing my assembly line kind of sewing, where I pin together as many things as possible and then run them all through at once, so I d...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Yellow jacket finished!

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Well, I guess it's like watching water boil. Nothing happens for the longest time and then suddenly, there it is! I am happy with how i...
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Yellow jacket

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I am not making much progress! Here, I have put the sleeves on. Now I have also added the cuffs. But when I went to put the collar on, I d...
Monday, May 05, 2008

Yellow jacket

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I am working away on the yellow jacket but on Friday, I wore the reversible coat I made a while back. I haven't worn it since I made i...
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