Happy New Year all. It's day 11 and I've been doing sewing or sewing adjacent things:
- Traced off the Summit Dress pattern from Scroop. I have lipstick red linen and Italian linen black background with traditional Mexican hearts printed all over it for the godets. But the execution is being delayed for a while
- I've rehomed my small collection of A0 patterns to see through document wallets, all clearly labelled. Previously in rolls standing up in a laundry basket, I could never find the one I wanted and even paid to have one printed twice! I've also culled the collection of several that I think other people will be more likely to use.
- David cut up thin MDF saved from a collapsed kitset desk, to make shelves for my cubby stack. They're held in by pushpins! The level of DIY hackery in this makes me so very happy! And it works a treat
- I MADE a linen shift and sheer curtains and a whole dress!
- I'm making my friend Joy a dress so she came over for a toile fitting and also rethreaded the @$#$%#$@ overlocker so I could finish the seams of said dress - purple linen. No photos of it yet.
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Cubbies with shelves!
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Boring linen shift but a very satisfying make nonetheless!
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| My oppressively sundrenched studio now has some sun quenching sheer curtains. they're cream so do an extra good job. No more working with the curtains completely closed needed! |
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Bonus smashed spuds content - my favourite holiday food. The perla potatoes are so yellow inside they look even more delicious when cooked! 100% recommend smashing your spuds hehe.
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That's pretty much it so far - apart from a LOT of admin for my biggest project ever, but more on that some other time <3
Good morning, Mrs. C.!
ReplyDeleteOver here our sky is cloudless blue, too, but it's full of sparkles and white drifts from the snow and ice that's been here over a week, to my joy, except for ice damage round about. Seeing your lightly swathed windows with their new curtains -- so airy -- is a treat. Making one's curtains is deeply satisfying.
Giggled at your overlocker comment. You and me both. My new machine has a stitch length issue am dealing with.
How lovely to make a friend a dress.
Those shelves! They are chic, my dear. Love the corners treatment and hey hey for DIY. It sings clever and sassy.
Well, off to wrestle with a 1912 dress, which is deadlined. Oi.
Big hug from Ice-Land,
Natalie
Hello lovely Natalie!! Sorry I took a few days to get back to you. Thank you for the lovely comments. Very excited to see your 1912 dress, which I hope you will blog about <3
DeleteThe shelves are made from cheap wooden crates from a homewares store! Hence the corner bracing. Honestly it is such a easy way to get sewing storage!