I’ve been working on a new swimsuit using the blue & orange printed panel, originally from Jets, that I bought from The Remnant Warehouse. I loved the colours in the print but deciding what to do with it was a real headache. Continue reading “New swimsuit”
Yay! I just finished the other hut boot. It’s been a labour of love so I guess it makes a good Valentines day present.
We had a run of days last week that were over 40C and he asked me about three time when I was going to make the other boot. So I think that when the next heat wave rolls around, I’m going to make him wear them 🙂 Sound fair???? Continue reading “The hut boots are finished!!!!!!”
A bit of an aside from my usual sewing post. The gliding world championships were held in the area of the last few weeks. It has been amazing as quite often the course has them do a tight turn near us. All I had to do was sit under the veranda to watch 100 or so gliders fly past. Tough hey?
One the last day there were a couple of gaggles forming which were interesting to watch. A couple of the gliders also had con-trails, one was really spectacular.
Here are a few photos ( click on the image to enlarge them). Continue reading “Gliding World Championships from my backyard”
To put my fashion flats drawings to the test, I’ve been using them to plan my summer sewing. Two possible wardrobes are emerging with the colour scheme coming from the choice of swimsuit fabric. One is a colourful ink-blotch print and the other is a striking digital print.
After doing the tech drawings, I’ve scanned them in so I have a digital copy that are all the same scale. It was fairly easy to identify a few of the designs which didn’t suit me. I also printed a reduced scale version that I cut up like playing cards to match with the fabrics I had in mind. It made mixing and matching the patterns a lot easier as I could compare the proportions of a top with a bottom. Continue reading “Summer wardrobe planning”
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to watch and make use of the Craftsy classes I’ve accumulated. I’ve also stuffed my ankle so I’m looking for more sedentary things to do at the moment (twiddling my thumbs for 3-4 months is going to test my patience).
Anyway, the first class I’ve watched has been Drawing Fashion Flats: Designing Construction Details I often do sketches when I’m trying to knock off a garment I’ve seen or see how a pattern’s proportions work on my croquis, so I thought I’d give this class a go. I have been working on plans for a summer wardrobe, so I could put the class to work by drawing out my plan. Continue reading “Craftsy Class Review: Drawing fashion flats”
I think I probably did too good of a job on the hut boots. He’s been showing them around and now I have orders. Even saying that they have to BYO goose down wasn’t a deterrent. Now DH has given a pair of 30 year old Goretex overmits and a manky pair of gaiters. My next ‘challenge’ was to create new ones. Continue reading “Goretex Gloves and Gaiters: The next challenge”
It is hard to believe that the year is almost over. Time to have a quick look back at my original goals for the year and see how the year went.
I’d have to say that my 3 favourite things that I made this year was the swimsuit (Merckwaerdigh BAD24), the knit biker jacket (My Image M1459) and the pixel plaid wool shirt (Knipmode). All three have had a lot of wear and I’m planning another version of the swimsuit very soon. A close runner-up was a hand-dyed T-shirt – just love the colours. Probably the most challenging has been the hut booties for DH. I’m hoping the weather is a little cooler next week so I can finish off the second boot before I forget how it was done 🙂 Continue reading “2016, the year in stitches”
Tadahhh! We have one left hut boot ready for Christmas. He’ll have to wait for the second as we’ve just started the first heatwave of the summer. As much as I love him, I’m not willing to be stuffing goose down into the liners when its above 400C. Here is a pic of the final product. Continue reading “Hut boots: Final version”
For the past year or so DH has been asking me to make a pair of bivvy boots for snow camping. Wha? Probably best described as a sleeping bag for your feet – aka. hut boots. The ones he wanted were goose down filled and cost about $150. He tells me the insulation is 1-2″ thick. Can’t find a comercial pattern that would help much, especially as the insulation is so thick. I was hoping he’d just buy them, but alas no. Somehow these have turned into his Christmas present 😦 Continue reading “You want me to make what???”
I’ve been following the speculation thread for the 2017 SWAP on Artisan’s square. One of the suggestions was to use four patterns to make the 11 piece wardrobe. This afternoon, I put a pen to paper and came up with a couple of quick options for a casual wardrobe and a sport one. My first impression was that four patterns would be fairly bland – but it is actually not too bad if you change collars, lengths of sleeves or add some colour blocking. See what you think. Continue reading “4 patterns => 11 piece wardrobe”
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