Recently I drafted a pair of cycling bib shorts and have found them so great to wear. They have become my favourites and wear them in preference to the elastic waist type shorts. That’s my excuse to make another pair and a tank top to wear with them. Continue reading “McCall’s 7446 Tank Top and Self Drafted Cycling Shorts”
I’ve been wanting to draft my own pattern for cycling shorts for years. And I’m not talking about leggings here. Real bike shorts designed to work with the shape of your leg while cycling, not standing. I decided to go the whole hog and draft a pattern for bib shorts as well as a raglan jersey. Here’s the story…. Continue reading “Self drafted cycling jersey and bib shorts”
The Tour de France started last week and I’ve been staying up until 1 or 2 in the morning to watch the live stages. It’s the perfect excuse to set up the cutting table in front of the TV each night and get some serious sewing time in. Continue reading “Cycling jerseys and other stuff”
A while ago, I made a knock-off of The North Face Raven shorts. The colour has faded but they are still in high rotation in my summer wardrobe. When I made them, I had plans of making a second version and adjusting the gusset design a little. That was back in 2012. It’s now 2018 and I’m finally getting around to that project. Continue reading “Self-drafted Convertible Hiking Pants”
Today’s project is a replacement for the spray skirt for the TK1. The current skirt came with the kayak when I bought it some 20 years ago. It was second hand then and already a veteran of a few Murray Marathons. It has served it’s owners well but has now mostly delaminated and parts of the waist casing have split. Continue reading “DIY kayak spray skirt”
Remember my New Year’s resolution to do something with the classes that I’ve purchased on Craftsy? During August I decided that I wanted to get a better pant sloper. The pant base that I’ve been using was based on a Patrones pattern and my jeans pattern was based on a Knipmode pattern. Both have been great patterns, but I have been using the original pattern as a working pattern and over time the shape has been trimmed or tweaked. I’m also finding that since getting orthotics to help relieve the nerve pain in my ankle, my posture has changed. So it’s a good time to revisit my patterns and what better way than to draft the pattern from scratch and put the class Patternmaking + Design: The Pants Sloper to the test.
Continue reading “Craftsy Class Review: Pattern Making + Design – The Pant Sloper”
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”
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???”
Recently I bought a lightweight sweater knit to make a summer pullover/cardi/beach cover-up type of thing. As you can tell, I didn’t have a firm idea of what I’d like to make with it. My first attempt didn’t really work, but I managed to salvage it into something I love. Continue reading “If at first you don’t succeed …. try again”
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