Next step: my first ever tracing-off of a RTW garment! Admittedly, a very, very small project but a trace-off nonetheless.
For the non-sewing-minded among you, this is where you copy a piece of clothing you...
Well, I was none too pleased with my last coat muslin. It was just sort of... hanging there. So! Out came the ever-brilliant Fit for Real People, and I got to some hard-core adjusting....
Next up in the Christmas present queue: Mum!
This was a funny one: there was me, getting all confident about sewing for everyone, and then, a reminder that I still have a long way to...
At last! I spent most of November and December sewing, but I couldn't reveal anything, because they were all Christmas presents. I fear that I may have set too high a precedent for family...
First, a confession. Really, this is no selfless sewing: the oxytocin hit I get when seeing small people wearing my outfits is more than enough to outweigh the effort it takes to make them....
Happy Christmas/holidays everyone! Hope you all had a great time. I am filled up with mince pies (no meat in them, Americans!), 1,000 cups of tea, and currently, a head cold. But there's no...
Dear readers, I know you've been anxious, but worry no more. Muslin fitting time is here! Woop. Fitting is a relatively new thing for me. I spent countless hours FBA-ing a Colette Sorbetto a...
