Crafty Queue
A few of the things in my crafty queue: There are a mixture of firsts and favourites here and I’m hatching a cunning plan for that union flag.
Author: pennylibrarian
Who needs eggs?
When you can have a platter of Spring flowers. Courtesy of a blog tutorial over at sew ritzy-titzy, Happy Easter everyone!
Visual social media with a crafty slant
To gently segue from sewing back to librarianship and cpd 23 here is a post covering some crafty-slanted social media sites: Photo and image sharing sites Flickr – Social media, photosharing, photostorage. Image Spark – Social media centered around image sharing, moodboard creation and sharing. If I’ve understood the ‘Terms of Use correctly then this… Continue reading Visual social media with a crafty slant
Oh wow! That was OWOP
There were ups – the beautiful blue skies, the warmth, the Spring flowers, the optimism that I would succeed. There were downs – would I ever take a decent photo of the dresses without a handy helper? What is going on with my hair and why am I pulling that ridiculous face? There was also… Continue reading Oh wow! That was OWOP
Always save the best ’til last
This is my favourite version of Vogue 1739. It has a mammoth back story, starting out life as a grown-up version of a Gossypium dress that I made for my daughter. Things that worked in this process – cutting on the bias, which is either in my imagination, or truly does give the dress a… Continue reading Always save the best ’til last
Top notch
So, sometimes, it’s not until you wear a make that you realise how well its works – or not. Well, today, I was sitting down politely having my first set of reading glasses fitted (I know! That’s middle-age for you). Well, to be frank, I had to fight back the desire to bring up me… Continue reading Top notch
From twin bed to twin needle
Good morning, and it’s another clear-blue-skyed belter of a Spring morn here. In honour of which I present the powder blue Vogue 1739. This was my first version which is why I might now describe this dress as a wearable muslin. There is a fair amount of material flapping about at the neckline which is… Continue reading From twin bed to twin needle
Back in black
Have to confess to a little mid-week OWOP ennui. *Adopt conspiratorial whisper* “Shall we just slip into a little pair of cotton trousers? It’s so beautifully, joyously SPRING outside.” “No, you can’t. You promised yourself that you would follow through with OWOP.” ” But the only dress that’s truly appropriate for work is Audrey and Audrey’s… Continue reading Back in black
Liberty trees of blue
Having ‘finished’ this version of Vogue 1739 4 days ago, today was its first outing. *Smiles smugly*. However, on donning said item I viewed with heavy heart the lining peeking out from beneath the hem each time I bent forwards. No idea of the technical term but there’s also lining leakage in the shoulder seam/arm hole area.… Continue reading Liberty trees of blue
Buds, buttons, bows and buckles
OWOP day 2. This is the one where: I thought that I would experiment with a v-neck and no closure. It’s mostly been successful. I think that in taking out the seam at the back I have lost some shaping which I hadn’t really considered until casually leafing through Couture Sewing Techniques . Hmm, well I… Continue reading Buds, buttons, bows and buckles
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