Espritpatch

I can't believe it's nearly the middle of the year.... Lots of dressmaking projects on my mind lately.... Hoping for finish 1. Glitter denim Mabel skirt  - this will be my  One Monthly Goal  - finished 2. Neoprene coat -  finished 3. Teacher's gift -  finished 4. Shirt dress (Darling)  -  finished 5. Sorbetto black top - in progress 6. Ginger jeans  -  finished x2 Bee Blocks  1.  Flower hexies for the Inchy Hexie Swap (June )  WIP 1.  Farmer's wife, let's try for another 10 blocks - no progress 2. Solstice challenge  -  no progress 3. HST modern sampler quilt - half way  -  no progress 4. Postcards of the world - some progress 5. Dear Jane - aiming for 5 blocks  -  no progress 6. Long Time Gone - a few blocks 7. Mischief blocks  -  no progress New Project 1.  Cu...

A nearly finished that has been transformed into a finish today! I had made my neoprene coat a little while ago and all it was waiting for was some "closure" which has been added today. I was advised against buttonhole in case the neoprene would tear so I used poppers that are hidden behind buttons. I really like how this buttons liven up the coat. And I have sewn my first new label too! And now for the photos post-run! Another OPAM and another one off my Q2 Finish Along List ! Linking to Whoop Whoop Friday . Celine

I am still keeping up.... but just! with the Sew Along despite everything else (including a very high desire to sew lots of clothes!) and I finished last week HST triangle block just in time and one Flying Geese block just in time too. and finally the 2 triangle blocks Let's hope I can catch up with the Log Cabin, Churn Dash and Flying Geese blocks that I still need to finish soon as the quilt-along will reach its end very soon (still well over 50 blocks to make though :-)) So that's my first and last probably 4 blocks for June for the 350-blocks project. Linking to I May have a Scrap Problem . Celine

Jeans, I made Jeans! I know, I never ever thought in my wildest dreams that I would be able to say or write that! I booked a class at The Village Haberdashery to make a pair of Ginger Jeans with the Rock Star teacher, winner of the Great British Sewing Bee (no less...) Charlotte ! I was so apprehensive that I would mess it all up and end up with nothing remotely wearable but I didn't (well apart from a little accident along the way but we won't go in the details). After all I never made a pair of (simple) trousers before, let along a pair of jeans.... We started by making a toile to check the size and fitting and make all the necessary adjustements (the most difficult part in my head) but so worth it as it made all the difference to get a pair of well-fitted jeans at the end of the class. In my case, the front legs needed to be slightly adjusted so the front of the jeans at the crotch wasn't too long. With the toile fitted and the pattern pieces adjusted, we moved t...

Why start early when you can leave everything to the last minute? Especially when the challenge is for something new that you haven't done before... A few months back, 3 sewists launched a contest on IG to make a shirt dress by Summer Day (21 June). What a great idea, of course I would join in especially as I hadn't tried a shirt dress before, what with buttonholes and all that, new skills to be learnt! I picked the Darling Dress pattern from Megan Nielsen and ordered a lovely tencel (viscose) in denim colour from Les Coupons St Pierre, a little while ago, ready to get started..... And finally last week-end... I got started. I know, I know better late than never... Anyway, because I am tall I thought it be better if I lengthened the bodice, which I did and... that played havoc with my darts, that came out first too high, then too low and finally not symetrical (how did that one happened???) So after some trying and unpicking and trying again, I finally got "a dress...

Last month I couldn't resist the glittery stretch denim that Fabric Godmother posted on IG and ordered some to make a Mabel Skirt. I nearly finished the skirt last month but for the hem. Not sure why I didn't hem it straight away really. Anyway, after a few weeks of the skirt staring at me every day, I finally got around to put the twin needle on my machine and to finish my Mabel skirt, Et voila! Lovely fabric and great skirt, too bad it's been too hot to wear it :-) One OPAM and my  One Monthly Goal  for June. And this one is not my FAL list as it was an unplanned additional garment! Linking to Whoop Whoop Friday . Celine

Every year I tell myself that I'll make teacher's gifts throughout the year to avoid the last minute rush... and every year I fail... Well despite being only June, it's not different this year.... I am still not that organised :-) I only made one teacher's gift and this is because one of my daughter's teacher (her favorite one of course) was leaving early to have a baby :-( good for her but not so good for the kids changing teacher yet again (they will have had 4 teachers this year...) Anyway, my daughter wanted to wish her lovely teacher well so I obliged (happily I should add) and made her a little Open Wide Pouch from Anna's free pattern . I broke into my glittery cork fabric for the first time, and I must say it is a dream to sew with. And I used a cute hedgehog linen type fabric that I had been hoarding for a while.  For the inside I used the same pony fabric as my daughter's school bag so she'll remember her :-) It's so cute, I could...