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Pin tucks
Kelly wanted pin tucks featured on some of the trousers she was showing in her collection. It’s very easy to make a pin tuck before starting the make-up of a garment! Just follow the grain line! This...
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An upcycled gift saved by a shoe box!
In my years of sewing I have made very many things and I do enjoy a sewing challenge! A friend of mine, who has spent many years writing diaries, decided it was time for her to have a cover for the...
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A 70’s Simplicity pattern
Recently I discovered the joy of working from a simplicity pattern. From it I discovered the perfect way to produce a V-neck. A V-neck tunic with a collar and facing. Ahhh! I’ve avoided one off these...
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For Designin December. Another pattern hack, how to and a refashion...
This is an great idea from Linda of Nice dress! Thanks, I made it. and I did check with her if it was ok for me to join in as a refashioner! My inspiration for #DESIGNINDECEMBER is a collection of...
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Matching checks for a fitted jacket
This piece of fabric, a poly/wool mix, and the buttons are from Edinburgh Fabrics. My intention was to make a fitted jacket from a block I had drafted many years ago from instructions from a book of...
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Faux fur collars and how to cut and make the one that stays fastened!
I found this DVD, this is one of my favourite films, and books, ever…the chameleon like charm of the lead man, played by Tom Courtney, seems oddly familiar!? Or perhaps its the comedy and everyday...
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Miss Marple, the muse, a refashion and reusing a collar shape
My favourite of all the Miss Marples is the one played by Geraldine Mckeown. I love the costume work of whoever designed the garments for this series. If I was younger I would dress like this all the...
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Shirt refashioned to bomber jacket.
Fashion revolution week is 18th – 24th April. @Fash_Rev #FashRev Sometimes a refashion is simply a refashion, like this one. This is one from my wardrobe. I bought the shirt a couple of years ago and...
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Miss Lemon inspired blouse using another type of binding.
I said to someone once that it would take me a couple of years to decide what I wanted to do, and, after an odd series of events, I am once again back working at Edinburgh College of Art! I know that...
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One vintage pattern can look so different!
I don’t have many bought patterns, vintage or otherwise, because I prefer to draft my own. I’ve used this vintage pattern several times now, simply because the shape fits me really well, and as every...
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