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MMM’14 – Days 22 to 28

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The tights are still in the drawer as the warm Autumn weather has continued again this week.

Thursday 22 May


Top: Sewaholic Alma blouse in tangerine polyester (blogged here)
Skirt: Self Drafted TNT skirt in brown wool, previously own on day 12
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in a mixture of knits, previously worn on days 1, 14 and 18
Accessory: Me made crocheted necklace and earrings.
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial 
Shoes: Tahari Melanie

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Friday 23 May

Woohoo I’ve got another day off work, this one was planned all along and I was thrilled that the boss gave me Monday off.  I am all packed up ready to head off for a sewing weekend with 29 other ladies from the Australian Sewing Guild.

These are the garments that are cut out, fused, and pinned ready for their first steps of sewing:

McCall’s 5433 Shirt which I lengthen for a shirtmaker dress in navy linen.
Vogue 1247 Rachel Comey Skirt in the same navy linen.
Jalie 2566 Cardigan in a multi coloured sweater knit that I purchased during an ASG Convention in 2012

Today’s photo them is “Polka Dot Parade” and I am thankful for Sydney’s run of unusually warm Autumn weather.

Top: Vogue 1247 top in navy with off white spot chiffon (blogged here)
Skirt:  BWOF 04-2009-101 skirt in brown cord, previously worn on day 11.
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

and my PJ’s – BWOF 11-2009-131 in spotted flannelette (blogged here)
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Saturday 24 May

Photo taken by Kristy

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in white, red, toffee, brown knit previously worn on days 3 and 15.
Skirt:  BWOF 04-2009-101 in burgundy cord (not blogged)
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

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Sunday 25 May

Photo taken by Sandra

Top: BWOF 02-2009-108 boat neck in blue/brown/green knit, previously worn on days 6 and 17.
Skirt: Self Drafted TNT skirt changed to a denim style in green twill, previously worn on day 16.
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings.
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial 
Shoes:  Taupe flats

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Monday 26 May

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 blue/gold swirls, previously worn on day 12.
Skirt:  Marfy 0757 skirt in navy wool (to be blogged)
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings (blogged here)
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Circa Joan & David Lux navy slingbacks

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Tuesday 27 May

Top: Vogue 8572 (OOP) in off-white damask, previously worn on day 1.
Skirt: Vogue 1247 Rachel Comey skirt in burnt orange (blogged here)
Cardigan:  Jalie 2566 in animal print, previously worn on day 11.
Accessory: Me made necklace and purchased earrings
Hosiery:  Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Circa Joan & David Callalily brown pumps

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Wednesday 28 May

Top: Vogue 1822 in brown spotty Japanese cotton (blogged here)
Skirt: Self drafted TNT skirt in brown linen, previously worn on days 1 and 15.
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Tahari Melanie

Not many more days left in May and it looks like the warm weather is here for a few days more!

MMM’14 – Days 15 to 21

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Here in Sydney we are experiencing unusually warm conditions for Autumn with temperatures above 23c for this last week so it will be interesting to see how much longer the tights stay in the drawer!

Thursday 15 May

How did I manage to get this shot!

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in white/toffee/brown knit, worn previously on Day 3
Skirt: Self Drafted Skirt in brown linen, worn previously on Day 1
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Celestial Voodoo
Shoes:  Circa Joan and David Calalilly pumps

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Friday 16 May

Today’s photographic theme is “Too Pretty To Wear Pants”.  This wasn’t hard for me to do as 1 only have one pair of pants/trousers in my wardrobe.  I am happy to make jeans but pants/trousers are proving to be difficult to get the fit I want!

Cardigan worn as a top: Miette in Morris Woollahra wool, colour mint with choc chips (to be blogged)
Skirt: Self drafted TNT skirt pattern changed to a denim style in green twill (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made necklace and purchased earrings.
Hosiery:  Voodoo Celestial 
Shoes: Taupe flats

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Saturday 17 May

Today I’m off sewing again with the Australian Sewing Guild at The Remnant Warehouse and am loading up my car whilst waiting for Alison to arrive so we can car pool.

Are you sure I can’t come too!

Top: BWOF 02-2009-108 Boatneck in blue/grey/brown knit, previously worn on day 6.
Jeans: Jalie 2908 Jeans in blue denim,  previously worn on day 9.
Vest:  Shona knitted vest in chartreuse (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made leather handbag (blogged here), purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery:  Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

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Sunday 18 May

I am heading to Cabramatta today to meet up with Lynn from You Sew Girl who is visiting from Michigan USA with Wendy, Maria, Valerie, Alison and Beverley for a bit of fabric shopping and lunch.

Wendy, Maria, Lynn, Valerie, Alison and Beverley
Photo by Maria

Top: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey (blogged here)
Skirt: BWOF 04-2009-101 in salt and pepper fine cord (blogged here)
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in a mixture of knits, previously worn on days 1 and 14.
Accessory: Me made crocheted necklace and me mad earrings.
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

and here are some of the wonderful buttons that Lynn had made as a gift for us.

and my fabric stash has grown again, with these:

1.5 metres for a top

1/2 metre for maybe a sleeve for a cardigan!
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Monday 19 May

Today’s my birthday and my boss game me the day off work!

I have had a lovely weekend  sewing with my friends and then meeting up with other bloggers for fabric shopping.  I have to go into the city for an appointment but when I get back home it will be to get into my sewing room to get organised for our sewing weekend!!

Top: Kiwk.Sew 3740 in brown/grey knit previously worn on Day 7.
Skirt:  Vogue 1247 skirt in brown denim (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased gold band with purchased glass cream/brown/gold fleck disc and purchased earrings.
Tights: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

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Tuesday 20 May

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 with the neckline raised in chartreuse/grey/navy knit, previously worn on Day 5
Skirt: Self Drafted TNT skirt in navy wool (blogged here)
Accessory: Me Made necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial 
Shoes: Circa Joan & David Lux slingbacks

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Wednesday 21 May

Sculpture at in front yard at work

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in blue/brown batik knit previously worn on Day 9
Skirt: TNT Self Drafted Skirt in brown suede like fabric, previously worn on Day 6
Accessory: Purchased gold band with purchased ink navy disc and me made earrings.
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Circa Joan and David Calalilly pumps

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2014 Stash Out: 11.75 m
2014 Stash In: 45.75 m

MMM ’14 – Days 8 to 14

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Another week has passed and I am starting to find a few holes in my wardrobe, more tops and a cardigan or two wouldn’t go astray.

Thursday 8 May

Top: Vogue 8572 in lemon (blogged here)
Skirt: Vogue 7937 in brown wool crepe (blogged here)
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey
Accessory: Me made crocheted necklace and earrings (blogged here)
Tights: Brown tights
Shoes: Brown Joan and David Callalily Pumps

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Friday 9 May

The photo theme for today was blue and that was a pretty good choice for me.

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in a blue/brown batik knit (blogged here)
Jeans: Jalie 2908 in blue denim (blogged here)
Vest: Jalie 3129 in navy linen (blogged here)
Accessory: Me nade necklace and earrings (blogged here)
Hosiery: Celestial Voodoo
Shoes: Taupe flats

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Saturday 10 May

I’m off to the Miss Fisher costume exhibition at Parramatta with some of the Sydney Spoolettes.

Top: Vogue 8572 in cream silk crepe de chine (blogged here)
Jeans: Jalie 2908 in brown denim (blogged here) 
Jacket:  Vogue 7975 in brown/blue/cream cotton tweed (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made necklace worn on Day 1 and purchased earrings
Hosiery:  Celestial Voodoo
Shoes: Charles Keith brown pumps.

During the queue for the exhibition Melanie mentioned that she had seen some lovely wool jersey at MyHung and this one just had to follow me home.

Deep camel
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Sunday 11 May

Today consisted of the household chores and then headed off to get the groceries.

Where is my treat?

Top: Jalie 2566 in animal print (blogged here)
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in animal print (blogged here)
Skirt:  BWOF 04-2009-101 skirt in brown cord (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings (blogged here)
Tights:  Celestial Voodoo
Shoes:  Taupe flats

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Monday 12 May

Back to work and my cold office!

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in blue/gold swirl knit (blogged here)
Skirt: Self drafted TNT straight skirt in brown wooL (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made necklace and earrings (blogged here)
Tights: Brown tights
Boots: Brown Joan and David Callalily Pumps
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Tuesday 13 May

Top: Vogue 8572 in brown/gold silk (blogged here)
Skirt: Vogue 7937 in navy linen (blogged here)
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey worn previously on Day 8.
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Tights: Brown tights
Boots: Brown Joan and David Callalily Pumps

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Wednesday 14 May

Today’s temperature is expected to reach 24c so I am hoping that my office has had a chance to warm up with it being occupied for the past two days.

Dress: Simplicity 2648 in navy linen (blogged here)
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in a mixture of knits, worn previously on Day 1.
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Celestial Voodoo 
Shoes: Navy Circa Joan and David Luxe 

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2014 Stash Out: 10.45 m
2014 Stash In: 43.75 m

Summer sewing

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I’ve really enjoyed wearing my Rachel Comey brown denim skirt during winter and thought this wonderful burnt orange linen, purchased from Tessuti, would make a perfect summer skirt.

This time I used the same fabric for the pockets as I was concerned about show through. 

I lined it with Sun Silky and this was the best colour match that I could find and also tried out my rolled hem foot for the lining hem. 

and the back view

and someone managed to be in most of my photos!

There is a new top to go with this skirt on the sewing table so fingers crossed I will be back soon.

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Stash Out:  21.65 m
Stash In:     16.3 m


Drum roll please ….

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the Trench is finished Facebook smileys

It first started here, then the toile and pattern changes and lastly how it looked when you last saw it,

and now!

This has been one of the most challenging projects I have undertaken ever, but so worth it.

The rain coat fabric had its own requirements, but once I worked up the courage it was very easy to work with.

  •  I used fusible interfacing, Sheerweft TM for the facings and this fused very well using my Singer Magic Press, 
  • I used a Sharps needle,and increased the stitch length for my top stitching to 3.5 (previously using 3)
  • The fabric ravels quite a bit, so I over-locked/serged all the seams.

When you last saw the trench I had basted in the lining.  When I sat down again to work on the trench I realised I should have sat down a lot sooner and sorted out my to do list in a logical construction order as I hadn’t,

  • added the hanging strap,
  • installed the eyelets on the storm flaps,
  • made or sewn on the belt loops,
  • made and sewn on the double d-ring closure at the neck edge
this meant I had to do a lot of “going back”!

Now for a lot of  detailed photos:

Pocket bags secured to seams

This is a great tip from my sewing buddy Dilliander which she has posted on Pattern Review.

Batting used for sleeve cap

Bagged the sleeves using this great tutorial from Grainline Studio

Caught the lining on the sleeve seams to stop the sleeves moving forward

French Tacks from Couture Sewing Techniques at the shoulder and underarm seams

Pockets made for hem weights

Interfacing fused at hem, weights in place and hems finished

French seams used for the lining

Double D rings for neck closure, storm flaps have eyelets with washers installed using a Prym Kit
I purchased from the UK.

A closer look at the zippered pocket on left sleeve

Belts and buckles.

Lining with piping and hanging strap
Concealed buttons

oops, I missed a belt loop!

and last of all

can we go play now!

Even with the challenges and time this has taken I am thrilled with my Trench and look to forward to getting a lot of wear from it.

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Stash Out:  19.25m
Stash In:  3.3

Oh Roscoe!

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Sorry pup but you aren’t coming to work today, although he is trying his hardest to get my attention!

 

Top: Vogue 8815 lemon peplum blogged (here)
Skirt: Vogue 7937 in brown wool crepe view A (blogged here)
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey worn previously on day 18
Accessory: Me-made necklace and purchased earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Celestial.
Shoes:  Charles & Keith brown pumps.

10 days left, so far no repeat outfits or RTW – wonder if I can last the challenge!

Work buddy

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I mentioned the word “work” to Roscoe this morning once I got dressed and he knows that this means he is coming to the office with me for the day.

He wasn’t going to be left home by any chance, sticking close by my side until he got in the car.

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in coffee/grey/cream knit, worn previously on day 11
Trouser: Vogue 9537 in black wool previously worn on day 14
Accessory: Purchased pearl necklace and earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Night Shade
Shoes:  Black Joan & David Callalily Pumps

View from my office chair

and this is the best way to tire out a border collie when he isn’t on a farm, take him to work to greet everyone, follow them around  (especially if they have food) and generally watches out for the pussy cats that wander through the yard!

 

A new week

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and a new colour combination.

Looking in my wardrobe this morning I decided to wear this top and then only had 2 skirts to choose from, brown or grey and realised that I have never worn this colour combination before.

Top: Vogue 8572 in lemon polyester/rayon blend (blogged here)
Skirt: McCalls 7244 in grey wool flannel, made pre blog.
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Night Shade
Shoes/Boots:  Black Joan & David Callalily Pumps
Photobomb:  Roscoe the superdog!

Sunday chores

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This morning saw me dressed in my old RTW to weed the garden and then I got changed to go grocery shopping and this is on my arrival home.

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in white/toffee/red/brown knit (blogged here)
Jeans: Jalie 2908 white denim jeans  (blogged here)
Accessory:  Purchased gold band choker with a burgundy tear drop and purchased earrings.
Shoes:  Betts camel flats.

Then I spent the afternoon in my sewing room, mainly dressed like this:

Still working on the joys of working on trouser fitting!!

SWAP is completed!!

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Yes I know on Sunday I said I still had 3 pieces to make, welllll

  • I only had to finish the hand stitching on this sequin top for my Evening collection (9th piece) and that has been done.
  • I had already decided to bring in a previously sewn garment as per the rules, this black wool skirt  for my Evening collection (10th piece).
  • then the only piece left was the all important cross-over piece, the Trench.

    After a semi frustrating day sewing the Trench at my Guild meeting last Saturday where I did more unpicking than sewing, I sat down on Sunday night and listed what was left to do on the Trench. 

    There are still 18 steps left to do and one of these is working out how am I going to install a metal zip into the curved collar for the hood.

    I really want to finish this Trench with care and attention to detail and I realised I was not doing this by trying to finish it for SWAP.

  • Therefore I needed a new cross-over piece, so I have gone to the other extreme in difficulty and made another version of Simplicity 2603 the waterfall cardigan as my previous version needs to be retired.

I will be back shortly with more details for the sequin top and the cardi wrap, but thought I’d leave you with this:

Sorry, got to investigate that noise!