Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
 Blue tights, motorcycle boots, and homemade shirt. Hells yeah. #colouredtightsprotest Edited to add: The tights "protest" was a reaction to some of my friends on Twitter to this article about sexist corporate fashion prescriptivists. We're all wearing coloured tights today in response. :) Powered by Webstagram
Monday, May 14, 2012
 These were the May block for my MetaQuilter quilting group. The designer Melissa chose some great fabrics, and she pointed us to a detailed tutorial explaining exactly how to put them together. I had admired cathedral window quilt blocks in the past but figured they were probably really difficult. Turns out that bias is magic, baby! I LOVED doing these! I used my trusty Uhu glue stick to aid in the initial triangle placement, and after that everything came together perfectly. My patchwork skills are improving nicely and I'm finding it much easier to get my seams to line up. I'm now 5-for-5 on my MetaQuilter blocks! I have to say though, I was disappointed when the organiser sent out an email offering amnesty to the apparently several people who haven't been sending their blocks back. That sucks. I understand that life happens, but why would you sign up for a group that involves people paying money to send you lots of fabric and then not follow through? Gah. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing falls apart before we get to my month (which is scheduled to be December)...
Sunday, May 13, 2012
 Another completed sewing project! Tova Top in vintage cotton. Not sure it's me... Commenter Mel recently recommended I check out the Tova Top/Dress pattern. It's a downloadable PDF, so on a whim I bought it. As soon as I did I started to second guess it. It's really much more of Miss Fee's style than my own. But what the heck - I should branch out, right? Last weekend I convinced the Snook to go on a bike ride with me to the Sydney Fabric-a-brac for some fabric stash acquisition. I was looking for something interesting to make the Tova, and I settled on this blue vintage cotton. I got 1.7m for $7, which was just enough to make the shirt. The project was very quick to put together, starting Saturday night and finishing Sunday morning. It was interesting to sew from a non-Colette pattern, since that's what I've been using so much lately. The markings were different and I kept forgetting/missing them. The instructions are relatively easy to follow though. I had been worried about setting in the sleeves, but I breezed through that. The hardest part was actually attaching the front inset pieces, which require you to pin and sew on three 90-degree sides of a square (with the bottom also involving gathers). Yeah, I swore a bit through that part. But overall in terms of technical skill, I feel like I'm coming along leaps and bounds. This is definitely the best constructed garment I've made yet. That said, I knew when I tried it on halfway through that there were going to be sizing issues. I made the largest size - which is a 14 - but I think it's definitely intended for a more slender, boyish figure. It's quite tight around my hips, which made me glad I didn't go straight to the dress. (If I do that, I'll definitely be adding in some width there.) I could also use some more width across the shoulders. I feel like if I crossed my arms tightly, I could pop a seam! And along with that, maybe a bit more depth in the armhole. So not a total win, but definitely a wearable muslin. It's totally in the "post-modern Laura Ingalls meets Japanese minimalism" vibe that I was going for. (Whether I can work that into my wardrobe is another question.) And I've got some good solid pointers for how to adjust the size on my next one. On to the next challenge!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
 In their first - and let's be honest, probably last - public appearance: my prize-winning Rhiannon socks! Powered by Webstagram Friday, May 11, 2012
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