
Winter is coming, and I can't stop thinking about woolen dresses. I have plenty of summer dresses, but a great gaping vacancy for winter ones. This must be remedied, and the above loot came home with me from John Lewis' and Liberty's to make a start.
Not quite the pattern I wanted, but apparently the dress only takes 120cm of fabric, and I do think the jacket is lovely (the pattern I did have in mind may or may not have been ordered from Habihat as soon as I got home...).
The yarn is to make a start on my Christmas knitting- you can't get much more wintery than that!
However, I am not quite so unequipped with winter dresses as I let on:
These came from a very pleasing box in my Grandmother's attic. For my own reference:
The black wool at the bottom is 58" wide, and 3.5 yards long
The grey wool is 135cm wide and 140cm long
The blue with the gold check (which is silky and thick and blankety) is 133cm wide and 90cm long.
(and they are all a little bit moth eaten, but only a little bit)
There is enough of the black to make the dress in the pattern- which is an old die-cut one, with holes instead of printed markings- see:
I was debating what colour to make the contrast on the collar as I checked the pattern pieces when- tragedy! The collar piece is missing! And so are the bodice facings, but they are easier to redraft. The bodice pieces have pin marks, and none of the rest does, so I'm guessing it was frankensteined to a different skirt, and the collar piece ended up in the wrong envelope. Bother. Oh well, I had been wanting to learn to draft properly...
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wooly thinking
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4 comments:
Wow, I wish I had your sewing skills! Someone on Craftster knit the jacket in that Simplicity set and it came out looking so cool.
oh goody goody... I love winter dresses... I'm already waiting for the news...
:)
manela
I can't wait to see what you make for yourself!
Oh and corgi picture up on my blog.
He says - thank you for noticing - by the way...actually he barks it.
ooh, I love that SewStylish pattern! I made up the short jacket and it was really really beginner-friendly, and then I frankensteined a silk blouse out of bits of the other patterns (have a look at my site for photos). Definitely pick up the SewStylish magazine for this pattern if you haven't got it already. Borders were stocking it (if they haven't sold out) or you can buy it cheap from the publisher as the dollar's so pathetic right now.
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