My last post was April 2016. Oops!
Why have I not blogged for so long? Because this is my 200th post! Hurray for me :) Except I got all overexcited by it, wanted to change the blog look and feel and then spent literally months waiting for husbandly assistance and lost impetus and interest.
*facepalm*
After writing a post for the Sewcialists blog I realised I was missing it a bit, so I changed the look and feel myself (#girlpower) and am back to sporadically blog about stuff I make. Lucky you...
While I was away, I did not lose interest in sewing however. To avoid boring you with old posts you will have seen on Instagram anyway, here is handy catch-up collage:
I am not the most prolific sewer, but that's a fair output in a year where we moved house and work got even busier.
There are a couple of stand outs in there for me:
Why have I not blogged for so long? Because this is my 200th post! Hurray for me :) Except I got all overexcited by it, wanted to change the blog look and feel and then spent literally months waiting for husbandly assistance and lost impetus and interest.
*facepalm*
After writing a post for the Sewcialists blog I realised I was missing it a bit, so I changed the look and feel myself (#girlpower) and am back to sporadically blog about stuff I make. Lucky you...
While I was away, I did not lose interest in sewing however. To avoid boring you with old posts you will have seen on Instagram anyway, here is handy catch-up collage:
I am not the most prolific sewer, but that's a fair output in a year where we moved house and work got even busier.
There are a couple of stand outs in there for me:
- Nick got lucky with a new raincoat (Burda 7780), a Thread Theory Fairfield shirt in a buffalo check and a new pair of jeans made from a RTW pair that he liked the fit of.
- Several pattern tests for Sinclair Patterns which are in the top row (the Reece shift, the Amaya knit skirt and the Macy knit top).
- A couple of Named pattern tests too from the Evolution Theory collection (Tuuli bodysuit and Sointu tee).
- A By Hand London Anna and an Alix.
- Paprika Patterns Amber trousers (they are in the bottom right). I love these pants - they are comfortable and look pretty great.
So not a bad haul overall, considering it's been a busy year. There are a few "fails" in there - like the Style Arc Mila (bottom row, selfie in the mirror) that never made it past a muslin.
What felt like my most "impressive" make out of the lot was this dress:
It's a Colette patterns Licorice dress from one of their books. It fits really well (go princess seams!) and it's from the world's most gorgeous laser printed silk that I bought at Tessuti fabrics. I do wear this a fair bit and get a lot of complements for it, which is nice.
However, the current TNT month over at The Sewcialists got me thinking about why I don't have a TNT pattern myself. I wrote an article as part of TNT month on this topic, which you can find here. I won't reproduce the content here, except to say that my new mission is to find a TNT (or three!).
So that's likely to be the theme of this blog for the next while - finding a TNT for me, interspersed with other ramblings and the odd pattern test. Hope it's of interest.
Ciao for now!
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