You might remember I made some packing cubes to use on trips, well I sewed some little labels to attach to them, so I can more easily work out what's in each one without opening them.
I think if I did these again I'd try to get the writing nearer the middle of the labels. But they work for now.
I had bought some dark olive fabric, satin one side, but matte the other. It has a bit of stretch but not really enough for the Itch To Stitch Mountain View Jeans. I added an extra inch to the back when I was cutting out and they've worked out really well.
I'd previously sewn these shorts in March 2022 and wore them lots.
I had some leftover fabric so decided to fix these issues.
First I made a pocket with a zip and a single layer of fabric above.
I then stitched this to the seam allowance of the waistband, with the zip towards the shorts. To use it, just flip it to the outside and the zip opening is at the top of the waistband.
I'm really pleased with these updates
Latest make is a pair of olive joggers.
Mystery knit with looped back from stash.
Pattern is the Monsal Lounge Pants, from the Wendy Ward Book, A Beginners Guide to Sewing with Knits.
These are more an autumnal make as the fabric is quite cosy but still work beautifully with my floral scarf.
For this version I used the pocket pieces I'd used on the olive green shirt, only twice this time. These are large enough to be useful without being too large (as per the previous floral blouse).
I used a 100% cotton fabric which I bought from Economy Fabrics in June this year.
The buttons are shell buttons from the button drawers. Fortunately I managed to find a dozen all the same size.
The pattern is Prima March 2020 cut off to blouse length. I've also added a continuous placket for the opening rather than using the sleeve seam.
On this version I went for a relaxed round neckline rather than the deep scoop on the original.
The fabric was left over from a knit top I made in October 2017 from a different pattern. That one had long sleeves so may be packed away with the winter clothing, or worn out in the intervening period!
This is a t shirt for a friend. She has a different figure to me so I hope this will work for her.
Its the cropped version of the Closet Core T, with the 18D (from the plus range)
In June we had a family craft zoom session. My aunt sent each of us a plain cotton tote bag to embellish as we wished.
My aunt hand embroidered her bag. My mum took her bag apart and sewed on a patchwork block. One cousin drew freehand on her bag whilst the other stencilled a design. I decided to machine embroider, so took my bag apart, interfaced one side and during the session embroidered the central paisley.
It looked a bit lonely (and was off centre, even though the hoop was centred) so I added the celtic style animals and then the tiny motifs. I'm not entirely happy with it so parked it for a bit.
Yesterday I interfaced the back for balance, made a lining with some pockets and sewed the bag back up.
At least it is done now
