Finished the mitts. Almost finished with a pencil skirt. 8" in to a sweater. About to start a beaded shawl. I have enough to keep me busy this whoooole winter. maybe.
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| Fingerless! yet functional. |
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| This is one high-waisted pencil skirt. |
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| Delicate? yet bridal? |
I am plowing through these endpaper mitts so I can get back to my sweater (rav link), and THEN dig into planning my wedding dress and shawl/sweater/something to layer (knitted, obviously).
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| almost finished! |
hello! back in the blog-o-sphere. we went to france! i edited our go-pro footage into a 30 minute video! (email me for the password)
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i am itching to get back to knitting but things have been a whirlwind. updates, soon!
one more dress before we leave for France. I got this fabric when I visited A Verb for Keeping Warm with a beautifully talented friend. It’s a voile, and I lined it with some of that Britex muslin that I used with that Wiksten tank dress. The pattern is from the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook, and I really like how basic yet fitted it is. I want to make more of this pattern. I made a muslin for this dress bodice, and I had a lot of fitting tweaks. I wish i would have paid closer attention to the back of the neck, because the final dress has a lot of gaping there. Overall, though, I am really happy with how this turned out. Très Parisen!
Currently reading: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
so i learned about underlining. its sort of like lining, but it lays against the shell fabric and is seamed in with it, so the two pieces act as one. its supposed to add body to the shell fabric (depending on what you use for underlining).
i got some gorgeous blue linen and some cotton muslin at the remnants section of britex in san francisco. i was really struggling with what to make with the fabric, since i didnt have much. i settled on a wiksten dress, but made the small (last time i made the medium). i added pockets and cut the chest pocket on the bias. the side pockets were sort of wonky at first and hung very weirdly inside the dress and made it uncomfortable, so i decided to topstich them on the front of the dress. i really like how they turned out. i also added some back darts but im unsure of how i like them so far (ive only basted them in). as i was finishing the blind hem (which is so worth it no matter what… a machine straight-stitched hem really doesn’t cut it for me at this point), i wondered if the dress looked too “Puritan,” but i got a lot of compliments on it when i wore it yesterday, so im won’t heed that voice in my head.
i will say i don’t love the wiksten pattern, it is very shapeless and has weird gaping issues at the armpits, but i think this could be solved with front darts (although i was too nervous to improv them). but overall, im very happy with the dress result, and i cant wait to wear it when we go to FRANCE next month. please ignore the wrinkles– ITS LINEN, PEOPLE.
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| Thank you, Leah for the pics |
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| i really love this water bottle, btw |
I’ve been up to so much, but how could you know… I haven’t posted. Tuesday night I took a Zippers class where I learned to put in an on-seam zipper, lapped zipper, invisible zipper and a fly zipper. Wow, was I doing it wrong. As soon as class was over I thought back to all of my garments with zippers and felt mortified by how badly I had inserted them. Oh well.
Before zippers class (B.Z.), I made a lovely Georgia Dress from By Hand London. I tried very hard to make the weird straps version, but it just wasn’t going to happen, so I did the more normal-looking straps. I used some silk from the PA Fabric Outlet (it was $2/yard!!!). per usual, I’ll try to get some nicer pics of this dress, but here are some for the meantime.
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| not my favorite pic but here it is |
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| look at those finishing skillz! |
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| the pattern up-close |
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| are you thinking a mod dress? cause i am! |
Im flying this week so hopefully I can get some knit time in. I am starting to get so excited for FRANCE in less than two months! I’m hoping to find some fabric / yarn stores to get some goodies.
Currently reading: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
made some shorts this past weekend with fabric from the Center for Creative Reuse. the fabric was $4! I’m really happy with how these turned out! thanks to leah for the pics.
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| front view |
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| butt view |
Made another dress from Stylish Dress Book.
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| red buttons, huh? |
And here’s a knitting update:
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| progress on my cardigan. |
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| Camp! |
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| Playing Rummy 500 |
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| my crappy rummy hand |
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walking up to The View
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| good morning! |
finished my sweater! its a record: start to finish in less than two months. i also made some socks for Jacob.
im on to the next sweater: The Stonecutter’s Cardigan, although I’m having second thoughts since spring is on the horizon and i will soon be itching to sew spring clothes (and I’ve got some major plans for sewing this year!)
currently listening: None but Shining Hours, The Books
Wanted to pop by to share how impressed I am with the craftsmanship of the figure skater costumes at the Olympics this year. Not sure if it was the HD tv that did it for me, but they are quite exquisite and beautiful.
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