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Cape from Drape Drape No. 2 – If I knew you were coming, I’d have made a cape.

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Vanessa

I finally got round to taking photos of the Drape Drape No. 2 Cape which I made waaaay back in December. Some are doubled up but that’s 14 pieces of fabric right there. It was a bit of a puzzle … Continue reading →

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Drape Drape Book 1 Loose Top 1. Back to grey.

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Vanessa

Drape Drape 1, No. 1. Cowl neck top. One of my Works in Progress is finally done. This is my second Drape Drape cowl neck top and, like the first one, this came together easily. The only problem was me … Continue reading →

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Drape Drape Cape (Fear)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Vanessa

This will be just a quick post on this blasted top. I don’t deal well with instructions and prefer to just get on with things and see how they turn out. But, oh my days! Not since the Cynthia Rowley … Continue reading →

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Hips, don’t lie. (aka Drape Drape 2 No. 2 One-piece Side Drape Top)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Vanessa

 I don’t know what made me buy this fabric. Apart from the animal print, it’s unlike most of the stuff I’ve made or bought. I stood in the shop debating the respective merits of more conventional leopard print and this … Continue reading →

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Colouring outside the lines – aka No.1 Loose Drape Top. Drape Drape Book 1

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Vanessa

This top is actually my third Drape Drape project. I posted earlier that I wanted to move away from so much black and white in my wardrobe so the natural alternative was animal print. I have a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Asymetrical Top. Drape Drape 2, no.4 (aka Walk the Line)

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Vanessa

So, after much deliberation I opted to make this my first Drape Drape project. I’d seen quite a few of these made already, it seemed pretty straightforward and, for a change, it looked like something I could actually get a … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Drape Drape and Drape Drape 2.

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Vanessa

A few months ago I helped a friend workshop her one-woman play. As a thank you, she very generously sent me a book voucher so I went out and bought Hisako Sato’s beautiful pattern book, Drape Drape 2. About a … Continue reading →

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Recyling and upcycling. A striped jersey dress AKA “Ow, my eyes”

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Vanessa

One of the first things I posted on here was the Drape Drape Asymmetrical Top. Apart from the binding, it’s a pretty quick, non-fiddly sew. In retrospect, I might have cut it a bit too large but nevermind, I loved … Continue reading →

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Self-drafted Summer Jacket.

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Vanessa

“Summer Jacket”. Summer. Jacket. Prior to moving to then UK I would’ve assumed a summer jacket was a cocktail, a condom or a euphemism for being naked apart from sun screen but, after 13 years here, I’ve faced the reality … Continue reading →

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A very hot cowl skirt I drafted, sewed and fell in love with.

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Vanessa

I went and drafted a cowl skirt and I sewed it. Then I put it on, took it back off, took it in, switched it round a bit to account for the stretch, put it back on and I love … Continue reading →

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