Monthly Archives: August 2013

Vintage Simplicity 6345 top

Posted on August 25, 2013 by

Bit of a two-for-one in this post, self-drafted maxi-skirt and vintage Simplicity 6345 in which I’m looking smug and pleased with myself. More on the skirt in a later post. . . This top is something I adapted from this … Continue reading →

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Blog Voices Project

Posted on August 24, 2013 by

The blog voices project is doing the rounds of the sewing community and I thought I’d make a contribution so you can decide how successfully I’ve clung to my Aussie accent after 12 years in London. I was born in … Continue reading →

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Vogue 8411 Dress. Summer blues.

This is based on Vogue 8411 dress. I had a fairly wintery fabric in mind for this at first but somehow ended up with a version in this print. I think a lot of the detail of the original is … Continue reading →

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