I would like to hijack these honeymoon posts to blog about my new Belladone dress. Well, sort of… I have been meaning to take pictures of it for a good few weeks (I say “I”, I actually mean my rather lovely husband), but we hadn’t found anywhere nice to take them. HELLO TUSCAN SUNSET. Seriously, look at that light.
We were almost ready for an early night when this bright light came flooding through the window, so we legged it outside for some photos.
I have been meaning to make this dress for ages and I really love the final product. It fits me perfectly and came together like a dream. My only change would be to add a lining to the skirt next time. The dress has had multiple outings already, and in true British spring/summer style, I haven’t yet had a chance to wear it without tights. I used a mid-weight cotton, meaning that the unlined skirt/tights situation has left me almost showing my pants more than once.
Needless to say, I’ll be making more of Eléonore’s patterns, I already have a sailor version of the Reglisse dress in the planning….
What a productive weekend. Tom’s 3D printer is now built and functional and I FINALLY finished the minoru jacket that’s been sat cut out on my floor for the past 6 months. As the weather is more or less the same as it was 6 months ago, it didn’t seem entirely crazy to spend this weekend actually sewing it together. In July.
It has inside pockets and everything! I’m really quite proud of myself. Although if I’m perfectly honest, Tasia’s fantastic sewalong instructions did most of the hard work for me. I spent the rest of the weekend cooking, sleeping, spending my money in Monki and watching Sharpe – that’s about as good as weekends come. Except next weekend when I’m going wedding dress shopping – eeeek!!!
Hope you’ve had a good one? xx
Oh my goodness me – where has this beautiful weather come from?? Here’s hoping it stays put (particularly on my holiday in a couple of weeks please!). To make the most of it this weekend, we headed to Kew Gardens on Saturday morning. As ever, it was completely beautiful and the cakes insanely delicious.
I’m really pleased with this shirt – it’s the Banksia top from Megan Neilsen and apart from the fact that I really stupidly made the buttonholes horizontal rather than vertical so the placket doesn’t sit straight, d’oh, it came out really well. So I have lots of plans to make more, especially as I don’t seem to be able to pass a week without buying new fabric….!
Have a lovely week everybody!! x
February 5, 2012 – 5:32 pm
I know my ‘About me’ talks about me learning to sew but I’ve never really mentioned it much on here. It all started about 3 years ago when I made a few bits and pieces for The Fox and The Polar Bear and after a year or so of making mini costumes (as you do), I decided I should probably actually learn to sew properly.
As I had pretty much no idea what I was doing, I bought this book by Built By Wendy, which is really brilliant for inspiration and getting started. After a lot of trial and error but ever growing enthusiasm bordering on obsession, I have finally reached a point where I feel like I can actually add to my wardrobe, which is excellent news! This has happily coincided with my discovery of Colette patterns and a whole host of brilliant sewing blogs (here, here and here for starters).
I finished the Colette Violet this afternoon (below). I really don’t think there’s anything quite as satisfying as making something from scratch – particularly when you now have a Liberty print blouse which as the fabric was bought in the sale, cost a grand total of £11!
I’m sorry it’s lots of Instagram photos (particularly as they’re all using different filters!) – fingers crossed, the proper camera will get an outing sometime soon.
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Over the past few years, Tom and I have visited many art galleries. We’re not art aficionados by any stretch of the imagination, but we do appreciate the comedy value of making stupid faces in front of rude paintings.
So much so, we made a flickr group! And we’d love to see your submissions….
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