More things I've made

More things I've made - part 2

Hello... welcome to part two of things I've made. I now realise there will be a part 3 as there's more I can't post tonight.

These things I made last year before I went to South Korea for a holiday. The photos of the top that I made with the Vogue pattern above are down below. Don't know why Blogger won't let me move them, but I don't have time to argue with it! Anyway, I made it with some merino French Terry I bought years ago. It is merino loops, but the outer facing part of the fabric is nylon. It's very lightweight, warm and comfortable but not the best for this pattern as the nice high neck doesn't stay up high, but it's still really nice and useful in my warmish winter. I made it as the vest top and hemmed it and bound the armholes with some fold over elastic I bought at some markets in Lisbon in my trip last year. I put a chunky metal pink zip as the closure. I will make this again as I really like that it's not a boring old pullover. I'll try to put the photo of the finished top.

This skirt above is made from a silk velvet which is just divine. I got it from the first Brisbane Spoolettes High Tea fabric swap. I had made it up in my head a million times but finally settled on a bias cut skirt with elastic waist. I cut the elastic and put it on with my overlocker and then folded it over and tacked it to the side seams so it isn't sewn down around the waist. I didn't hem it but it may need something at some point. I've worn it a lot. Above its at MONA in February this year. That was one fantastic day in a fantastic 8 days we had in Tassie. I used an old 80s pattern of a bias skirt that I had hanging around. I feel amazing wearing this skirt. I love it so much. I'm on the lookout for silk velvet (that isn't $60-$90 a metre) to make a top to wear with it.

This bias cut skirt I made in the late 80s or early 90s. It is linen from the designer fabric sale I used to go to and it was probably a couple of dollars only. The interesting thing is it is the exact fabric that is on the pattern envelope. It doesn't fit me anymore as it's got a waist of about 60cm but I loved it so much and I just can't get rid of it.

Here's the velvet skirt in Gamcheon Village in Busan in South Korea from my trip in November 2023. I LOVED visiting South Korea. It was so exciting, friendly, safe, fun and a real culture explosion. I'll go back sooner than later. Anyway I'm wearing it with a wrap top I made from Ottobre. It's on the cover of the magazine below. My fabric is merino but quite fine so it was over a black merino bodysuit I made the year before. I know it doesn't go and that colour is not my colour so I may dye it. Also my menopau$e bust is just too much but it is super warm and comfy.

In the magazine it's made for something more substantial. The photo below is when I made it and wore it as it is on the cover. It's very short - kind of a scarf with sleeves but also can be used as a wrap top for me as I'm so short waisted.

Last thing in part 2 is some undies and bra tops I made for the friend who gave me the fox novelty fabric I made the the track pants in the last post. She gave me a huge bucket of fabric, and these were just scraps but of amazing quality cotton knit. Just comfy sleep wear for her. I ordered the fold over elastic from Aliexpress. Also made last year. The blue set had bands placed around the arm holes and neckline but the elastic on the pants and the brown ones I had less fabric and put the foldover elastic on all the edges.

I have a few more things to post - Spoolettes Frocktails 2022, 2023 and 2024 dresses and a couple of other things. It's gratifying to see that although I don't feel like I have sewn much I actually have made a few things. It's getting hot here now and I'm itching to make some dresses. I have to use up my stash of patterns and fabric.

Paris, river cruise 2022 - photo bomb!

(this post has been in my drafts since July 2022 due to life circumstances. I'm just going to write just a little and then just show some photos) My friend worked on a Superyacht for many years and through this connection was offered a friends and family deal on a river cruise in Europe. It was a deal too good to miss even though it wouldn't have been a first choice for me for a holiday. She had done this trip before but during the winter taking in the Christmas markets. We were going in June 2022. We decided to have 5 nights in Paris (where I'd been 5 times before) and 2 nights in Amsterdam where my friend lived for 2 years in her youth. We flew into Frankfurt... not because we wanted to but because these were the only flights we could get but we worked with it. Remember great deal! So ok, a short (5hr), fast ride on the ICE/TGV trains got us to Paris eventually (one was late which missed the connection to the earlier TGV but there was one a bit after). We knew that w

YFASMA - Fabric shopping in Athens

I promised this post in March! Fabrics from Euro1 per metre! I didn't buy anything in this shop but there was some lovely fabrics. I did buy the green and pink one above on the right. A satin finish rayon. It is lovely. There was a lot of lovely fabrics in this shop. It wasn't cheap Euro 8 p.m. but I didn't have a lot of room in my bag and I wanted something I would really love. I also didn't buy anything in Paris this time. I did buy the fabric for a table cloth just across the way from this shop. I also bought some orange/white weave linen fabric for Euro 4 p.m. at another shop, which I think I'll make some summer trousers with. As I was going to the airport, I saw this dress on the platform and I really liked it. Very easy to do too, I went to the Benaki Museum while in Athens. There is actually 2 locations. In this one I saw lots of Greek and Cypriot cultural crafts. This was a bridal bed in Crete. There was lots of clothing, embroidery and gold jewellery.

The saddest dress, then a few more.

Well hello. It's been a while. It was 8 months from the last post to the previous one to that and it's a bit longer this time. The last day I wrote was 10 Jul 2021. On 12 July my son and I were finally seeing Tim Minchin after booking it before we went to Europe at the end of 2019. It was going to be April 2020, but changed a few times and although it was a school night (year 12 for Alex) we went for dinner and sat in the show. My Mum had gone to hospital that morning and my sister was still at the hospital with her. Just after interval I got a message on my phone, "get to the hospital now". So we raced out and to the hospital where. although it was a lockdown and no visitors allowed, all 10 of us were allowed to see Mum as she was end of life. I won't go into the whole thing but Mum didn't die that night, but because of lockdown, we were not allowed to go and see her until a week and a half later when we were allowed just to discuss palliative care. By the n

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