Well we decided to take a holiday which may turn into a more permanent stay once the house sells, and last night we flew to New Zealand. Its very good to be back again, and good to have a break from Australia. Will be posting up pictures of the beautiful landscapes and my travel projects, mittens so far!
Is fascinating to be in another country, to look at, do and eat different things!
:D
SEWFJORDS - living a creative life
Sunday 11 December 2011
Sunday 13 November 2011
Tailoring...
For a long time now I've wanted to sew a coat, not just a jacket, but a fully lined tailored one, preferably with a collar and double breasted. Now until last year I wasn't that skilled in sewing, i could make basic things but my skills weren't quite there, so a coat seemed very daunting. But last year I did cert II in applied fashion design at high school. Even though the teacher was nasty I learnt a lot and through even more practise this year I've finally got the courage to make a coat!
The fabric is an old woollen tweed probably bought by my grandma a long time ago, but was hibernating in my mum's stash. A clean up for a garage sale and our impending move meant that I could use it! DROOOOOLLLL.... I love the subtle flecks of colour in it, such tweedy fabric should be worn in New Zealand! The lining is a vintage synthetic lining fabric, gotta love the abstract houndstooth :) The collar is red velveteen left over from a cape for my boyfriend.
So pictures! The pattern is vogue, and I'm really happy with the quality of the pattern, it may be complex pattern but sewing it has been so easy and straight forward. I did initially plan to make view B but i didn't have enough fabric. But view A worked perfectly with what I had :)
The coat actually isn't finished as of yet, I still have to hem the bottom and add buttons, but when it is complete I'll post up pictures of me happily wearing it :)
Should be finished in a few days!
The fabric is an old woollen tweed probably bought by my grandma a long time ago, but was hibernating in my mum's stash. A clean up for a garage sale and our impending move meant that I could use it! DROOOOOLLLL.... I love the subtle flecks of colour in it, such tweedy fabric should be worn in New Zealand! The lining is a vintage synthetic lining fabric, gotta love the abstract houndstooth :) The collar is red velveteen left over from a cape for my boyfriend.
So pictures! The pattern is vogue, and I'm really happy with the quality of the pattern, it may be complex pattern but sewing it has been so easy and straight forward. I did initially plan to make view B but i didn't have enough fabric. But view A worked perfectly with what I had :)
The coat actually isn't finished as of yet, I still have to hem the bottom and add buttons, but when it is complete I'll post up pictures of me happily wearing it :)
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| The front, think it needs red velveteen buttons <3 |
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| The back, love how this is pieced, and the flare! |
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| Lining detail, funky eh? |
Should be finished in a few days!
Monday 31 October 2011
My current knitting and crochet projects...
I haven't been that prolific with my yarn projects this year for some reason, but I did manage to finish a lot of old projects and keep to a max of 5 at a time! Because we are moving to New Zealand at the end of this year, i've been been very frugal and havem't bought any more new yarn. I've been using up my suitcase full of stash and enjoying it quite a lot :D
When we visited NZ last year I brought back quite a lot of yarn with me and I've only just dug into it.
I think I went slightly mad when I bought this 2-ply, of course I would never knit such fine wool! But it was so beautiful, 100% alpaca and hand dyed, what a dream.. and so soft too. But I found the perfect project for it, big needles with another thick yarn - New Zealand wool bought by my grandma ages ago, which i spun up into a bulky single ply yarn.
Pattern: Loopy and Luscious shawl
Yarn: Flagstaff Alpacas 2-ply in Sage
Needles: Size 7mm
Started: Sept 8th
This project is so simple yet so satisfying, and interesting because of the texture it creates! I love the way it looks when you hold it up to the light, like cobwebs. I can imagine wearing this scarf in Dunedin by the coast in the cool breeze, it'll be nice and toasty :)
Even the colours remind me of NZ, like these tussock hills near Queenstown.
When we visited NZ last year I brought back quite a lot of yarn with me and I've only just dug into it.
Pattern: Loopy and Luscious shawl
Yarn: Flagstaff Alpacas 2-ply in Sage
Needles: Size 7mm
Started: Sept 8th
This project is so simple yet so satisfying, and interesting because of the texture it creates! I love the way it looks when you hold it up to the light, like cobwebs. I can imagine wearing this scarf in Dunedin by the coast in the cool breeze, it'll be nice and toasty :)
Even the colours remind me of NZ, like these tussock hills near Queenstown.
Feeling inspired...
So i finally decided to post on my blog. This year I have been solidly crafting because I left uni and have no other occupation. In many ways its been rather boring, and I've have to keep myself occupied everyday, but being able to sew and create everyday has been fantastic. Since going through year twelve last year I hadn't had any time to just create myself! Teaching myself how to sew different garments and to draft patterns has got me one step closer to my dream - to be a costume designer :)
I hope with this blog I can share some of my ideas and inspire others to create too.
Here's a picture I took recently, these daisies looked particularly delicate in the shadows.I'm getting the feeling that I want to do more photography again, its been a while! But I still love it.
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