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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-13691364797480122982016-10-25T16:00:00.000+13:002016-10-25T16:01:44.688+13:00Drumming to the beat<div dir="ltr">
My younger son has been doing drum lessons for a few months now, and really enjoying it.</div>
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We recently got him some proper drum sticks to practice with, so I made him a case for them to keep them together in his school bag.</div>
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He chose the fabric, and I made a long skinny pouch with a dome and some padding.</div>
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-2334728118539536042016-05-31T18:53:00.000+12:002016-10-13T09:29:38.765+13:00Seasonal Sew Wardrobe SewalongOne of the Facebook groups I belong to is a Sewalong group. They have previously done a monthly sewalong of a specific pattern, but earlier this year put forward a wardrobe sewalong.<br />
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The start date and format were similar to a Pattern review contest, but rather than the 2 month time frame over there, this sewalong had a more sensible (to me) four month time frame.<br />
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The general premise was that in the time period you sew up 8 pieces that can be worn with each other. No orphan garments here please!<br />
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I started with a big list of patterns that wanted to make, and then loosely decided that I would follow a 2 dresses, 2 tops, 2 bottoms, 2 toppers plan to make up my wardrobe.<br />
I also decided I would like to try and make it all from stashed patterns and fabric.<br />
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With a few patterns swapped in and out over the course of the sewalong, I finished up my 8 piece wardrobe and kept to the plan!<br />
All of the fabric is from my stash, and only one of the patterns, the French Dart Shift, was purchased after the sewalong began, so I'm calling that a win!!<br />
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This has been a fun experience, and these pieces are already getting a good workout in my wardrobe.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-40006131259428869202016-05-29T18:14:00.000+12:002016-05-29T19:05:20.020+12:00Style Arc Allison SkirtI recently made up the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/StyleArc?ref=hp_opfy&search_query=allison">Allison skirt</a> by Style Arc, a pattern I've had in my stash for a while. I was intrigued by how the pleats were made so they weren't bulky.<br />
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When I finally got to printing out the pattern, I have to say the pattern pieces are odd looking!<br />
While it wasn't at all difficult, it did require some fabric origami to achieve. Once I had that figured out, it was reasonably quick and painless.<br />
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I used a royal blue merino I've used previously, and am happy with how it came out.<br />
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The only alterations I made were to lengthen the back and shorten the front, which seem to be standard alterations for me with my prominent bottom and tilted waist.<br />
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-78488180098676747362016-05-21T17:30:00.000+12:002016-05-29T17:55:10.163+12:00Style Arc Mindi SkirtWaayyy back, last winter, on our Sewing Retreat I tested out a bunch of patterns, including the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/StyleArc?ref=pr_faveshops&search_query=mindi">Style Arc Mindi Skirt</a>.<br />
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I went with the longer length, and decided not to insert the pocket zips, but otherwise as drafted.<br />
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As has been my experience with all the Style Arc patterns I have made, this went together beautifully. The instructions were brief, but certainly sufficient for making a successful garment.<br />
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This is a skirt I would wear with tights in the winter, but would need to add a little length to the back to account for my prominent bottom, as it isn't sitting very level at the moment. None the less, a successful test run.<br />
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I pulled it again recently, after having found a nice striped fabric that I thought suited it.<br />
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The adjustments I made were to go down a size in the neck and shoulders, and then blend out to the previous size from the bottom of the armscye. This meant I made the sleeves a size smaller too.<br />
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For me it was a sweatshirt / jersey that had the potential to be slouchy and comfy, or more dressy casual depending on the fabric used.<br />
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I have tried out A LOT of patterns in search of this elusive garment, and followed many links to many more links.<br />
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And so it was that I found a free pattern on a website for a <a href="http://www.mesewcrazy.com/2015/09/free-sweatshirt-pattern.html">Cowl Neck Sweatshirt</a>. It looked like it had potential, and hey it was free!, so why not give it a go.<br />
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I found some minky backed sweatshirting in deep stash, and cut it out. The pattern went together well, and the instructions were clear and had good photos to back them up.<br />
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I wasn't expecting too much, as it looked quite boxy, but OMG, I really like it!!<br />
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As we are a similar size, it fit beautifully!<br />
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Coincidentally, I have had this pattern downloaded and printed for a while, but had never got to sticking it together.<br />
This pattern is a bit different to a lot of others I have used in that to save paper (I'm guessing?) smaller edge pieces are put on different pages together. While this was initially a little odd, the edges where pieces joined were all clearly labelled, so it was fairly painless.<br />
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Having tried on my friend's cardigan I had my size sorted, so went ahead with a navy blue merino wool.<br />
This sewed together easily and quickly, with all seams matching as they should.<br />
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I am really happy with the fit and the style, and can see getting a lot of wear from this.<br />
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A great result from a free pattern. Yay!!<br />
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I selected my size as recommended in the instructions, and went merrily on my way with a remnant of merino.<br />
The pattern pieces went together as intended, and the instructions were clear and concise.<br />
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The neckline is close fitting without being restrictive, and I feel the body is a reasonable fit without being too clingy.<br />
The only alteration I would make is to slim the sleeves down a little from elbow to wrist. I'm not sure if this is a drafting issue in the larger sizes, or a 'me' issue.<br />
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Verdict: Will definitely make again.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-42028950910534045632016-04-17T18:47:00.000+12:002016-05-06T07:57:14.780+12:00Maven Patterns - French Dart Shift DressI had been contemplating options from my stash for a new dress for my Mum's birthday party, and then came across the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/267248534/the-french-dart-shift-tunic-pdf-sewing?ref=featured_listings_row">Maven Patterns French Dart Shift</a>. All stashed patterns went out the window.<br />
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I was hopeful the french darts would lend some subtle shaping to the waist while still keeping all the wonderfully comfortable aspects of a shift dress.<br />
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I did a stash dive for fabric to try it out in, and came up with a polished cotton I seem to recall purchasing not long after I began sewing.<br />
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After making my usual alterations of a Full Bust Adjustment and a Full Butt Adjustment, it sewed up really nicely with all notches and seams matching as they should.<br />
The instructions were excellent, with the option of both quick instructions or full instructions with pictures.<br />
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While I think this fabric was not the right choice for this dress, being a little too lightweight, I would definitely make this again something more weighty.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-24969469082773707812016-03-20T22:18:00.001+13:002016-03-20T22:18:56.279+13:00Cake Patterns - Carmine JacketA few months ago I was chatting to one of the ladies at our Fabric Hoarders sewing Sunday, and she was lamenting the fact that she had all sorts of lovely garment fabrics and patterns, but was not getting around to using them.<br />
She mentioned a particular pattern, the Cake Carmine, was one she had fabric earmarked for.<br />
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I offered that I also had that pattern sitting unused in my stash, and that we could make it together one Sunday.<br />
We agreed this was a great idea, and set our March meetup (today) as the day we would do it.<br />
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As this was my first try of the pattern, and Cake has an unusual size selection method, I opted to make this up in a fabric I wasn't in love with from deep stash - a purple polar fleece. (No, I don't know why I have purple polar fleece either!!)<br />
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This is one of those patterns where the pattern pieces look a little odd, and it is not necessarily clear how it will all work until you get to the end.<br />
We started out by cutting our pieces in our designated size, and then sewed each step together until our big ta-da! moment when we had completed garments.<br />
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This was fairly straightforward to put together so long as you trusted the instructions, though we felt it would have benefited from a couple more notches on the large circular piece that forms the front bodice and collar.<br />
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We both were really pleased with how our jackets came out, and my friend was pleased for the confidence boost of making them together.<br />
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Verdict: will make again in better fabric.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-12555040891621181242016-03-05T20:18:00.000+13:002016-03-05T20:18:27.956+13:00Jalie 2565 - Singlet Top<div style="text-align: justify;">
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This time I added a small FBA that I rotated into the shoulder gathers, and a full butt adjustment to account for where my previous version was getting a bit hung up.<br />
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I had a little fabric left over from my Appleton <a href="http://wenznz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/cashmerette-appleton-wrap-dress.html">wrap dress</a>, but since this fabric is a knit, I probably didn't need to bother with the changes.<br />
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Verdict: Still like the pattern a lot. Will make again, again.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-31090523808969317452016-02-20T16:30:00.000+13:002016-05-06T07:56:49.913+12:00Style Arc Toni Designer DressThis dress, though not my usual style, really appealed to me when it was released at the beginning of last year.<br />
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I right away set to shortening the pieces, and then found myself some navy seersucker to trial it.<br />
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I was going along merrily until I got to sewing the centre front seam, and could not for the life of me get the collar points to meet in the front, as shown in the illustration above.<br />
Then the neckline facing was trying to escape out that same gap!<br />
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This was hung on the back of my sewing room door with the other W.I.P's, and there it stayed until a couple of weeks ago, when I decided to release it from it's exile and see if I could save it.<br />
I took it in for some advice from the always lovely <a href="http://sentfrommyiron.blogspot.co.nz/">Maryanne</a>, at <a href="http://www.mademarioncraft.co.nz/">Made on Marion</a>, where she diagnosed my error and promptly explained what I needed to do to fix it.<br />
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After the fairly simple fix, all it actually needed to be finished was side seams and the hem sewn! 15 minutes of work, after languishing for a year. Doh!<br />
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Having now completed it, I believe the fabric to be a little too firm for this design, as it has a much more architectural look than I was hoping for.<br />
As this was originally conceived as a pattern trial I'm not too upset, though I may take some of the width out of the 'wings', because I otherwise like the fit and colour on me.<br />
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Verdict: I would like to try it again in another more drapey fabric, perhaps a rayon, tencel or similar.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-15107153617973795652016-02-13T20:43:00.000+13:002016-02-21T17:36:33.201+13:00Style Arc Harper JacketYet another pattern I made, that gained some popularity within the Fabric Hoarders group was the Style Arc Harper Jacket.<br />
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I made my first version from a double faced wool that upon pre-treating became slightly felted looking. I left this version with raw edges, as designed in the pattern, as this fabric did not ravel or fray.<br />
I wore this almost constantly through last Winter, and on cooler nights through the Spring.<br />
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With the success of my first version, I made a second one over the Summer break, this time from a merino sweatshirting in a raspberry colour. For this version, I narrow hemmed the edges to neaten.<br />
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I have yet to attach the hook and eyes on the shoulders, so for the moment this only functions as a drape front cardigan/jacket.<br />
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-26243898605901142992016-02-06T17:00:00.000+13:002016-02-13T20:24:43.279+13:00Sew House Seven - Alberta Street Pencil SkirtI initially decided to give this pattern a try for Indie Pattern Month, but procrastinated as usual, so while it was finished, I didn't get to taking photos in time.<br />
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I love a good pencil skirt, and with the added benefit of pockets, trialing this pattern was a no brainer.<br />
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I went with the size that matched my measurements, and with the exception of my usual full butt adjustment, made this as designed. I ended up turning a very narrow hem with bias tape, as I liked the final unhemmed length, which hits just below my knee.<br />
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I used a herringbone weave denim with no stretch in a faded grey colour.<br />
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Having worn this skirt at least once a week for the past few months, I can confirm it is very comfortable and has a nice fit that I like.<br />
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For when I make it again, I will narrow the waistband slightly, and also shorten the pockets a tad as they are a bit deep at the moment.<br />
I may lengthen it in order to do a standard double fold hem, but actually really like the bias tape finish in this version.<br />
<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-49060229403091376542016-01-30T15:30:00.000+13:002016-01-30T15:30:23.043+13:00Muse Patterns - Tahi ShrugWhen Kat released her <a href="http://sewingmuse.com/products/tahi-skirt-and-shrug">Tahi</a> pattern late last year, I was quite keen on the shrug. As expected it was a quick sew, and a bit of a remnant buster.<br />
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I used a small piece of merino/cotton that is navy and white striped, and went for the 3/4 length sleeve option.<br />
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This has been worn much more often than I expected.<br />
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It works great over sleeveless tops, and because the stripes are very narrow and not overly obvious, it blends well with a multitude of colours and patterns in my wardrobe.<br />
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-79677221276386456562016-01-23T19:36:00.000+13:002016-01-23T20:27:30.747+13:00Cashmerette - Appleton Wrap DressI'm a bit of a sucker for a wrap dress, so when Jenny of Cashmerette released her first pattern, I was smitten.<br />
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I liked that the <a href="http://shop.cashmerette.com/products/appleton-dress-printed-pattern">Appleton</a> offered different cup sizes, and that it was a nice basic no frills wrap dress.<br />
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After reading various sewalong posts on Jenny's blog, I picked a size and dived in. I went with a size 14 E/F.<br />
As usual, I did a full butt adjustment and sized up the back skirt for some comfort room.<br />
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My fabric was not as stretchy as recommended, but still gave reasonable and wearable result. I will however use a fabric with the correct stretch next time.<br />
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While I'm happy enough with this, I will be sizing up the front skirt also next time, as the overlap on the skirt is not sufficient enough for me to feel comfortable.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-16437908620593488872016-01-16T16:30:00.000+13:002016-01-23T20:27:40.869+13:00Kitchy Coo - Barrie Boycut Briefs<div style="text-align: justify;">
I much prefer wearing me-made undies to any shop bought ones, and have predominantly done so for a good year or two now.</div>
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The Kwik Sew pattern I had been using previously was fine, but I was interested when I saw the <a href="http://kitschy-coo.co.uk/collections/womens-patterns/products/the-barrie-boy-cut-briefs-sewing-pattern-for-teens-and-women-pdf">Kitchy Coo</a> Boycut Brief which had no elastic.</div>
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This really does live up to it's fast and fabulous title, being cut and sewn in under an hour.</div>
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These are one of those projects I had good intentions of making for a Christmas or birthday present at some point, but actually only got made right before they needed them for school swimming lessons.<br />
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No particular pattern was used - I just measured off a draw string bag I had that looked to be about the size I wanted, and fudged it from there.<br />
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Both bags have a waterproof lining, so they don't get everything else in their school bags wet.<br />
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The main fabric shell is french seamed, with the loops for the ties to go through caught in the side seams.<br />
In one of them, I appear to have sewn the main fabric and lining as one, and in the other the lining is loose and just caught in the stitching channel at the top that the draw strings go through.<br />
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Both function fine, and I haven't noticed any difference in waterproof-ness.<br />
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I appliqued their names on the front.<br />
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For this I printed out their names in REALLY LARGE font, and then traced this on to some interfacing. I ironed the interfacing to the wrong side of the main fabric, and pinned a piece of contrast fabric to the right side of the fabric.<br />
I sewed around their names from the wrong side, and then satin stitched over the first line of stitching from the right side.<br />
Final step was cutting away the extra fabric from around the letters to reveal the names.<br />
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I gave him a couple of options of what it could look like, and he decided a tooth pillow was what he liked best.<br />
I used the Tooth Fairy pillow tutorial by Handmade Jane, found <a href="http://www.handmadejane.co.uk/2015/09/tooth-fairy-cushion-tutorial.html">here</a>.<br />
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He did a stash dive of the fabric ends and small pieces shelf, and came up with a gold denim, and Spiderman print cotton, and so 30 minutes later his pillow was born.<br />
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I did the sewing and D. helped with the stuffing part.<br />
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The tooth is now safely stored in the Spidey pocket, ready for the Tooth Fairy to do their thing.<br />
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* Tooth Fairy signal is like a Bat signal only cooler ( and requiring money!)Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-17293398189427199892015-07-21T20:00:00.000+12:002015-12-31T12:31:46.018+13:00Morsbags<br />
I happened to be looking for a free grocery bag pattern on the internet a little while ago, to use up some fabric stash. In my haphazard, one link leads to another to another to another, I came across the site for <a href="http://www.morsbags.com/" target="_blank">Morsbags</a>.<br />
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The pattern was a simple, no-frills job that suited my purpose.<br />
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But then I got to reading some of the information on the site, and was incredibly impressed with what they are trying to do, and have so far achieved.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Morsbags are handmade from recycled material, meaning it is completely unique. Over 175,000</span><span lang="EN-US"> morsbags are now being used worldwide (as of July 2015</span><span lang="EN-US">).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can
you sew? Go to <b><a href="http://www.morsbags.com/">www.morsbags.com</a></b> to
download the free pattern and make morsbags from old curtains, duvet covers,
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is a positive way to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags being used and
to keep textile waste out of landfill - 1 million plastic bags are consumed per
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reusable morsbags and then give them away for free.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I really love the concept of recycing old textiles to make them - Nan's old flowery duvet, those questionable 90's curtains, and then giving them away by guerilla bagging people!</div>
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The 'giving away for free' is their main point of difference, with the idea that people will be a bit shocked to receive something handmade free, and perhaps think on the re-usable bag message a bit more than if they just went and bought one themselves.</div>
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If you are interested in making some for yourself or to giveaway, or even just have some unloved fabric that could be recycled into bags by someone else, all the details are on the Morsbags website, where you can also find groups near you if you want to join rather than play along at home.</div>
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<i>** I am making bags myself to give away because I think this is a really good cause, but this is not a sponsored/promotional type deal. Just me being overly enthusiastic!!</i></div>
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I have a pants block, but am still not entirely sure how to use it to make pants. Ridiculous, eh?<br />
While I was chastising myself for this, Hot Patterns very helpfully came out with a new trouser pattern, that looked like the fit I was trying to achieve.<br />
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As it was billed as relaxed fit, I waffled on which size to go with, but ultimately went with the sizing that matched my measurements.<br />
It is super quick to cut out and sew with only 2 main pieces in your main fabric, and the waistband in a knit. Pockets are optional - I belatedly decided to add the front ones to practice my pockets.<br />
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I initially made them up as per the pattern, and the only fit change I needed to make was to lower the front waist by 3". Fortunately, I suspected this might be the case, so had only basted the waistband on. A quick snip and re-attach the waistband and I have a very wearable pair of pants.<br />
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The fabric is a wool suiting I found at the op shop for $3 a metre. This I don't think is as drapey as the pattern suggestions, but it is comfy, and at this time of year - WARM!!<br />
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I am still deciding if I should narrow the leg a little, but I will definitely be making these again.<br />
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04900346456116162606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095545516005116901.post-11921478220613847552015-07-07T20:54:00.000+12:002015-07-07T20:54:34.792+12:00By Special RequestIt started innocently enough ....<br />
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T - 'Mummy, I want to be a Ninja'<br />
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Me - 'Okay. Have you got a ninja costume in the dress up box?'<br />
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T - 'Oh .. no. But I found a picture on the computer, and you can make it for me'. (The google foo is strong in this one!)<br />
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Me - 'Oh?! Show me then'.<br />
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T- 'See, it has a dragon on the front, and it has to have ... and ... and.... and you can make it for me!<br />
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Me - 'That looks a bit tricky to make ...'<br />
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T- 'But you are very good at sewing, Mummy :-) '<br />
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And thus, I was suckered into making a ninja costume.<br />
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I took the cheats way out, and purchased black pants and a long sleeve tee, while hoping I could come up with a good way of getting a ninja-like dragon on the front.<br />
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We googled images, and found one that he was happy with, and I thought I had a hope of pulling off.<br />
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In the end, I vaguely traced the image onto some red fabric, and then appliqued it to the front of the tee. Cut around the circle on the outside, and the dragon in the middle.<br />
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Job done!<br />
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