Time for something practical. Let's make another Seamwork's Lex jumper!

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Front view of a long-sleeve jumper/sweatshirt of a black semi-chunky knitted fabric with black neckband, cuffs, and hem, hanging from a pale pink hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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VikiSews Miley bodysuit

2025-Dec-10, Wednesday 12:00 am
VikiSews Miley is a bodysuit pattern with an interesting neckline. I bought this pattern from a UK seller, only to find out that it's from a Russian company, which was not a pleasant surprise. I'm not linking. Because we support Ukraine on this blog. But seeing as they already had my money I might as well get use from it.

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Front view of a long-sleeved bodysuit, with a curved swoop piece removed from the neckline, hanging from a cream hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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So I made another half-circle skirt, identical to v.1, but in Luxury Crepe Black Dress Fabric (100% polyester). To pair with my Vogue V1869, asymmetric top. Are we seeing the vision? The plan is to create a flexible collection of fancy occasion separates, that can be mixed and matched. And few things are as versatile as a simple black skirt.

Last Friday I went to Dublin Frocktails 2025, my first Frocktails. I, uh, didn't get any photos, because I'm bad at this. So you'll have to imagine how the two pieces went together. (The skirt is shorter than the lowest point of the top, and the crepe had an amazing lustre under the venue lighting.) It was a fun event, and was great to see so much creativity, and skill, and excellent taste in patterns and fabrics. I hope to be not so exhausted next time, and maybe even get to socialise a bit.

Front view of a black crepe knee-length half-circle skirt, with a self-fabric elasticated waistband, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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Colette's Myrtle is a knit dress pattern that is supposed to work in a woven fabric too. Let's test that.

I'm cutting the same size L as the knit v.1, but just the top Front and Back pieces, not the skirt. There are special woven instructions, that have you finish the back armholes and neckline with bias binding, and have you fold the waistband casing up (instead of down) to cover the elastic. But I'm forging my own path here.

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Front view of a shiny silver fabric sleeveless top, with a cowl neckline, revealing a grey and black striped back interior, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

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Seamwork Riley woven top

2025-Oct-22, Wednesday 12:00 am
Seamwork's Riley is a simple sleeveless woven top pattern. With a high neck, and self-fabric ties at the waist. Just a front piece, with bust darts, and a back piece. Bias tape facings. No closures.

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Front view of a sleeveless high-necked top, in a nearly neon bright blues, greens, pinks, oranges, and yellows, of skulls, screaming women, text like 'EEEEEEEE', and abstract graffiti like splotches, with black bias tape along the inside of the neckline visible, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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McCall's M8536 is a pattern for awesome looking wide legged jeans. The only catch is that it is a mens pattern. But why would we let that stop us?


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Front view of a pair of black denim long shorts, with waistband, belt carrier loops, zip fly with black button, and slanted patch pockets, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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I'm back to self-drafting skirts again. I haven't been completely satisfied with the instructions given in the Sew What Skirts book, so I did a bunch of research around the internet and came up with my own process that works for my brain.


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Front view of a purple twill knee-length half-circle skirt, with a self-fabric elasticated waistband, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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When I made Seamwork's Chip, a moto-style cardi-jacket, last time a few things went quite wrong. So, eh, let's try again?

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Front view of a collared dark grey melange cardigan with long sleeves, and a half closed off-centre brass metal zip, with the top half of the front pieces folded back creating a double-breasted look, hanging from a red hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front, half zipped closed
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I loved v.1 so much that I made another one! Everything is the same, except I overlocked/serged the raw edges before doing the clean seam finishes. And feel I managed most things more neatly the second time around.

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Photo of a boxy shirt with shorter than full length sleeves, in a pink-purple-mint green-occasionally orange leaves print on solid black, front view buttoned closed with black buttons, hanging from a pale pink hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
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Colette Myrtle knit dress

2025-Sep-17, Wednesday 12:00 am
Colette's Myrtle is a discontinued dress pattern from Seamwork. This copy is actually so old I have it on factory tissue in a paper booklet. Despite that this is my first time making it up. The pattern can be made in either wovens or knits, but for a first go knits are usually safer. It's a sleeveless dress, with cowl front neckline, elasticated waist, and slightly a-line slightly gathered skirt. It has two length options, and I'm going with the shorter one. This version has an optional strap that functions almost like epaulets, but we'll get to them in a moment.

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Photo of the front of a sleeveless, above-knee-length, grey with black cat print knit dress, with an elasticated waist, and front cowl neckline, hanging from a black hanger against a white wardrobe.

Finished, front
Photo by [personal profile] chebe