So, to spite the coming 5 months of shivers, I've been working on this:
That there is one slaved over white silk blouse. All that is left is to sew some buttonholes, but I've put that on hold to tackle another project.
I was recently asked by Jamie Lau at BurdaStyle if I wanted to modify one of the basic patterns in their new "Sewing Vintage Modern" book. I leapt at the opportunity to put a modern twist on a classic 20's flapper dress; hoping to debut the dress next week at the 40th birthday party of one of my best friends. Today I'll be finetuning my musin and hope to finish it by tomorrow night.
I also have a stack of refashions I pounded through last night.... all this to say that I have a number of new projects to share in the coming weeks. Winter is really conducive to hibernating with my Singer, it turns out. Thankfully the rest of you seem to agree. I am super excited to participate in the Bra-Making Sewalong with Amy and the Charlotte Skirt Sewalong with my ladies at By Hand London. TAKE THAT WINTER!
Wowzers, that silk blouse is looking amazing! Sounds like you have some cool things lined up alongside the blouse, which I'm eager to see! I know it's not as cold in the UK, but I hear ya on the plummeting temperature front...I've been feeling the freeze with a huge coat on lately too :o(
ReplyDeleteI'm totally with you - I HATE THE COLD. I live in Philly and I can't even imaging the cold in Montreal. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteWhat the WHAT??!?! -15???? Where I come from that's 5 degrees. FIVE! That is indecent. Who decided that was a good place to build a city?? You can add 70 degrees to your -15 if you'd come visit Texas. Lately we've been having "Can I wear shorts in December? Yeah... I think I can wear shorts in December" weather.
ReplyDeleteBut enough about your ungodly wintery conditions! THAT BLOUSE!! Gah! I die. Thank you for the sneakery peekery. It's truly a beauty. I love the window shot so you can see all your beautiful, straight, delicate seam allowances. Like an x-ray. Lovely.
I'm super psyched about Amy's bra-making sewalong as well, though I might just bookmark it for later...
That blouse is so beautiful! And I can't f-ing wait to see your take on a flapper dress! So exciting!!! Can we just get winter over with, please? I HATE the cold, and I work outside, so I spend October to April cursing myself for not making good life decisions. Ugh! Why did I leave California?!?! Bundle up, girl, and make lots of cozy clothes!
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your blog and I really love it!I think you are a very creative person!
ReplyDeleteoooh. It's looks GORGEOUS. And your use of the word silk in conjunction just totally makes it even more covetable.
ReplyDeleteTake that winter, indeed!
Um can we just talk a little more about grafting ice picks to the soles of fabulous shoe?? This is a GENIUS idea. I think it would look hot too. Hot and fierce.
ReplyDeleteI'm completely in awe of this shirt.... Quite actually the perfect white silk shirt to shit on all the other "white silk shirts yeah right" out there. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.
Thanks for the bra-along heads up too! Something that's been on my to-do for aaages. And am I the ONLY one who bloody loves winter?! Bring on the frost I say! x
that blouse looks beautiful!
ReplyDeletealso, i think all Fahrenheit to Celsius conversions should be described by physical reactions to the temperature.
I'm making the same dress from the BurdaStyle book. Can't wait to see yours!
ReplyDeleteOoh, your lovely Equipment shirt ;). It looks very pretty and must go with everything! I'm really excited to see your Burdastyle dress re-vamp and what you've been working on. (I didn't know they were releasing a book. But then again, it seems like sewing books are in the air!) I can totally identify with the 6 months on end of winter. I used to just read and read and huddle in and give up on any kind of cute footwear; my boots were so ugly and stained from all the salt truck stuff. It took me a couple of years to adjust to the freakish non-winter climate here. As the other Texans mentioned, it's pretty hot and drought-y still.
ReplyDeleteso pretty ! I've just completed a similar shirt myself. I love that style of shirt...
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