tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40199977060352269192024-03-13T04:39:22.393+01:00Sewing DutchDressmaking adventures in the NetherlandsBecca Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259432626814474864noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019997706035226919.post-35251563411895679632014-11-06T16:02:00.000+01:002014-11-06T16:02:46.894+01:00Kirsten Kimono Tees<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a few year's break I recently took up Pilates again and have been in need of some comfortable tops to wear to classes. I've followed <a href="http://www.mariadenmark.com/blog/" target="_blank">Maria Denmark's</a> blog for years but only recently realised that you could get her <a href="http://blog.mariadenmark.com/?p=761" target="_blank">Kirsten Kimono</a> t-shirt pattern free by signing up to her newsletter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pattern was exactly what I wanted for Pilates wear - a comfortable and fairly loose fit in a flattering style. Maria posted a tutorial for lengthening the sleeves a few months ago and I followed this, adding 9cm in length. This added coverage for my arms (not my fave feature!) and meant I'd be marginally warmer in the often chilly studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pattern doesn't come with seam allowances included and also gets you to do a bit of maths to work out the length of your neckline binding, but this wasn't too taxing. I cut a size S and didn't bother to add the seam allowances (#lazyseamstress). Other than lengthening the sleeves I made no other changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fabric is some slinky viscose jersey which I had leftover from lining Jon's <a href="http://sewingdutch.blogspot.nl/2014/09/pour-homme-thread-theory-finlayson.html" target="_blank">Finlayson Sweater</a>. It's not the ideal fabric as it creases really easily. I don't iron clothes at the best of times, and certainly not for exercise classes! It was good for a tester though, and very comfortable to wear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only problem I had construction wise was with the neckline. I'm pretty sure that the maths for the length of my neck binding was right, but it doesn't want to lie flat at the shoulder seams. I'm not sure if this is because of how long I cut the binding, how much I stretched it, or whether it's because there's a fairly tight corner for it to go around, being a boatneck style. It's not massively noticeable but enough to bother me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a bit of research I corrected this in my second version...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This version I made up exactly the same as my first, but just finished the neckline using a different technique. I cut the binding piece in two (making one slightly longer than the other) and before I did anything else, I sewed the binding to the front and back necklines separately. I then flipped the binding pieces to the inside and topstitched them down, before sewing up the top as instructed. This gave a nice neat finish and solved my problem of the neckline not lying flat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got the fabric for this top from Utrecht's fabric market, for the whopping price of 3 euros. I think it's also viscose, but is a thicker weight than the blue material. Because it's cheap it also has some quirks - after it's been washed the blue lines in the fabric wrinkle up somewhat, and need a lot of steam to look as flat as they do in the photos. Again, not something I'm going to do for Pilates! I'm just going to call it texture and move on. *sigh*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was my first time working with stripy fabric, so I tried hard to make sure that the stripes at the side seams would match up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not a bad job I'd say! (Excuse the ghost hand) This was helped by using a whole load of pins and my walking foot (which I tend to use for most projects because it cost me <b>so much money. </b>Why Bernina, why?!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whilst the side seams are looking good, I kind of forgot it might be nice if the shoulder seams also matched:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be honest though I think they're off enough that it doesn't matter. I also think it may have been tricky to get them to match as the back sleeve is a different shape to the font.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For both tops I hemmed the sleeves and bodice using a twin needle. I added a strip of stretchy fusible interfacing first to the wrong side, which stabilises the fabric and reduces that 'tunneling' you can get with twin needles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really like the fit of these tops and the way they turned out, especially as the pattern was freeee. Plus they were really quick to sew up (especially if you don't make extra work for yourself by adding pattern matching into the mix). After looking at the examples again on Maria's blog I'd quite like to make a few short sleeve versions of these, they look really flattering on her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sidenote, whilst taking these pictures my husband commented 'you look really small!'. Well my love, at 5 foot 2 I don't think I'm ever going to look tall.. It's only taken him 9 years to notice!</span></div>
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Becca Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259432626814474864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019997706035226919.post-27908787293460316872014-11-01T17:25:00.001+01:002014-11-01T17:25:25.764+01:00Birthday sewing<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">October is not my husband's favourite month. It's birthday overload for him. His brother's is first, followed by his dad's (on the same day as mine!) and then his mum's. And it's also his parents' wedding anniversary! A busy month present wise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As well as dressmaking, I'll generally have a go at most things </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">sewing-wise </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and find non-clothes based sewing can be particularly satisfying after you've been knee deep in dress patterns (no fitting, woo!). I was feeling inspired this year so decided to sew presents for my in-laws. I'd spotted Thread Theory's </span><a href="http://threadtheory.ca/blogs/tutorials/tagged/fathers-day-shaving-kit" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">wash bag tutorial</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on their </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">blog</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and thought this would fit the bill for the boys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made the bags out of canvas cotton as suggested, lining them with the same fabric. I only had some dodgy old and very stiff interfacing on hand, so I only applied this to the lining fabric which seams to have provided the structure needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second bag was pretty much the same, except in a red canvas for a Charlton Athletic FC fan (the first was for a Leeds United fan). I also added a tab to the other end of the zip, so the bag is easy to open <i>and </i>close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next presents I made were for Jon's mum. She's a very talented crocheter (made 120 crochet heart coasters for our wedding, fyi) so I thought she'd like a kit for her hooks and projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, I made a fabric basket/bag for her works in progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made this following the Village Haberdashery's <a href="http://thevillagehaberdashery.co.uk/blog/2014/evas-fabric-basket-tutorial" target="_blank">basket tutorial</a>, which is pretty fitting as that's where the grey fabric came from! I had no idea what 'fusible fleece' would be in Dutch, and couldn't find anything on the market that looked like it, so I just used a layer of wadding which I glued (yep) to the outer layer. My basket is quite a bit floppier than those in the tutorial, so I kind of wish I'd used two layers of wadding. You live and learn!</span></div>
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Becca Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259432626814474864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019997706035226919.post-40653050377308502832014-10-24T12:29:00.000+02:002014-10-24T12:29:01.791+02:00Colette 'Truffle' Dress<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Due to a spate of skipped stitches, my sewing machine is currently in the repair shop (and I've just found out it's going to cost 65 euros to fix, booo!). This has brought to a halt the projects I've been working on so I wanted to share a dress I made a few months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This dress is the 'Truffle' dress from the Colette patterns book. I use the name loosely there as I had to make so many changes that it's really not the same dress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I bought this beautiful Liberty fabric from the Knitting and Stitching show in London back in March. It was from a stall selling tonnes of Liberty fabric at discounted prices. This tana lawn cost me £14 a metre (instead of the usual 22!) and I managed to get this dress and a simple skirt out of it. Not too shabby! It has little poppy like flowers all over it - ultra girly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sooo, the pattern. I am so glad I made a muslin of this dress! Well in fact I made a few. I made the first one up in a size 4, based on my measurements. It was wayy too big all over, so I started again with a size 0. This was a better size, but still had a lot of issues going on - excess fabric and gaping areas all over the shop. After hours of pouring over all the fitting books I own, I made the following adjustments:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - Shortened front and back by 5/8"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - 1" erect back adjustment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - lengthened back darts by 1"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - lengthened front waist darts by 1/4"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - pinched out gapes in armholes and neckline and transferred these to darts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And that was just the bodice! I made the skirt up and instantly knew there was no point continuing with it. It was just a massive baggy sack! Nothing like the beautiful, slim skirt in the book :-(. Sad times. So instead I drafted an a-line skirt using <a href="http://craftsnob.com/2013/08/bite-sized-sewing-how-to-sew-an-a-line-skirt/" target="_blank">this</a> method. I also drafted a waistband, though I can't really remember why!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Construction wise, the fabric was a dream to sew with. It presses beautifully and doesn't wrinkle too easily. It's a bit sheer though so I <a href="http://sewaholic.net/how-to-underline-a-dress-bodice/" target="_blank">underlined</a> the whole thing using a white cotton voile. This made it more decent and also helped to brighten the white areas (which didn't seem as bright as when I'd bought the fabric - maybe the colours ran a little in the wash??). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I inserted the zip using the lapped method and sewed it in by hand, using tiny pick stitches to conceal the stitching. The zip is actually an invisible one, but I didn't have a invisible zip foot at that time, so hand sewing it was (and again, train sewing). One thing that I really like about sewing zips in by hand as it allows you to be really accurate with matching seams, as you can ease the fabric in as you get to it and get a really precise finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite all the effort I put in to fitting this dress, it's still not perfect. There's some pooling of fabric under the bust, the side bust darts are way too high (really don't know how I didn't spot that during the muslins!) and there are some diagonal fold lines going from the bust to the side seams, which you can kind of see in the photo above. Thankfully the busy print hides the fitting issues pretty well! Also, something obviously went wrong with my skirt drafting as whilst one side seam matches quite nicely, the other is a fair bit out. Heh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the colour of this dress but I think it is probably more of a spring/summer outfit. I tried making it more of an autumn look but I'm not sure it really works. Plus the cotton underlining really stuck to my tights! Would need a slip I reckon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is my second version of the free <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/sorbetto" target="_blank">Sorbetto </a>pattern by Colette Patterns. I made my first version back in May as per the design, with the box pleat down the front. For the second version I had visions of fine pinktucks on a delicate fabric, which would be nice and light in summer. Naturally, I finished the top in October ;-).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I actually planned and cut out this top a few months ago, but what with moving countries it has sat unsewn in storage until I finally finished it last weekend. I spent a long time trying to work out how to add the pintucks to the pattern, but couldn't really find any tutorials online about how to do it without adding them in as a separate section. So after mulling it over for a while I decided just to try and work it out myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This proved to be a mistake! As I was sewing the top up, my husband commented that it looked quite big. I assured him that it was just the loose nature of the style and that was how it was meant to be. However, when I put the finished top on it did seem quite a lot bigger than my first version. It was as if a whole load of extra width had been added at the front. My mistake suddenly dawned on me - as well as adding extra width to the pattern for the pintucks, I had also added the space <i>between </i>the pintucks. So I'd actually added over an inch of width to the front piece. Argh! This means the neck is wider than intended, the shoulder seams are too far out and the darts are in the wrong place. *Sigh*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the moment of realisation struck I'd already finished the top, French seams and everything. I have taken the side seams in by over half an inch on each side to try and fix my error, but this has effected the back (which was originally the right size!) and made the side seams hang a bit oddly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Erm, but see how that sleeve is hanging strangely? Yep, I sewed them both on the wrong way round! I think this was because I was pretty confused by trying to French seam the sleeves, so wasn't concentrating on which one I was using. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may recognise the fabric as it is the same fabric I used for my <a href="http://sewingdutch.blogspot.nl/2014/09/short-shorts.html" target="_blank">Short Shorts</a>. I believe it's Robert Kaufman's Veronica Voile in grey. Sewing the fabric unlined was a bit tricky, it's pretty slidey and frayed quite a lot. Soo light and drapey though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On my original version of the pattern I made a few changes. I tucked out some gaping at the neck and armhole, cut the pattern to the longest length, graded in to a smaller size at the waist and moved the bust darts down about an inch. Having since reread the instructions I also realised that I sewed the neck binding on differently to the instructions - I applied mine as if I was binding the edge of a quilt, which could explain why it was so fiddly to do! I prefer the look of it to the original pattern though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite my mistakes with this top I'm still fairly pleased with the finished piece. It's lovely and light and is good for layering. And anyway, you learn from your mistakes right?! I'm definitely going to try adding pintucks to another pattern, they are time-consuming but very satisfying thing to sew.</span><br />
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Becca Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259432626814474864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019997706035226919.post-75916215049298098682014-09-30T16:15:00.001+02:002014-09-30T22:10:15.849+02:00Pour Homme: Thread Theory Finlayson Sweater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just in time before the end of the </span><a href="http://threadtheory.ca/blogs/sew-alongs/tagged/finlayson-sew-along" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finlayson Sewalong</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, here is my handsome husband modelling his...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pattern is the Finlayson Sweater by Thread Theory and I bought the pdf version at the start of the month when it was on offer. I've been eyeing up Thread Theory patterns for a while now, so the discounted price along with the competition they were running was good enough reason to finally make one. I've made a few things for Jon before but these have generally been what I would class as 'lounge wear'. Whilst he can still lounge around in his new sweater (and I've no doubt he will), I'm pleased I've made something he could actually wear out of the house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Based on his measurements he was between a small and a medium. I decided to go with a small in the end as I thought the pattern would be fairly roomy due to the boxy shape. I didn't make any adjustments to the pattern as I wanted it to be a bit of a test run. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jon had originally requested the sweater in a khaki colour, but I couldn't find anything suitable at the fabric market so went with this light blue stable knit instead. I bought 2.5 metres of the stuff and easily have enough leftover to make something else. Maybe a matching sweater for myself! A bit much? Yes, a bit much...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway the fabric is fairly soft on the outside but the inside is a little scratchy, so I decided to line it with some lightweight knit that I had. Unlike the stable outer knit, the inner one is very soft and drapey and was a bit of a nightmare to sew. I deviated from the instructions slightly and sewed up the outer and lining (minus the cuffs and hem band), and then basted them together at the neckline before sewing in the collar. I also basted the two layers together at the sleeve end and base of the sweater before attaching the cuffs and hem band.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The collar got me <i>completely </i>foxed. I read the instructions over and over, and looked at the sewalong posts about it, but I just couldn't work out how it attached to the neckline! In the end I just went with what I understood the directions to be, pinned it loads and sewed very slowly. And it did work! I think though the positioning dots need to be wider spaced, and I'm not sure if this is just something that I did wrong but my collar 'under' ended up being what you can see on top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">..a sausage and ham! Not of the meaty variety though, cos that ain't my bag ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made these bad boys using the free <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2012/08/how-to-make-tailors-hams-and-sausages.html">Victory Patterns' pattern</a> on <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/">Tilly's </a>blog. For a long time now I had been using a rolled up towel whenever I wanted to press a sleeve seam or anything curved, but I've never got amazing results with it so have been meaning to make these for ages. I also hate throwing things away, so had been hoarding fabric and thread scraps which needed turning into something useful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd read that it's best to use wool on one side and cotton on the other for tailor's hams/sausages, so that it what I did. These were both bits of fabric I had leftover from other projects. The cotton was a fairly thin lawn so I lined it with a layer of cheap polycotton (I think?!) that was 1 euro a metre at the local fabric market. This meant sewing quite a lot of darts - 24 in total! I think this would be a good project for a beginner who wants to practice sewing darts and curves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought these would be fairly quick to whip up but actually they took a lot longer than I expected! I think this is mainly due to the stuffing, which seemed to take forever. As I mentioned I used fabric scraps rather than sawdust, which is the traditional filling. I cut up any big scraps into smaller pieces before stuffing to try and get more in and have a more even finish. I think the disadvantage of using fabric scraps rather than sawdust is that you are likely to have to add more stuffing after a while. But having seen the amount of mess the sawdust causes on <a href="http://lladybird.com/2014/09/22/tutorial-giveaway-the-sewtionary-last-weeks-giveaway-winner/">Lauren's </a>post I'm pretty glad I didn't go down that route!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whilst cutting out fabric for a <a href="https://www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/sorbetto">Sorbetto </a>recently I realised I would have about half a metre left over so was trying to work out what I could make with it. The fabric is a beautiful, floaty cotton voile that I got from <a href="http://www.thevillagehaberdashery.co.uk/">The Village Haberdashery</a> during their 20% off sale in June. Though it's probably an unwise fabric choice, I decided to use the remnants to make some little sleeping shorts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also, obviously, took a very large amount of the leg length. There was no logic involved in this, the length was chosen by the fabric. To try to preserve some length I hemmed the bottom edge using some self binding. I cut this on the straight grain - again, fabric limitations - but I don't think this matters as I was binding a straight edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I started making them I realised that as the fabric is so sheer it would probably benefit from a little support, for both decency and durability. I underlined the shorts in some silky, floaty white fabric I found in my stash a little while ago. I've no idea what it is or where it came from, but there's quite a lot of it and someone has written large numbers in random places on it. My guess is that it could be viscose as it's got a lovely drape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've recently fallen in love with French seams, so I finished the insides with these. I also top stitched the crotch seam for extra strength. When I first made these for my husband I wasn't quite as good at making the insides neat, so didn't use a strong seam finish and I definitely didn't top stitch. As he wears his trousers quite low this meant he ripped the seam fairly early on and I had to do a botched repair job. So I was pretty keen not to make the same mistake twice! I'm worried that the delicate nature of the fabric may mean they don't last as long, but time will tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a minor incident with the iron fairly near the end of construction which was pretty annoying, but thankfully the worst of it ended up hidden under the waistband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fit of them is a litttllle bit tight across the bum, which my husband kindly pointed out for me ("why is that side seam wonky??". Thanks, Jon..), but I'm hoping they might ease up a little with wear. I think it might be an idea to do a Full Bum Adjustment (is that a thing?!) for future pairs, as the rest of the fit is fine. I'm thinking a pair of these in a sturdy knit fabric would be nice for both sleeping and gym, so maybe that's what I'll aim for next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've also got fabric cut out to make a coordinating sleepy top (out of <a href="http://www.sewscrumptious.co.uk/dashwood-studio-wildwood-foxes/">this </a>beautiful fabric) which I'm going to bind with scraps from these shorts. Maybe one day I'll post a picture of the complete outfit!</span></div>
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<p>I've taken some tips from Flossie Teacakes on <a href="http://flossieteacakes.blogspot.nl/2014/06/sewing-in-bedroom.html?m=1">sewing in a bedroom</a> to help adjust to the new set up, and have got fabric and tools hidden around the room. And small though it may be, it sure is nice to sew with so much natural light.</p>
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