tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34423864088159145702024-03-05T09:18:53.638+00:00Cyber sewingSewing, slowly, with a lot of help from the internetCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-84652722386805541212011-04-28T23:40:00.004+01:002011-05-19T18:24:28.319+01:00It's been so long!I cannot believe how long it's been since my last post.
Much has happened (not very much sewing!) - the most important thing being that I am having a baby! The run up to Christmas was mental at work and we got the exciting news about the little one at the beginning of January. It has all been a bit of a blur since then, lots going on. I haven't really had any sewing time, and to be honest I've CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-62871921907334566532010-10-24T17:09:00.001+01:002011-05-19T18:27:19.677+01:00Knit!I haven't had much time to sew recently - coat still very much in the muslin stage - so in the spare time I have had, I've started knitting! The great thing about knitting is that you don't need much equipment (essentially two sticks and some string!) and it's really easy to pick up and put down. I had started a baby's cardigan MONTHS ago which I've finally almost finished, just need to sew it CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-16100730955753411392010-10-01T22:59:00.001+01:002010-10-01T23:41:05.173+01:00Muslin madness - sans sleevesTalk about behind schedule... I've finally cut out my muslin pieces and started to sew everything together. I cut out a Burda size 10 on the basis of the measurements on the chart for the bust, but now I've started to put it all together, I think it might be a little too small - so ANNOYING as I'm really not sure I can be bothered to cut out everything again... GAAAGH. I've only sewn together theCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-68706223657877442502010-09-24T12:00:00.020+01:002010-10-01T11:00:38.831+01:00Assorted notionsI am really looking forward to doing some proper real-live tailoring with the sew-along.. though I have a fair way to go before I reach that stage. I still haven't cut out my muslin! It's going to be a big day Chez Cybersewer on Sunday! We have a wedding on Saturday so I need to NOT get too hungover, and we must go to church on Sunday - haven't been for absolutely weeks!
One thing I really hope CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-13278433247044167222010-09-22T17:37:00.005+01:002010-09-23T14:36:02.714+01:00Goin' my own wayI wasn't exaggerating about the full social calender in my last post - we have been away every weekend since my last post. Ca-rah-zee. It was my birthday on Friday though and my lovely husband whisked me off to Portofino in Italy for a surprise weekend. Fabulous or what! And I took an extra day off yesterday to do some URGENT fabric shopping for the coat sew along.
It was while I was CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-90999604738652499012010-09-09T20:58:00.000+01:002010-09-09T20:58:51.250+01:00Baby buntingNot much garment sewing progress here, though my lovely Lady Grey pattern arrived a few days ago which was very exciting. I have ordered some heavy calico (calico and muslin are two different things - muslin in the UK is what cheesecloth (?) is in the US I cannot imagine making a toile out of cheesecloth. Anyway, I digress) which should get here soon, and some coloured tracing paper which should CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-10569246166934782042010-09-01T21:05:00.003+01:002011-04-28T23:41:50.194+01:00Baby quilt and stuffSo later than promised in my previous post, some pics of the baby quilt I made for my sister's imminent arrival. It is by no means perfect (don't look too close at ANY of the blocks) but I'm pretty pleased with it because it looks like something I would like to have around the house. The back is just all one fabric. I think it's a good size for either a cot quilt or a playmat. Hopefully it will CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-3738218162826605512010-08-24T13:31:00.007+01:002010-09-01T21:05:38.071+01:00Recidivist
Oh, I have been remiss. It has been many weeks since my last post. There has been a lot going on here - summer fun, my poor husband (still sounds odd saying that) was knocked off his bicycle and had a nasty break to his elbow (still in a sling, poor thing), parents visiting... not much time for sewing. Until the weekend just gone! I made some more progress on my Vogue dress, but also in a fit ofCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-29582674065251104232010-07-11T16:19:00.016+01:002010-07-11T16:36:23.726+01:00Quick update - Vogue 8555I have been doing some sewing, though we have had a lovely stretch of warm weather here in London which has meant more time outside drinking Pimm's and less time in the study sewing! A few quick (bad) pics of the dresss - just have to put the zip in and fit the back seam and do the hem now... was thinking of doing it today, but it's just too warm!Excuse the lack of ironing, it needs a good press CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-64902582098836561022010-06-21T21:31:00.017+01:002010-08-24T14:59:33.620+01:00Return of my sewing mojo (sew-jo??) - Vogue 8555The pink Burda dress horror was doing my head in - I decided to put it to one side and get on with something else. I was inspired by a recent trip to Joel's Fabrics up by Edgeware Road (more on that in another post - I am still recovering from the BEATING my AmEx took that day) and I bought a load of patterns (with the awesome Sew Today 50% discount - huzzah!) which got me all enthusiastic again.CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-56988336285454787382010-06-10T11:00:00.001+01:002010-06-10T11:00:06.919+01:00Funky pink noticeboardSo I made my noticeboard! It was acutally super easy and only took a couple of hours. I think if I was doing it again (I might make another for my sister), I would be a little more accurate with the measuring and marking for the ribbons, and would also finish the back with some nice fabric and trim (I won't show you the back of this one, but it's pretty agricultural!).What I used:piece of MDF: CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-85044381188360568272010-06-08T11:00:00.000+01:002010-06-08T11:00:06.033+01:00Yet ANOTHER changearound in the sewing room...This time, with the help of Ikea and my lovely husband, I have a lovely nice long sewing table, more drawer space and some cool shelves to put stuff on. It's so nice being able to really stretch out and have a clear space for sewing, and also to look out of the window onto the gardens!I think I am going to make a noticeboard to hang to the right of my new table, so I can pin up ideas and picturesCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-71403217899364221302010-06-06T15:37:00.010+01:002010-06-07T14:09:27.298+01:00GAAAAGGGHHH... I have been sewing - but not much posting! I made a start on Burda 113 from the 8/2009 edition in some lovely silk. I have so far almost finished the top half - I used some of the gorgeous cerise silk I got on Goldhawk Road a few weeks ago. Frustratingly though, I must have added on too much seam allowance at the bottom of the back, because after sewing the side seams I realised that there is CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-31028475289748189932010-05-07T18:07:00.009+01:002010-05-07T18:34:28.739+01:00I'm hexed! While surfing the sewing interweb, I found this and thought it was such a cool picture. Then I found the blog of Texas Freckles, and read about her hexagon piece-along. And thought I might have a little go... the thought of hand sewing I could do almost anywhere was awesome - a little bit at a time whenever I have a spare few moments. And a weird and funky quilt to show for it at the end! So I CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-16202840254272148132010-04-22T16:32:00.002+01:002010-04-22T16:33:40.067+01:00Where are you, UK sewists? In light of my recent foray into quilting, I have be doing a little cyber-browsing of quilting blogs and websites. Wowzers – quilting is VERY popular in the US! Not sure what other UK sewists have found, but I have noticed that sewing and quilting is much more popular in the US than it is here. Or at the very least, there are a lot fewer people who blog about it here… There has been a resurgenceCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-10765418935832283872010-04-19T20:44:00.004+01:002010-04-19T21:04:53.410+01:00Who'da thought it?!My new sewing machine came with, like, a zillion new feet. I have only experimented with about three of them so far, but - THESE LITTLE FEET DO ALL SORTS OF COOL STUFF! Rolled hem foot -BOOM - nice little neat rolled hem! I'm not absolutely certain I'm using it properly though - the instructions in the manual aren't the most clear... but it seems to produce an ok result... how do I know exactly CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-67575423057065023432010-04-16T09:34:00.005+01:002010-04-16T09:49:42.719+01:00New arrival...My sewing-related spending binge has continued unchecked (this is REALLY IT for a while ever) and later today I shall be taking delivery of a Janome 6600P - how exciting is that! I decided a little while ago that maybe it was time to upgrade from my sweet but very basic J3-20 - I think this will be a giant leap... it obviously has about a million more features than I need or will probably ever CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-15148143202479075762010-04-08T19:20:00.019+01:002010-04-09T13:43:32.626+01:00Fabric splurgeWoops. I won't even bother with the faux oh-how-did-I-manage-to-spend-so-much-on-yet-more-fabric apology. There was fabric shopping. The end.But BEHOLD!This paint splattery lushness I got from MacCulloch & Wallis on Tuesday. It was pretty spenny... and probably not to everyone's taste, but I thought so amazing! It is a cotton with something (cannot remember now due to excitement, but I did CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-22557252389761852432010-04-06T19:22:00.010+01:002010-04-06T20:06:05.658+01:00Finished!Over the bank holiday weekend I finally finished the Burda top I started here - I thought it very disciplined of me to finish it before moving on to the next project. Here are a few pics of it. I am generally happy with it, though I didn't bother making the button holes on the sleeves (just sewed on buttons as trimming) as I didn't need to be able to open and close the vents. Similarly I didn't CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-34497085934371178482010-04-02T20:48:00.009+01:002010-04-19T14:13:24.088+01:00Straight linesSo since my last post, I STILL haven't managed to do any sewing yet due to work / post wedding wedmin / housework. Today Husband (!) and I had yummy brunch and then went to see Clash of the Titans (meh) and this afternoon I have spent a couple of hours reorganising my sewing room our study - I thought it might inspire me further to break out the old sewing machine. I think the new layout is quiteCyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-2066070945267299142010-03-26T13:14:00.005+00:002010-03-26T13:23:02.785+00:00BACK!I am back! From the crazy planning, flower-choosing, dress-fitting, menu-tasting mayhem of wedmin. I am now Mrs! In the months since Christmas I don't think I've had a spare weekend to myself. The wedding was absolutely beautiful though, definitely the best day of my life. The dress was fabulous, everything was just perfect. And I am now married to the man of my dreams. We got back from an CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-78523879011831934922009-12-14T14:44:00.004+00:002010-04-19T14:17:58.680+01:00Feeling a little festive...It has been a while since I blogged, and even longer since I did any sewing! I've been pretty busy at work as the year-end approaches, wedmin has taken up more time than I would like and I also seem to have started a new hobby – a sort of cross between an art journal and scrapbooking! More on that later, check this and this out - how awesome. I have (very sporadically) kept a diary since I was CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-13574799710353613762009-12-03T22:53:00.007+00:002009-12-03T23:11:19.143+00:00Next up...I have been talking about making some nice blouses and skirts for, like, AGES... so now is the time I think. There was a nice pattern for a blouse in this month's Burda which I am going to make up. I have been a subscriber to Burda for - wait for it - three WHOLE MONTHS now, and I haven't made anything from their patterns yet. I really like this blouse though - I think I am going to adapt the CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-91277462956394712122009-11-29T18:46:00.005+00:002009-11-29T19:01:08.323+00:00FinishedFinally finished the jacket - other than the buttonhole which I think I will get done professionally. The last thing was to sew the bottom edge of the lining which I managed to do tonight (finally fully understand the phrase 'bag the lining'). Here is a pic of the jacket on Maud - I will take some pictures of me wearing it when I eventually do - I think it would look nice with slim blue jeans, a CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442386408815914570.post-17804313702300649412009-11-28T19:38:00.004+00:002010-04-19T14:17:39.516+01:00Movearound!Thought it was time to reorganise my sewing room our study and so on Thursday night I started shunting around the furniture... I managed to push together our two Ikea book cases on their sides to make a NICE BIG SPACE FOR SEWING! Hurrah! Just need to get some shelves up and my noticeboard done (I bought all the bits ages ago to make a fabric noticeboard but have never actually bought the cork / CyberGirlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882615632721907165noreply@blogger.com0