Ultimate Sewing

I have recently come around to Sew Over Its patterns. Initially I found them not to my taste, a bit retro, but seeing so many of them made up in blogworld, I changed my mind.



I bought the Ultimate Shift Dress from Fabric Godmother at their last open day and soon knocked up a muslin / toile.

I needed to lower the bust darts (I followed a tutorial by Cashmerette). And then I cut out my dress fabric, a Javanaise viscose from Abakhan fabrics £7per m and sewed it up. I went for the 3/4 length sleeve so it's wearable now. It's such a light fabric that it'll be very nice in the warmer weather too.





I have to say that I'm really happy with the dress. It's very comfy. I wore it with navy leggings and a pink cardigan.

February Half Term Sewing

In the week just gone, I found myself at home alone while my children were back at school.

To keep myself busy I gave myself lots of sewing to do!   (I know, hard life!)

Firstly, I finished the Drunk Love 2 Tone quilt. I am so proud of this quilt.  It's a LOT of sewing, but I took my time, only picked it up when I could do 3+ hours without stress and decided it would be finished when it was finished.

Then, I made a Red Riding Hood cape for World Book Day!  We are going as favourite book/ poetry characters.  I'm inspired by Roald Dahl's rhyming poem of LRH!

After that, I bought the Mollie Makes Red Nose Day Crafternoon Magazine (say that Drunk!) and made the Sew Over It Molly Breton Top which was in the magazine (and the main reason that I bought it).  I realised afterwards it's a similar pattern to the Great British Sewing Bee's Breton top pattern in their last book with new judge Esme on the front!!   Anyway I used a flower patterned jersey fabric which I bought c2 years ago. And it turned out really well.  I will definitely make a few more if these.  

After that, I took out my unfinished Sew Over It Heather dress that I started just after the pattern release and took the side seams in as it was far too wide. 

Now the fit is much better.  As it's black it's hard to see the details.

The last thing that I made was a pair of girls' leggings for my 4 year old niece.  She's quite tall for her age so I cut the size 6.  I used left over fabric from another project that I did a while ago. 

So it has been busy.  I've definitely got my sewing mojo back.  I have ordered some more fabric from Abakhan Fabric shop.  For another Molly, a Colette patterns Hawthorn and a Sew Over It Nancy!!

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Drunk Love 2 Tone Quilt

So I have not blogged in a very long time.  I still read plenty, but studying and starting a new career has zapped a lot of my free time. 

However the sewing machine has been out and if you follow me on instagram @craftyclaire74 then you can see what I've been up to.  It's sewing and food most of all.

Anyway I've been working on a project since July 2015 which is now finally finished.  It is the Drunk Love 2 Tone quilt from Denise Schmidt's book Quilts.

I bought the fabric from Hancocks of Paducah costing $102.  I think the exchange rate at that time was pretty good. 

Here is some of the journey:

Turquoise back. I stitched in the ditch to quilt it but I love how you see it on the reverse. 

Nearly there, you get the idea.

Mitre corner - I still marvel at how this works.

Some of my quilts that I have made. From top: Castle Peeps by Lizzy House, My first ever quilt from Sew Hip Magazine, a quilt made from Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabric  scraps and the bottom one the Denise Schmidt Drunk Love 2 Tone.

More pictures are on my instagram feed, please hop over and take a look.