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What I Made, March 2022 Lingerie Society subscription box

Hi Everyone, normally you see me doing the unboxing of The Lingerie Society subscription boxes, this time I’m sharing what I made from the March 2022 box.

You can see the earlier cutting out and planning portion in another video. You can watch that one here https://youtu.be/VpdtvkTnzB8

Patterns used Maya Bralet by Studio Costura https://www.studiocostura.com/patrones

Box from The Lingerie Society by Pitt Trading https://www.pitttrading.com.au/the-li…

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What I’m wearing Dress Pattern: Myosotis from Deer and Doe in Liberty of London Tana Lawn

Earrings: Harry and Herne

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Fabric Haul September 2022 from The Strawberry Thief

When Australia’s biggest supplier of Liberty of London fabric has a sale you can bet I jumped in to grab a bargain, see what I got Fabric purchased The Strawberry Thief https://thestrawberrythief.com.au/

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What I’m wearing – self drafted dress in Outback Wife Barkcloth fabric

Earrings – Harry and Herne

Nailpolish – Hanami in Everlong

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Beginner Sewing – how to sew bunting

Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to sew some bunting, a great reuseable way to decorate your house for a party, event or just everyday.

You’ll be learning how to cut a straight line, sew a straight line with a point, turn corners. Clip to reduce bulk and grade seams back to reduce bulk resulting in a fine point. I’ve used leftovers from garments of Liberty of London cotton lawn but you can use any fabric you have.

The pattern is available from the Measure Twice Cut Once website https://measuretwicecutonce.com.au

2022 is my year of taking the Scary out of Sewing! I want as many people as possible to take up sewing so they can create, make, mend and more. To help take away the scary, every Friday there is going to be a new video with accompanying pattern for a project entirely aimed at beginners. Each week there will be different techniques to learn or go over and it’s going to be a super fun way to grow your sewing skills.

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What I’m wearing Dress: Mysotis pattern from Deer and Doe in Liberty of London cotton lawn

Nail Polish: Xanadau by Hanami

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Sewing Adventures – Liberty insertion Dress

Regular readers are no strangers to seeing my go to dress, my own bodice block mixed with either a gathered or pleated skirt. It is by far the garment I have made the most as its not only a fast easy make it’s easy so easy to wear.

Rewind to late November 2019, I’m working 7 days a week, it’s hot the air is heavy with bushfire smoke and we are preparing to fly to England for Christmas. To say I was busy would be a vast understatement of the facts. In my bid to speed things up I grabbed some Liberty fabric from the stash that was pre washed, my bodice pattern and headed to Bobbin and Ink to teach for the day. Good Luck with the buses meant I arrived early lay out my fabric, cut my bodice and thought yep no problems tonnes left for my skirt.

Only not so much, my skirt was too short, like much too short. In a panic and under time pressure I basically threw it back into my to do pile where it has been floundering ever since.

The fabric was way too pretty to lose so I needed to find a solution.

Cue some insertion lace and leftovers from one of my Liberty fabric Myosotis dresses. Using 2 lines of insertion makes the whole look more deliberate and less like I made a big mistake.

Showing that a little bit of a break and some creative thinking means that everything can be salvaged just sometimes we need to slow down and take a step back to find our solutions.It was also approved by the cat (an important part of the process that I’m sure all cat owners will agree with me).

Pattern: my own bodice block with a modified skirt

Fabric: Liberty lawn from Liberty of London, insertion lace from Pitt Trading

Alterations: next time just slow down and think some more

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Sewing Adventures – Liberty Cherry Blossom

It has been an age since I blogged for a few reasons, number one has been the redesign of the site, meaning it was offline and thus no point in blogging and secondly was time. Or more precisely lack of time. I’ve been freelancing more as well as teaching so the hours of the week seem to fly by without leaving me much time to blog. Which is both good and bad, not complaining just explaining.

Sewing time has been reduced and a few weeks ago I just needed a quick sewing win. With warm weather on the horizon I grabbed this cherry blossom Liberty Lawn from the stash and my standard bodice block. Shoving them in my bag I dashed off to class at Bobbin and Ink where due to a particularly nasty bout of the cold going around my usual class of six was reduced to a class of one for the day. I managed to cut out and assemble the bodice alongside my student who was happy to see me sewing and learn some extra techniques like applying bias binding and gathering both of which their project didn’t feature.

The bodice is my standard bodice block which I’m thinking needs some adjustments. The bust darts could come down a fraction and I want to take a wedge out of the upper back. I’ve been reluctant to make changes as my body weight is a little fluctuating right now but I think a few tweaks would get the block a little more correct.

I’ve been loving fuller skirts for summer as they allow for good air flow. This one is just the full width of the fabric cut once for the front and once for the back then gathered to match the bodice. Naturally I added pockets because well pockets.

Overall I’m super happy with how bright it looks and for the fact I managed to use up some more stash fabric! The addition of some spotty bias binding from Pitt Trading to finish the armholes and neckline is fun too.

Pattern – basic bodice block, rectangle gathered skirt, pockets

Fabric – Liberty Lawn – print is Mitsi – from stash originally purchased either Liberty or Shaukat (I can’t remember, I know I ordered it online and had it delivered to The Englishman’s Parents home).

Alterations – next time take a wedge out of upper back, check CB length and do I need to increase the sway back adjustment. Drop front bust darts, drop underarm by 1cm at most