2025 Review

At the start of the year I got back into sewing with a vengeance. 

I spent ten weeks creating an outfit based on a Kinuko Y. Craft painting, with accompanying jewellery. This won overall champion of sewing at the Canberra Show.

Then I modified the underdress pattern to make a shorter summer dress.

I duplicated a purchased dress; adjusting the pattern to be a bit more me shaped.

I made two new corsets. I fear the quest to create the ideal pattern for me may be never-ending, but it's a lot closer than it used to be.

I used my contour pants pattern to make some pyjamas.

The year finished with making a butterfly window hanging as a Christmas gift for a friend's 6-month-old. I satin-stitched a thin satin onto a remnant of curtain fabric, then cut away the curtain from behind the image so the light would shine through.

Doubles

Having finished my Kinuko Y. Craft inspired dress, I wanted to reuse the underdress pattern to make something for everyday wear. I've had some crinkly blue satin, found in an offcut sale, in the stash for years, and this seemed to finally be the project for it. I moved the zip from the side to the back and finagled the sleeves so they aren’t quite puffed but hang a bit like a bell flower. Once I figured out the order to sew the bodice (again) it went together smoothly.

The sleeve is gathered into a binding, folded under and held in place by tapes.

I bought a dress earlier this year that I really liked, but it isn't 100% the right shape for me. When I got it home I immediately traced a pattern from it, made some adjustments and sewed it up. I used remnants from other projects, so if it didn't work out it wouldn't be too disappointing but if it did it would be a nice wardrobe addition. 

I think it worked out. 

The original