Sewing, Stashbusting, vintage

The real thing

I often make a wearable muslin of something and then never get round to making the real thing. Well stop the presses, because I have actually had another go at the 1954 blouse which I made for the Lutterlohalong, and I am quite pleased with myself. I improved the fit considerably by moving the front darts closer […]

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Sewing, Stashbusting, Travel

Lutterlohalong

This sounds very Hawaiian, but it is actually a little activity started by Amanda of the intriguingly titled blog “thankyouforthesuitcase“. We are sewing a blouse from a 1954 Lutterloh book (the blouse at the very bottom left).  Amanda did hers properly with a muslin, I just tucked into a piece of fabric that I could wear if […]

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