A quilted jacket has been on my radar for a few years now, and it was finally time to commit to making one. Originally, I was planning on a patchwork jacket with quarter circles, but when I laid it out on the pattern pieces, the scale was going to be Read more
In part 1 of the Recycled Denim Jacket I outlined how I cut out a jacket from three pairs of my husbands jeans, using Kwik Sew 2895 pattern. In this second part I share how I constructed the jacket. Unfortunately, I forgot to take many in progress photos, so I’ll try Read more
For last year’s Royal Adelaide Show, I entered the dressmaking category “Garment or outfit featuring recycled material.” I’d been meaning to make use of the large bag of worn-out jeans for a while, so I decided to turn some into a denim jacket for myself. I previously made a red Read more
I have had a break from entering anything in the dressmaking section of the Royal Adelaide Show for a few years. The dreaded C word cancelled the show in 2020. Then in 2021 it was meant to go ahead but was cancelled a month beforehand. I had already applied, paid Read more
Time for a bit of colour in my wardrobe with a red denim-style jacket using cotton drill.
This is the third part of my journey creating my Chanel Jacket. The first part outlined how I gathered all the supplies and created a well fitting toile (ie. test garment in calico). In the second part I cut out and prepared my fabric for sewing. In this post I’ll Read more
This is the second part of my journey creating a Chanel Jacket. The first part outlined how I gathered all the supplies and created a well fitting toile (ie. test garment in calico). In this post I’ll discuss the cutting out process, which was quite different to any other pattern Read more
The construction of my Chanel Jacket has been quite a journey. I wrote previously in Why I decided to Make a Chanel Jacket for my reasonings of undertaking such a daunting task. SUMMARY: The Australian Sewing Guild were running a sew-along and I thought a Chanel Jacket would look great Read more
At the end of 2019 there was an announcement that the Australian Sewing Guild was running a Couture Chanel Cardigan Sew-a-long. My first reaction was no, why would I bother? I don’t want to wear head to toe tweed. I live in jeans. This is how I envisaged a Chanel Read more