SWAP – thedementedfairy

April 5, 2018

‘Pant’-ing Towards the Finishing Line…

Vogue 9114, Kathryn Brenne funky trousers, red cotton/linen crinkle fabric Finally! I got the wedding dress onto a hanger to wait for the next fitting, and with a HUGE sigh of relief, dragged out my box of SWAP sewing, containing the red Kathryn Brenne trousers [V9114], the red silk kimono tunic [V8434], Style Arc Daisy … Continue reading ‘Pant’-ing Towards the Finishing Line…

March 11, 2018

Two-Lani Traffic

Style Arc Lani tunic x 2 Both pieced, may or not make it into the SWAP collection. Why? Well, I’m making more than the required 11 items, for one thing, but also because I’m having trouble deciding what to count as my ‘print’ or ‘prints’. I have my 2 neutrals, black and grey [and these … Continue reading Two-Lani Traffic

February 17, 2018

Action and Distraction

It’s been a horrible week at work, battling against managerial incompetence and the usual bullying. I’m only working four days a week now, to protect my tenuous grasp on sanity, but it can still feel like ten days. Sigh. My sewing mojo is struggling to get me into action most days. Half term now though, … Continue reading Action and Distraction

December 12, 2017

Narrowing Down my Choices…

SWAP 2018 planning again I’ve narrowed the pattern choices down, and started allocating fabrics. I really want to try to do this from stash, but the majority of my stash is not nice new cut lengths, but raggedy random remnants! Here’s a pic of the chosen black fabrics- which look grey here, but without the … Continue reading Narrowing Down my Choices…

April 14, 2015

Prospective sewing #1: All for me mwahahahahahaha!

I’ve come to the end of the sewing that simply had to be done. I’ve found this year that it’s really fun to do a (sort of)SWAP, as my normal random approach doesn’t always provide me with a wardrobe that really works for me. I tagged it the SOIL approach: Sewing On Impulse = Liability! … Continue reading Prospective sewing #1: All for me mwahahahahahaha!