In addition to a ton of Historical Sew Fortnightly sewing (which I always seem to be a little behind on), I’ve been doing a bunch of everyday wardrobe sewing – I have to keep my hand in for teaching! A few weeks ago I took an afternoon off for me, and cut and sewed three t-shirts using my adaption of the Blank Canvas tee (lower neckline, shaped sides, slightly longer sleeves, 2″ added in length). I really like black and white t-shirts.  I look great in both black and white, and I appreciate their ability to go with anything.  Jeans, black and white tee over a merino singlet, coloured or patterned jacket or cardigan = instant autumn wardrobe The black and white stripe and plain white are fabrics I picked up at Fabric-a-Brac in November, the owl fabric I got at April’s Fabric-a-Brac.  They were all less than $2 a metre.  Hurrah for fabric bargains and stash-busting! Sewing things like tees up in bulk is such a time saver – do all the shoulder seams …

Remember my Turn skirt and how excited I was about the fabric and how I made it go around and around and around?  I may have even mentioned that I had enough fabric left for a pencil skirt.  Well, I did, and here is the pencil skirt, and my stripe matching is even awesomer than it was with the Turn skirt. Why? Check out this: OK, so that’s the front of the skirt, and it’s not that exciting.  What about when you see the side? OK, that’s pretty cool!  Now we’re getting somewhere! What about the other side? Ahhhhhhh!  So cool!  It goes up on one side and down on the other! I love it.  It makes me so happy!  Every time I see it I do a little dance inside! And wait until you see the back: Nice stripe matching along the back seam and zip, but not that exciting. Wait until you see the back pleat! Here is what it looks like closed: One side: And then the other side: Oh yeah! The …