All posts filed under: Felicity

Clothings Swaps

Last Saturday I got to host my own clothing swap for the first time. I’ve been going to friend’s swaps for years, but never had enough space to host my own, but courtesy of exciting big(ish) new house, there was space! So how does a clothing swap work?  You set up a time, and invite tons of people. It works best if you can invite people from a variety of different social groups, so that you get a lot of cross pollination of clothes and styles, and don’t end up trading the same stuff constantly.  I invited my sewing friends, my vintage friends, my Theresa & Chiara friends (yes, you ladies get your own group!), and my swing dancing friends. Everybody goes through their closet and fishes out the things they never wear, don’t fit, or  don’t love, and then shows up on the day with bags of clothes and fabric and shoes.  If you are lucky they also, to use the classic Kiwi phrase, “bring a plate” (of food, of course). As hostess, I …

Ridiculous adorableness: Wearing History’s 1917 combinations

Wearing History just came out with a new late-teens combination pattern taken directly from a period pattern.  Naturally, I was super excited about it because I want to expand my 1910s wardrobe this year.  I was even more excited about it when Lauren asked if I would pattern test it.  Yes I would! (so yes, I got the pattern for free, and yes, I’m a total Wearing History fangirl, but I wasn’t paid anything for this post, any opinions are totally my own, and if anything, as everyone knows, I tend to be hypercritical of patterns.) The print-out e-version of the pattern was very easy to put together, and everything matched up perfectly. I chose the view with the scooped neck and buttoning-over under-extension (because hey, as long as you are making totally crazy 1910s, underwear, let’s go whole hog!). For my fabric I used an old cotton sheet – unfortunately I got my sheets mixed up at the last minute, and cut  one I’d set aside for toiles only, because it was quite worn, …

Cat Nap

I was supposed to get sewing done last night.  I didn’t, because Felicity decided to sleep on my project, and when she looks this cute, how could I possibly disturb her? Look at that little do-not-disturb paw over her eyes? And the stretch of utter contentment? With that much cute, I’m happy to miss sewing for one night!