Friday 26 April 2013

Yet another Amazing Sewing Meet post


Photo by Digpal Singh

Yes, I know, you've read about this a million times! (or probably 45 given that 45 lovely sewing ladies were there!).  I met some fabulous ladies, some I had met before and some for the first time, but all fun, friendly and wearing the most beautiful handmade clothes!  The V&A, Goldhawk Rd and the Cedar Village Bakery Lebanese Restaurant didn't know what had hit them (especially the restaurant as they were expecting more like half that number!  But they coped admirably!).


Me, the adorable Clare from SewDixieLou and the very lovely Handmade Jane (Photo by Digpal Singh)

I recognised at least 2 or 3 people from reading about their dresses on blogs before the meet - I knew Sally from Charity Shop Chic from the back as a result of her fabulous mad Men dress!

Thanks so much to Rachel and Janene for organising and to all the lovely people who made it such a great day.  And Minerva Crafts and Abakhan for providing the goody bags - what a treat!

I had made a shopping plan before getting to Goldhawk Rd and I am happy to say I stuck to it!


Two gorgeous lawns (the blue tulips and the green) for summer dresses.  I was planning a Hazel with a bigger skirt but I'm not convinced is the fabric has enough body, so I'm going to use the tulip print for Simplicity 2444 (sleeveless with no collar):



and see how it behaves.  If I love it maybe I'll make another with the green!  The blue boat print viscose (£3.50/m - couldn't believe it!) is for a rub off of a much loved and worn top I already own.

I also got a couple of plains:

The (rather crumpled sorry!  I have prewashed but not ironed!) turquoise linen is for this Burda dress:


(the other version of the dress in the mag is actually much nicer - this looks pretty bland and worky!  But I'm hoping for something Laurel-esque).  And the blue twill (actually much more of a royal blue but looks quite purple in the pic) is for a Megan Nielsen Kelly skirt with either red or white buttons.
And I did really well in the swap.  There were loads of patterns in my size:


I know one is from Stevie (I think the front left - let me know if you gave in any of the others!).  Lots of people seemed to be trying not to pick up any patterns, hence why I did so well!  But I was a lot more restrained on fabric.  I try not to buy fabric just because I like it - I usually have a project in mind for it.


I got about 1m of each of the blue rose print cotton (maybe a lawn?  lovely and soft anyway!), the red spotty cotton, and I think 1.5m of the green (it's not really that turquoise!) twill.  And I grabbed a couple of spools of thread and zips and some pink ribbons to placate the small person at not having gone via a toy shop as she requested!

What a fab day!  My faith in sewists (and my blogroll) are much fuller for it!

10 comments:

  1. What a fun looking meetup!

    Pretty pretty fabrics! Can't wait to see your makes with them! =)

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    1. it was great! thanks brooke - I think i'm going to start on the linen shift this weeked. if i can get the fitting sorted it should be a quick make (crosses fingers and prays to Burda gods)

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  2. you're so organised! I'm still dithering over the waistband to make my cambie into a skirt! was lovely to meet you and hope to see you at another meet up :o)

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    1. and you jenni! i have to be organised - i have so little time to sew (as the name says!) that i do all my dithering in advance so as not to eat into sewing time! haven't actually made anything yet - just chucked the lot into the machine!

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  3. Arrrrgh I love the boat print. How did I miss that?! Sob sob. You have some lovely plans here. Was awesome meeting you irl!

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    1. it was hiding in a pile of viscose in front of the counter in one shop. me and clare (sewdixielou) grabbed a bit each and camilla (don't think she has a blog?) grabbed one of the other prints. lovely and soft and you can't beat that price! but you did get the squirrrels! great to meet you too. your dress was fab!

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  4. I love these posts SO much because they introduce me to blogs I would not have found on my own! I've added so many Feedly subscriptions.

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    1. and me amy - i think i've added about another 20 blogs to my already massive blogroll! must try feedly. bloglovin is ok but i have a couple of niggles with it.

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  5. Soo great to meet you, and you're right - I think I'm nearing my blog limit! Looking forward to seeing thosr forthcoming projects (no pressure!)

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    1. Lovely to meet you too nicole! Can't wait to read about your capelet - its adorable!

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