A New Project and New Bobbin Vows

They're here! Thank the sewing God upstairs!

My Janome bobbins have arrived from China and work wonderfully, look at the tiny little stitches I did here on a scrap. Look how beautiful they are! It's so great to have my machine up and running again. But what to sew with it?

Attack of the Buttons

Due to my art being more demanding (I've been making a crinoline today!) sewing wise it has become more alterations and editing existing clothing rather than making them from scratch. This has its upsides though, I'm slowly converting the amount of unworn clothing I have inherited from friends into wearable projects.

This week, it's a black Topman shirt in a medium, which fortunately fits me really well - the sleeves are long enough, and there's adequate boob room despite there being a bit too much fabric in the waist area. Fortunately for me, I normally tuck shirts in, so this isn't too much of a problem.

But what to jazz it up with? That is the question! 

Alterations - The Kilt Gets A Makeover

So a week or so ago I inherited a lovely kilt from my friend Jenny (thank you!) which smells funny and really needs a wash. I think it's a man's as it comes to my knees, so as I'm pretty tall I think this would be he appropriate length for a bloke.

The pleats were sewn down about six inches from the waistband - this was unflattering on a woman's skirt and so I was going to reduce them to roughly my waist to hip measurement - but I got a bit unpicker happy whilst watching the #GBSB and accidentally undid many to the waistband...