Our granddaughter is nearly 2, but I’m so far behind on my blogging that I actually need to share the things I made for her for Christmas just gone - well 4 months ago! Penguin hatThis actually needs little introduction. I knitted a penguin set for her when she was tiny. She absolutely loved the … Continue reading Baby clothes – the next instalment!
This is another of those “I made this a while ago” items. I think I finished it around 12-18 months ago. I was looking for a blazer which would act as a casual jacket. There are a number of Grainline Morris Blazers out in the wild. It is described on the website as a “perfect … Continue reading Grainline Morris Blazer
This will be about the last one for now on the subject of Art Deco. There is something else I’ve made, but I need to get Mr N to put them on, so they can wait for now! So the last one from me, is this dress. I wanted another dress for evenings, so this … Continue reading Art Deco Evening dress
Next up, some more Art Deco items! This time a flared white skirt and another Scroop Ngaio blouse. The blouse needs little introduction. I really wanted to make this next version from a more drapy fabric, such as a viscose to see how it fitted and the pleats down the front would sit, but I … Continue reading Scroop Ngaio blouse and White flared skirt
Next in line from the Art Deco festival is this fringe style party dress. This wasn’t originally on the plan of things to make until a local friend said she had this feathery fabric at home which she’d bought for children’s dress ups, but probably wasn’t going to use. So she gave this to me, … Continue reading Art Deco Fringe dress
The next outfit for Art Deco… Reconstructing History 1341 - a sporting dress based on an original from the 1930s. They state on the website it’s from 1932, so pretty much on the button date-wise. I loved the shape of this pattern straight away, a dress with a waist and a fitted skirt with inverted … Continue reading Reconstructing History 1341 – 1932 sporting dress
Right the first of the outfits I made for the Art Deco Festival. The earthquake in Napier happened in 1931, but if you look online art deco first started before World War 1, but didn’t actually take on until the late 1920s and then continued into the 30s. Fashion wise, this covers drop-waisted flapper style … Continue reading Aqua late 1920s dress
As I mentioned in my plans for 2021, we were going up to Napier in the Hawke’s Bay region of NZ for their Art Deco Festival. In the weeks from Christmas to the Festival, I have been non-stop sewing for this week! The Art Deco Festival is a celebration of the city which was rebuilt … Continue reading Napier Art Deco Festival
I made more culottes! I decided I needed something similar to shorts for summer and some shorter culottes would be perfect. Enter, the Emily Culottes from Itch to Stitch. This pattern was one of those impulse purchases. I saw a friend post some images of some Itch to Stitch shorts on Instagram and saw these on … Continue reading Itch to Stitch Emily Culottes
This is my first make for this year and what a great make! I’ve looked at this pattern a number of times, but just haven’t gone any further. I was searching online for Art Deco/30s patterns and suddenly it clicked in my brain, I needed no convincing, it was in my cart and I’d bought … Continue reading Scroop Patterns Ngaio Blouse
