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Making a Padded Headboard

December 2, 2017March 9, 2019Leave a comment

I thought I'd have a go at making my own padded headboard and it was surprisingly easy.

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I’m so pleased I decided to buy a bit more of the orange Perspex for this end of our kitchen. I had this nagging feeling that I hadn’t gone quite bold enough before. Swipe to see it before the addition and again for the original kitchen. I had one more piece but decided against it where I had intended. Then I tried to slice it into sections to use on the right (just out of the frame) but managed to shatter it so we’ll just call that an expensive mistake!

Here’s a photo of my chest to show you a quick bit of alteration I made to my Penny dress this morning. Like many others who have made this pattern the dress ripped under the arms the first time I wore it. If you have a bigger chest then there’s not much room for manoeuvre. I took it to the fabulous @julieclairej at one of her @sewoveritlondon master classes and she helped me adapt the pattern to add darts and more length so that I can make another one without the rips. Meanwhile since she had taken the buttons off this one (to work out how much extra space was needed) I decided to insert a modesty panel to make it wearable again. Swipe to the last two photos to see the before. #sewoverit

I was so pleased with my #memademay2019 outfit today that I’m posting it on the grid, despite rubbish photos. Swipe to see better ones of the trousers. This #newlookpatterns #K1627 top is one of my favourites and goes perfectly with my navy Lisa Comfort cardigan and newly made Camille Trousers. I was as lazy as usual and didn’t make a toile, grading the waist from a 14 to an 18 at the bottom and hoping for the best. It’s a near perfect fit except that I have a bit of a hungry bum 😳. I took out the seams as far as I could which has helped but next time I’ll raise the waist at the back by an inch or so. Which, now I think about it is what had to be done on my Ultimate Trousers. Still, thumbs up for this pattern and I will make lots more!

I’m halfway through a bedside area update. This chest of drawers has been with me since I was about 8 years old. It’s been painted and repainted and given new handles. It’s been a bedside table, a tv stand, kept inside a wardrobe and given pride of place. Whilst it’s ok in it’s current position there was a lot of wasted space so I bought a piece of pine board, cut it to fit around the annoying pillar (they are in many corners of this flat) and gave it a coat of paint. So simple but so useful. I still need to repaint the drawers and fit a steadying leg at the back right corner. I’m also considering inserting a shelf for books but for now this works.

My aunt gifted me her friend’s old curtains and I’m in love. I thought I would stash it away for a rainy day but the colours match perfectly with my velvet sofa and our fireplace and @suze_riley tells me chintz is back so I’m going to use them. There are five curtains left after my aunt used what she needed and three are already the perfect length for our window. I just need to alter or add to make them wide enough. What do you think, into the chintz or does it still give you old lady vibes?

Ten days into Me Made May and I’ve worn something made by me nearly every day. In fact, if I get changed later today I’ll have only missed one day. I’m mining the depths of my handmade wardrobe and finding things I don’t wear much like this Grainline Studios Linden sweatshirt. The neck is just a little too wide which annoys me but it is very comfortable for wearing around the house. And it’s good for dancing in, swipe to see me making a tit of myself! My #memademay2019 pledge is not to cut into any new material and instead to clear through my alterations and wip pile. Luckily I had just started a new pair of Sew Over It Camille trousers at the end of April and have a recently made Nina Lee Kew skirt to neaten up so I will have some brand new things to share too.

I only used a tiny piece of marbled paper in this birthday card papercut for my mum @fournery11 because I though the tree peony deserved a more delicate approach. Sometimes it’s worth thinking about things in a different way.

Last Saturday I went to a networking workshop organised by @sillyheartco and @cassandrajbcreative. I didn’t know what to expect when I signed up but I had been introduced on here to Jen by @katiemorwenna and wanted to meet her in real life. We are doing the same life-coaching course so I thought it might be useful. In fact the whole workshop was loads more useful than I expected. I couldn’t have wished to meet a more wonderful, generous and creative bunch of women. We discuss our business plans and gave advice to each other as well and sitting down with each of Jen and Cass. Thank you to both of them for arranging it. Life is taking over at the moment but I can’t wait to put my ideas from the day into motion. I’ve tagged some of the lovely people I met in this picture of the beautiful notebook and card made by Jen and in the background one of the marbled papers I made with @jemmalewismarbling at her workshop.

It’s the trusty old Gathered Dress by @theavidseamstress for day two of #memademay2019. I had a fancy lunch at a London private members club to celebrate an author’s success and I always go to this dress for such occasions. I really must make another one.

Another year, another fabulous Me Made May. For those of you not in the sewing community, MMM is a month where sewists make a pledge about their sewing plans for the month. It’s not a photo challenge - although many choose to use it that way and that’s fine. This year a lot of people are thinking about waste, fast fashion and where their fabric comes from. My pledge is to focus on my works in progress pile rather than cutting into more new fabric. I’m also going to do an audit of all my clothes because there are a few I don’t fit into anymore 🙄. I’m going to see what I can do to alter them so I do. @sozoblog

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