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Circa 2020 Me-Mades!

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Hello there!

I did a poll back over on Instagram whether or not you would like to see all my makes that I did in 2020 over here, in a blog post.

Well, the answer was a huge “yes, Please!”, so here goes.

Also if you don’t know I’ve recently started doing my YouTube channel again (yay!) and I’ve uploaded a video with some of my favourite makes from this year! So if you can, please check it out and let me know what your favourite make is (either here in the comments or in the youtube video comments).

I’ve listed the makes in no particular order.

Myosotis Dress – Deer & Doe
A lady McElroy cotton lawn
Made size 22 as standard pattern
Matilda Wrap Dress {Tester) – Untitled Thoughts
Viscose Jersey Fabric from The Croft Mill
Graded from 22 bodice to 28 skirts
Jarrah by Megan Neilson
Sweater Knit from Fabric Godmother
Graded from 22 to 28 (for hips)
The Sunday Tee {Tester} – Friday Pattern Co
Cotton Jersey from Sew Studio Fife
Graded out towards hips
Sudley Dress #3 – Megan Neilson
Linen Viscose from Sister Mintaka
No adjustments
Nora Sweater – Tilly and the Buttons
Fabric from unknown
Graded out towards hips
Sagebrush Top {Tester} – Friday Pattern Company
Fabric from Frugal Fabrics
Graded out for hips
Opal Trousers {Tester} – Megan Neilson Patterns
Cut straight size 28, no other adjustments.
Viscose Fabric from Lamazi Fabrics
Blackwood Cardigan #1 – Helen’s Closet
Cut size Straight 18, no more Adjustments
Cotton Jersey Fabric from Material Girl Laura
Moneta Dress – Colette/ Seamwork
Cut Bodice – XL, Skirt – 3XL
Cotton Jersey from Material Girl Laura
Plum Dress {Tester} – Cocowawa Crafts
Cut Size 8 & 9
Fabric gifted from Pigeon Wishes
Alice Top – Seamwork
Graded from 20 to 28 to allow from for hips
Viscose Jersey from Fabric Focus
Sagebrush #2 – Friday Pattern Company
Linen-Viscose Fabric received in return for a blog post for Sewcial Studio, Tamsworth
Opal Trousers #2 – Megan Neilson Patterns
Viscose received from Material Girl Laura in return for a blog post.

West Cliff Dress – Friday Pattern Company Bodice XL, Skirt graded from XL at waist to 3XL at hips. Viscose Jersey from Lamazi Fabrics

Nora – Tilly and the Buttons
TATB Cotton Jersey from Sew Studio Fife
Heidi Dress {Tester} – AK Patterns
Viscose Twill from Sew Studio Fife
Bodice cut 22, Skirt cut 28
Toaster Sweater – Sew House Seven
Graded XL outwards to fit hips.
Fabric from Sew Studio Fife
Wildergown – Friday Pattern Company
Valentine Viscose received from The Rag Shop in return for a blog post.
Cut XL for bodice, 2XL for Skirt
Moneta Dress – Colette / Seamwork
Ponte Roma grey stripes received in return for a blog post from Minerva.
No Sleeves. Used a piece of grey jersey from stash to line it. Lengthened Skirt to maxi length.
Jarrah Sweater – Megan Neilson Patterns
Graded from 22-28
Sweater Fabric
Oliver – Seamwork
Graded out at Hips
Fabric from Pin & Sew
Hinterland Dress – Sew Liberated
Cut Bodice 22 – Skirt 24
Fabric from Material Girl Laura.
Cotton/Polyester Shirting
Sagebrush Top #3 – Friday Pattern Company
Atelier Brunette Viscose from Lamazi Fabrics
Alice Top – Seamwork
Cotton Jersey from Fabric Focus
Blackwood Cardigan – Helen’s Closet
Ribbed Knit from 1st for Fabrics
Adrienne Blouse #2 – Friday Pattern Company
Viscose Jersey (Lady McElroy)
Hughes Dress {Tester} ~ Friday Pattern Company
Fabric bought in Toulouse, France. Cupro Viscose blend.
Jarrah #3 – Megan Neilson Patterns
View C, Graded from 22 to 28
See You At Six Sweater Knit and Matching Cuffing from Lamazi Fabrics
Moneta Dress – Colette/ Seamwork pattern
Ponte Roma
Arlo Track Jacket {Tester} – Friday Pattern Company Fleece Jersey from Harvey Jacobs
Bo Top – Seamwork
Peachskin (Polyester)
Elodie Wrap Dress – Closet Core Patterns Made with Viscose received from Minerva in return for a blog post.
Kew Dress {Tester} – Nina Lee London Made with Dashwood Ravishing Rayon from Lamazi Fabrics
Nita Wrap Skirt {Tester} – Sew DIY Patterns
Fabric is a non-stretch denim from a Fabric Swap!
Little Me Made Tree Baubles with Kylie and the Machine Labels.
New Year, New Dress, Just made it in time!
It’s a West Cliff Dress by Friday Pattern Company. Viscose Jersey from Lamazi Fabrics.
Bodice CUT at XXL. Skirt is XXL at waist but then graded out at hips to 4X.

Well, there we have it … over 30 me-mades this year. A lot of Testers and I’m starting to dabble a bit more in separates. I’m super chuffed at what I’ve sewn up. Some were WIPs and some spontaneous but nevertheless I love them all.

In 2021, I hope to make more Trousers, skirts and other separates. I’m going back to planning my make nine this year, which I fine tuned with plans that will hopefully help push me and expand my me made wardrobe.

Talking of which, I will be posting something on here and on YouTube regarding my make nine plans … watch this space!

Seamwork’s Skipper Sweater

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This Liberty fabric has been sitting in my stash for a wee while now. I knew it was going to be a sweater but was unsure which pattern I was going to go for.  I think originally it was going to be a SH7’s Toaster but changed it for the Seamwork’s Skipper purely because it was going to be in my size range for hips.

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Seamwork’s Skipper

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Sew House Seven’s Toaster

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“Heketh” (Snowdrop) Liberty Sweatshirt Fabric

The fabric was bought online from @FabricsGalore a while ago and now is no longer stocked (sorry!) although you might be lucky and see if eBay has it.  I bought 1.5m of it, it was £11.00 per half a meter, so not cheap.  Although the pattern asked for 1.7 for my sizing, I managed to get all the pattern pieces out of the piece of fabric – PHEW!

The humble snowdrop – Galanthus nivalis is my birth month flower (January) and I always look out it at this time of year, so this jumper will always fill me with joy.  When I was born, the snowdrops in my Gran’s garden came up and my gran always referred to me as “Granny’s little snowdrop” even when I was thirty!

“Already now the snowdrop dares appear,
The first pale blossom of th’unripen’d year”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, “The Snowdrop” (1835)

My Gran & Grandad lived up in the Cairngorms, so any school holiday we (Mum, my Brother and I) were up walking, orienteering, ski-ing (both cross-country and down-hill!) and get our bit of fresh mountain air, not forgetting engulfing ourselves with Gran’s fudge and gingerbread cake and listening to Grandad’s tales of Billy Gruffs and Trolls!

Right, better skip back to Skipper.

Cutting the pattern out was really straight forward. I graded it from a 20-22 bust & waist to a 24-26 hips as i didn’t want the top bit to be too big.  I left the pocket out as I thought that the busiest of the fabric pattern would be spoilt.

Constructing the pieces was a dream and this was my first sweater pattern, so was super surprised how well I coped. I found Cheryl from Stitchy Bee’s tutorial a real help doing the neckline.  It’s also a really good vlog on how different materials look different in the same sweater pattern (Cheryl used Grainline’s Linden).

So hear it is …