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Dulcie Boxer Briefs
The Dulcie Boxer Briefs are new from Leila and me and they’re basically my ideal boxer short, which happens to be the perfect chub rub short! They’re also 15% off during launch week, no discount necessary!
Kits containing everything you need for the Dulcie and also the custom M&B elastic on its own is available from Nellie Joans in NZ.
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Fat travel planning
When I think back on great overseas travel experiences, a lot of my memories are unfortunately regrets about clothing! I remember being hot, uncomfortable, sore, sweaty and generally discontented.
I remember red stinging chub rub in Kyoto, I remember wearing a new shirt for the first time on a 16-hour flight to London only to discover that it made me sweat profusely and made me unusually and embarrassingly stinky. I remember feeling like that was my fault.
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Core wardrobe pieces
After working through my most-worn and favourite makes in the last couple of blog posts, it occurred to me that beyond my favourite makes, there are a few pieces which go with everything in my favourites!
You might want to check out ‘Sewing Wins, but why?‘, and ‘Sewing Wins, conclusions‘ before reading this post!
This was a bit of a revelation to me and raises the possibility that certain garments can be used as yard sticks for planning future makes! I got to thinking about these as being ‘core wardrobe pieces’, the foundation which future makes can be built on (or planned on, or the yardstick they can be measured against..).
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Sewing Wins, conclusions
In the last blog, I tried to analyse some of my favourite and most-worn makes to see if I could pin down exactly what makes them winners!
‘Sewing Wins, but why?‘, you can read the post here.
After all of my rambling, I didn’t actually get around to drawing any conclusions, so here are some rambly conclusions.
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Sewing Wins, but why?
I’m always thinking away about how to make everything I make a great fit for my life and wardrobe, but mostly I’ve concentrated on building a colour-scheme for my wardrobe, rather than the success of individual pieces.
My reason for drilling down past the colour on some of my favourite makes is basically to see if I can pick up common themes behind the success. I hope I’ll be able to apply those to potential projects and really nail the fabric and pattern combining.
Here I’ve rounded up some of my favourite and most-worn garments and tried to work out why they work for me, how I’ve worn them and what I’ve worn them with.
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Chalk and Notch Max
It’s not very often that I see a pattern for the first time and sew up a pattern that same day.. Mostly because the vast majority of my makes are Muna and Broad, and I see those before I get to sew them (and I don’t have to buy the patterns).
I spotted this pink muscle tee on Romy and headed directly to the Chalk and Notch website. I downloaded it, printed it on my A0 printer, made some quick pattern modifications and then whipped it up! I’d stashed away this hefty printed cotton from a Facebook Fabric Group (only sells in NZ, sorry), so I was basically ready to go!
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Gum leaf Huon Dress
This is my second project with the new exclusive printed fabrics from MaaiDesign. I’ve used their long gum leaf print for this Muna and Broad Huon Dress and the snow gum print for a Muna and Broad Waikerie Shirt (which I shared here).
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Snow gum blue Waikerie
When Maaidesign got in touch to ask if I wanted to try some of their new exclusive fabrics, some of which had Australian gum leaf prints, I was in. You might have noticed that I have a collection of Australian botanicals on my arms, so I was particularly taken with the long gum leaf print and the snow gum print, which is what I’ve used here for a Muna and Broad Waikerie Shirt (the long gum is cut out and will become a Huon Dress).
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Pink Belmore combos
My pink boiled wool Belmore Jacket was whipped up on a bit of a whim to wear to a concert (as part of this ensemble), but has since become one of my most-worn layers!
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Huge pocket Belmore
It’s Autumn, which means I need huge pockets to gather all the pears and peaches I find on my walk (sometimes even Glebe Pockets simply won’t do). So, this Belmore Jacket hack (which I’ve been imagining for ages) finally came to fruition!
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