Wednesday 26 February 2014

Sew Grateful - Sharing Resources Day

I don't have any tutorials or patterns of my own to give you today, so thought I would go with sharing some tutorials that I have found online. All of these have a theme, which I appreciate is quite niche, but hopefully some people might find inspirational and useful. I certainly have, in my current state. The theme is maternity! 

Kestrel Makes - maternity denim skirt (presume you could apply the same logic to jeans or trousers)

Megan Nielsen - 2 seam dress
DIYmaternity.com is a blog run by Megan Nielsen, which is quite seperate to her Megan Nielsen Design Diary. As you would expect from the title, it focuses on a maternity wardrobe and is mostly refashions. It's a great resource, although new posts are sporadic. She has guest bloggers on there a lot - a must, I suppose, unless she intends on being permanently pregnant! I have not made anything from this site yet, but a few that stand out for me are:

Megan Nielsen - gathered skirt
Of all the above, the only one I have tried is the 2 seam dress, which I can fully recommend, but if I have time, I do plan to try some of the others. I hope someone finds these useful! 

Tomorrow is Sew Grateful Sewing Project Day. Somewhat paradoxically, I haven't had any time to sew this week because I've either been writing about sewing, or watching sewing on TV. I will try to get some done tonight, but it's unlikely I will manage a finished garment, fully photographed and written about, so I will probably be missing out on tomorrow's link party. However, I hope to have a finished garment to blog about at the weekend at the latest. Something to look forward to!
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  1. Wish I'd been sewing when I was pregnant, There was naff all in the shops, I ended up wearing HUGE baggy shirts and essentially clowns trousers! Looking forward to seeing your finished item. I've enjoyed reading your posts this week.

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    1. Thanks Louise! I've enjoyed writing them! I know what you mean re maternity RTW. It can be less than inspirational! I wish I'd been sewing first time around when I had more energy and knew I'd get more wear out of them!

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  2. These links almost make me want another child just to do some maternity sewing :) Maybe not though!

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    1. Bit extreme maybe, but I know what you mean!

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  3. Lovely links; I enjoyed them on two levels actually - aesthetics and the knowledge I'll never personally need them again! ;)

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