Pocket making experiment – Open University
On 6th June I was invited to participate in a workshop called The Unfinished in Architecture, Design and Planning, run by Kim Kullman from the Open Space Research Centre at the Open University. This is…
Tweed Run 2018
The 2018 Tweed Run was on this weekend - Saturday 5th May - and marked it's 10th year anniversary. I've been lucky enough to attend about 6 of them, I…
Tweed Run 2017
Tweed Run time again. I dug through the cupboard for tweedy options and in the end went with a more subtle black pinstripe wool this year. As usual I adapted…
Tweed Run 2016
For this year's London Tweed Run, I was hoping to channel Elsa Von Blumen's dressmaker. Sadly, I did not have the time to accomplish the full splendour of this American…
Tweed Run 2015
The London Tweed Run is always something special. This year was no exception. And I made the entire costume. The 1890s bloomers had to be tailored to fit the penny…
And curtain rings…..
Last minute finishes have also involved doing things like hand sewing curtain rings into flounces (for the Madame Julia Gill skirt). I have done lots of things on this project…
Button holes. SO many button holes
I have just finished 60 button holes. 60! I have just learnt why one should NOT leave button holes till the last job. Each shirt had 13. A pair of…
Art & Sociology – Alice writes about her part on the project
Alice has written about her experiences of being part of the project on the Proboscis website: Some of Alice's amazing illustrations that will be digitally printed on silk and sewn…
Tweed Run 2014
I joined the annual Tweed Run on the weekend. It is one of the best dressed cycle rides in London. The irony of having to make a completely separate tweedy outfit…
This is just one sleeve. A sleeve.
Annette started on one of the 1890s blouse patterns today. This is just a sleeve.