Thursday 9 May 2013

Kwik Sew 3267 & sewing organising



Its a while since I blogged, I lost my blogging voice, life's  like that sometimes.  I have however still  been popping in and seeing some great posts with marvellous makes.  

I finally finished hubby's trousers, a recap Kwik Sew 3267 
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they are made from vintage wool suiting, a bargain £3.00 buy, the quality shows through as they hang beautifully.


All that worrying about the pockets are hardly noticeable


  I had been waiting patiently for him to try them on for a fitting (did I just type patiently).  Anyway I decided I would just make them up as it was holding me up. I'm one of those people that cannot start a new project unless the  current one is finished.  So I completed them, he finally tried them,  loved them, but they were far too baggy in the leg for him. So I slimmed the leg,  re-hemmed, and now we are both happy with them. He would like me to sew the welts down, something I omitted, wasn't reading the pattern there!!  He was so pleased he asked for a 'from No.23' logo to be sewn on the front.

I bought on Ebay a lucky dip bag of  bankrupt stock Coats sewing cotton threads  50 threads for £5.00 plus delivery (no longer available)



I haven't had a Lucky Bag since I was a child,  I have to say I was just as excited as back then.  I wasn't disappointed, there were 100% cottons, general sewing threads, strong threads  and also embroidery threads, only 2 duplicates,  52 threads in all. prices ranging from £1.60 - £3.00 per reel estimated value £85.00 This prompted me to sort my sewing notions out, with the help of  my pattern review book  for those interested


Here is what I did:-

my actual pattern are stored numerically in a box under the bed (I dont know why I havent sorted them numerically before, maybe because I only have about 30 patterns, this is great for putting straggler pattern pieces away) at the moment this system works well for me.
The  pattern sleeve I have put into a file sorted into catagories dresses, seperates etc


 My cotton reels I keep in boxes and vintage tins, these were all sorted and labelled, my spools I keep in purpose made boxes but I have numbered them with sticky backed paper so matching them up is now a lot easier.
 I also did a rough inventory of my uncut fabrics. I keep
 this in a sleeve with my patterns folder. This I have found the most beneficial for me. My memory is appalling so its great having this with my patterns so I can easily put A with B. 








 My trims, I have wound onto cardboard which is tons better, no more tangled messes  and space saving.

I really enjoyed this, I would love to be able to catalogue them on the computer, but we don't have windows and I have yet to find a suitable compatible programme for our computer.

My next project, I recently I bought  this piece of fabric

 the colours drew me instantly to it, though on hindsight it is a little busy.  I am going to cut it up today to make a skirt for summer (I believe summer has finally arrived, even though the spring bulbs are just blooming.)
Im not sure yet  how I will make it up yet, I'm thinking a straight skirt but I would like to add this blue grosgrain which matches up beautifully, I may just take a skirt from one of my existing dress patterns maybe this one, Vogue 8667. 
Last week I helped my friend organise a Cake Break Fund Raising event, in our local town, proceeds in aid of MS Society, there was cakes and a few craft stalls. One of the stall holders was Sally whose blog I follow.  It is quite bizarre actually meeting a fellow blogger for the first time. Sally had some great pieces of work on her table, a very clever lady, I came away with a lovely pincushion and badge she had made.  It was nice to meet her.  

Lastly I am road testing my sons camera, more advanced than my own, I'm thinking of upgrading.  Has anyone noticed an improvement in the picture quality. 

Happy Crafting

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6 comments:

  1. Love those pants! Great job.

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  2. Looks like you have been busy Louise, on all the sorting out and the sewing. Pants do look really good, almost a vintage look about them.

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    1. I agree, dare I say the material looks a tad old fashioned. My son jokes there like old mens trousers, but they are a beautiful quality fabric.

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  3. Wow! you have been productive, the storage and catalogue of sewing things is so impressively neat and tidy. And those trousers for your husband look absolutely amazing! beautiful work :)

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  4. Gosh, you are mega organized! I wish I could be that organized. My patterns are all over the place. Those pants look very professional, well done.

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  5. Hi Louise, enjoyed this post, you are such an accomplished sewer, those trousers are brilliant, they look so neat and hang wonderfully as you say, I wouldn't know where to start with something like that. I'm very impressed with your haberdashery tidying, it made me think I must sort my ribbons and lace on cardboard as they are all twisted and wasting away in a mess. Good luck with the next project, I like the fabric. Sally xx

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