When the weather turns hot and sunny like it did early here in the south of England this year the annual stress of ‘what to wear on the beach’ begins. Last summer the weather wasn’t great and I made do with a frumpy old maillot the few times I actually went to the beach. I [...]
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Considering I’ve always claimed to dislike making coats somehow I’ve made 3 since last November. This unlined spring green linen one from the jacket pattern is the most recent. I didn’t toile it first (living dangerously) but as the pattern was a size too big for me anyway I had a lot to play with [...]
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Ta da, my first contribution to Sew Retro: McCall 5760 (after two days of internet crashes and assorted computer mayhem) Greetings, fellow sewers! The fabric is a very sturdy rubberised cotton twill ‘mac’ fabric and I made a detachable fleece lining to go with it. I’ve worn the coat a lot over this last winter [...]
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