Posts Tagged ‘Kaori O’Connor’
The Finish of Project Victorian Nightie
The Victorian Nightie project has finished on a high. Teen declares it the best nightie yet! Teen requested a Victorian nightie with all the trimmings. Read about early thoughts here. I did a first sample which had issues, then the issues got resolved last week with a finished nightie sewn from stash fabric. During the…
Read MoreVictorian Nightie Victorious!
The Victorian nightie project has had a big win. (See the first post on this odyssey here and then last week’s here.) The pink floral wearable toile got trimmed up and finished off, and Teen wore it last night and gave it the big thumbs up! She’s still wearing it now, and says she likes…
Read MoreThe Victorian Nightie with Issues
Last week’s Victorian Nightie project started strong: we found a pattern in a book, ordered some cotton lawn, and I enlarged the pattern from the grid in the book. The cotton lawn still hasn’t arrived yet, as it didn’t get dispatched until the end of the week, blowing away plans for weekend sewing. So instead…
Read MoreMaking a Victorian Nightie – But Can I do it Zero Waste?
Teen has requested a Victorian nightie, with all the trimmings. We happen to live in a Victorian-era house, so she’ll fit in nicely with the architecture 🙂 Of course, a new project involves much fun planning: choosing fabric and trims, creating a Pinterest board, and looking through my not insignificant collection of books and patterns.…
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