fall essentials sew along

FESA FO: The knit pencil skirt

By Sølvi Elise | 22/09/2014 |

Serger Love Imagine that. I have a serger again. My serger broke, slowly but steadily during the winter months, and since February I have been without. When it finally did break all together, I feared it was nothing to be done, so I delayed taking it to the shop, because I was afraid of…

Why not try and make a plan and then stick to it?

By Sølvi Elise | 30/08/2014 |

the making of a plan I went through my yarn stash recently. Since I no longer knit much (because of some neck/back issues), I thought it wise to free up some space by letting go of some of my yarn. That felt really good. So this morning I went through my fabric stash. Now, not…

Fall Essentials Sew Along: The Summary

By Sølvi Elise | 09/12/2011 |

Although I haven´t made everything I planned on making, and even if I have made some changes, I feel that I have completed the Fall Essential Sew Along. It´s been so much fun to see what everyone have been doing over at the Flickr group, and reading all the blog posts! I love these types…

FESA: The corduroy pants

By Sølvi Elise | 11/11/2011 |

Edit: I had no idea, but a post over at the Coletterie stated that it is Corduroy Appreciation Day today! Fitting, no? So, I finally finished my corduroy pants! I´ve been wanting to make a rust colored pair since seeing Carolyn´s version. I have already told you about the beginnings of these pants, so here comes the finished…

FESA update: The jersey dress

By Sølvi Elise | 04/11/2011 |

I am almost finished with my corduroy pants, but I have a little left on them. I did however make this jersey dress last week. I had it cut out a while back, and when I finally started to sew, it was quite easy to make. The pattern, BurdaStyle 05-2010-103, is originally for woven fabric,…

A FESA update, a refashion and the pants that almost didn´t come to be.

By Sølvi Elise | 13/10/2011 |

First of all, thank you all so much for the lovely comments on my last post, it prompted me to make another refashion of a shirt! This time a less radical change, I just wanted one of my darlings old crisp white shirts to fit me instead of him. The shirt tucked into the wool…

An ode to the half-circle skirt.

By Sølvi Elise | 11/10/2011 |

I don’t write lots of odes here, I reserve that title only for those very special occasions that makes me really entusiastic. In fact, the only other post with that title was written well over a year ago, devoted to Colette Patterns. Excuse my bad posture, but I tried to fit the whole outfit into the picture……

Autumnal sewing plans

By Sølvi Elise | 02/09/2011 |

When Sarah, Alessa and Ali announced a Fall Essential Sew Along, and doing so by using alliterations like Fashionable Foundations for Frosty Weather and Chic Chemises for Cool Climates, I knew I had to join. Now, I am trying to keep the selfish sewing limited, so I get more time to sew for others, but some things…