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The challenge of Me-Made.

By Sølvi Elise | 18/08/2011 |

Hello folks, today I want to let you know that: ‘I, Sølvi of delfinelise sign up as a participant of Self-Stitched-Sept ’11. I endeavour to wear only self-stitched and refashioned clothing each day for the duration of September 2011’ Me-Made June was for me a difficult month to document, as I was visiting friends and…

The Jacket: Day One

By Sølvi Elise | 31/05/2011 |

So, part of the reason I have some time on my hands is that I have a headache and a cold and have to stay away from the computer, so I write to you from my iPhone making it short and sweet. Thanks for the encouraging comments, you want to see some progress pics? Here…

Blogger´s meet up, traveling, embroidery,non-sewalonging, and other interesting stuff.

By Sølvi Elise | 28/04/2011 |

Thanks all for interesting comments on my last posts! You know, sometimes, I have so many different things to say, I just don´t know how to get everything said. So. Prepare for a long and diverse blog post! Yum! Tapas at Café Andaluz in Edinburgh. And if you look closely you´ll see a glimpse of…

Spring sewing plans and an award or two.

By Sølvi Elise | 11/04/2011 |

My blue fabric is still uncut, and I am being very indecisive about it all. The thing is, it has such a wonderful sheen, and a plain pencil skirt wouldn´t do that much justice. I´m thinking that some pleats or tucks would help to enhance that quality. Ahhh! The choices! Some ideas for summer clothing. A part…

What to do with precious fabrics, part 2.

By Sølvi Elise | 10/04/2011 |

Thank you all for your lovely and supportive comments on my last post. Man, you are a dress loving bunch (as if we hadn´t established that before…:-)). Anyways. I still haven´t decided, but I am giving you, and myself some arguments in favor of a pencil skirt. I give you 16 reasons for making a pencil skirt: These…

What to do with precious fabrics?

By Sølvi Elise | 08/04/2011 |

My perfect fabric… I have this cotton sateen fabric in the most perfect blue color. When I was in New York, I spent something like 3 hours at Mood Fabrics. I just soaked in all of the colors, prints, notions – everything. I bought some yardage (actually meterage- they easily helped me convert from meter…

Me Made March ´11: The obligatory round-up post.

By Sølvi Elise | 01/04/2011 |

So, Me Made March 2011 has come to an end. Now, that was fast. I know I commented somewhere around day 20 that I thought March was long, but now I´m more like, where did the month go? But, what did we learn this time around? I learned the following: I love the concept of…

Jacket no. 1 2011.

By Sølvi Elise | 31/03/2011 |

I know Patty the Snug Bug announced that 2011 was to be the Year of the Dress for her, but for me, I think it will be the Year of the Jacket. My first attempt on a jacket this year was Burda Magazine 09-2009-127. Technical drawing and image from the magazine. I made it out…

Sewing Through the Decades

By Sølvi Elise | 23/03/2011 |

Remember this post? Where I tell you all about what I want to do this year, and talking about joining the Sewing Through the Decades challenge that Sarah and Debi have put together. And then you heard nothing about it until I randomly threw newly made items into that category. Well, that´s basically how I´m approaching this…

I am sewing along!

By Sølvi Elise | 22/03/2011 |

The missing jacket. You may or may not know, that while I was traveling last autumn in Greece, I lost my precious corduroy jacket. The jacket was special to me because it´s one of the first items I ever made. Before I got the sewing machine I now have, I actually used an old mechanical Singer. The…