Colourful

For the sake of simplicity, I’ve pretty much decided to make one of the polonaise style jackets first, with a pierrot probably after that.  And slotted in somewhere will be the hooded Snowshill jacket – it started raining when I was walking to work the other day and the first thing I thought was: I [...]

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Pierrots and Polonaises and Hoods, Oh My!

That pesky (and lovely) Idzit has gone and made the lovely hooded jacket in Patterns of Fashion that I’ve been lusting after since I first saw the pattern/sketches – her version is stunning, you should really go and see it. Looking at the photos of her creation and catching up on all the fabulous costuming [...]

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Fabric Desire – Silk Stripe (Polonaisey goodness)

I have found what looks like the perfect silk for the Marie Antoinette stripe polonaise: The site is wonderful and has some other lovely shades… I’ll be really disappointed if they don’t have it when I come to actually make the polonaise!

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