Frilly Milly...

 Hello Friends! Does my skirt look a bit poofy today?

I should think so! Heres my new petticoat I made! Its a layer of thin cotton with an elasticated waist with two 3m pieces of net gathered into the bottom of the waistband making it ultra frilly!
I now think I need to whip up a few circle skirts so I can use it to my hearts content.

Heres a bit of a rubbish picture of the petticoat on its own. I'm really pleased with it! I think I have the perfect next project that it will go with brilliantly!
So tell me lovelies, What have you been making recently?

Fully Fledged Fashion Historian...

I had to post. I got my degree results today and came out with a fantastic 2:1. This means I can now go on to do my masters in History of Design and Material Culture and I am officially a qualified Dress Historian.

I can't quite believe the last three years have finished. I am moving on to a brand new phase of life and its scary but exiting. I am so thankful for all the help I received and all the blessings that turned up in this time including the start of my blog, my new job, new friends online and not and of course meeting the love of my life. He has been fantastic all the way through! I love you Dave! x

So what now?
I decided not to go to the graduation ceremony as I feel they are overpriced plus in reality i'm quite shy and I feel quite uncomfortable doing things like that.  I promised my parents that I would do the ceremony for my Masters and now I will!
So the summer of sewing will now resume! Thankyou all for your patience and support!
Your All Awesome! 

Still alive! Plus I finished something...

Hello, Sorry for the absence I've been settling in at work and I've managed to actually sew something!
This is the clothkits Autumn Linen skirt in pink. Its lined with white lawn and was lovely to put together. The kit is £35 which isn't too bad and is great for beginners. Only problem was that in the two weeks I was messing around with it I lost half a stone! Therefore it is now too big.

 Its ok for wearing to work though and the lawn is a nice quality and feels nice against the skin.
I decided to jazz it up with a decorative stitch on the hem.

So what have you all been sewing?

Sewing. But Not...

I promise I have been sewing. Only problem is it has been more for work purposes. I taught a bag class yesterday which was great fun but it means i've done very little sewing at home.

In order to give my sewjo a good kick up the derriere I have subscribed to Sew Today. When you do you get 2 free patterns. I chose two i'd been crushing on for a while Kwik Sew 3854 and Vogue 8774.

I'm thrilled they have started stocking Kwik Sew, I was a little bummed when they got bought out by BMV but now I get discount!
I chose this one because I love the sailor buttons and they could be easily lengthened (for my little legs) if I so wished,

The Vogue Pattern is 8774. Which looks boring but its the first pattern i've seen that is nice looking and sits on your waist. The height at the back is something I can never find with RTW so here's hoping I can get these to work for all those lovely coloured bottom weight fabrics I have lying around.

I think more patterns could be coming as the jubilee sale is on... Hmmm
How are you anyway you lovely lot? What are you sewing at the moment?

Well I tried...

May has been a packed month for me and I didn't anticipate the new job at all, So I'm sorry to say I have had to leave Me Made May by the wayside this time. I tried my best but with the weather and the new commute its been very difficult to find ANY clothes to wear to work, let alone me made ones.
My new commute involves 80 mins of walking and an hour of train journey. Try staying cool, comfortable and looking fairly turned out with that!
(I have yet to perfect it.)
I'm currently working on a linen skirt from Clothkits (above but mine is hot pink,) so I can wear it to work, Ironically I spent the day teaching people to put in zips and then came home to do the worst zip ever.
Whatever though, I'm super tired. One day off and back to five days!
I'm loving it though Its so nice to speak to people on a daily basis who love sewing or genuinely want to learn.
Enthusiasm is infectious!
Apologies for the slightly odd update post but not much sewing of my own has been going on this week, trying to just get into my rhythm,

Taking the Seamless Pledge...

Ok, I've been thinking about this for a while and lots of life stuff has been going on recently. 
I'm leaving Uni, getting a job, and we need to be saving for a house. All big scary things and money has got to be saved anywhere possible. Also with the (hopefully continuing) weight loss and stuff I have a lot of clothing that doesn't fit. If I keep going that means wasting a lot of clothing.


After my last big fabric splurge, birthday included I think its a good time to take the Seamless pledge. I am badly addicted to shopping for everything! I need to curb the habit but try to make it fun at the same time. So heres the rules from the Seamless website 

THE RULES:

1. No buying new clothes for the duration of your pledge. By new, I mean any new mass-manufactured clothes.
2. You can buy second-hand manufactured clothes – so be prepared to get to know your local charity shops awfully well.
3. Vintage clothing is a-ok!
4. Anything you’ve made by hand is definitely allowed. Get your sewing machines and your kntting needles out, because handmade is definitely in

So most people tailor the pledge to them and I want to do that so here goes:

I, Stevie Tucker, of Beebee's Vintage Dress will not buy any new clothing until May 14th 2013 when I will re-evaluate the pledge. Except underwear/tights, I will sew and knit my own clothing and thrift where possible. I want to do this for myself and for my life in the future. As an extension of the pledge I will ebay and give to charity any of the clothing I no longer need.

*Deep Breath* I'm glad thats out in the open. I think it will be less of a problem than I anticipate. I am going to have a go at sewing underwear but I don't want to exclusively say I will make it all! 

MMM...Days 7-13

I knew I'd get behind with these posts!
There has already been a couple of miss days because I didn't have time to get photos.

 Day 7: The cockatoo blouse, along with a refashioned jumper to cardi again

 Day 9: (for some reason 8 got skipped but i wore my lisette market skirt) This was my Birthday and I wore a re-fashioned zara skirt, which was taken in, shortened and I replaced the zip

Day 10: Bit of a grotty photo but this was my storybook skirt which does get a lot of wear!
Day 11: A refashioned skirt from a maxi dress I used to have and my mccalls cardigan which is miles too big and I never wear!

 Day 13: (Day 12 also got missed for some reason but I wore my lisette barcelona market top)
A reveal for day 13! Unlucky for some, This was a try at colourblocking with Mccalls 5974. I cut a 16 and it was giant. I didn't like the length so i cut it into a top but to be honest the jersey was so thin and cheap it kind of got abandoned. It still doesn't fit properly and probably won't make an appearance after MMM. However I will have another go at this pattern as its easy, quick and looks lovely on others that have made it!