I found about this last year, and once again I’m participating. I’m not very good at these things but looking back is always a good idea to be able to look forward. Top 5 Hits Luckily this year I can nominate my top 5 hits without having to dig too deep. …
Category: Thurlow
Me Made May: some thoughts
I apologize for the delay in writing and publishing this post. I thought the most boring part would be adding the pictures, but it wasn’t like that. In fact, I added them ten days ago, but my allergies and health issues are distracting me too often from the things that …
Completed: Blue Herrinbone Thurlow Trowsers
I’m participating in this sewalong almost by accident, but being blue my favorite color, it was impossible for me not to join. Since I made my first pair of Thurlows I hardly wore other pants. I loved the fit and comfort so much that I wanted a pair in every …
Top 5 of 2013: Hits
I’ve just fond this wonderful initiative by Gillian and I couldn’t help but join. Today I will enumerate my 2013 hits. These are my most loved creations from this year: Sewing: 1. Thurlow Trowsers: They were a bit of a challenge but I love how they fit, so much that …
A family week
As I’ve explained in my previous post, after experimenting very high temperatures in Madrid, I felt too optimistic and packed two skirts, a pair of shorts, a dress and a half for my two weeks here. The half comes from the pieces I cut to make a Lonsdale dress, since …
My orange skirt
I finished this skirt probably more than one month ago, but we had such a cold and rainy spring this year that I forgot this skirt at the bottom of my finished projects drawer. It’s funny, since the bad weather was the main reason to hurry with my Thurlow trousers, …
Let me introduce you to my new trowsers!
Last time I talked about them here was just after making my two muslins. I haven’t been very active here lately because I really wanted to have them finished in one week. Sadly that was not possible, it wasn’t a week but ten days. Not bad, I would say, for …
Thurlow Trousers: two muslins
I finally started working on my Thurlow Trowsers. As I was not sure of the size that would fit me best, I traced the pattern on some new tracing paper placing it on my living-room window. My measurements are the ones for size 6, but after checking Tasha’s picture and …