{"id":5536,"date":"2021-01-01T15:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2021-01-01T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T15:33:21","slug":"2020-sewing-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/en\/2021\/01\/01\/2020-sewing-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 sewing in review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My 2020 sewing year was a bit strange<\/strong>. It started strong <\/strong>will my first-ever attempt at planning; got interrupted by a last-minute decision to spend the first lock-down in France<\/strong>, where I had a sewing machine but neither fabric nor patterns; got completely crazy in the summer<\/strong> when I managed to get my supplies back together; and resumed to somewhat of normality in the last part of the year<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case here are my favourite projects of the year<\/strong> – dresses, dresses and more dresses I’m afraid: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are all the sewing projects I completed over 2020 (not all posted on the blog I’m afraid – this is my big resolution for 2021!); in chronological rather than preference order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early 2020<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

V9327<\/strong> in suiting wool (fully lined), sewn in January but shot in december – Covid got in between… This was my second time sewing this pattern which I really like for winter, I had reviewed the first version here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More (fully lined) suiting wool for winter and a first go at my new embroidery machine. I only had 2m of fabric so I only managed to fit the skirt of V9327<\/strong> and the Named Clothing’s Lexi Top<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first attempt at replicating a dress I saw in a shop with M7978 <\/a>– I made a FBA but sadly not large enough so the bodice is a bit tight. All rectified in my second version (more on this one later). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And a completely unplanned funky M7995<\/a>, for which I made the big mistake of not doing an FBA and which I never wear. We live to learn…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then we escaped to France and my sewing had to stop for a few months… It was really tough!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2020: hugely productive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To compensate for my non-existent spring sewing, summer was hugely productive<\/strong>. Instead of being in London, we spent March to August by the seaside in France, so my sewing adapted to the much warmer weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoyed sewing different versions of similar patterns which had been waiting in my stash for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First was V9253<\/strong>, sewn in blue <\/a>and pink<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second was M7952<\/strong>, sewn in blue stripes<\/a> and white broderie anglaise<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third was the Cassandre dress pattern<\/a><\/strong>, which I extensively used as a basis for several dresses<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth was the M7958 top<\/a>, here as well used several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And fifth was my self-drafted shirred dress, sewn in coral broderie anglaise <\/a><\/strong>and navy silk <\/strong><\/a>this summer, and for which I produced a free tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Late 2020: more planning, more variety<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Back in London in September, I was craving more organisation in my sewing, so I wrote down my Autumn sewing plan<\/a><\/strong> – which I am proud to say I mostly followed. This resulted is a bit more variety is my sewing – although dresses remain my favourite by far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I started with two Pascal shorts<\/a>.<\/strong>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… two M8048 coats<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… two box-pleated midi skirts with a full tutoria<\/a>l:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then more dresses I’m afraid, it is the main thing I wear, especially now that I can knit matching cardigans!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So two new versions of M7081<\/strong><\/a> (respectively my fifth and sixth)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… a new velvet Magnolia<\/strong><\/a> (my fifth):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… and two silk dresses , a dotted coral M7978<\/strong> and a “camouflage” Dior fabric V9327<\/strong> – both in the most delicate (and for the Dior one expensive) fabric which I took most care of! Definitely my biggest technical challenges of the year<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion: not the most challenging but still a very happy sewing year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2020 was definitely not a year of huge sewing challenges<\/strong> (except for my three silk dresses), as I was definitely more focused on learning to knit<\/a> properly from a pattern. But I still had a lot of fun and produced many garments I wear regularly, so I am very happy<\/strong> – and that’s the all point, isn’t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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