Saturday, February 1, 2014

Bare Bones Blogging - Raglan Shift V3

Raglan Shift - Version 3

Pattern: Raglan shift (self -drafted) V3
Fabric: silk by Anna & Boy from The Fabric Store
Accessories: Orange Resin bangle
Location: Adelaide Zoo







7 comments:

  1. Great idea about the bare-bones blogging. I think I need to do that too to catch up a bit! Love all the things you've posted. I hope you enjoyed your time in Adelaide. Hope you don't mind me asking but you use silk a lot in your dressmaking and you're a busy mum - how do you care for the silk? We get quite a few people asking for silk in the shop but we don't stock it at present and are a bit 'scared' by it and its care. - Jane xx

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  2. Hi Jane, I had a lovely time in Adelaide. I did do a little window shopping at The Drapery. It's such a lovely little shop. Hope I get to it one day when it's open. I do use quite a bit of silk. When I first buy it, I hand wash it in warm-hottish water. I hand-wash it to allow for general shrinking and to check that the colours won't run. I then dry it in the clothes dryer on a general setting. After that, I sew it up and then it all just goes into the general daily wash, school uniforms and all. Drying washing in the tropics in Summer is a nightmare. It's really hard to get clothes dry. I generally hang them up undercover and then finish them in the dryer which is why the clothes dryer is always part of my pre-treating program. If it's a super-special occasion dress, I stick mainly to hand washing and clothes-line drying. The everyday stuff though (which is most of it) doesn't get any special treatment. Hope this helps. Bernice

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    1. Oh that sounds really quite practical! I didn't really imagine you running off to the dry-cleaners all the time :) Thanks, that's helpful. Glad you had a peek in the shop and a nice Christmas break. - J x

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  3. You have an eye for great fabric prints. Love this dress so much.

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  4. Glad to see you back and if bare bones blogging works, then do it!! Lovely dress. Great fabric.

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  5. It's gorgeous! Love the colours and the print :)

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  6. Wow Bernice, what a superb print! You've really got this raglan shift thing happening beautifully.

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