Category: Ruth Singer

I have been working on a trouser pattern for a customer with a non-standard body shape – basically ordinary trousers don’t fit, so I drafted a pattern from scratch using her body measurements and this book.I then checked the finished block against the great article in Threads, January 2006 about body space and trouser fitting,…

Am deeply jealous of Jane’s holiday in Arizona.http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsme_jae/?find=itsme_jaemyself, i had an exciting day out last week in Newhaven, all of 3 miles from home. but I saw a kestrel and some nice twigs and lichen.Textile production has continued, slowly but surely, with a corsage commission cpmpleted and posted and a rather fabulous black silk tassel…

Those that know me will be more than somewhat surprised at me blogging. But the time has come. I’m not really a mantua maker, but I wish I was. Don’t often get chance to make things as lovely as mantuas, but I will in time.

The nearest I have got to mantuas themselves are these two 18th century inspired jackets for my two lovely friends’ Civil Partnership ceremony. The dark blue one is based on a riding jacket with gorgeous, though nightmarish to make, pleats on the back. The pink one is a creation loosely based on caraco and gown…