Tried and True it is!

My WM and I are off to Holland for a very short weekend break tonight, so I will not have time to sew this weekend. I was at McCulloch & Wallis for about 20 minutes this week, and managed to pick up a shedload of thread, shoulder pads, invisible zippers, buttons, fusable interfacing and even a few patterns, so I'm ready to sew next week! Now that I have the thread I can finally make the button holes in my linen jacket, even though I'm not going to wear it anytime soon...

My pin stripe project will start off on Monday, and I will be making the trousers from the Tried and True Burda pattern, because I didn't win the Jalie pattern. I'm sure I'll try that one sometime soon though, as it seems like a great pattern for both leisure and "business" wear.

I've also had my eye on the Vogue 8543 for a while now and was very happy to find it at McC&W. I've never used an "envelope pattern" before so I have to remember that the seam allowance is already added, but if I manage to that: I think it will look great in the cashmere wool I bought a few months ago.

I'll be bringing back my dress form from Holland (I'm hoping it will fit in the bag that we bought for the drum we brought back from the Gambia) and hopefully some more pattern paper as well, and maybe even a Burda or two, if I can find time to shop (it's my parents' 40th wedding anniversary, so there will be a big party). More news next week!

Puzzled

Yesterday I did some more pattern tracing, and I used an older KNIPmode (2001) than the one I used last week (2008). Firstly, it struck me that the colours on the 2001 tracing sheet were different: only light blue and red were used, whereas the 2008 sheet used green, red and black. Also, the way of finding the correct pattern part to trace seemed not as straightforward as I had just experienced with the newer issue.

This made me remember some of the really funny "mis-traced" parts that I sometimes ended up with a long time ago, so I went and had a look through my stack of KNIPmode (when it was still called Knip) and I found a coat pattern I saved from 1987. Yes, I know, ridiculously old, but a great pattern, and as the Dutch saying goes "Wie wat bewaart, die heeft wat" (ehm: don't throw it away, you may need it someday?)! And, to no surprise; in the "old days" the sheets were even more complicated! Have a look at the picture and spot the differences...it's ridiculous how complicated it was, and great to see how much improvement has been made over the years!

Anyway, after all this tracing I still need to get a load of fabrics so I can actually make something, so I'm off to Walthamstow market now!