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    esmesvintagecloset
    • 6 days ago
    • 1 min

    Well, this is unexpected...

    Anyone who has been following me since this blog started will have noticed that it has been a while since I last posted. On Tuesday 3 May...

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Mar 13
    • 3 min

    Top Tips : How to Undo Overlocking

    So, if like me, you have ever accidentally overlocked something and then needed to unpick it, this one is for you... So, step one is to...

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Mar 5
    • 4 min

    Let There Be Light! And embroidery!

    Having assembled the fronts and back panels of the jacket, and joined them together at the shoulder and side seams, I now have a sort-of...

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Feb 21
    • 5 min

    It has all gone a bit 3D!

    Pad stitching galore in the making of this Victorian walking jacket. Horsehair canvas is shown being attached onto the front jacket panels.

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Feb 12
    • 4 min

    First cut is the deepest, or so the song says...

    Once I had worked out which patterns I would be using, the next step was cut the pattern pieces in my gorgeous green wool from Abraham...

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Feb 5
    • 4 min

    Decisions, decisions...

    Sewing a recreation of a vintage 1890's late Victorian walking jacket. Step by step detailed construction information.

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    Me? Competitive? Nah...

    So, having decided that I absolutely *had* to enter the Foundations Revealed competition, then came the task of finding something that I...

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    esmesvintagecloset
    • Jan 21
    • 1 min

    Hello 2022! What have you got in store for me?

    After much hemming-and-hawwing over the past six months, I have made a number of decisions about the directions that I want to take...

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