VLFW Giveaway winner + shop sale!

Hi everyone,

I am here to announce the winner of the Vodafone London Fashion Weekend giveaway!

 Drumroll please....... and the winner is...... 

********Graceypaste!!!*******

Congratulations :D Your prize will be with you soon!

Xxxx

And I gave more good news- for everyone this time, not just one lucky winner!

I am having a spooky pre halloween sale in my shop!: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StitchedbyJordan

To get 10% off EVERYTHING just use the code:
SPOOKY10

Discount code expires 25th of October 2014- don't miss out!  :)

I hope you are all well and I will speak to you again soon (I have this year's innocent hats to show you!,

Bye xxx

FLASH SUMMER SALE!

Hi everyone,

I am back from Inverness now. It is not actually long till I go away again though- to Lyme Regis :-)

Seeing as it is now the middle of the summer I wanted to do something to celebrate the sunshine- A flash summer sale!

I am giving 15% off anything and everything in my Etsy store with code: summer15

Also keep an eye out for new listings now I am back at home :-)

But.... The coupon code only lasts until the 15th of August so get in and grab yourself a bargain before then :p

I hope you are all happy and healthy my lovely readers. Speak to you all again soon,

Bye XxXxXx

Sunday style

Hi,

My my, it has been quite a while since I brought you a Sunday style! I have one for you today though :) As I mentioned in a previous post I had designed and started making an A line dress (from scratch, making my own pattern etc.) from a shirt and skirt I picked up in the costume store sale. Today we had family friends over so I made sure I got it all done ready to be worn and shown off! Lol :P

Here is it just flat:

Here are some of the details up close:

Folding back the  corners of the pocket flaps was my dad's idea and then I thought I could do the same with the collar and add little buttons to tie everything on :)

If you had forgotten the pieces I got the fabric from here they are:

Here is me wearing The dress:

I am really pleased with how it came out as it fits me really well, as it should because I made it to my measurements :P and it nice and airy for summer.  The colours also go with the colour of my hair too I think- if I am going to indulge myself and be really vain, lol! I will stop now and compliment you all- You all look beautiful today :D xxx

I am off to go and relax now. I have eaten a lot of my dad's delicious food today so need to sit and let it all go down- warm chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae sauce and brownies is all  that needs to be said! :P

Before I go though I do want to say thank you to everyone who has looked at my new etsy shop. My viewings are increasing which is lovely :-) Also I have a special tutorial coming soon that I have made for you all so keep your eyes peeled! 

See you soon,

Bye xoxoxo

Finished.... but only just getting started... :P

Hi,

 

Today was officially my last day of college for the year, though I actually didn't have to come in really because I got all my work handed in yesterday :0)

 



So now I can bring you the final photos from my Line and form project (the collaboration with a designer) that I have been mentioning in my last few posts.

 

I kindly got permission from my designer to put up a picture of her design for court costume of the Duchess of Malfi (for a contemporary staging of the Duchess of Malfi):

 

(Copyright of my designer Sarah!)

 

I concentrated on making the jacket in the design, and now you can see what I was going from here is my final realised garment: 

 

 

 

It is fully lined, but is made in calico- really I would make it in wool worsted, but that was a bit expensive for this project when I needed 4m of it! And calico was still a suitable weight.

 

I am really proud of it and I learnt so many things from it- like how to construct a notched collar, and fully line the jacket with fairly little hand sewing (the industry method). It fitted my model really well too (she wanted to take it home :-P) so I was pleased!

 

This week, as well as finishing my jacket, I picked up some really great bargains at the big costume store sale at college. They had a clear out and all the money raised is going towards re-stocking the store. I got all of these clothing items for only £5!!!!!:

 

So that is 50p each!!! My aim is to use the fabric or adapt each of them over my summer break to make some cool stuff :) Though I may end up just wearing some of the pieces as I might not have the heart to cut into them- especially the big purple mens coat; it has a label in it saying 'Nathans and Burmans' (a famous costume house), and 'Return to OZ' so it may have been in the film- I will have to watch and see! Hehe, that will give me a bit of excitement :P

 

I better get off to bed now though as I am working at the Bridal Boutique tomorrow and as tomorrow is the first official day of my summer holidays my summer plan (lots of reading about sewing and fashion and costume, sewing and designing, going on courses and doing work experience- in between going on holiday with my family :P) can begin! So though I am finished for the year, I am only really just starting as I have so much to learn and practise in summer :)

 

See you all soon, and I will keep you all regularly updated :-)

 

I hope you are well,

 

Bye xXxXxXxXxXxXxX

The good, the bad and the very ugly!

Hi,

 

I will start with the good news as it is always best to go for the good stuff first :)

 

Well, I am having a sale on my shop! I am thinking of moving over to Esty from folksy so it is easier for people not in the UK to buy items. EVERYTHING in my shop is now £2.50 OR LESS (most items are less!) so get over and check it out, if you've had your eye on something for a while now is your chance to get it at a bargain price: click here!

My other good news is that I finally actually started to finish off the Kameez I drafted the pattern for aggess ago after I went to the Asian wedding fair and my mum bought me the fabric bundles, here is what I have got so far:

 

 

Just the neckline, cuffs and vent sides left before I am done :D I reckon I will finish it by the end of my holiday, I have the whole of next week still left which is plenty of time!

 

Further good news, I am all ready for mothers day tomorrow :) I finished  my mums card today, I turned the little cupcake cross stitch kit I completed a while ago (and blogged about :) into a cute little brooch to go on the front:

 

I hope she likes it!

 

But now.... We come to the bad news and the very, very ugly......

 

.... Yesterday I went to the tailors and dressmakers I still visit when i get time off and I broke the machine needle, I was changing it but I didn't turn the machine off. I was just thinking that I should turn it off because I reckon I could do myself a nasty injury and- BOOM- the machine needle suddenly goes straight through my finger! I remained calm and just kept apologising to Michael and Stephanie and saying 'I'm such an idiot for not turning the machine off!'

I didn't pull it out (which was the right thing to do- you should leave it in to prevent fainting, lots of bleeding, infection etc...) and Micheal took me to the hospital and I was in and out in under an hour- the hospital was really great. luckily I didn't hit bone, the needle only went through my nail and the top of my finger. Hehe, I was back rhinestoning a wedding dress and Micheal and Stephanie's with one arm in a sling afterwards! :P

 

So remember to turn sewing machines off when you are fiddling with them! Don't be lazy like I was!

 

Here is a picture of my finger with the needle as I know some of you (like I usually am :P) may be curious (Micheal told me to take a picture- I was more worried about getting it out at the time!). There is no blood in the picture as my finger did not bleed- the needle held it in so there is no gory stuff but I don't recommend looking if you are extremely squeamish- I don't want to upset any of you :) just warning you of the dangers of sewing machines!

 

So look or look away now:

 

Here is what I have got for the next few days:

 

One bandaged up finger.

 

Some lessons you learn harder than others I suppose, and I am thankful to the hospital for sorting me out so quickly, the nurse I had said she had done the same before and so had Stephanie so that made me feel less stupid! I have to wear a plastic bag over my hand in the bath- hhehe I don't think anyone could make me feel less stupid about doing that :P

 

One last pointer- never ever hold pins in your mouth, this is something I actually never do, I have heard too many horror stories about that.

 

But sewing is relatively safe, so don't be put off! :) It hasn't stopped me sewing, I was working on my Salwar all of today!

 

I hope I haven't scared any of you with my post- just go back to the pretty Kameez fabric at the top and treat yourself to something in my shop if you feel shaken! Lol

 

I promise no gruesome pics next post. See you all soon I hope you all have a lovely Sunday tomorrow,

 

Byeeeee XxXxXxXxX

My Folksy shop- big January SALE!

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a fantastically marvellous Christmas day and I hope you are having a nice Boxing day so far too :)

 

Many of the shops start their sales today and my Folksy shop is no exception!

 

There is a sale on every single item :D So please do get down there and grab yourself a bargain because once it is gone it is gone!

 

And also lots of new stock for the new year will be appearing soon! :0D

 

Here is the link to my shop (or you can just click the button near the top and to the side of the blog to be magically transported there :P): http://folksy.com/shops/handmadebyjordan

 

See you all again soon with my post Christmas post,

 

Byeeeeee XxXxXxXxX