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I realised that I dont 'have many clothes and really need to up my wardrobe a bit. Trying to spend as little as possible at the moment so thought I should probably make some! Any ideas / sites / patterns / ideas that you can recommend?

I can't remember who makes their own @laceybat @JabberJabber @Allie @MissFrodo ??

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Yup I've done loads for myself, really need to make a few dresses for summer btw but can't find my sewing mojo.

Besides making my own dresses/skirts I love shopping in second hand stores, managed to buy a lovely dress a few weeks ago for 6 euro!

Patternwise I don't know what you wanna make but I use the Simplicity patterns and Knipmode (a dutch sewing magazine) most times when I make something myself.
If you like the knitted dresses, think I have 10 of them , take a look at burda 7828.

I've done some dresses - and thinking of doing some summerdresses Got some patterns from the local sewing shop a while ago and just use those - sometimes I alter the patterns a bit

But mostly I do the second hand shopping as Esther more on the note of saving the planet than saving money And we have some really good second hand stores in Aarhus as well as a site called trendsales that has tons of second hand clothes and things - really nice high end brand names as well for a lot less than new

They don't really have 2nd hand stores here. Maybe I need to do some online looking!

MissFrodo wrote:If you like the knitted dresses, think I have 10 of them , take a look at burda 7828.

To 'curvy' for knit dresses! they tend to cling too much

I'm actually thinking of some straight knee length skirts for a start as they are quite easy and look nice with a plain tshirt. I want to look a bit more stylish

Look forward to seeing what you guys make if you do end up doing more dresses @MissFrodo and @Aeseldyr - I remember a few summers back you made heaps of them Esther!

I found a few patterns on etsy and pintrest.

I make quite a lot of my own clothes, mainly hoodies and long sleeved t-shirts for the winter and cotton tops and linen trousers for the summer. I've also done a couple of peasant style maxi dresses. The sis bloom patterns on etsy are good and really easy to follow.

Eta forgot to say my absolute favourite pattern is a just above the knee a line skirt out of my sew a metre book. I have tons of these skirts in various different weights of fabric for different times of the year.

I've started to sew some things for myself.
Made 2 kimonos last weekend to dress up jeans and simple tops.
Hoping to get some skirts done

docmaggoo wrote:I've started to sew some things for myself.
Made 2 kimonos last weekend to dress up jeans and simple tops.
Hoping to get some skirts done

@docmaggoo What patterns do you use for the kimonos? I'd really like to do some for when we go to Florida.