I’ve just had my last session of the sewing course I enrolled in at the start of this academic year. I actually made this jumper at home, but within the aims I set myself for this sewing course: I wanted to try making a few different kinds of garments and especially learn more about drafting… Continue reading Sewing course 2023 (04)
Author: Alex
I have been crafting since early childhood and currently do mostly sewing and illustration. 'Almalauha' is the project I started to showcase my sewing/fashion hobby, at least that was the plan. But because I like a million different arts/crafts things, I'm just going to share most of the creative things I do on this blog.
Font (01)
A couple of months ago I wrote about how I was planning to create a digital font for the Alphabet Superset challenge, but I abandoned this idea as it didn’t seem like a large enough project to do over 26 weeks of work. I did make a few doodles for such a font, and today… Continue reading Font (01)
Planning: Filofax (05)
Update: I have explained how to do this in my video on YouTube. The information written below covers the same things but has a bit more detail than I could fit into the video. Ok, so in my previous post I wrote about a design I made for my own Filofax rings organiser. And now… Continue reading Planning: Filofax (05)
Planning: Filofax (04)
I designed an organiser a while back based on my Filofax Metropol. My plan is to make this out of heavy-duty tarpaulin: I made some changes like removing the big pocket over the whole cover (as seen above) and adding in a ‘flap’ that will cover the long side of the open end of the… Continue reading Planning: Filofax (04)
Planning: Filofax (03)
I bought a couple of spare organisers for the ring system as I intend to make my own ‘Filofax’ some day soon. I have an A5 Filofax that’s got a damaged cover which I want to harvest the rings from (not pictured in this post) as well as two organisers in Personal size which I… Continue reading Planning: Filofax (03)
Planning: Filofax (02)
So, it’s been a couple of months since I started using a Filofax organiser as my diary/planner (I am using the ‘Personal’ size). So far, I am really impressed! Here are the things I consider to be an advantage (which almost all stem from this being a loose-leaf system): So, what are the downsides for… Continue reading Planning: Filofax (02)
Sewing course 2023 (03)
As part of my sewing course, I decided to make a blouse/top I designed earlier this year. The idea is that this will be a loose-fitting blouse with decorative seams to make it look like the garment has pockets and a placket (the strip that usually holds the buttons/button holes, this is not shown in… Continue reading Sewing course 2023 (03)
Small projects (02)
During my sewing course I got to try a free-motion foot. I was really impressed by it as it allows you to easily sew in any direction! I decided to buy my own and got mine from singermachines.co.uk. To try it out, I decided to make a piece of applique that I would then use… Continue reading Small projects (02)
Small projects (01)
This is a smaller project I recently made for someone’s birthday (she just wanted a handmade card, so I put my applique skills to good use): I will keep adding photos of smaller projects to this blog post so I don’t clutter my blog too much.
Sewing course 2023 (02)
In the second class we started drafting a pattern for a fitted bodice according to our own measurements. I started with the sleeve as well as I had some time left during class. Unfortunately, class was cancelled last week due to staff illness and this week it’s half term so no class either (but I… Continue reading Sewing course 2023 (02)