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Catching up from Celtic Thistle Stitches

Well it has been a while since my last post that is for sure! Over and above all of the craziness that the world has gone through in the last 18 months, life at the home of Celtic Thistle has been more full on than most.

Two of our sons, their partners and our two grandsons all ended up living with us over the summer as their house and country moves dragged out. With 4 of them working from home as well, not to mention an overlocker service that ended up taking 2 months instead of 2 weeks sewing was ...

added by Celtic Thistle 3 years, 3 months ago. under boys clothes. t-shirts , brindille and twig , ottobre , waves & wild

Not quite summer from Celtic Thistle Stitches

There is a saying in Scotland "Ne'er cast a clout till May's out!" which basically means May might be officially a Summer month but that doesn't mean it will be warm :)

I have had some softshell fleece sitting in my sewing room taunting me every time I walked past it for a couple of months now. Given the less than summery weather we have been having lately it seemed like the perfect time to finally break out of my comfort zone and make the rainjackets for the grandsons that I have been dithering over.

I did it ...

added by Celtic Thistle 3 years, 8 months ago. under jacket , northwest knots , ottobre , softshell fleece

Challenging Corduroy from Celtic Thistle Stitches

My stitching up of clothes for gorgeous grandsons continues!

I am a sucker for a good fabric for boys so when I saw the Dinosaurs in Diggers and on Scooters fabrics at Flamingo Fabrics I couldn't resist :) Two more tops from that, by now, well-used Jalie pattern. I think these are the 15th and 16th that I have made from this pattern.

Tops are only half the story though, a boy needs trousers too! These were my first ever attempt at sewing with corduroy and it was a messy business, there was fluff everywhere. I was really worried cutting ...

added by Celtic Thistle 3 years, 9 months ago. under corduroy , flamingo fabrics , jalie , ottobre , speedy pants , t-shirts , trousers , waves & wild

You win some, you lose some from Celtic Thistle Stitches

Sewing clothes for my grandsons is definitely testing my abilities and not just my ability to stitch a straight line! I have been making more tops for the boys, and matching patterns has again been a challenge.

First up a Snowman top for the littler grandson

and a win! A Snowman the right way up :)

Next up, a much more ambitious Octopus Hoodie for the older grandson. Some wins here too

Check out the pattern matching on that front pocket! I confess to being a little bit thrilled when I saw that :)

Sadly the joy did not last, unbeknownst to ...

added by Celtic Thistle 4 years ago. under hooded top , jalie , ottobre , pattern matching , snowman top

You've got to pick a placket or two! from Celtic Thistle Stitches

Over the summer,as you know, I had great fun making clothes for the gorgeous grandsons. Once I had made them (more than) a few t-shirts I decided to branch out and have a go at polo shirts!

My, by now, well-thumbed Ottobre magazine had a pattern for a polo shirt so nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Well the nothing gained bit was right! I struggled with getting my head around the instructions for getting the placement of the cut for the placket so my first attempt was definitely a bit off centre! Fortunately, I had (just) enough fabric to cut ...

added by Celtic Thistle 4 years ago. under ottobre , placket , polo shirts

Cosy Clothes from Celtic Thistle Stitches

Although I have been neglecting this blog lately, my sewing machine has been whirring away.After the glut of t-shirts, shirts and shorts made for gorgeous grandsons in the summer a whole new world of autumn and winter makes beckoned!

First up this doggy sweatshirt for the littlest grandson. I have had the fabric for ages but for some reason had never got around to using it until now. The pattern was another from Ottobre magazine and was very straightforward apart from those tiny cuffs!

As you can see I managed to get the dogs on one of the cuffs ...

added by Celtic Thistle 4 years ago. under boys clothes. sweatshirts , flamingo fabrics , ottobre

More makes for boys from Celtic Thistle Stitches

The recent delivery of my first copy of the Ottobre magazine has ramped up the boys clothes making obsession :)

First up a pair of denim twill shorts with patch pockets and a mock fly for the bigger gorgeous grandson. The mock fly had me thoroughly confused and, at one stage, was stitched up completely inside out but I got there in the end! I should have carried the topstitching right up to the top of the waistband but only realised that when it was all done :( Next time I will get it right!

Fingers crossed we get the weather for ...

added by Celtic Thistle 4 years, 5 months ago. under lauren guthrie , ottobre , stoff & stil , sunny day shorts , t-shirts

Twins and titles from Celtic Thistle Stitches

I have been feeding my boys clothes making obsession with some scary new additions to my sewing kit.

I have been thinking of subscribing to the Ottobre pattern magazine for a while now but have always put it off, partly because I didn't think that my dressmaking skills were up to it. I really want to make contemporary, practical outfits rather than classic clothes for the gorgeous grandsons (and, hopefully, future grandsons and granddaughters!) so I finally decided to bite the bullet :)

Now, I know that the magazine itself doesn't look scary

but what about this? There are ...

added by Celtic Thistle 4 years, 6 months ago. under ottobre , t-shirts , twin needle

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