Bits and Bobbins – JuJu Vail http://jujuvail.com A Style Blog For Grown-up Girls Who Make Their Own Clothes: We are Velvet Swans Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:30:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 http://i0.wp.com/jujuvail.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-juju-icon_Artboard-3.png?fit=32%2C32 Bits and Bobbins – JuJu Vail http://jujuvail.com 32 32 108244158 Bits and Bobbins: Cottage Life /bits-bobbins-cottage-life/ /bits-bobbins-cottage-life/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:00:41 +0000 /?p=2215 If you follow my Instagram feed, you’ll notice that I’m not in London anymore, I’m enjoying Canadian cottage life. I should explain the change in my summer lifestyle and posts. Home in Canada I live in Hackney, London, but I’m Canadian, born and raised. Furthermore, I’m lucky enough to enjoy summers on a lake outside Kingston, Ontario, which is… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Cottage Life

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]]> /bits-bobbins-cottage-life/feed/ 5 2215 Bits and Bobbins: Esme Young Delight /bits-and-bobbins-esme-young/ /bits-and-bobbins-esme-young/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:55:50 +0000 /?p=2122 I love Esme Young! She is my new style icon! When I are they going to give us the “What Esme Wore” segment of the Great British Sewing Bee? I need at least 5 minutes, of each episode, to include a detailed look at what she is wearing, her accessories and details. I love her… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Esme Young Delight

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]]> /bits-and-bobbins-kimono-inspiration/feed/ 4 2046 Bits and Bobbins: Dressmaking Detective /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/ /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2016 08:00:49 +0000 /?p=1947 Dressmaking Detective Do you play dressmaking detective by going “shopping” on the high street and taking spy photos? I have been loathe to. One of the beauties of sewing is not having to go shopping. But it can save a ton of time and disappointment if you try on different styles and fits before sewing.… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Dressmaking Detective

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]]> /bits-bobbins-dressmaking-detective/feed/ 15 1947 Bits and Bobbins: Striped sweaters, comics, jacquards /bits-and-bobbins-striped-sweaters-comics-jacquards/ /bits-and-bobbins-striped-sweaters-comics-jacquards/#comments Thu, 26 May 2016 08:00:42 +0000 /?p=1896 This week’s round-up is on the short side. I’ve been busy getting new posts written up and there is so much Me Mading to do. Goodness, this is a pretty sweater from Rabens Saloner. I have been knitting a lot lately with one strand of Isager Highland and one strand of Isager Alpaca I held together.… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Striped sweaters, comics, jacquards

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]]> /bits-and-bobbins-striped-sweaters-comics-jacquards/feed/ 4 1896 Bits and Bobbins: Me Made May Fun /bits-and-bobbins-me-made-may-fun/ /bits-and-bobbins-me-made-may-fun/#comments Thu, 05 May 2016 09:30:27 +0000 /?p=1690 I’m having lots of fun with Me Made May ’16. I wore my new embroidered bag for the first time this week and documented it on Tuesday. I’m also wearing my own shirt and fave Texas birthday cowboy boots. I’ll be doing weekly round-ups of my me made outfits, Mondays on my blog, and daily… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Me Made May Fun

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]]> /bits-and-bobbins-third-week-of-april/feed/ 0 1547 Bits and Bobbins: April /bits-bobbins-april/ /bits-bobbins-april/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:55:02 +0000 /?p=1428   I finished my first Carkai bag. It isn’t perfect, the interfacing caused some bubbling and the straps could have been about 15cm longer. Naughty me; I tell my students not to point out their mistakes to everyone else. Do as a say, not as I do. Making the leather closure was very easy. I… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: April

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