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Posted on April 28, 2025
Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing

Years ago I made myself a quick dressing gown from a white fleece IKEA throw and often wore it in the morning between waking up and changing into day clothes.
One day I want to make myself a fancy victorian wrapper, to use in its place, but that’s still in the early planning stage, and will require quite some work.

Then last autumn I discovered that the taxes I owed to the local lord (who provides protection from mice and other small animals) included not just a certain amount of kibbles, but also some warm textiles, and the dressing gown (which at this time was definitely no longer pristine) had to go.
For a while I had to do without a dressing gown, but then in the second half of this winter I had some time for a quick machine sewing project. I could not tackle the big victorian thing, but I still had a second POLARVIDE throw from IKEA (this time in a more sensible dark grey) I had bought with sewing intents.
The fabric in a throw isn’t that much, so I needed something pretty efficient, and rather than winging it as I had done the first time I decided I wanted to try the Modular Jacket from A Year of Zero Waste Sewing (which I had bought in the zine instalments: the jacket is in the March issue).
After some measuring and decision taking, I found that I could fit most of the pieces and get a decent length, but I had no room for the collar, and probably not for the belt nor the pockets, but I cut all of the main pieces. I had a possible idea for a contrasting collar, but I decided to start sewing the main pieces and decide later, before committing to cutting the other fabric.
As I was assembling the jacket I decided that as a dressing gown I could do without the collar, and noticed that with the fraying-free plastic fleece I didn’t really need the front facings, so I cut those in half lengthwise, pieced them together, and used them as binding to finish the front end.

Since I didn’t have enough fabric for the belt I also skipped the belt loops, but I have been wearing this with random belts and I don’t feel the need for them anyway. I’ve also been thinking about adding a button just above the bust and use that to keep it closed, but I’m still not 100% sure about it.
Another thing I still need to do is to go through the few scraps of fleece that are left and see if I can piece together a serviceable pocket or two.

Because of the size of the fabric, I ended up having quite long sleeves: I’m happy with them because they mean that I can cover my hands when it’s cold, or fold them back to make a nice cuff.
If I’ll make a real jacket with this patter I’ll have to take this in consideration, and either make the sleeves shorter or finish the seam in a way that looks nice when folded back.
Will I make a real jacket? I’m not sure, it’s not really my style of outer garment, but as a dressing gown it has already been used quite a bit (as in, almost every morning since I’ve made it :) ) and will continue to be used until too worn to be useful, and that’s a good thing.
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Potrei averlo fatto ancora.
Mia madre ha invitato 3 persone per domani. 4 con lei, e 6 con noi (che probabilmente non passeremo tutto il tempo con gli invitati, ma vogliamo la nostra quota del cibo :D )
Potrei aver già impastato 1 kg di farina di segale e 0.5 kg di farina bianca, e ho piani per un impasto da 1 kg di farina di grano duro da fare questa sera. E poi c'è in giro un impasto da 0.5 kg di farina bianca da far cuocere stasera a cena.
mezzo kg di farina a testa è una quantità ragionevole, giusto? :D
#panificazione
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •aaaand. there won't be guests.
stuff happened, they had to cancel (for perfectly valid reasons).
(luckily *before* I had started on the durum dough)
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •e non ci saranno gli ospiti.
sono successe cose, hanno dovuto saltare (per ragioni più che valide).
(per fortuna *prima* che io iniziassi ad impastare anche il grano duro)
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Marcos Dione
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in reply to Marcos Dione • •@Marcos Dione in my defense I have to say that most of this can be easily frozen, or will keep well for a enough days to give us plenty of time to finish the leftovers, I'm way more strict with stuff that is harder to deal with.
I have no idea where empanadas lie on that scale.
Marcos Dione
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