Forays into sewing

With the weather gradually improving there have been more opportunities to dry the washing outside.  This meant I could no longer ignore the need for better peg storage.  The last few years, our pegs have been crammed into a Tupperware tub which was sufficient.  However, since having a baby our laundry has inexplicably increased and the need for more pegs couldn't be ignored.  Unfortunately, our glut of pegs no longer fit in the faithful Tupperware anymore.  I decided to make a peg bag, and searched the web for suitable tutorials.
The one I chose to do was from Vintage Folly since it seemed straightforward and I'm not an accomplished sewer.

Overall, I was happy with how it turned out.  I had to make my own bias binding (bit of a lie, since I realised after that I hadn't actually cut it on the bias) which ended up a bit wonky, and the buttons pull on the fabric a bit.  But hey, it does the job!

Making the peg bag has fired up my enthusiasm for sewing (that and episodes of the Great British Sewing Bee).  I went on to make Rowan a pair of trousers upcycled from one of my old tops.  I didn't have a pattern, so I used an existing pair of Rowan's trousers as a template.  There wasn't quite enough fabric, so some of the fabric pieces included parts of the seam from the top.  They aren't great, but they fit him.

I've also made myself a pair of trousers from a Simplicity pattern (2414).  They turned out really well, apart from accidentally sewing the side seams together on the waistband, so I had to unpick it in order to slide the twill tape through.  Annoyingly, despite taking my measurements and using the correct size on the pattern, they have turned out massive.  When I was cutting the pattern out I thought it looked large, but told myself not to be arrogant, and trust the pattern.  I now need to learn how to alter them.  Or put on about 2 stone.