#maudella

I finally sew my Lumatwills? We went to London immediately following the 2016 electoral disaster. My souvenir was Limatwills.

Plum raver tweed:

British navy raver tweed:

And a blurry shot of them reflecting light:

I have been afraid to cut into them. But I need to get over it.

I plan to make the vest from this 1968 Simplicity from the plum raver tweed.

I had wanted to make this Maudella.

And took a chance on it, even though it’s an unprinted pattern. I tried to make sense of it and just couldn’t.The welts on the Maudella are a false pocket, so they should be easy to replicate without a pattern marking.

The Simplicity has the advantage of cutting the back on the fold, eliminating the need to match the plaid. I did not have a pattern in mind when I bought the fabrics and did not have a yardage requirement. In any event, the plum was end-of-the-bolt. so I bought what there was. The vest takes just under a yard of 45″ width and a yard is less than a meter, so I’m betting I have enough.

I have these two wools which coordinate that I could use for the skirt, but I much prefer the Maudella skirt to the Simplicity one.

So I guess I’ll fuss with the other pattern pieces and see if I can make sense of the skirt, even though I couldn’t make sense of the waistcoat!

A little Maudella collection. Or is it clutter?

The Maudella Patterns Company was founded by Maude Helena Dunsford in West Yorkshire in 1937. These patterns presented basic style garments and were released until the 1980s. Here is a selection of patterns that I came home to find in a large box on my doorstep. The simplicity in the design and the illustrations for the Maudella range never ceases to take my breath away. Although simple, the…