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最強の刀鍛冶が送る、理想のスローライフとは？ 「理不尽なノルマに追われる毎日」「正当に評価されない仕事」「好きだったはずのことが、いつの間にか苦痛になっている」…現代社会で働く多くの人が、一度はこのような悩みを抱えたことがあるのではないでしょうか。もし、そんな息苦しい環境から抜け出し、自分の好きなことだけをして生きていけるとしたら、それはまさに理想の人生かもしれません。 今回ご紹介する漫画『S級ギルドを離脱した刀鍛冶の自由な辺境スローライフ〜ブラックギルドから解放されて気ままに鍛冶してたら、伝説の魔刀が生まれていました〜』は、まさにそんな現代人の願望を叶えてくれる物語です。 物語の主人公シグは、S級ギルド「栄光の翼」に所属する万能鍛冶師。しかし、その実態は過酷なノルマと理不尽な要求に心をすり減らす、いわゆる「ブラック」な職場でした。ついには生きがいである「刀作り」すら禁じられてしま…

Want to see all the things I made for my Sew Your Own Wardrobe challenge? You're in luck because here's a recap!

It’s finally finished! Last May I challenged myself to make a dressmaking project each month for a year, aptly titled Sew Your Own Wardrobe, and I’ve done it. I have to admit it’s been a hard slog at times but I’m so proud that I’ve managed to stick to it. I though it would be good to do a little project recap and sum up all the things I’ve learned in the process about dressmaking and myself.

I…

Sew Your Own Wardrobe: Morris Blazer - That's right I made a jacket!

YoHo folks! This is the final make in my Sew Your Own Wardrobe challenge… I can’t quite believe it’s been a whole year since I started! I have a bit of a separate round-up post planned but for now I just want to gush about my Morris Blazer.

Ok, confession time. You might be wondering why I’m showing a blazer and not the planned summer party dress. Well I did try really hard with the dress, I…

The Sew Your Own Wardrobe project for January is here! This month I'm making the Bonnie Top from @bluegingerdoll patterns!

It’s a new month so I’m putting the disastrous December sew your own wardrobe project behind me and moving on up and moving on out (sing it like Heather Smalls). This month I’ve decided to make the BlueGingerDoll Patterns Bonnie topand I’m pretty excited about it. My wardrobe is severely lacking casual tops so this may be just the ticket. I’ve also been living in my Moneta dresses so I think it’s…

Sew Your Own Wardrobe: Kim Dress Fail

So… you know when I said that for December’s sew your own wardrobe challenge I would be making the By Hand London Kim dress? Well I did… and then I didn’t. I got as far as a muslin then the great burnout of 2014 happened and I basically quit life. I do intend to finish it eventually but that will not be soon. Instead I’m going to show you the muslin and the difficulties that I had with it which…

SYOW: Christmas Kim Dress

Ho Ho Ho!! I know it’s a bit late but I have the Christmas edition of my Sew Your Own Wardrobe series ready kids! Obviously since it’s December, what better thing to make that a snazzy Christmas dress! Back in November (I think) the By Hand London girls released their new pattern, the Kim dress and I pre-ordered it right away! I’m a sucker for a tulip wrap skirt.

Happy mail day! #kimdress…

Sew Your Own Wardrobe: Delphine Skirt Reveal

FINISHED! And with time to spare ;) I’m so glad I chose a relatively simple project this month. The Delphine Skirt from Tilly’s Book Love at First Stitch was basically a joy to make. From cutting out it took all of an 90 minutes to finish, however this would have been even less if I didn’t sew the zip in the wrong way the first time round. That’s what you get when sewing with Sons of Anarchy on…