Creative Corner

This lockdown SERC is encouraging people to share with us their works of art and crafts, to inspire people to pick up a paintbrush, sewing needle or anything else that gets your creativity flowing.

Lockdown gives us the opportunity to explore new hobbies and ways to keep ourselves entertained,  as well as to show off and improve our skills. That is why this lockdown SERC is encouraging people to share with us their works of art and crafts, to inspire people to pick up a paintbrush, sewing needle or anything else that gets your creativity flowing. Whether you are a beginner or a master at your chosen art form, making something can lead to better mental wellbeing, as well as being a fun hobby, so let’s get creative!

Today we are featuring Rebekah Cunningham's homemade Ilford Jacket, made from a trellis blue wide rib corduroy. 

"I used a universal needle - size 80. If you're doing the placket sleeve this would be the first step in the pattern but as I chose to do the boxy sleeve, my first step was the collar. The construction of this collar was super easy mostly because of the clear instructions."

"This pattern has wonderful pocket options, so many variations you could have for your Ilford Jacket. I decided to use two handwarmer pockets, a top pocket and a pencil pocket. I pinned the pockets onto my jacket and tried it on to get a feel of where I wanted them positioned. I used a couple of pins to mark where I wanted to reposition them. Thankfully after that I was happy where they were."

"You can do buttonholes and buttons for this pattern, but as my fabric was quite chunky I decided to use bronze poppers, plus I'd seen another jacket with poppers and was sold! I got a set of metal poppers on eBay, there were bronze, silver, gold and a grey metal."

Check out my Rebekah's Instagram SewNo65 for more photos, click here for her blog post. 

If you have any paintings, crafts, sewing projects or any other creative and artistic things you would like to share, please contact cdonaldson@serc.ac.uk.