This sounds very Hawaiian, but it is actually a little activity started by Amanda of the intriguingly titled blog “thankyouforthesuitcase“. We are sewing a blouse from a 1954 Lutterloh book (the blouse at the very bottom left). Amanda did hers properly with a muslin, I just tucked into a piece of fabric that I could wear if […]
Read moreGinger jeans in yellow
I’ve been desperate to make this yellow denim into some Ginger jeans, and I finally found the energy. I had to find said energy as the pattern I had traced off was a size too big so I had to redo it a size smaller. As you can see I’m wearing my jeans in Sydney, where […]
Read moreFaux wrap skirt
I made a skirt which I drafted myself – yay! I will say at the outset that I like this skirt much better in real life than in these photos. I had this piece of viscose/spandex in my stash and there was too much to make a regular skirt and not enough to make a […]
Read moreProggy rug from knit fabrics
I haven’t made up the proggy bit, honest – that’s what these rugs are called :). This is an in progress photo. After I posted this to the Stashbusting Sewalong group I was asked to give some instructions on how to do it, and putting it in a blog post is the simplest way because […]
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