I was quite surprised to win the Sewing Masin Jameela Jacket pattern, and I think I was chosen because I said I would make a gingham one. When I won it, I got out a green gingham sheet I had bought in an op shop, but I was slightly uncertain how the pattern worked so […]
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I’ve been looking at the Stokx Play pants and the Stokx Square Pants for quite a while and was thrilled to see that Lindy was a sponsor for Designin” December, so was extremely hopeful that I might get lucky and win a pattern. The sewing goddesses were smiling on me, because not only did I […]
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I’ve recently had an urge for a jumpsuit that was kind of shapeless and which didn’t need anything worn underneath it. Not for public wearing, but to wander round the house in on a really hot day. Then I found the Fibremood Danika, which seemed to fit my mental image perfectly. It’s a bit shapeless, […]
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For years I’ve been wearing a red tee shirt that I love but finding the pattern I used to make it has eluded me, so I decided to rub off a new pattern. In the process I remembered that the red tee was itself rubbed off a ready to wear black one (Visage if memory […]
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