When I had my recent pattern buying splurge, this is one of the patterns I bought (yeah, yeah, supposed to be stashbusting – I know, head hanging in shame). And I chose to make it with fabric that I’ve had in my stash for nearly 30 years! This is the most divine cotton (or maybe […]
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I have noticed that, on the rare occasions when I cook, I look for recipes with 3-5 ingredients. In a moment of wild introspection I realised that I am doing the same thing with sewing patterns, resulting in a seemingly endless array of shapeless shifts. What to do? Well, go pattern shopping of course! First […]
Read moreColour blocked shift
I bought the fabric for this dress as two remnants from Potters Textiles, with no intention of combining them in one garment. However, they fell out of the stash cupboard together and I immediately saw the possibilities. I laundered them together in case there was an issue with colours mingling and when there was none, […]
Read morePonti dress
I bought this fabric online as a remnant from Tessuti. When it arrived I took an almost physical dislike to it and threw it in the stash cupboard, hoping that I could forget about it. The problem is that I kept coming across it and finally analysed my issues. I bought it for pants, and […]
Read moreH is for Hybrid
Mark is telling me that I am beginning to draw a long bow with these titles – too true! This dress started life as a fairly small remnant from Knitwit (the blue, white and silver fabric). I then added the plain blue for the skirt, but then decided I wanted sleeves, so went back for […]
Read moreMcCalls 4289
This is one of the patterns my sister found for me in an op-shop and I was instantly drawn to it. I love the neckline and the loose flowiness of the dress, BUT, I did worry about its rather youthful look. Mutton and lamb comes to mind a bit! Anyway, I made it a few […]
Read moreAnother Springlike day…
…and another new top. This time it’s Vogue 7525, which I was attracted to because of the neck shape and the asymmetrical hemline. Mine turned out like this – you can’t see the neckline but the “v” part which I really liked, sits right up at my throat, which I hadn’t envisaged. I also put […]
Read moreA jobbing sewist’s review of Vogue 8904
I have had a passing fancy for Vogue 8904 – an interesting “shingle” dress made up of layers of contrasting fabrics, and have, unusually for me, read reviews prior to making, which said things such as “really easy”; “made in an afternoon”, “I didn’t need to read the instructions”, and so on. You get the […]
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