March is the month of a couple of challenges: SewOverAgeism, which I’ve already mentioned, and SewFrugal, where we are challenged with finding and making a free pattern. I’m wary of free patterns, and I also don’t like to download free patterns unless I am paying for something as designers have to make a living. First […]
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I’ve seen lots of versions of this pattern and was always attracted to it, and then my friend Hélène made a swoonworthy one and I knew I needed a pink and grey one just like hers. Here is the line drawing so you can see that really lovely front. I need to say at this […]
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Sometime ago I won this lovely pattern via a SewOver50 challenge and I was so thrilled as I’d seen it on my friend Hélène and loved it. I duly made a couple of versions and have worn them a lot, but decided I wanted another one; as a jacket. Hélène posted one she’d hacked and […]
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In the 1980s my mother recovered her sofas and chairs with this magnificent floral linen and my sister recently passed on the scraps to me. I’ve already made a pair of Stokx Square Pants from it, but had a fair bit left over, so I dyed a couple of pieces. I used synthetic dyes because […]
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The current Sew Over Ageism challenge being run by SewOver50, where we’ve been asked to find patterns that feature models over 45. I’ve found a few and the Tessuti Ola Tunic is another. I bought the pattern, along with several others, at the Fibres West Garage Sale and I’ve been keen to make it, so […]
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The SewOver50 team have had a challenge running where they have asked everyone to find sewing patterns featuring models over 45. I have a surprising number of makes in my wardrobe that are from patterns featuring older models and have worn one every day this month. However, I was perusing patterns yet to be made […]
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I had been watching this pattern for a while, with some longing, but I do try to not buy new patterns all the time. Then I was lucky enough to win a pattern from Lindy and I didn’t even have to tell her which pattern I wanted, she just knew and sent it to me […]
Read moreLindy from Stokx Pattern has been promoting Rotes Kleid, which means Red Dress to wear on International Women’s Day as red symbolises strength and power and demands attention. I have always celebrated IWD, especially as it’s my husband’s birthday, so I decided I would make a new, red outfit. This outfit ticks the Sew Over […]
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My stepdaughter is home for a couple of weeks with our grandson and she asked me to make him a summer wardrobe. I set to work with alacrity! I could have gone mad, but did restrain myself as I don’t want to burden her with too much stuff which won’t fit for long. I started […]
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I was keen to make a pattern from both Liz Hayward and Pattern Union as both these pattern companies gave us a pattern as a prize for our Perth Stitchers Picnic in the Park. I also wanted to recycle some fabric and this began life as a Gorman doona cover and pillowcases – I loved […]
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