I’ve seen a few tops in the shops with the split bottom half wrapping around to the front and thought I’d like one. Sarah from Workspace-FADS happened to buy one from a well known Australian store and we set about copying it reinterpreting it! I deployed some fabric that I had found in an op shop, a sweetly […]
Read moreJapanese knot bag sewalong: design modification
By now you may have finished a knot bag and be ready for a slightly different version. I’ve played around with the pattern, and come up with this The fabric is boiled, foiled wool, leftover from one of my reversible jackets, and therefore meeting my stringent stash busting requirements. I have therefore made the bag reversible […]
Read moreLottie dress
I made this dress for an intimate wedding that we attended at the weekend, which had a dress code of smart casual – whatever that means! I’m not sure why I am calling it my Lottie dress, but the minute I first put it on, that’s the name that came into my mind, so that’s […]
Read more1970s cardi
I am a bit behind on my vintage pledge makes this year, so I decided to use a 1970s pattern to make a quick cardi. The weather is warming up but there are days when you just need a light layer before the sun burns off the clouds, hence the need for this cardigan. The […]
Read moreJapanese knot bag sewalong: decisions, decisions
Welcome to the Japanese knot bag sewalong, hosted by me on behalf of the Sewalongs and Sewing Contests group on Facebook. You do not need to be a member of this Facebook group to join the sewalong, anyone can join in. However, thanks to our wonderful sponsors we have a prize consisting of 2 pdf patterns from Sew Sweetness and […]
Read moreBrief Encounters dress – slightly hacked!
This is yet another awesome free pattern, this time from Deby at So So Easy, and it’s called the Brief Encounters dress and it’s supposed to look like this It is a skater dress with a close fitting bodice and a full circle skirt. Adorable non? As soon as I saw it I knew I had to […]
Read moreThe Maya Bra: a winner!
I was lucky enough to be a pattern tester for the new Maya bra by Ana of Afilimonb, and it is a beauty! Not only that, but it’s free – how amazing is Ana to give this pattern away? I had been watching Ana slowly and rigorously develop the bra, paying particular attention to measuring and sizing […]
Read moreFrocktails Frenzy
Last weekend we had the first ever Perth Frocktails event. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Frocktails was an event started on the eastern seaboard of Australia and I have watched with some envy all the preparations for the various Frocktails events. Anyway, Perth now has its own thanks to Nat from http://www.sewoutnumbered.com! […]
Read moreAlabama Chanin on holiday
I have had a bit of a yearning to make the Alabama Chanin bucket hat, and when Gloria from Aube Nouvelle lent me her stencils and sold me some lovely AC organic cotton, I was set! I made the hat on the plane going to India and had to cut out the upper layer with […]
Read more1947 Vogue cocktail dress
I’ve had this Vogue pattern for a goodly while and decided to make it to take on holidays with me. As usual the sizing was all wrong for me, so took it to my pattern making class for the alterations. As the title of this post claims – this is a 1947 Vogue pattern (Vogue […]
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