It’s my grandson’s birthday soon and I wanted to make him a top to supplement his other gifts which are dinosaur themed, so the top needed a dinosaur! I found a fun graphic which I imported into Cricut Design Space and added a shaped background layer to it, then printed it on to a fusible […]
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Ever since last winter I have been trying to get around to making another Stokx Skater top, and dropping the waistline. I found my last one a bit high in the waist, although it doesn’t look high, it just feels it. I used some beautiful cotton knit given to me by Jenny (@joeandroxy on IG). […]
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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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Megan (meggipeg.com), Katherine (sewblooms ) and I caught up for coffee the day after Issey Miyake departed for that great atelier in the sky, and we decided that it would be lovely to make one of his patterns to pay him homage. We went home and started digging and we each found that we had […]
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I’ve participated in another Fibremood Link Party and chose to make this lovely blouse – Rhonda. I really like the style lines and feel that it’s sufficiently different to be a useful addition to my wardrobe. I also love anything buttoned down the back! These line drawings from the pattern show the longer front and […]
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I had no idea what to call this post, but the November theme for Make a Garment a Month sewalong (Magamsewalong) over on IG is New Again November and this garment certainly qualifies. This lovely blue double gauze arrived in my stash as a donation from Jenny (@joeandroxy) – I think! When I opened it […]
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I love Instagram challenges such as Sew Japanese in January as they really do spur me on to make all the things I’ve been planning from my Japanese sewing books. Having said that, it looks as though I will only have one make for the challenge this January, but I am motivated to get on […]
Read moreHaving made the pink White Russian, I immediately wanted to make another one. I had a piece of lovely blue knit fabric in my stash that my friend Thelma donated to me last year. I’ve been really keen to make this fabric into something, but it was too small to make anything appropriate until I looked at […]
Read moreSorry about the title – no imagination today! This top is made from yet more fabric donated to me by my most generous friend Thelma. I used Vogue 8793 without the fancy bits at the neck. I notice that the fabric has bunched up under the arms, but when I had another look, I just […]
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