I’ve been participating in an Instagram sewalong of a Maven French dart dress and managed to sew two. The first one I made from a piece of vintage batik, which still had the gold seal sticker on it. This came from my mother’s stash and was possibly bought by my father on one of his […]
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I wasn’t going to make a new dress for Perth Frocktails this year, but then Kathryn from Blooms Endless Summer gave me some fabric, so I did! The fabric came from the Fibres West Garage Sale and was a six metre length that kept sliding to the floor off the table and finished up being […]
Read moreBy 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 moreWelcome back sewalong adventurers: by now you should have printed out the pattern and taped it together. You will also have burrowed deep into your stashes to find fabric for your bag. Lay out the pattern on your fabric and decide whether it’s the right size. Now is the time to make it bigger or smaller. Eyeball […]
Read moreWelcome 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 […]
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