When I made the orange pinafore dress using Simplicity 4789, I was testing the pattern to see what changes, if any, I needed. For the orange one I dropped everything from the shoulders down by 2cm. I decided to change that for this version and just drop the bottom of the armholes and the bust […]
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I seem to have made lots of little things, many of which have gone unreported, so thought I’d add them to one post, which may turn out to be quite big. I made a girl pirate tee shirt for my granddaughter to wear swimming for a safety week. I finished up having to handpaint the […]
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I’m participating in Making Zen, and one of the classes is by Trixi Symonds and is about sewing a softie. As part of the VIP package Trixi is offering a copy of her e-book, but I happen to have the actual book, so I began flicking through it. Froggie and the Baby in a Pouch […]
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I really enjoy the Making Zen workshops but find the time difference frustrating for the free workshops, so buy the VIP course which means I have lifetime access and can be very chilled about when I watch and in what order. A couple of the workshops were quite timely. I have been embroidering a panel, […]
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I seem to have made quite a few Stokx patterns recently, namely the Square Pants, Play Pants and Flirt Skirt. I made the Play Pants from a beautiful piece of wool flannel that had been my mother’s. I made the version with the little split at the ankle, but this meant that I couldn’t lengthen […]
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