I’m very fond of the whole skort look, and discovered this pattern in my stash. It’s from the 1990s and it’s one my sister passed on to me. I thought I’d make one from a pair of pillowcases left over from when I used the matching doona cover for a sewalong I did in 2020 […]
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Having made the Emanuel Ungaro top from Vogue 1543 from a lovely soft Indian cotton, I immediately wanted another one, this time at the proper length and with the armholes dropped a little. To refresh your memory, here is the pattern envelope. it’s a pattern from the 1990s, so still a bit oversized as per […]
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Fibremood Edition 26 has now been released and I chose to make the Zinnia which is a batwing sleeved top with a round neckline, elasticated sleeves and a long slit at the back which is closed with a button and loop. It has the usual big range of sizes, 76 – 146 cm bust, and […]
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I bought Vogue 1543, a vintage Vogue Emanuel Ungaro pattern in an opshop in Launceston, Tasmania several years ago and have been wanting to make it for a while, especially the top. The pattern is from the 1990s and most surprisingly it was in my size. I chose a lovely Indian Ikat from Woven Stories […]
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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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Summer is coming and I felt that familiar need to make a new casual swimsuit. Then I decided that another one to swim laps in wouldn’t go astray. Then I found a Jalie swimsuit pattern that I had bought at the Fibres West garage sale. So, unable to choose between them, I decided to make […]
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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 was fortunate enough to win this lovely pattern, The Lazy Jumpsuit from Tropical Research during the SewApril2023 sewing challenge hosted by Ryliss at Sewing and Design School. I was immediately taken with the casual elegance of it. I chose it because I thought it would be useful in spring and early summer and felt […]
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Little Miss G loves cats, which she calls Meow Meows (she thinks this is the name of her own cat too, whose real name is Felix), so I thought I’d make her a tee shirt with a cat on it. Then she said she wanted a purple pig (another obsession), so I made that first. […]
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The September theme for Make a Garment a Month over on IG is “Scrounging” and this blouse is properly scrounged – I think I appropriated it from Sarah (workspace fads) studio. I can’t remember whether I fished it out of a bin or just stuffed it up my jumper, but I’m pretty sure I was […]
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