Yes, I still seem to be awash in deconstructed jeans so I thought I’d make a Stokx Flirt skirt. This seemingly small skirt takes quite a bit of fabric and it took the legs of 3 pairs of jeans to create it. I wanted to vary the colour of denim, so chose light and dark […]
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Designin’ December is a sewing challenge organised by Linda from Lányos Handmade. It’s in its eighth year and I have participated in all of them. The aim is to take a designer garment and recreate it, for obviously a lot less than the original is worth. My own twist on the challenge is that I […]
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Immediately after I finished the Fibres West 2023 residential programme, I was lucky enough to take someone’s spot in Cathy Moon’s two day Shibori class. It was fabulous and I’ve been completely distracted by the process ever since. I did the class with Megan from Meggipeg, and did enjoy the handstitching elements. It’s so exciting […]
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I was keen to make a pattern from both Liz Hayward and Pattern Union as both these pattern companies gave us a pattern as a prize for our Perth Stitchers Picnic in the Park. I also wanted to recycle some fabric and this began life as a Gorman doona cover and pillowcases – I loved […]
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February is Refebulous month and I’ve been having fun with my refashioning drawer. Years ago I bought a long sheath dress from a local designer which had a hole in the side. I enjoyed the hole for a while, wearing a jumper underneath, but then I decided I wanted to wear it in the summer […]
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A few years ago I bought this sweater knit at Knitwit Fabrics with the intention of making myself a jumper. Then I just couldn’t get around to doing it. This year I have been trying to use all my bulky fabrics to make some empty shelves in the stash, so this got added to the […]
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The latest challenge with my sewing friends, Megan (meggipeg) and Katherine (sewblooms) was to make a two piece setacular. I loved this idea and immediately started looking at what I had. First up was this mossy green wool which I bought at Knitwit Fabrics some years ago. It took up a lot of room in […]
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The Sewover50 team are currently hosting a colour blocking challenge. The lovely thing about this challenge is that participants can show previous colour blocked makes – so good! The only rule is that it must be a garment and it must not have any patterned fabric. I could not think of a single colour blocked […]
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There was an interview on Seworganisedstyle podcast with Teresa Hardy who has compiled a list of Ukrainian sellers for people to buy directly from. These are people who desperately need not just money, but the knowledge that the rest of the world is trying to support and help them in whatever way we can. All […]
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