Mark, Sewing, Stashbusting

Makes for Mark

When we were camping recently I thought I would make Mark a couple of things. First up was another long sleeve t-shirt using the Men’s Metro T-Shirt. I have several other men’s t-shirt patterns, but I quite like this one. I didn’t take a photo of Mark with the t-shirt in action because he hasn’t […]

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Sewing, Stashbusting

Pattern Magic sloper

I’ve had Pattern Magic Volume 3 for eons and haven’t actually made anything from it, although I have serious interest in a couple of the patterns. I decided I needed to remedy the situation and started with the sloper. I am sure that slopers aren’t meant to be made into actual clothes, and I started […]

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self-drafted, Sewing, Stashbusting

Dyeing experiment and t-shirts

I may have mentioned that I am participating in the One Outfit One Year challenge, where we participants are going to make a complete outfit from only locally sourced materials. I am a bit of a way down the track, in that I have nearly finished my first item of clothing, but, as I am interested in the […]

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Sewing, Stashbusting

Odds and sods

If you are expecting a post about haute couture, look away now. This post is simply reporting a few small activities with which I have been entertaining myself this week. First up, I’ve been experimenting with embellishing my Japanese bags. I’m hosting a sewalong for these bags in November and I want to play with some […]

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