Sewing

Zero Waste Tesselated Top

This month’s Making Zen had so many lovely classes and one was, of course, the one by Liz Haywood – Sew a Jersey Knit Top, Using a Tessellating Pattern. I made one from silk jersey and I love it, but as the weather has cooled down I wanted one that would be suitable for layering. […]

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Sewing

Leather zero waste belt bag

Once I had made the denim zero waste belt bag I knew I wanted a leather one, so set about checking the stash for suitable leather. Ideally I wanted soft, thin leather that would be easy to sew and wear. I have a lot of such leather but not in large enough pieces to make […]

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Sewing, Zero waste

Xanthea zero waste top

Liz Haywood from The Craft of Clothes has released a new zero waste pattern, the Xanthea top. It’s a tee shirt style designed for both knit and wovens and has long (minimal waste rather than zero waste) and short sleeve options. The body is formed from a square and two diagonal seams are constructed at […]

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