As it's approaching the time of year when we start thinking about glamour and glitz, who wants to know about what I made a lot of back in the summer - BASICS of course!
Category: sewing
Jeans vs Anzu mash up
Earlier in the spring, I had the pleasure of testing the Waffle Patterns Anzu cargo skirt and while I was making it I thought would be brilliant as a pair of work pants. Now Yuki does have the pattern for a pants version with all the amazing pockets and attachments but I figured I could… Continue reading Jeans vs Anzu mash up
Satisfaction – #tbt to two self drafted jumpsuits
Summer 2019 shall henceforth be known (by me anyway) as the summer of jumpsuit smugness. I'm sure smug is not good but I am so pleased with myself and what I achieved in my sewing in 2019. Yet another post generated by my #Sewtogetherforsummer19 exploits, this is all about maybe my favourite (...oh, you're all… Continue reading Satisfaction – #tbt to two self drafted jumpsuits
Ohhh Donna part 2 – Vogue 2512 Skirt
I'm sewing for post Covid times
Designin’ December Sheer Jeans Jacket
You know how it happens, you go on a pinning rampage and most of the things you pin never see the light of day ever again.
Sheer Magic – Sewing a sheer overcoat
What are your dream sewing projects? Have you got any sewing projects that you'd just love to create that you've never managed to realise? I always think of my craft as making dreams come true - #sewingdreams.
Pattern Marriages – jumpsuit hack … again
Jumpsuit Fever is still in full flow, even though the brilliant Sew Together For Summer challenge and summer itself is now over. It was so much fun seeing all the entries from all over the world and I was inspired to enter five jumpsuits in the challenge. I had actually made six but one was… Continue reading Pattern Marriages – jumpsuit hack … again
Not a bra but a swimsuit
When contemplating this perennial question Why do you sew? - This is why I sew.
Jumpsuit fever
Well didn't we all go crazy for jumpsuits! Sewtogetherforsummer19 has really started something this year. More than 700 jumpsuits and I added 5 to that total. I've shared one, the Cherry jumpsuit from Mood Sewciety but that just whetted my appetite. Always one to ramp up the challenge level, I really wanted to do a… Continue reading Jumpsuit fever
Sewing bookworm – It’s habit forming
Sade and Rae a couple of flighty pieces that were made for flouncing.
Finally! I made something for my man!
The pattern is very Nineties ... It gives me Miami Vice vibes
Advanced/Plus Difficile… Irresistible!
Looking through my pattern stash/library I realised that quite a lot of my old Vogue patterns are graded 'Advanced/Plus difficile'. Why is that phrase so appealing to me? It just reveals that side of me that can't resist a challenge. At times I think I've viewed my sewing like an extreme sport, the more challenging… Continue reading Advanced/Plus Difficile… Irresistible!
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