Pattern: Jarrah Sweater by Megan Nielsen Sewing time taken (excluding cutting out): 3 hours each Fabric: (pink & grey) double-sided sweat-shirting from Bennytex, bought during #ParisSewcial / (blue) Atelier Brunette sweat-shirting from Guthrie & Ghani Sweatshirts are one of my favourite sewing projects. They are really quick and easy to make, …
Pattern: Belted Sweater by Digital Pattern Library Sewing time taken (excluding cutting out): 3.5 hours Fabric: Liberty sweatshirting from Birmingham Rag Market (The Little World of Fabric, also known as ‘The Liberty Man’) I hope everyone who celebrates it had a good Christmas. I’ve had a couple of quiet days in the …
Pattern: Indigo Dress by Tilly and the Buttons Sewing time taken (excluding cutting out): 5 hours Fabric: Gifted by Kate at The Sewing Weekender 2017 After a busy week and a rubbish election result, I decided to treat myself to a weekend at home. Apart from a couple of excursions out …
Pattern: Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio Sewing time taken (excluding cutting out): 4 hours Fabric: Faux fur from Samuel Taylors / Sew Up North 2018 This faux fur Grainline Studio Tamarack Jacket was a long time coming. I first decided to make a Tamarack in faux fur in November 2015, …
Pattern: Georgie Dress (free) by Alice & Co Patterns Time taken (excluding cutting out): 20 hours (including lots of alterations) Fabric: Masson Mills cotton When Alice & Co Patterns announced they would be releasing a free pattern based on Mary Quant’s Georgie Dress, to coincide with the recent Mary Quant …
I’m finally blogging my Deer and Doe Myosotis Dress which I made back in April, ready to wear for the Paris Sewcial / Paris Coud meet-up. I loved the Myosotis pattern when it was released, but it was when I saw the fabric that the idea of this dress got …
I love Ana of CocoWawa Crafts‘ patterns – especially the Honeycomb – and I own quite a few of them, but I hadn’t gotten around to sewing any of them until this summer. When Ana released the Raspberry Jumpsuit I decided it was time to put that right, and to …
Pattern: Opian Pilatus Time taken (excluding cutting out): 6 hours Fabric: Liberty ‘Santa Monica Brighton Swim Regenerated Nylon’ August and September have been a busy couple of months for me with a week’s weaving course, The Sewing Weekender, jeans making and ply split braiding workshops, and a holiday to Croatia. …
I’ve had more time to sew recently as a result of both having a more relaxed job, and Phil starting an online undergraduate degree (in computer science) which is keeping him busy most evenings. Once Phil is settled down to study I’m turning to my sewing projects in the evenings …
I’ve been getting lots of time for sewing recently, which means I have been trying patterns quite soon after their release rather than a year or so later, as is my usual habit. That includes having sewn two Deer and Doe Sirocco Jumpsuits since the release of the pattern in …
