It’s week two of Project Sewn, the online sewing bloggers knockout sewing competition and this week’s challenge is ‘Make it Pink’. It’s really nice that us voters get to join in the fun by posting our makes too! I made this McCall’s M6553 dress, one of the Fashion Star pattern series, last summer but didn’t […]
Project Sewn – Challenge One: Style Icon – Vivienne Westwood Anglomania
For the week one ‘Style Icon’ challenge of this season’s Project Sewn, I want to pay homage to fellow Brit, Vivienne Westwood and her Anglomania collection. I’m not a follower of fashion but I am a fan of Dame Westwood, who has been the UK’s culturally most significant fashion designer for as long as I’ve been alive! […]
Liberty print Archer shirt
Yay, I made a shirt!! This is the Archer shirt pattern View B from Grainline Studio and I absolutely love it! My love for my new Archer shirt is akin to the love you have for a newborn baby. I just can’t stop looking at it and marveling at what I’m made! Not because it’s […]
2014 – The Chinese Year of the Jumpsuit!
Did you know that 2014 is the Chinese Year of the Jumpsuit?? No?! That’s probably because I just made it up – but it should be! It’s still January and I’ve made two jumpsuits already and anyway, the animal theme is getting a bit old isn’t it?? I made three jumpsuits last year and and I’m on […]
Happy 2014 and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Skirt’!
Happy 2014 everyone! I hope you’ve all had a ‘Guten Rutsch’ (good slide) into the New Year, as they say in these parts! I’m posting this skirt review later than I’d planned. Holiday travel, sick children and other seasonal distractions completely derailed my blog posting schedule at the end of 2013 and thus far this […]
The Schwarzwald Skirt Collection Autumn/Winter 2013 – Skirt Two -‘Forest Foliage’
This is the second skirt from my ‘Black Forest’ skirt collection using Burdastyle 12/2012 #105 skirt pattern. This pattern has only two pattern pieces, is beginner friendly and can be made from less than one metre of fabric which make it pretty fab IMO! The autumn coloured leaves in the forest inspired me so this […]
The ‘Schwarzwald’ Autumn/Winter 2013 Skirt Collection – Skirt One – ‘Wild’
Ralph Pink Patterns ran a competition earlier this month to create a mood board for a couture collection. I didn’t enter but it sounded like a lot of fun, so I thought I’d get into the spirit of theme creating for this collection of three skirts using one pattern – BurdaStyle 12/2012 #105. The theme […]
Burdastyle #130 10/2013 Coat Muslin
This year I thought I’d give coat-making another go and chose this pattern. I chose this because: 1 – The pattern is in short sizes 17-21. Burdastyle has two pattern sizing charts – size 34-52 designed for women height 168cm and short fitting sizes 17-26 for women height 160cm. I’m 162cm, so short sizing – […]
BREAKING NEWS – Lebenskleidung Scoops Global Sustainable Fashion Award 2013!
I’m very pleased to announce that one of this blog’s favourite organic fabric suppliers, Lebenskleidung was honoured with a SOURCE AWARD 2013 this week – a Global Award For Sustainable Fashion. I’ve long been a fan of Lebenskleidung and I congratulate them on this win – they fully deserve it and have more than earned it! To […]
Baby, it’s cold outside! Coat Review Burdastyle #103 10/2012
It’s minus ridiculous degrees here and like lots of other blogging sewists in the northern hemisphere, I’m turning my sewing attention to outerwear and warm and cosy things! This is a wrap coat that I made last year from Burdastyle pattern #103 10/2012. You need a double-sided fabric or at least a fabric with a […]