It’s sizzling hot here in southern Germany and I’ve little time for sewing. I’d much rather be cooling off in my local Freibad! Fortunately, I was given a pattern multi-pack with all I needed to quickly give my self-made summer wardrobe a hefty boost. In one week, using half of the pack’s quick and easy patterns, I’ve managed to create […]
6 Signs You’re A Selfish Sewer
1. When invited to join Selfish Sewing Week and sew for yourself, you jump in without a moment’s hesitation. 2. You immediately clear your schedule – ignore messy house, overgrown garden and hungry children – and get stuck into sewing! 3. You choose a quick and easy pattern so you can double your selfishness and crank […]
Perfect Pattern Parcel #1 and Dixie DIY Summer Concert Tee
Carnival must have worked its winter-banishing magic because cold weather seems far behind us now and the sunny spell has me itching to get cracking on my 2014 summer wardrobe. As luck would have it, just as I’d begun excitedly daydreaming about patterns and fabrics, lovelies Jill (Made with Moxie) and Rachael (Imagine Gnats) approached me to […]
Anna dress sew-a-long and YoSaMi news.
A quick update of what’s going on here at YoSaMi. First up, preparations are underway to join in with the Anna dress sew-along hosted by, By Hand London. Here’s my little helper today, assisting with hand washing some silk twill fabric by Italian designer Etro that I snaffled up from the Anita Pavani Stoffe webshop, […]
My first By Hand London Anna dress!
I say my first because this will definitely not be the last! I love the Anna dress pattern! I feel like it was made just for me! The slash neck, the nipped in waist and gentle A-line skirt, all details that I love. Unfortunately there are not many patterns that really flatter me. I have […]
Megan Nielsen Cascade Skirt MN2202
After seeing several striking versions of this wrap skirt on sewing blogs including the wonderfully colourful version by www.lladybird.com, I succumbed to ordering the Megan Nielsen Cascade skirt pattern. Megan Nielsen is an independent fashion designer who has branched out into selling garment sewing patterns for home sewists. This is the first of her patterns […]