Posts filed under: 2015

2015

All posts for 2015

My Purple Haze Parisian Top!

Hi! How do you make a sweatshirt that’s (i) easy to make, (ii) comfortable, (iii) yet still cute enough to go  out in and (iv) fulfills a sewing challenge? Well... Read More

Sewaholic Patterns Hollyburn Skirt Sewing Pattern Review

Hi! How are you doing? ;-D. I am good thank you! Thought I would do a post about the fastest turnaround I have ever had with fabric. Its also a... Read More

Selfish Sweater Knitalong my cropped winter sweater

On boxing day I cast on my next knitting project – a sassy cropped winter sweater. Yet another design by Andi Satterlund. It is a cute colour blocked design. I wasnt... Read More

New Look 6016 Review

Kids Clothes Week is here! It’s when you work a little each day on kids clothes setting aside an hour a day for one week. I joined because you all... Read More

Sewaholic Hollyburn Skirt Pattern Review

The Hollyburn Skirt has been tempting me and teasing me for ages now. I decided to bite the bullet and bought it during last year’s Black Friday sales when there... Read More

Zipper issues and pattern window shopping!

So I had hoped to have finished my Sewaholic Holyburn skirt and blog it but as it stands this is what has held me up….   So I got another zip... Read More

Simple Modern Sewing Boat Neck Jumper Dress or An experiment in dyeing linens

I came across this Japanese sewing book (Simple Modern Sewing by Shufu-To-Seikatsusha) while browsing the internets. This book has eight simple patterns used to make 25 garments. Borrowed it and lucky... Read More

Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge 2015

So I have a vintage pattern stash almost as big as my fabric stash, yet I’ve NEVER sewn any of them up. There’s got to be room for both in my stitching... Read More