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A Q&A with Lori Beckstead of Clothes Making Mavens Podcast
One of my favourite sewing podcasts to listen to is Clothes Making Mavens co-hosted by Helena Ashbridge (GrayAllDay.com) and Lori Beckstead (Frivolousat Last.com). Helena and Lori are two women who love to talk... Read More
Burda 1/2016 #113 Pattern Review
This project is something of a fail. More specifically, a fabric fail. The pattern is a yoga skirt from the 01/2016 issue of BurdaStyle. The style caught my eye with... Read More
Burda 6/2016 #101 Wool Jersey Dress Review
This is a dress I made for my February #burdachallenge2018 project. It wasnt a planned make – I reacquainted myself with the dark blue wool jersey that I bought from Fabworks... Read More
MCBN April Aloha Dragon Shirt: McCalls M6044
My April Minerva Craft Blogger Network post is now live. I have a life partner who also loves bright prints and when he saw this fabric he was hooked! Naturally,... Read More
Spring into Wool Festival
It seem I have yarn on my mind. This weekend I was lucky enough to have a friend ask me to join her on a trip to the annual Spring... Read More
SWAP2017 Pt 5: Ansterick Holsten Sweater and an Experiment in pre washing yarn
Last year I was working full steam on a SWAP2017 wardrobe. You can read some of the previous SWAP2017 posts here <link here>: For one of my uppers – I opted... Read More
Burda 2/2018 #107 Pattern Review
When I received the February issue of BurdaStyle this pattern immediately jumped out at me. I could see this working well for a beautiful multi colour fabric that I had... Read More
Me Made May ’18 Pledges and what not
It nearly that time of the year again. Me Made May. Signs ups have started on So Zo’s Blog Here is my pledge I, Hila, of www.saturdaynightstitch.com, sign up as... Read More
#burdachallenge2018 March Round up
Can you believe we are already into the fourth month of the year! Its April 1st and I LOVE April! Because April is my birthday month :-). Its also the... Read More
The Great British Sewing Bee From Stitch to Style: The Breton Dress
It gives me great pleasure to share this dress with you. Its from the book, The Great British Sewing Bee From Stitch to Style The Breton jersey dress attracted me with... Read More
DIY Bright Floral Scuba Skirt | Vogue 1486 Pt. 3
This is a DIY scuba skirt sewing pattern that I have sewn 5 times already (bright floral here) and (cobalt scuba here) and (scuba skirt here) and (Lady McElroy here). I... Read More
My #makenine2018
Late to the #makenine2018 party but here we go. After much thought and consideration, I decided that I wanted my make nine to help me with a challenge I had... Read More
Burda 3/2016 116A Pattern Review
This jacket has been waiting a long time to be made. I bought and cut this fabric over a year ago, changed my mind about the style and left it... Read More
A Different kind of sewing….
I have a little brother who is quite fussy about his clothes. When he finds something he likes he tends to buy upwards of 5 of the same item as... Read More
Burda 11/2017 #131 Sewing Pattern Review – BurdaStyle Kids
A random #burdachallenge2018 post on IG made me aware of this BurdaStyle kids sweater pattern. Surprisingly I haven’t paid too much attention to kids sewing patterns in BurdaStyle Magazine. I decided... Read More