Joan’s Robin Egg Drape Sleeves Dress
The Facts Fabric: 2.5m silky poly fabric from chinatown $10 Pattern: Simplicity 3445 Notions: Invisible zipper Year: c. 1960s Time to complete: 4 to 5 hours [...]
A former kids' television channel manager turned stay home mum from Singapore, I hated sewing since I attended my first home economic class at the age of 14. In 2007, something miraculous happened when God blessed me with a second pregnancy. I discovered that I was expecting a baby girl. That changed everything. First I went crazy shopping for handmade clothes for her on etsy. Then I decided I needed to make something for her on my own. I was a month from my due date when I took an intensive 8-hour sewing class. In Dec 2008, I made a dress for my princess before she was born and have not stopped sewing since.
The Facts Fabric: 2.5m silky poly fabric from chinatown $10 Pattern: Simplicity 3445 Notions: Invisible zipper Year: c. 1960s Time to complete: 4 to 5 hours [...]
The Facts Fabric: Grape colored doubleknit from the ‘unusable’ stash Pattern: Vogue 2787 reprint Year: 1948 Notions: none Time to complete: 4.5 hours First worn: Christmas Day [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres gray cotton voile with pastel yellow/ brown/ gray floral print from chinatown $16, black remnant lining Pattern: Simplicity 3304 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards red/pink/purple/orange stripe knit fabric from fabric.com $11 Notions: None Time to complete: 7 hours First worn: 9 December 2011 Wear again? Yes! [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards Purple Poly Poplin fabric from fabric.com $11, 0.5 yards black & white fabric $7 and orange lining from stash. Pattern: Simplicity [...]
The Facts Fabric: A cotton floral sheet, gift from the lovely Veronica Darling (Thank you!) Pattern: Simplicity 3074 Year: c.1960s Notions: 4 green vintage buttons and [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2.5 metres of border print light weight cotton fabric from Chinatown $16.70Pattern: Project C from Japanese Sewing Book ‘Les couleurs francaises’Year: c. 2010Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Green linen fabric 1 metre $4.60 from Shanghai and Echino Nico cotton/linen fabric 1 metre $17Pattern: The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook DressYear: c. 2011Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 metre leopard print cotton jersey and 2 metres black poly fabric total $14 from Spotlight (VIP member special)Pattern: Colette Pattern's [...]
The Facts Fabric: Navy blue viscose blend 2 metres and orange cotton 1 metre $15 from textile centrePattern: McCall's 1088 with self drafted back variation.Year: c. [...]
If you’re still on the fence about participating in this week’s challenge (don’t have any vintage patterns, don’t know where to start), here are [...]
Next week’s theme call for a creation inspired by the 1940s. The 1940s happen to be (at least, at the moment) my favorite fashion [...]
This week’s 10 Things comes from Loran. Her point “8″ is particular relevant to me — I met her first at the Alameda Point [...]
Last Saturday was the Art Deco Society Preservation Ball and while my friend, Libett, and I didn’t make our gowns, I’m pretty certain that [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to sew something using at least two different prints. I have a pretty difficult time when it comes [...]
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