The “Snow White” Cardigan
The Facts Fabric: about 1 metre of wool/nylon blend knit, $1.50 from the Arthur Toye remnant bin years ago Pattern: self-drafted Year: current Notions: [...]
Kat stumbled upon The Sew Weekly at the end of 2010. Inspired by Mena's creations and dedication to sewing each week, Kat stitched along with all the weekly themes for 2011. Through The Sew Weekly and the girls who contribute to it, she deepened her passion for vintage styles and started amassing a large collection of vintage patterns. Now she needs an excuse to try using them all.
The Facts Fabric: about 1 metre of wool/nylon blend knit, $1.50 from the Arthur Toye remnant bin years ago Pattern: self-drafted Year: current Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 1.5 metres of lingerie stuff, ~$0.50 from Fabric-a-brac Pattern: Vogue 9350 Year: 1957 Notions: about 1.5 metres of pink ribbon [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 2.5 metres of some woven blend, $4 from Fabric-a-brac and a bit of navy lining from my stash Pattern: Style [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 1 metre of wool (or acrylic?) blend woven stuff from my stash – I’m going with ‘free’ as it was [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 3 metres of vintage black floral pinwale corduroy from an op shop in Milton for $5, and about half a [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 2/3rds of a cotton double-sized duvet cover I got in a clothes swap a while back Pattern: Style 2382 Year: [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 3 metres of ‘travel icons’ print craft cotton, on sale from Spotlight last year, $4/metre Pattern: Weigel’s 1703 Year: unknown, [...]
The Facts Fabric: one old woolen school jersey, about $1 from an op shop Pattern: none, I made it up as I went along [...]
The Facts Fabric: about 2.5 metres of some island-style floral print that was lurking in my stash Pattern: Style 1077 Year: 1976 Notions: some [...]
The Facts Fabric: 0.5 metres of merino knit, ~$15 from Lavana Textiles Pattern: self-drafted Year: 2001 Notions: none Time to complete: 45 minutes First [...]
It’s been ages since I’ve hosted a giveaway on The Sew Weekly! Well, readers, I have a treat for you: as part of the [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to integrate real Fashion (with a capital “F”) by being inspired by runway trends. While the following guide [...]
I started writing in second person narrative because it felt most comfortable to me. I hope it doesn’t come across as domineering, but rather [...]
Here’s a great piece from Vogue about Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime of wardrobe choices. If you’re still trying to figure out what to make [...]
Tempest over at Fanbloomingtastic wrote a neat little piece on the ’10 Things Learned’ whilst participating in the Sew Weekly Challenges. Seeing as that reflection is key to [...]
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