‘Meditations in a Sewing Emergency’ Ensemble
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of lightweight wool £10, 2 metres mystery lining material £1 and 2 metres of blue cotton sateen £10 Pattern: [...]
Debi Fry LOVES vintage patterns. She started sewing in 2009 and has been going since. In 2011, she participated in the Sew Weekly challenge and looks forward to the new challenges that lie in store!
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of lightweight wool £10, 2 metres mystery lining material £1 and 2 metres of blue cotton sateen £10 Pattern: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of red velvet from a curtain £8 from a charity shop Pattern: Butterick 8131 from the Sew Weekly Sewing [...]
The Facts Fabric: barely over 1/2 yard of mystery fabric (some sort of synthetic) £0.25, Pattern: Moi! Year: Current Notions: blue seam binding, £0.25 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1.5 metres of purple and blue wool from a charity shop, £2 Pattern: Simplicity 2154 Year: c. early 60′s Notions: purple [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 pair of long velvet curtains from charity shop £10, Pattern: McCall 3456Year: 1939Notions: 9 self-covered buttons from etsy, £2 Time [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of mystery fabric (some sort of synthetic) bought from JoAnn’s sale bin two years ago, £5 Pattern: StylePrint 1283 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 metre of Japanese Kokka cotton from Retrosaria fabric store in Lisbon £8, 1.5 metres of blue twill (ebay UK score) [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 metres of cotton 'Jardin, Sandy Klop, American Jane, Moda' from Stonemountain Fabric in Oakland, £18Pattern: McCall's 8947Year: c. 1952Notions: 1 [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3.5 metres of cotton 'Nutmeg Seeds Orange, SE1 for Robert Kaufman' fabric gift from Fancy Moon Pattern: Style Print 1283Year: c. [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1 metre baby blue houndstooth fabric that I won in a giveaway, .10 metres of lightweight wool fabric for collar (a [...]
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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