The “Alex does Alexander” Hoody and Trackie Daks
The Facts Fabric: Recycled Leather Samples, Sweat Shirt Fabric from an Op Shop $7 Pattern: Simplicity 7020 and 7064 Year: 1985 Notions: Thread Time [...]
Trish lives in Sydney and has way more thrifted patterns and fabric than her fair share. She studied fashion design in her former life and sews while trying to not to burn the dinner.
The Facts Fabric: Recycled Leather Samples, Sweat Shirt Fabric from an Op Shop $7 Pattern: Simplicity 7020 and 7064 Year: 1985 Notions: Thread Time [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3m Cotton Lycra Sateen at $12.99 per metre Pattern: Skirt from McCalls 9400 – without pleat/underlay Year: 1950’s Notions: Zip, Button, [...]
The Facts Fabric: Kelly Green Wool Coating, Navy Twill Menswear Rayon Lining (in stash 20 years) Pattern: Vogue 9968 Year: 1998 Notions: Big button [...]
The Facts Fabric: Vintage apron in Horrockses Cotton $4, and polka dot scrap from stash Pattern: Vogue 6984 combined with Simplicity S.119 – about [...]
The Facts Fabric: Stretch Denim approx. $15/m Pattern: Simplicity 3668 Year: 1940′s repro Notions: Metal zip for jeans, 4 machine needles, 1 bakelite art [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1950′s Cotton Chintz? $40, Robert Kaufman Suessville Quilting Cotton $10 Pattern: Advance 6064 Year: 1952 Notions: Zip Time to complete: 4 [...]
The Facts Fabric” Thrifted Polyester Georgette $3.50 Pattern: Self Drafted – based on Simplicity 4538 Year: 1950′s Notions: just thread Time to complete: 1 [...]
The Facts Fabric: From Spotlight: Stretch Cotton Lycra Sateen $14.95/m Pattern: Self Drafted Year: 2012 Notions: Waist interfacing, 1 button, zip Time to complete: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Polyester Lycra Pinstripe from the 90′s Pattern: Butterick 6662 (Sailor Panel) and McCalls 8390 (Pants) Year: 1970′s and 1966 respectively Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Seven vintage tablecloths from Op Shops – about $40 Pattern: Vogue 7924 Year: 1950 something Notions: Zip, bias binding for the [...]
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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