The ‘Liar Liar’ Pants
The Facts Fabric: Approx. 3 yards red cotton with 2% stretch $12, scrap fabric for pockets Pattern: Colette Clover Pants, 2nd time making Year: [...]
Christine started sewing in late 2010, inspired by the many crafty bloggers and their gorgeous, self-made outfits. When she's not sewing, she's doing Irish and Scottish dancing, needlework or other various crafts, and hanging out with her hubby and fur babies (1 dog and 3 cats).
The Facts Fabric: Approx. 3 yards red cotton with 2% stretch $12, scrap fabric for pockets Pattern: Colette Clover Pants, 2nd time making Year: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 yards red polyester suiting ~$15 Pattern: Sense and Sensibility 1940’s Swing Dress Pattern ~$16 Year: 2007? Notions: Red invisible zipper [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 yards of Japanese cotton print. On sale for $24 Pattern: Colette Parfait. Second use so $0 Year: 2009 Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: About 1/2 yards of black and white polka dot cotton ~$21 Pattern: New Look 6968 ~$1 Year: 2010 Notions: Red invisible [...]
The Facts Fabric: For the Jasmine blouse I used 2 1/2 yards of white silk. $8 The Beignet skirt used about 2 1/2 yards [...]
The Facts Fabric: A little less than 2 1/2 yards of brown wool tweed suiting. ~$12 This was actually what was left after making a [...]
Name & Location: Christine Newton, San Jose, California Blog: What’s Up, Cupcake? How long have you been sewing: I started sewing clothing in September [...]
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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