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 [...]
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. [...]
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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