The “All Buttoned Up” Dress
The Facts Fabric: Around 3 metres of brown floral craft cotton, $7 per metre from Spotlight Pattern: Simplicity 3407 Year: 1940 Notions: 11 self-covered [...]
The Facts Fabric: Around 3 metres of brown floral craft cotton, $7 per metre from Spotlight Pattern: Simplicity 3407 Year: 1940 Notions: 11 self-covered [...]
The Facts Fabric: Cream jumper from next Pattern: SEW by Cath Kidston Year: Current Notions: 75 Buttons Time to complete: 40 minutes of hand sewing First [...]
The Facts Fabric: Thrifted polyester, $5; discarded men’s shirt Pattern: Colette Sorbetto Year: Contemporary Notions: Bias tape, 10 cents Time to complete: about 5 [...]
The Facts: Fabric: Goldish tan cotton velvet that spent seven years hanging in front of my bedroom window Pattern: Vintage Simplicity 5416 Year: c. [...]
Fabric: 4 yards of vintage wool bought at an estate sale. Cost: $8 Pattern: Butterick 5569 Year: 2010 Notions: 3 wooden buttons and one [...]
The Facts Fabric: Stretch poplin cotton in kelley green $3.00m and stretch poplin in white $9.00m (-20%). Total 19.22 Pattern: McCalls 4769 Year: 2005 [...]
Yes-mother nature finally decided to dump some snow on the Midwest. So, why did I make shorts you ask? Well, first of all, they’re [...]
The Facts Fabric: Heather gray sweatshirt fabric Pattern: Self-drafted Year: Current Notions: Silver metal buttons Time to complete: 12 hrs First worn: January 15, [...]
Fabric: Rayon challis, $2.50, silk chiffon, $0.50 – both from stash Pattern: McCall’s M6286, ˜ $3.50 – from stash, first time used Year: 2011 [...]
The Facts ⁃ Fabric: wool suiting, from my stash ⁃ Pattern: Victory Patterns‘ Madeleine ⁃ Year: 2011 ⁃ Notions: zipper, 2 plain buttons, 3 [...]
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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