Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
Fabric: a thrifted polyester blouse/skirt set that’s been in my closet for years, waiting for the right upcycling moment to come along. The brand [...]
The Facts Fabric: Brown/Black Herringbone Suiting- $10 Pattern: New Look 6000 Year: 2012 Notions: A zipper and button Time to Complete: 4 hours [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 meters of printed Cotton Jersey Pattern: Kwik Sew 3489 Year: 2012 Notions: None Time to Complete: 4 hours First [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards red cotton sateen, $18 from JoAnn (from stash) Pattern: Simplicity 3964 Year: 2006 Notions: embroidery floss, interfacing Time to [...]
Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
The Facts Fabric: Blue cotton solid $7.49, Pink satin remnant $2.99 Pattern: [...]
Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
• The Facts Ever since Mena posted “Make This Look: Vintage Georgia Kay” I have wanted my own striped frock. Yes, stripes are a [...]
The Facts Fabric: navy polyester from stash Pattern: Colette Jasmine Blouse Year: 2011 Notions: fusible interfacing, thread Time to complete: Four hours First worn: [...]
Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
The Facts Fabric: Green poly/cotton poplin – $13.44 Pattern: New Look 6587 – from the stash probably $3 or $4 Year: Contemporary Notions: Buttons [...]
Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
The Facts: Sailor Sweetheart Tee from Plasticland.com Fabric: Medium-light rayon jersey with a whiff of lycra, .8m (~3/4 yd) Pattern: I used my [...]
Fabric: 100% Cotton from stash, originally purchased for pillows : ) Pattern: Simplicity 2549 Year: Contemporary Notions: 1 zipper, 1 bakelite buckle from stash Time [...]
Daily Bits
Giveaways
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 [...]
Daily Bits
Ten Things
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 [...]
Daily Bits
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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