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Oscar Challenge
The Facts Fabric: all scraps from my stash and leftovers from previous projects (mostly cotton, some silk pieces) Patterns: Butterick 4686 (2nd time using) [...]
The Facts Fabric: “Silky” Poly-blend, 2 yards–$20 Pattern: Simplicity 2588–$1 (!) Year: 2012 Notions: Technically a zipper, but have omitted for now. If I [...]
Contributor Creations
Oscar Challenge
The Facts Fabric: 5 yards wool crepe suiting in red Pattern: McCalls M2401 Year: Contemporary Notions: Nothing but thread. Time to complete: 4 hours. First [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 metres of some synthetic lightweight woven plaid from my stash, ~$8 Pattern: Simplicity 7049 Year: 1975 Notions: 20cm invisible zip, [...]
The Facts Fabric: Poly/Rayon for the top, stretch Bengaline suiting for the [...]
Contributor Creations
Oscar Challenge
The Facts Fabric: South Sea Imports 100% cotton from Korea Pattern: Du [...]
Contributor Creations
Oscar Challenge
Fabric: Dress – Light Weight Jersey, Petticoat – Opaque Bottom Weight Pattern: Vogue Vintage 8728 for Dress, Petticoat, online tutorial from Sugardale here is the link http://sugardale.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-make-petticoat.html [...]
Contributor Creations
Oscar Challenge
The Facts Fabric: 1/2 yard black cotton and 2 yards cotton print ~$18 Pattern: McCall’s 6331 $1 Year: 2011 Notions: Zipper $2 Time to [...]
Contributor Creations
Oscar Challenge
The Facts Fabric Navy blue polka dot jersey £5.00 for 3 metres, ebay Pattern BurdaStyle Magazine June 2011 – V neck dress with pleats, [...]
The Facts ⁃ Fabric: Red spot brushed cotton – gift for Christmas. ⁃ Pattern: self drafted. ⁃ Year: n/a ⁃ Notions: 1 zipper from [...]
Next week’s theme has us sewing with the brightest of colors. Here’s a little inspiration to get you pumped for a little yellow action. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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