The “I know it’s silly” Dress
The Facts Fabric: Wool from stash from a million years ago and some Cotton Lycra Sateen $14.95/m Pattern: McCalls 9400 Year: 1950′s Notions: Zip [...]
The Facts Fabric: Wool from stash from a million years ago and some Cotton Lycra Sateen $14.95/m Pattern: McCalls 9400 Year: 1950′s Notions: Zip [...]
The Facts Fabric: Recycled Leather Samples, Sweat Shirt Fabric from an Op Shop $7 Pattern: Simplicity 7020 and 7064 Year: 1985 Notions: Thread Time [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3m Cotton Lycra Sateen at $12.99 per metre Pattern: Skirt from McCalls 9400 – without pleat/underlay Year: 1950’s Notions: Zip, Button, [...]
The Facts Fabric: Kelly Green Wool Coating, Navy Twill Menswear Rayon Lining (in stash 20 years) Pattern: Vogue 9968 Year: 1998 Notions: Big button [...]
The Facts Fabric: Vintage apron in Horrockses Cotton $4, and polka dot scrap from stash Pattern: Vogue 6984 combined with Simplicity S.119 – about [...]
The Facts Fabric: Stretch Denim approx. $15/m Pattern: Simplicity 3668 Year: 1940′s repro Notions: Metal zip for jeans, 4 machine needles, 1 bakelite art [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1950′s Cotton Chintz? $40, Robert Kaufman Suessville Quilting Cotton $10 Pattern: Advance 6064 Year: 1952 Notions: Zip Time to complete: 4 [...]
The Facts Fabric” Thrifted Polyester Georgette $3.50 Pattern: Self Drafted – based on Simplicity 4538 Year: 1950′s Notions: just thread Time to complete: 1 [...]
The Facts Fabric: From Spotlight: Stretch Cotton Lycra Sateen $14.95/m Pattern: Self Drafted Year: 2012 Notions: Waist interfacing, 1 button, zip Time to complete: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Polyester Lycra Pinstripe from the 90′s Pattern: Butterick 6662 (Sailor Panel) and McCalls 8390 (Pants) Year: 1970′s and 1966 respectively Notions: [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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