Contributor Creations
Local Color Challenge
The Facts Fabric: Quilting cotton given as a birthday present, Red satin sheet & pillowcase set (tons left for future linings!) bought in sales [...]
The Facts Fabric: Piece from some very expensive curtains given to me by sister-in-law Pattern: Based on KazztheSpazz’s Black Smoke Yellow Haze Dress (but [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 curtains from local Goodwill thrift store $23.97 (and plenty left over), 2yds green poly satin $5.98, white queen size valance [...]
The Facts ⁃ Fabric: cotton ⁃ Pattern: Burdastyle Magazine 04/2011 #108 ⁃ Year: 2011 ⁃ Notions: self-made bias tape, buttons, elastic ⁃ Time to [...]
The Facts Fabric: Green/orange patterned lycra from stash, Orange polyester crepe pillow case from Goodwill thrift store $1.99 Pattern: Top – Butterick 5497. Skirt [...]
Art Challenge
Contributor Creations
The Facts Fabric: Some sort of upholstery fabric on cheap at my favourite discount warehouse Pattern: Shrug – adapted view F from McCall’s [...]
Contributor Creations
Refashion Challenge
I was taking a week off, I was going to get well, To try to recuperate, but try not to smell. I would NOT [...]
Contributor Creations
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) [...]
Contributor Creations
Made This Look Challenge
The Facts ⁃ Fabric: polyester lace, black cotton, white muslin ⁃ Pattern: Burdastyle Magazine 05/2011 #128 ⁃ Year: 2011 ⁃ Notions: zipper, self-made bias [...]
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The Facts Fabric: Thrifted wool, $.50, Novato Estate Sale 2011 Pattern: Simplicity 3397 Notions: embroidery floss Time to complete: 4 hours First worn: December 2011 Wear again? [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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