It's the start of a new year, which means new and exciting swing projects! I always have delusions of all the sewing projects I will complete in time for a holiday and then become grossly stressed when I can't complete them all. In early January, I was heading to Bali and before I knew it, … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: Simplicity 8654 (and Butterick 6354)
Fashion comes and go and sure enough, if you bag up all the clothes you have in your wardrobe right now and put them away for a few years, they will eventually come back into fashion. When I was first learning to sew many years ago, I wanted to make a babydoll dress but make … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: Butterick 6682
Whenever I go op shopping, I always make an effort to look for sewing patterns. There's a plethora of cheap 80s patterns (with questionable garments all of which look shapeless and way too big), loads of children's patterns, some modern patterns and on the rare occasion, 50s patterns. I treasure any vintage pattern (not from … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: New Look 6508
Whilst visiting my family in Europe a few years ago, I was chatting with my aunty who mentioned she had a box in storage full of ribbons collected by my grandmother. She asked if I wanted to see it and of course I said yes and the next day, there it was on the dining … Continue reading Vintage Sewing Pattern: Simplicity 4343 from 1962
Setting up a sewing room really gave me a chance to go through all my sewing related things and make space for them in a way that's logical and organised (my sewing space being a pile of storage boxes was a pain and I'll never go back to that). Going through my patterns, I came … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: Retro Butterick 6175
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