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The Sewing Blog Post for all the Sewing Blog Posts!Sewing Blogs, are they even still a thing?Over on Sewing Instagram, Alice Irvine (@its.alice.irvine) recently created a reel which questioned, in her usual comedy content style if being a blogger was still relevant...
Make: Bow Tied Blouse, By GertieGertie's New Book For Better SewingGetting me out of my Sew-Jo Rut!I think it is fair to say I have been in a sewing rut. While I have still been sewing, I haven't been feeling especially inspired, nor motivated. That was until I bought...
If you follow me on Instagram, it will have been clear by the slow-up in my feed that I haven't been sewing so much over the past few months. My Sew-Jo has taken a major battering, for a number of reasons. I've had a string of pattern-project fails, a few projects...
For those of you who have read my blog before, you will know that I am not very good at following instructions. Just like when I cook, I sew with thoughts of, what if I just added this here, or changed this there... I recently made the Carlyle Tshirt, which is one of...
It is no secret that I love the patterns from Marsha Style. With the exception of the Sia dress, I have sewn them all and have been privileged to be a tester on her last three pattern launches (The Shameka, The Grace and the Cortney), so there was no doubt in my mind...
I think I can safely say that the Paper Theory Zadie pattern really is a tried and true pattern for me. This is my 7th Zadie. The thing that keeps me coming back for more is the incredible versatility along with the effortless casual chic that comes with it. It may...
Being of a bustier shape, I have never been big on wearing shirts. For years I painstakingly took to pinning between buttons to stop the dreaded gape, and then I just gave up on them. About 20 years has passed and I don't think I've worn a shirt since (my carolyn pjs...
I think I've said it before that I am not very good at following instructions. I often get started well, but quickly my own ideas pop into my mind and I am thinking of different ways to finish up what I have started. So, just as my cooking rarely follows the recipe,...
When Taree, the brains behind Marsha Style, said that she had another dress pattern in the making I instantly volunteered myself to join the testing group. Not only did the dress itself look fab, but I have really come to love the laid back style of the Marsha Style...
I am a gadget junkie through and through so when I first heard about projector sewing I was instantly eager to learn more. The thought of having paperless sewing, not having to cut out/trace out the patterns and being able to have a pdf pattern ready to sew the...